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A risk-driven method for eXtreme programming release planning

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Juan LiAuthors Info & Claims

ICSE '06: Proceedings of the 28th international conference on Software engineering

Pages 423 - 430

https://doi.org/10.1145/1134285.1134344

Published: 28 May 2006 Publication History

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XP (eXtreme Programming) has become popular for IID (Iteration and Increment Development). It is suitable for small teams, lightweight projects and vague/volatile requirements. However, some challenges are left to developers when they desire to practise XP. A critical one of them is constructing the release plan and negotiating it with customers. In this paper, we propose a risk-driven method for XP release planning. It has been applied in a case study and the results show the method is feasible and effective. XP practicers can follow it to decide a suitable release plan and control the development process.

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A risk-driven method for eXtreme programming release planning
1. Social and professional topics
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    1. Management of computing and information systems
      1. Implementation management
        Pricing and resource allocation
      2. Project and people management
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management

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