Practising eXtreme Programming: Recent Episodes
Akshay Dhavle
Chirag Doshi and Akshay Dhavle talk about practical implementation of eXtreme Programming from 24years of agile software development experience. They tackle different different scenarios from a values and principles perspective rather than a practices approach.
In this episode, we talk to Indu, Surendra & Pramida about Iteration Planning in a radically remote setup
In this episode, we talk to Sumeet, Richa, Pramida and Nalini about the practice of Story Kickoffs and Volleyballs
In this episode, we talk to Meenakshi, Sunit and Swapnil about how remote work is affecting / enhancing their experience in day to day pair programming
In this episode, we talk to Quazi, Nazneen, Pratima, Sumeet and Dipsi on the challenges and tips for effective remote standups
In this episode Chirag and I talk to Sumeet, Vishal, Pramida and Aditya about their experiences in running remote retrospectives and some tips for facilitators
We are starting a parallel series to discuss some aspects of Remote Work that we have been thrown into in the past few weeks
In this episode, we discuss a few anti-patterns that will dilute or diminish the benefits that you would get from the practice of self signups.
In this episode, we talk about the benefits of using self signups as a way of distributing work amongst the team.
In this new series on Self Signups, we discuss the benefits of using this practice where team members choose the work that they want to do rather than being assigned tasks by a manager / team lead.
This episode talks about the problems with a conventional task assignment approach
In this episode we touch upon how to account for refactoring in your development plan and how to have meaningful conversations with client stakeholders about prioritizing this important activity
Here we delve a little deeper into various things that are misinterpreted as refactoring
In this episode we attempt to define what TDD. This should ideally be heard before the TDD vs Unit testing episode.
Today we talk about the difference between TDD and Unit Testing and why TDD is a preferable way to write code.
In this series we talk about Test Driven Development. We begin with today's episode by talking about the need for automated tests.
In this episode Chirag and Akshay discuss some pitfalls to keep in mind when switching pairs
Pair programming amplifies the learning on any team and is the most elegant method to onboard new developers.
In this episode we discuss the benefits of Pair Programming for the internal and external quality of software that we write.
Before we look at more benefits, let's discuss what pairing is and some patterns that help make it effective
"Why am I paying twice the money?" is a question often asked by stakeholders when they think of pairing. In this episode Chirag and Akshay talk about how pairing benefits productivity in various ways with direct benefits to your stakeholders!
In this episode we discuss how working alone hampers the speed at which developers learn from each other in turn affecting the growth of the team adversely.
We are starting a new series on Pair Programming where we will explore the problems with working alone and how pair programming can help solve many of these issues.
In this episode we talk about how working alone hampers productivity.
In the last episode of this series, we discuss a few common traps to watch out for when working with story point estimates.
When teams get better (start performing) this should reflect in their velocity. But more often than not, teams fall prey to a trap. In this episode, Chirag and Akshay talk about how to avoid this.
In this episode, we discuss a common tendency of managers comparing different teams based on velocity.
In this episode Chirag and Akshay talk about an antipattern of using story points as a way of estimation. Quite often teams start using the points themselves as targets and start measuring success by completing story points.
This is the final episode in our series on estimation.
In this episode, Chirag and Akshay talk circle back to the problems that they enumerated with time based estimates and see if a story points approach can solve those problems.
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Music by Lee Rosevere
This is episode 6 in our series on estimation.
In this episode, Chirag and Akshay discuss the XP game - the XP approach to planning.
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This is episode 5 in our series on estimation.
In this episode, Chirag and Akshay talk about how to answer the second important question "How fast can we go"
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This is episode 4 in our series on estimation.
In this episode, Chirag and Akshay talk about separating the two questions "How big" and "How fast" and only answering the question "How big" really well.
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This is episode 3 of our series on estimation.
In this episode, Chirag and Akshay discuss how its difficult even for project stakeholders to track progress and respond to delays if you are using time based estimates.
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Music by Lee Rosevere
This is episode 2 of our series on estimation.
In this episode, Chirag and Akshay talk about the various kinds of pressure created by time based estimation and its ill effects.
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Music by Lee Rosevere
This is episode 1 of our estimation series.
In this episode, Akshay & Chirag argue that any time based estimates that you ever give will be wrong.
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Music by Lee Rosevere
Chirag and Akshay talk to Vidhi, Tejashree, Anil and Rahul about what incremental / evolutionary design is and what it means in terms of mindset and practices
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We talk to Ankit, Ishan, Ayush and Shilpa about the ROI on automated functional testing and the test pyramid in general.
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Chirag and Akshay talk to Amit, Aniruddha and Gayathri on re-estimation and whether to bother with it or not.
Chirag and Akshay talk to Priyanka and Shirish about story point estimation v/s time based estimation.
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To estimate or not... that is the question! Chirag and Akshay talk to Janvi, Pallavi, Leighton and Digvijay about their current practices and the positive effects of estimation
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Chirag and Akshay talk to Sohani, Rima, Neelaja and Meenakshi about standups. We will explore patterns that work for their teams and some that don't...
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We have a few colleagues who have been experimenting with not pairing for the past few weeks. Chirag and Akshay talk to them to see what their experience has been like.
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We have Swapnil, Vardhan, Janvi and Manjari with us to discuss spillovers, something that Vardhan and Swapnil have worked hard to eradicate from their teams. Is that a good thing? In what environments does it work and where does it not? Let's explore the topic a bit shall we?
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A team is puzzled about how to solve the problem of spill-over stories. We explore the issue together with them.
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Chirag and Akshay, along with a few colleagues discuss the practice of frequent, small check-ins and the implications on build time and stories.
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Chirag and I have guests in the studio. We are going to stage a role play discussion and a wrap up and talk about the merits of self sign-ups, some anti patterns as well as situations where self-signups might not be the right choice.
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In this episode Chirag and Akshay talk about an anti-pattern where the onshore team always decides and expects the offshore team to follow.
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In this episode Chirag and Akshay discuss the fallacies of splitting a feature across multiple teams although it might look like the "right" thing to do on the face of it.
Chirag and Akshay discuss how automation yields benefits only if done right, and the right way to do it.
In this episode Chirag and Akshay discuss how it is essential to follow good engineering practices and focus on writing clean code to be able really embrace change
In this episode, Chirag and Akshay talk about Communication, one of the primary values of a good XP team. OR any good team for that matter.
(Music by Lee Rosevere http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/Music_For_Podcasts)
In this episode, Chirag and Akshay discuss the economics of software development. We talk about the time value of money, how it is important to earn money sooner and spend it later and how to do it in context of software development.
In this episode, Chirag and Akshay discuss poly-skilling and its benefits to individuals as well as the team.
Chirag and Akshay talk about the XP practice of "Sign up" where team members choose what they are going to work on next. They discuss the benefits of the practice as well as some anti-patterns and possible solutions
Chirag and Akshay discuss the "dining table" seating layout, its advantages as well as some things to consider to counter some of its disadvantages.
Chirag and Akshay have over 20 years of experience in working with agile teams that practice Extreme Programming. In this episode of the Practising XP podcast they continue discussing more standup anti-patterns and possible remedies.
Chirag and Akshay have over 20 years of experience in working with agile teams that practice Extreme Programming. In the first episode of the Practising XP podcast they talk about standup anti-patterns and possible remedies.