Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 10:18:21 01/13/03
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On January 13, 2003 at 10:44:15, Graham Laight wrote: >In so many jobs, two people working as a team are worth far more than the sum of >two individuals working on their own. In fact, partners (who get on well) tend >to run rings around their solo counterparts. > >This has been found to be true of programming. Two people working at a single >workstation (one keyboard, one mouse, one screen), have been found to produce >MORE good code than two people working with two workstations. Strangely, this >does not surprise me. > >Here's a link to a well thought out, highly sophisticated analysis of extreme >programming, which is also mercifully brief - highly recommended reading! > >http://dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/dilbert-20030111.html > >-g > >n.b. - this post was originally made in CTF, but I have been requested to post >it in CCC as well. The thinking is that because chess programmers work on their >own, they'll want to disagree. Like every other methodology, I think "Extreme Programming" breaks down in some areas, when trying to be the "one size fits all solution." However, I am a big fan of pair programming. I think it is one of the best ideas from the "Extreme Programming" paradigm. We do it here, at CONNX Solutions Inc, and I really like it.
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