Emergent Control in Extreme Programming

by Kent Beck

Lightweight methods rely on emergent control rather than having decisions flow down from the big boss. Robust control can emerge from the interaction of locally optimizing rules. Extreme Programming (XP) relies on emergence at all levels of control -- project planning, personnel, architecture and design, verification and validation, and integration.

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Emergent Control in Extreme Programming November 2000