|
|> Has anybody ever studied the benefits of Design Patterns with the
basic
|> scientific methods, such as comparing the performance of a group
using
|> Design Patterns with a control group? Has anybody ever studied how
|> applicable Extreme Programming is to other environments and domains
that
|> the small, fast-moving software environments it was developed for
(has
|> it even been studied there)?
|
|The PPIG meeting last week included a study of Extreme
|Programming, which stimulated some vigorous debate. Sorry I
|don't have time now to report on it at length - perhaps someone
|else might like to summarise the discussion? The original paper
|will be archived on the PPIG site before long, I'm sure.
|
There have been other studies of Extreme Programming. I found a
couple on one of the main extreme programming sites (sorry, don't have
the URL handy -- try Google). As I recall, students did a series of
course projects in either a normal or an XP methodology. By the end
of the semester, the pairs were almost twice as fast as an individual
(meaning, with students and only part time use of the methodology,
within 6 months, you had almost no extra cost of using XP.) There
were also results about quality of code, etc., but I don't remember
them -- I'm sure they all favored XP. I also don't remember diving
deeply into the methodology.
Sorry for the vague reference.
Robin Jeffries
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