Stewart Stremler wrote:
(And then I know of a project that claimed to do XP, but the programmers
were merely using an XP to engage in -- what did ya'll call it? -- seat
of the pants programming. The code was (is, actually) *terrible*, and
the design is almost completely unlike what the customer wanted. If
there were any of the XP-related artifacts around, I'd say that it would
be a great example of how XP fails... but I can't find any evidence that
the XP methodology was followed at all, aside from perhaps a little
pair programming.)
Yeah, I've worked at a few places like that. Anyone who thinks working
in an environment that is rigorously XP is hell has never worked in an
environment that claims to be XP, but isn't in any way, shape, or form.
I don't know exactly why that is, but I'd like to believe that the
inability to be honest with oneself somehow leads to problems in
software development.
--Chris
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