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Comparing Extreme Programming to Traditional Development for Student Projects: A Case Study

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

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We conducted an experiment attempting to compare XP with a traditional approach to student software engineering projects. We tasked two groups of student teams with producing a simple room reservation system, one group following a traditional development process, the other using XP. We observed little actual difference between the products delivered by either process. However, in our opinion this is due to certain deficiencies in the way XP was realized in this instance, rather than fundamental flaws in the process itself.

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  1. Department of Computer Engineering, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, 95053-0566, USA

    John Noll & Darren C. Atkinson

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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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Noll, J., Atkinson, D.C. (2003). Comparing Extreme Programming to Traditional Development for Student Projects: A Case Study. 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_56

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