Title :
Piloting XP on four mission-critical projects
Author :
Drobka, Jerry ; Noftz, David ; Raghu, Rekha
Author_Institution :
Motorola Inc., Schaumburg, IL, USA
Abstract :
According to proponents, extreme programming creates focused, efficient software development that heavily emphasizes customer involvement. As software developers for mission-critical two-way radio systems in Motorola´s commercial, government, and industrial solutions sector, we´d been hearing a lot about XP´s benefits. Software development teams constantly battle to increase productivity while maintaining or improving quality . Four Motorola teams piloted extreme programming to see if it would let them satisfy their customers´ constantly changing requirements while improving productivity.
Keywords :
programming; project management; software development management; software quality; systems analysis; extreme programming; mission-critical projects; productivity; requirement engineering; software development; software quality; Application software; Auditory system; Computer industry; Government; Knowledge engineering; Meeting planning; Mission critical systems; Productivity; Programming; Systems engineering and theory; 65; Extreme programming; XP; agile methods; cycle time; maintainability; mission-critical; pair programming; project management; quality; refactoring; software process; use cases; user stories;
Journal_Title :
Software, IEEE
