[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       extremeprogramming
Subject:    Re: [XP] Hibernate: A Scorchingly Successful OSS/XP Project
From:       Alex Chaffee / Purple Technology <alex () jguru ! com>
Date:       2003-03-31 19:08:28
[Download RAW message or body]

On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 11:52:45AM -0600, Steve Bate wrote:
> 
> Although Hibernate is obviously an /agile/ project, I don't understand
> why it would be considered an XP project. 

Yes, and I apologize for making it seem like Rob maybe didn't know the
difference.  He smileyed it which signalled to me that he meant
"XP-like" but I probably should have explained that when I sent it to
the list.

> I believe it would be interesting to study projects like Hibernate
> to find out what makes them successful agile projects although they
> use almost none of the XP practices. It might give hints about how
> to tailor XP for enviroments that currently aren't considered a good
> fit to it's practices (e.g., solo XP, distributed XP, ...).

I feel that the main reason is that Feedback is King.  A project
without feedback is doomed; a project with feedback, however that's
accomplished, is in a whole different survival bracket.

-- 
Alex Chaffee                               mailto:alex@jguru.com
Purple Technology - Code and Consulting    http://www.purpletech.com/
jGuru - Java News and FAQs                 http://www.jguru.com/alex/
Gamelan - the Original Java site           http://www.gamelan.com/
Stinky - Art and Angst                     http://www.stinky.com/

To Post a message, send it to:   extremeprogramming@eGroups.com

To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: extremeprogramming-unsubscribe@eGroups.com

ad-free courtesy of objectmentor.com 

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ 


[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]