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September 7, 2005
Extreme Programming - Productivity Metrics
Tom DeMarco recently called. The Cutter Technology Council is issuing a Council Opinion on Extreme Programming. I find these Council reports extraordinary. The format is like a U.S. Supreme Court position, where the topic at hand is invited for concurrent or dissent by the group. I find myself always wanting to hear how folks like Ed Yourdon, Tom DeMarco, Rob Austin, Ken Orr, and others weigh in on a major topic in IT today.
Tom asked if I would contribute a section on the productivity measures observed on XP projects. I plan to discuss "before" and "after" metrics from an actual company in the medical industry in the August Council Opinion. I compared cycle time, effort/cost, and defects in non-XP and XP projects against medical/scientific applications in our database of 7,000+ projects. Inquiring minds want to know... Enough of the "fluff": what do actual numbers say?
By the way, I'll be co-presenting this case study at the SD Best Practices Conference in September with Joshua Kerievsky, fellow Cutter author and XP expert. Come to the show!
Posted by Mike at September 7, 2005 3:00 PM
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