Latest Extreme programming Podcast Episodes

Practising XP #15 : Self Signups - Role Play and Discussion

Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - February 05, 2018 19:26 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Chirag 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....

Practising XP #14 : Onshore decides Offshore follows

Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - September 23, 2016 10:22 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In 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

Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - September 19, 2016 09:18 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In 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 ?

Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - September 15, 2016 18:29 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In 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

Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - September 12, 2016 22:05 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Chirag and Akshay discuss how automation yields benefits only if done right, and the right way to do it.

Practising XP - #10 Clean Code

Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - August 02, 2016 15:03 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In 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

Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - June 10, 2016 09:03 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Akshay and Chirag talk about the critical XP value - Feedback

Practising XP #8 : XP Values - Communication

Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - April 15, 2016 12:33 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In 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

Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - April 05, 2016 13:20 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In 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

Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - March 28, 2016 04:30 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In this episode, Chirag and Akshay discuss poly-skilling and its benefits to individuals as well as the team.

Practising XP #5 - Pair Programming

Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - March 17, 2016 11:33 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Chirag 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

Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - March 11, 2016 10:24 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Chirag 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

Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - March 03, 2016 12:56 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Chirag 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

Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - February 29, 2016 16:38 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Chirag 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

Practising XP (Extreme Programming) - February 29, 2016 15:14 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Chirag 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.