Title :
Using extreme programming in a maintenance environment
Author :
Poole, Charles ; Huisman, Jan Willem
Abstract :
In response to problems experienced by the Orbix Generation 3 maintenance and enhancement team, Iona Technologies tried to introduce industry-level best practices by adopting extreme programming. The issues discussed are common for companies moving from startup mode to those supporting numerous customers in need of bug fixes and application enhancements for existing deployment scenarios
Keywords :
software development management; Orbix Generation 3 maintenance; extreme programming; maintenance environment; Automatic testing; Best practices; Degradation; Entropy; Maintenance engineering; Middleware; Monitoring; Pressure control; System testing; Time to market;
Journal_Title :
Software, IEEE
