Subj : Re: extreme programming (thoughts)
To   : comp.programming
From : matt
Date : Thu Jul 21 2005 05:49 pm

> Your project sounds like a mosh-pit in comparison.

eh, not so. it is not crazy, and in fact is pretty quiet as most of the
team is soft spoken. i believe you may be thinking of jen's guess at
what it could be like.


> Blah blah blah. I want to blame either Alan Greenspan or my dog, okay? ;-)

....just sayin: math, man. two salaries for one task. our project has
thrown a lot of man hours into it. as continual layoffs at my company
show, IT is watching their purse. we out outsource more & more. i dont
see how mang could be excited about paying 2-4-1, unless they cut the
cost elsewhere by hiring cheaper labor. (i know youve said xp is
cheaper, but as i said, that is a contest point in the industry).


> I can only apologies that you have not seen a "real" XP team in action.

perhaps. i know that our group is newish at it (im on the proj now, but
theyve been working xp for the 7 months ive been onsite), and w/o the
original coaches, the lead is filling that role but is no expert. i
would like to see another one.


> Pleeeeeeze read this:

printed. ill read it today!


> Uh, different topic. Why no error-handling or logging?

we do. but im just saying, from my non-xp experience, i havent had much
of an issue w/ plain old error handling & logging. it's gotten the job
done w/o major complaints for me. granted i dont work on powergrids or
whatnot...



matt

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