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Demystifying Extreme Programming: Focusing on value
Your XP team needs to understand how to interact with the project sponsors (the people who pay for the software) in a way that speaks their language, but doesn't compromise the principles XP tells us are important. This month, Roy Miller excerpts and adapts material from his upcoming book, Growing Software: Exploding the Myth of Prediction and Control, to tell you how. 		Articles 01 Feb 2003  
 
Demystifying Extreme Programming: Just-in-time design
XP advocate Roy Miller wraps up his series on Extreme Programming by showing you how safe and easy just-in-time (JIT) design is -- and how it just might revolutionize the way you write code. 		Articles 01 Jul 2003  
 
Demystifying Extreme Programming: The right (XP) tool for the job
Teams that want to give XP a try often don't know where to start. Roy Miller puts the theory into practice as he discusses what tools you should use and how you should use them. 		Articles 27 May 2003  
 
Demystifying Extreme Programming: Test-driven programming
Test-driven programming is one aspect of XP that baffles programmers. This month, XP coach and Java developer Roy Miller talks about what test-driven programming is about, why it can revolutionize your productivity and quality as a programmer, and the mechanics of writing tests. 		Articles 22 Apr 2003  
 
Demystifying Extreme Programming: How to be an XP customer
Last month, you learned about the mindset required for XP to work. Everyone on the team must change the way they think. This article explores why customers (the business decision-makers) seem to have the most difficult time with this shift. Until they change the way they think about and participate in software projects, the end result will never be a satisfactory one. 		Articles 10 Dec 2002  
 
Demystifying Extreme Programming: Thinking differently
Before XP coach and developer Roy Miller tackles the hot-button XP practices, he's going to show you how to change the way you think so that it's possible for you to begin using XP. This is not an easy task -- XP requires a mindset very different from the one most programmers and business people have. But Roy's up to the challenge if you are. 		Articles 01 Nov 2002  
 
Demystifying Extreme Programming: "XP distilled" revisited, Part 3
Roy Miller completes his review of XP practices by exploring the customer practices and management practices. The customer practices address the issues of determining which features should be in each release. The management practices help management give business direction to the entire team and keep them focused on the problem at hand. With the programmer practices and joint practices discussed in previous articles, you'll now have the complete picture of XP practices. 		Articles 08 Oct 2002  
 
Demystifying Extreme Programming: "XP distilled" revisited, Part 2
In this month's installment of Demystifying Extreme Programming, Roy Miller explains what it means to be a programmer on an XP team and how the six programmer practices specifically fit into the picture. While all 19 practices are important, the programmer practices are vital for a team making software. 		Articles 10 Sep 2002  
 
Demystifying Extreme Programming: "XP distilled" revisited, Part 1
So-called agile development approaches, coupled with the power and flexibility of object-oriented languages like Java, just might solve your software development problems. The most popular agile approach is called Extreme Programming, or XP, but many people don't really know what it is. Using XP on your software development projects can increase your chances of success dramatically. This new column by Roy Miller will strip away the rumors and the hype to help you understand XP and explain why it is so important. 		Articles 13 Aug 2002  
 
Demystifying Extreme Programming: Winning with a pair
In this article, Roy Miller talks about the XP practice of pair programming, a radical way to write code. He covers the misconceptions surrounding pairing, why so many software developers hate it, and why it's so important to your project's success. 		Articles 11 Mar 2003  
 
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