Executive Update

A Pocketful of Practices

Posted March 31, 2002 | Technology |

Alternative development processes such as Extreme Programming (XP), Crystal Methodologies, Scrum, and feature-driven development have received an increasing amount of attention and press over the past two years. These Young Turk methodologies are often characterized by some of their more radical practices, such as pair programming, minimalist architecture, and test zealotry.

About The Author
Peter Schuh
Peter Schuh is a team leader at ThoughtWorks, Inc., a company specializing in the development and integration of high-risk, mission-critical business systems. He has written and spoken about XP, the adoption of agile processes, agile development's impacts upon database administration, and the ObjectMother pattern. With a bachelor's degree in English literature and a master's in international relations, he is an unapologetic interloper in the… Read More
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