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Embracing Change: An XP Experience Report

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Extreme Programming and Agile Processes in Software Engineering (XP 2003)

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The Common Policy Editor (CPE) project experienced change typical of many software development projects: the programmers, coach, managers, customers and requirements changed; the project was stopped and restarted; and the team was redirected to work on additional projects simultaneously. Extreme Programming (XP) helps teams handle change. This experience report discusses the changes this team encountered, explains how XP helped and cites several lessons learned.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Internet Security Systems, 6303 Barfield Rd, Atlanta, GA, 30328

    Andrew M. Fuqua

  2. Applied Systems Intelligence, 11660 Alpharetta Highway, #720, Roswell, GA, 30076

    John M. Hammer

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  1. Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Cagliari, Piazza D’Ami, 09123, Cagliari, Italy

    Michele Marchesi

  2. Free University of Bozen/Bolzano, Center for Applied Software Engineering, Piazza Domenicani 3, 39100, Bozen/Bolzano, Italy

    Giancarlo Succi

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Fuqua, A.M., Hammer, J.M. (2003). Embracing Change: An XP Experience Report. In: Marchesi, M., Succi, G. (eds) Extreme Programming and Agile Processes in Software Engineering. XP 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2675. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44870-5_36

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