Subj : Re: extreme programming (thoughts)
To   : comp.programming
From : matt
Date : Thu Jul 21 2005 06:47 pm

> Off-shoring is rarely cost-effective.

a pleasant thought (for me, a domestic dev), but another thread.


> XP is about ensuring the time between business requesting a feature and the
> coders delivering it is as short as possible. I suspect that's another
> metric your team is failing

im not sure, honestly. like i said im new to the project, but in the
standups people seem happy. in fact, everyone seems happy except for
me. after being stopped while commenting my code i had a talk w/ the
lead, he gave me the partyline: descriptive variable names,
refactoring... (tho -- to me, if you remove a chunk of code and put it
into a new method, give it a verbose name, say
"ParseCustomerReturnValues", then arent you really just...making a
comment while at the same time adding complexity? wheres the magic
here, people? but i digress). ahem. yeah im not sure what the
customer/biz vibe is. they seem cool in the standups but thats all i
see.


matt

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