diff --git a/chapters/process.md b/chapters/process.md index bf4dd42..0067050 100644 --- a/chapters/process.md +++ b/chapters/process.md @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ While all of this research has strong implications for practice, industry has la * Use an open workspace * Work sane hours -Note that none of these had any empirical evidence to back them. Moreover, Beck described in his original proposal that these ideas were best for "_outsourced or in-house development of small- to medium-sized systems where requirements are vague and likely to change_", but as industry often does, it began hyping it as a universal solution to software project management woes and adopted all kinds of combinations of these ideas, adapting them to their existing processes. In reality, the value of XP appears to depend on highly project-specific factors, while the core ideas that industry has adopted are valuing feedback, communication, simplicity, and respect for individuals and the team. Researchers continue to investigate the merits of the list above; for example, numerous studies have investigated the effects of pair programming on defects, finding small but measurable benefits. +Note that none of these had any empirical evidence to back them. Moreover, Beck described in his original proposal that these ideas were best for "_outsourced or in-house development of small- to medium-sized systems where requirements are vague and likely to change_", but as industry often does, it began hyping it as a universal solution to software project management woes and adopted all kinds of combinations of these ideas, adapting them to their existing processes. In reality, the value of XP appears to depend on highly project-specific factors, while the core ideas that industry has adopted are valuing feedback, communication, simplicity, and respect for individuals and the team. Researchers continue to investigate the merits of the list above; for example, numerous studies have investigated the effects of pair programming on defects, finding small but measurable benefits. At the same time, Beck began also espousing the idea of ["Agile" methods|http://agilemanifesto.org/], which celebrated many of the values underlying Extreme Programming, such as focusing on individuals, keeping things simple, collaborating with customers, and being iterative. This idea of begin agile was even more popular and spread widely in industry and research, even though many of the same ideas appeared much earlier in Boehm's work on the Spiral model. Researchers found that Agile methods can increase developer enthusiasm, that agile teams need different roles such as Mentor, Co-ordinator, Translator, Champion, Promoter, and Terminator, and that teams are combing agile methods with all kinds of process ideas from other project management frameworks such as [Scrum|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum_(software_development)] (meet daily to plan work, plan two-week sprints, maintain a backlog of work) and Kanban (visualize the workflow, limit work-in-progress, manage flow, make policies explicit, and implement feedback loops). Research has also found that transitioning a team to Agile methods is slow and complex because it requires everyone on a team to change their behavior, beliefs, and practices.