Subj : Re: extreme programming (thoughts)
To   : comp.programming
From : Phlip
Date : Fri Jul 22 2005 02:03 am

matt wrote:

> > 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.

Well, if you comment like these posts...

Again: What's the average time between a feature request going to the top of
the list, and end-users using that feature?

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  Phlip
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