10 Sep 09 Extreme Programming: The Right Discipline For Your Custom Software Development Needs
Extreme Programming, popularly known as XP, is a discipline of software development methodologies based on the principles of simplicity, feedback, courage and communication. Extreme Programming has already been proven by many business entities of different sizes and industries worldwide. The methodology is designed to deliver custom software solution as per clients need. This means it stresses more on customer satisfaction.
Extreme Programming was unleashed to solve the critical problems of systems whose requirements change. In many software environments, changing requirements is the only way to meet competitive business expectations. Here, XP succeeds in addressing such problems. There are some XP practices that are set up to mitigate the risk of a new system that may throw a challenge for an entire software industry.
A software solution company must follow some XP practices, these are:
- Planning: creating schedules and dividing the project into iterations.
- Designing: choosing a system metaphor and creating spike solutions to limit any risks.
- Coding: writing codes in agreed standard.
- Testing: codes must pass all unit tests.
Extreme Programming is not the project for a huge staff. It is set up for small groups of programmers because a small team may be more effective in handling projects with high risk than a large team. Apart from programmers, extreme programming requires an extended development team including developers, managers and even customers. An extended development team has the ability to interact, ask questions, create functional tests and negotiate schedules. Another significant requirement of XP is the ability to create functional tests and automated units. The final core requirement is productivity and delivering the software at the right time.
Software solution UK follows all extreme programming practices to ensure a simple software solution for their clients. With a small yet dynamic group of programmers, software solutions in UK deliver the system to the customers after proper testing and implementations. An ideal software solution implements any changes as suggested by the clients. This ensures a courageous response to changing requirements and technologies.
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