Practising XP (Extreme Programming)
75 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChirag Doshi and Akshay Dhavle talk about practical implementation of eXtreme Programming from 30 years of agile software development experience. They tackle different different scenarios from a values and principles perspective rather than a practices approach.
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Practising XP #25 : ROI on automated testing
May 21, 2018 13:26 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBWe talk to Ankit, Ishan, Ayush and Shilpa about the ROI on automated functional testing and the test pyramid in general. We are eager to hear your Comments, Suggestions and questions. Join in the Practising XP community on Telegram. https://tiny.cc/practisingxp
Practising XP #24 : Re-Estimation
May 04, 2018 19:16 - 41 minutes - 30.5 MBChirag and Akshay talk to Amit, Aniruddha and Gayathri on re-estimation and whether to bother with it or not.
Practising XP #23 : Estimation
April 21, 2018 07:15 - 54 minutes - 39.8 MBChirag and Akshay talk to Priyanka and Shirish about story point estimation v/s time based estimation. We are eager to hear your Comments, Suggestions and questions. Join in the Practising XP community on Telegram. https://tiny.cc/practisingxp
Practising XP #22 : No Estimates
April 16, 2018 16:24 - 1 hour - 42.3 MBTo estimate or not... that is the question! Chirag and Akshay talk to Janvi, Pallavi, Leighton and Digvijay about their current practices and the positive effects of estimation We are eager to hear your Comments, Suggestions and questions. Join in the Practising XP community on Telegram. https://tiny.cc/practisingxp
Practising XP #21 : Standups - Patterns and Antipatterns
April 06, 2018 14:51 - 59 minutes - 40.6 MBChirag and Akshay talk to Sohani, Rima, Neelaja and Meenakshi about standups. We will explore patterns that work for their teams and some that don't... We are eager to hear your Comments, Suggestions and questions. Join in the Practising XP community on Telegram. https://tiny.cc/practisingxp
Practising XP #20 : On not pairing
April 02, 2018 07:31 - 48 minutes - 34 MBWe have a few colleagues who have been experimenting with not pairing for the past few weeks. Chirag and Akshay talk to them to see what their experience has been like. We are eager to hear your Comments, Suggestions and questions. Join in the Practising XP community on Telegram. https://tiny.cc/practisingxp
Practising XP #19 : Spillover Stories - Part 2
March 24, 2018 07:06 - 37 minutes - 37.6 MBWe have Swapnil, Vardhan, Janvi and Manjari with us to discuss spillovers, something that Vardhan and Swapnil have worked hard to eradicate from their teams. Is that a good thing? In what environments does it work and where does it not? Let's explore the topic a bit shall we? We are eager to hear your Comments, Suggestions and questions. Join in the Practising XP community on Telegram. https://tiny.cc/practisingxp
Practising XP #18 : Don't cry over spillover stories - Q&A
February 23, 2018 10:56 - 32 minutes - 30 MBA team is puzzled about how to solve the problem of spill-over stories. We explore the issue together with them. We are eager to hear your Comments, Suggestions and questions. Join in the Practising XP community on Telegram. https://tiny.cc/practisingxp
Practising XP #17 : Dining Tables - Role play and wrap up
February 20, 2018 13:11 - 44 minutes - 34.5 MBWe are in Bangalore and got a chance to talk to some of our colleagues about sitting in a open space on a dining table. We have covered dining tables before but this time Chirag plays the role of a client who is used to working in cubicles while the TW team tries to convince him to take the cubicles down. We are eager to hear your Comments, Suggestions and questions. Join in the Practising XP community on Telegram. https://tiny.cc/practisingxp
Practising XP #16 : Continuous Integration and Small Frequent Check-ins
February 09, 2018 14:42 - 52 minutes - 37.9 MBChirag and Akshay, along with a few colleagues discuss the practice of frequent, small check-ins and the implications on build time and stories. We are eager to hear your Comments, Suggestions and questions. Join in the Practising XP community on Telegram. https://tiny.cc/practisingxp
Practising XP #15 : Self Signups - Role Play and Discussion
February 05, 2018 19:26 - 1 hour - 69.4 MBChirag and I have guests in the studio. We are going to stage a role play discussion and a wrap up and talk about the merits of self sign-ups, some anti patterns as well as situations where self-signups might not be the right choice. We are eager to hear your Comments, Suggestions and questions. Join in the Practising XP community on Telegram. https://tiny.cc/practisingxp
Practising XP #14 : Onshore decides Offshore follows
September 23, 2016 10:22 - 10 minutes - 11.9 MBIn this episode Chirag and Akshay talk about an anti-pattern where the onshore team always decides and expects the offshore team to follow. We are eager to hear your Comments, Suggestions and questions. Join in the Practising XP community on Telegram. https://tiny.cc/practisingxp
Practising XP #13 : One Feature Multiple Teams
September 19, 2016 09:18 - 8 minutes - 9.9 MBIn this episode Chirag and Akshay discuss the fallacies of splitting a feature across multiple teams although it might look like the "right" thing to do on the face of it.
