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Programme of talks 2001-2002

Speaker:

Brian Shearing

Date:

Wednesday 13 March 2002

Time:

18:30

Venue:

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Admission:

Free

Extreme Programming

 

Extreme Programming, XP, is a way of building software, which turns out to be well-suited to the demands of modern business for fast delivery, ever-changing requirements, and no sacrifice of quality. It affects planning, customer relations, design, coding and testing.

In constrast to the rather dour content of most methods of software development, XP has aspects that are rather fun.

This talk explains what XP is, where it came from, why it emerged, and when it works best. The speaker will present his own experience in applying XP to two substantial developments over three years.

The slides from this talk, in .PDF format, are now available for  download (1.25Mb).