NDLI: Extreme programming: a university team design experience

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Kivi, J. Haydon, D. Hayes, J. Schneider, R. Succi, G.
Copyright Year	2000
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Calgary Univ., Alta., Canada (Kivi, J.)
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.
Starting Page	816
Ending Page	820
File Size	633464
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780359577
ISSN	08407789
DOI	10.1109/CCECE.2000.849579
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2000-05-07
Publisher Place	Canada
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Software testing Documentation Java Software systems System testing Project management Standards development Programming profession Programming environments Environmental management
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Electrical and Electronic Engineering Hardware and Architecture

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