Practising XP #12 - Dev Teams, QA Teams ?
September 15, 2016 18:29 - 12 minutes - 13.9 MBIn this episode Akshay and Chirag discuss the pitfalls of boundaries between developers and QAs and broadly between any roles in an XP team.
Practising XP #11 : Test Automation
September 12, 2016 22:05 - 14 minutes - 16.5 MBChirag and Akshay discuss how automation yields benefits only if done right, and the right way to do it.
Practising XP - #10 Clean Code
August 02, 2016 15:03 - 7 minutes - 9.87 MBIn this episode Chirag and Akshay discuss how it is essential to follow good engineering practices and focus on writing clean code to be able really embrace change
Practising XP #9 : XP Values - Feedback
June 10, 2016 09:03 - 23 minutes - 28.4 MBAkshay and Chirag talk about the critical XP value - Feedback
Practising XP #8 : XP Values - Communication
April 15, 2016 12:33 - 34 minutes - 33.4 MBIn this episode, Chirag and Akshay talk about Communication, one of the primary values of a good XP team. OR any good team for that matter. (Music by Lee Rosevere http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/Music_For_Podcasts)
Practising XP #7 : Economics Of Software Development
April 05, 2016 13:20 - 21 minutes - 22.5 MBIn this episode, Chirag and Akshay discuss the economics of software development. We talk about the time value of money, how it is important to earn money sooner and spend it later and how to do it in context of software development.
Practising XP #6 : Poly-skilled Teams
March 28, 2016 04:30 - 23 minutes - 26.4 MBIn this episode, Chirag and Akshay discuss poly-skilling and its benefits to individuals as well as the team.
Practising XP #5 - Pair Programming
March 17, 2016 11:33 - 24 minutes - 26.7 MBChirag and Akshay discuss the patterns of pair programming and the benefits that pair programming brings. They also touch upon pairing in general.
Practising XP #4 - Sign Ups
March 11, 2016 10:24 - 23 minutes - 9.24 MBChirag and Akshay talk about the XP practice of "Sign up" where team members choose what they are going to work on next. They discuss the benefits of the practice as well as some anti-patterns and possible solutions
Practising XP #3 : Dining Tables
March 03, 2016 12:56 - 19 minutes - 21.7 MBChirag and Akshay discuss the "dining table" seating layout, its advantages as well as some things to consider to counter some of its disadvantages.
Practising XP #2: Why are your standups broken? - Part 2
February 29, 2016 16:38 - 25 minutes - 28.5 MBChirag and Akshay have over 20 years of experience in working with agile teams that practice Extreme Programming. In this episode of the Practising XP podcast they continue discussing more standup anti-patterns and possible remedies.
Practising XP #1: Why are your standups broken? - Part 1
February 29, 2016 15:14 - 21 minutes - 25.5 MBChirag and Akshay have over 20 years of experience in working with agile teams that practice Extreme Programming. In the first episode of the Practising XP podcast they talk about standup anti-patterns and possible remedies.