Well, there are two questions here:
1. Does XP work for large projects, and
2. Does XP works with large project teams.
Many would argue that these two questions correlate strongly, but my
experience tells me otherwise, and we had this discussion. So, yes, XP
works very well for large (complex) projects. It is also my experience,
that XP helps to manage large project teams. I do not like them, and I
do not believe anyone needs them, but politics and CTO megalomania
forces us from time to time to do them -- and XP comes to the rescue...
On Oct 26, 2004, at 2:38 PM, Ken Boucher wrote:
>>> I liked your pics. But some of us can't post those
>>> types of pics on the internet because of
>>> IP/confidentiality rules (even though we'd like to).
>>
>> Exactly. Also, even if we were allowed to, some of us
>> (I, at least) would not actually feel comfortable
>> either taking the photographs or publishing them.
>
> Then I have to wonder how comfortable we expect
> someone in an an xp shop doing large projects to be
> sharing the secret of their success.
Many people do share. But I wonder how many people actually listen...
> We've establlished that those people working in an XP
> shop have many reasons to not share things with their
> community.
Really? When?
> We belive this is acceptable.
We do not - because it is harmful for all parties, and is plain stupid!
> So lets ask ourselves some questions.
> What percentage of people here work in an XP shop?
Not many by "The Book", but probably most of us share at least the
common values, and I would say this is often good enough...
> What percentage of them found a way to share their
> layout in a visible manner?
What is this fuzz about Layout? Any layout that promotes good
communication is good enough. Last week we actually moved to the
production hall where they build the robotic telescopes (we write
control software for them). I and my colleague actually worked on the
main mirror of one of these 14 tons monsters. Grate place for pair
programming :-)
> So whats the odds of someone working on large
> projects using XP wilingly coming here and sharing?
Well, if someone comes with reasonable and concrete question, I would
guess she will receive proper answer. But what I read is nothing but a
conspiracy theory that XP can not work for large projects - without
proof, and without concrete questions. One should not wonder there are
no answers...
Georg Tuparev
Tuparev Technologies
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