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Subject: Re: Extreme Programming - The Most Productive Way To Produce Code

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n.b. - this post was originally made in CTF, but I have been requested to post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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