Inproceedings,
Extreme Programming: A University Team Design Experience
Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2, page 816--820. (2000)
DOI: 10.1109/CCECE.2000.849579
Abstract
The paper discusses an experience in applying the extreme
programming approach to the 4 year team design project course. Extreme
programming is a methodology for software system development that
focuses on high customer integration, extensive testing, code-centered
development and documentation, refactoring and paired programming.
Typically, the project course is managed using the standard waterfall or
V-shaped development models with a faculty advisor acting as a customer
for the project. In this project extreme programming has been used
instead. Extreme programming is based on a sequence of development
practices, including pair programming, very accurate configuration
management, strong customer interaction based on “system
stories”, detailed testing. In this project, paired programmers
are used for the duration of a release and then the pairs rotate. The
distributed programming environment is handled using the JCVS suite of
configuration management tools. Every 3-4 weeks, a new fully functional
release is delivered and reviewed by the customer. The specifications
for each release are captured incrementally using use case scenarios.
Only the essential requirements for the current iteration are
implemented. The JUnit test suite is also used to test each of the Java
classes on an ongoing basis. The test suite verifies all aspects of the
software at each build; this is necessary when refactoring components.
Requirements capture, design and implementation of the deliverables are
performed incrementally and result in quicker development times and
reduced defects. Refactoring is applied wherever possible to simplify
the code. Documentation is applied using the standard JavaDoc utility
and is kept to a minimum. Finally, customer feedback is immediately
incorporated into future iterations of the design process
