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Practising XP #45 : Benefits of Pair Programming - Learning
Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - May 18, 2019 03:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingPair programming amplifies the learning on any team and is the most elegant method to onboard new developers.
Practising XP #44 - Benefits of Pairing - Quality
Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - May 14, 2019 05:43 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode we discuss the benefits of Pair Programming for the internal and external quality of software that we write.
Practising XP #43 : What is pairing and How to do it
Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - May 04, 2019 13:50 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingBefore we look at more benefits, let's discuss what pairing is and some patterns that help make it effective
Practising XP #42 : Benefits of Pairing - Productivity
Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - April 27, 2019 03:48 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating"Why am I paying twice the money?" is a question often asked by stakeholders when they think of pairing. In this episode Chirag and Akshay talk about how pairing benefits productivity in various ways with direct benefits to your stakeholders!
Practising XP #41 : Problems with working alone - Teamwork
Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - April 13, 2019 04:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode we discuss how working alone hampers effective teamwork.
Practising XP #40 : Problems with working alone - Learning
Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - April 06, 2019 05:34 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode we discuss how working alone hampers the speed at which developers learn from each other in turn affecting the growth of the team adversely.
Practising XP #39 : Problems with working alone - Quality
Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - March 30, 2019 08:40 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode, Chirag and Akshay discuss hoe working alone might affect quality
Practising XP #38 : Problems with working alone - Productivity
Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - March 24, 2019 04:27 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe are starting a new series on Pair Programming where we will explore the problems with working alone and how pair programming can help solve many of these issues. In this episode we talk about how working alone hampers productivity.
Practising XP #37 : Estimation Antipatterns - Traps to watch out for
Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - March 16, 2019 13:44 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn the last episode of this series, we discuss a few common traps to watch out for when working with story point estimates.
Practising XP #36 : Estimation Antipatterns - Losing relativity in the backlog
Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - March 09, 2019 04:52 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWhen teams get better (start performing) this should reflect in their velocity. But more often than not, teams fall prey to a trap. In this episode, Chirag and Akshay talk about how to avoid this.
Practising XP #35 : Estimation Antipatterns - Comparing Teams
Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - March 02, 2019 04:59 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode, we discuss a common tendency of managers comparing different teams based on velocity.
Practising XP #34 - Estimation Antipatterns - Using Points as Targets
Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - February 23, 2019 07:33 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode Chirag and Akshay talk about an antipattern of using story points as a way of estimation. Quite often teams start using the points themselves as targets and start measuring success by completing story points.
Practising XP #33 - How story points can make life better
Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - February 16, 2019 03:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis is the final episode in our series on estimation. In this episode, Chirag and Akshay talk circle back to the problems that they enumerated with time based estimates and see if a story points approach can solve those problems. We are eager to hear your Comments, Suggestions and questions. J...
Practising XP #32 : The XP Game
Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - February 09, 2019 03:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis is episode 6 in our series on estimation. In this episode, Chirag and Akshay discuss the XP game - the XP approach to planning. We are eager to hear your Comments, Suggestions and questions. Join in the Practising XP community on Telegram. https://tiny.cc/practisingxp
Practising XP #31 : Answering the question "How fast can we go?"
Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - February 02, 2019 03:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis is episode 5 in our series on estimation. In this episode, Chirag and Akshay talk about how to answer the second important question "How fast can we go" We are eager to hear your Comments, Suggestions and questions. Join in the Practising XP community on Telegram. https://tiny.cc/practisin...
Practicing XP #30 : Answering the "how big" question
Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - January 26, 2019 03:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis is episode 4 in our series on estimation. In this episode, Chirag and Akshay talk about separating the two questions "How big" and "How fast" and only answering the question "How big" really well. We are eager to hear your Comments, Suggestions and questions. Join in the Practising XP comm...
Practising XP #29 : Time based estimates are difficult to track
Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - January 19, 2019 03:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis is episode 3 of our series on estimation. In this episode, Chirag and Akshay discuss how its difficult even for project stakeholders to track progress and respond to delays if you are using time based estimates. We are eager to hear your Comments, Suggestions and questions. Join in the Pra...
Practising XP #28 : Time based estimates create harmful pressure
Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - January 12, 2019 03:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis is episode 2 of our series on estimation. In this episode, Chirag and Akshay talk about the various kinds of pressure created by time based estimation and its ill effects. We are eager to hear your Comments, Suggestions and questions. Join in the Practising XP community on Telegram. https:...
Practising XP #27 : Why are your time based estimates always wrong?
Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - January 05, 2019 03:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis is episode 1 of our estimation series. In this episode, Akshay & Chirag argue that any time based estimates that you ever give will be wrong. We are eager to hear your Comments, Suggestions and questions. Join in the Practising XP community on Telegram. https://tiny.cc/practisingxp Music...
Practising XP #26 : Evolutionary Code Design
Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - June 08, 2018 08:18 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChirag and Akshay talk to Vidhi, Tejashree, Anil and Rahul about what incremental / evolutionary design is and what it means in terms of mindset and practices We are eager to hear your Comments, Suggestions and questions. Join in the Practising XP community on Telegram. https://tiny.cc/practisin...
Practising XP #25 : ROI on automated testing
Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - May 21, 2018 13:26 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe 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
Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - May 04, 2018 19:16 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChirag and Akshay talk to Amit, Aniruddha and Gayathri on re-estimation and whether to bother with it or not.
Practising XP #23 : Estimation
Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - April 21, 2018 07:15 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChirag 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
Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - April 16, 2018 16:24 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingTo 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:/...
Practising XP #21 : Standups - Patterns and Antipatterns
Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - April 06, 2018 14:51 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChirag 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
Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - April 02, 2018 07:31 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe 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...
Practising XP #19 : Spillover Stories - Part 2
Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - March 24, 2018 07:06 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe 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 hea...
Practising XP #18 : Don't cry over spillover stories - Q&A
Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - February 23, 2018 10:56 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingA 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
Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - February 20, 2018 13:11 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe 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 cubic...
Practising XP #16 : Continuous Integration and Small Frequent Check-ins
Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - February 09, 2018 14:42 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChirag 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
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