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An Introduction to Extreme Programming | |
| Subject: | Yeah, but where are the *interesting* comparisons? | |
| Date: | 2001-05-14 15:15:21 | |
| From: | gvwilson | |
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The study by Williams et. al. concludes that two programmers working together can accomplish something with slightly less than twice the effort as one individual programmer. I have a hard time getting very excited about that conclusion. What I'd like to see is a comparison between pair programming and inspections, or 3 pairs vs. 1 well-run 6-person team. Until I see that kind of data, I'm going to continue to believe that most programmers who pick up XP do so as a way of legitimizing their existing poor practices. |
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