2 | 2003
In This Issue:
| Bold Leap Forward Getting the business to accept responsibility and authority for the scope of systems (the major organizational implication of Extreme Programming) is reasonable and possible, and the results are satisfying and valuable. Mission Impossible Organizations don't want to change, and organizational suggestions from technologists will simply be ignored, no matter the scale of problems or the opportunities if those problems are solved. | "We have often failed to communicate the possibilities inherent in what teams can now accomplish in terms non-geeks can understand." - Kent Beck, Guest Editor Opening Statement Kent Beck XP and Emotional Intelligence: Discovering Your Inner Merlin Kay Pentecost It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better: Changing to XP Lowell Lindstrom and Kent Beck Dear Diary: The Making of an XP Team Neil Roodyn Transformation to a Customer-Oriented Development Process James Knox XP and the Cognitive Divide Ben Kovitz Traversing Software's "Last Mile": XP Meets Corporate Reality Dave Rooney Embracing Change: A Retrospective Diana Larsen | |
Next IssueCritical Chain Project Management: Coming to a Radar Screen Near You!Guest Editor: Bill Lynch Critical chain project management (CCPM) is being hailed in some circles as a way for software development organizations to realize huge productivity gains over traditional project management. But in others, the concepts of CCPM are either unknown or being dismissed as impractical in the real world. Next month, Bill Lynch of Prochain Solutions and several project management experts will deliver their opinions about CCPM and help you determine where you stand on the utility of this project management concept. You'll read CCPM success stories from very diverse IT organizations as well as pieces that don't even put CCPM on the project management map -- all delivered in classic CITJ style! Prepare for some saber rattling on this emerging issue in the March edition of Cutter IT Journal. [ Back to Top ] | ||
Kent Beck is back with a second issue on XP and culture change. If you have ever had to implement a new methodology in your organization, you know the kind of pain it causes. In our February issue, Kent emphatically asserts, "Bring on the pain!" You'll get to experience the trials and tribulations of implementing XP principles in organizations through five more sets of veteran eyes and gain even more practical insights into how XP can help build better software. Don't miss it!
