Re: Move from Tradition to XP - Jan 17th
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.programming.extreme-programming.adoption |
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--- Sandy <zebziggle@y...> wrote: > [Developers] had to jump through hoops to get management to > grant them time to do detailed design documents. Now, they > fear, they may lose that time. My job is to show them how > they don't lose the time, but rather, make better use of it. > > I can certainly see the benefits of introducing TDD into a > legacy organization, [...]. The effort I face is identifing > all the loosely coupled components that lend themselves to > unit-testing (the low-hanging fruit). [...] You need to be able to make an investment to create something that you need that is currently missing. It turns out that the thing that you really need is *NOT* detailed design documents (...which would have to be maintained, at great expense, over time). What you really need is automated regression tests (Unit Tests) for the legacy code. The need is still there. It was just misunderstood. ;-> - jeff ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Flexible Keyboard is the ideal accessory for PDA users that are on the move. http://us.click.yahoo.com/dCBVZC/WnCFAA/xGHJAA/nhFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/