Chirag Doshi and Akshay Dhavle talk about practical implementation of eXtreme Programming from 30 years of agile software development experience. They tackle different different scenarios from a values and principles perspective rather than a practices approach.
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Remote Working - Iteration Planning
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In this episode, we talk to Indushree, Surendra & Pramida about Iteration Planning in a radically remote setupDoor Akshay and Chirag
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Remote Working - Kickoffs And Volleyballs
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In this episode, we talk to Sumeet, Richa, Pramida and Nalini about the practice of Story Kickoffs and VolleyballsDoor Akshay and Chirag
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Remote Working - Pairing
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In this episode, we talk to Meenakshi, Sunit and Swapnil about how remote work is affecting / enhancing their experience in day to day pair programmingDoor Akshay and Chirag
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Remote Working - Standups
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In this episode, we talk to Quazi, Nazneen, Pratima, Sumeet and Dipsi on the challenges and tips for effective remote standupsDoor Akshay and Chirag
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Remote Working - Retrospectives
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In this episode Chirag and I talk to Sumeet, Vishal, Pramida and Aditya about their experiences in running remote retrospectives and some tips for facilitatorsDoor Akshay and Chirag
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Remote Work - Initial Reflections
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We are starting a parallel series to discuss some aspects of Remote Work that we have been thrown into in the past few weeksDoor Akshay and Chirag
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Practising XP #69 : Self Signups - Antipatterns
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In this episode, we discuss a few anti-patterns that will dilute or diminish the benefits that you would get from the practice of self signups.Door Akshay and Chirag
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Practising XP #68 : Self Signups - Benefits
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In this episode, we talk about the benefits of using self signups as a way of distributing work amongst the team.Door Akshay and Chirag
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Practising XP #67 : Self Signups - What is Self Signup
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In this episode we describe the practice of self signupsDoor Akshay and Chirag
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Practising XP #66 : Self Signups - Problems with Task Assignment
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In this new series on Self Signups, we discuss the benefits of using this practice where team members choose the work that they want to do rather than being assigned tasks by a manager / team lead.This episode talks about the problems with a conventional task assignment approachDoor Akshay and Chirag
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In this episode we touch upon how to account for refactoring in your development plan and how to have meaningful conversations with client stakeholders about prioritizing this important activityDoor Akshay and Chirag
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The messenger from the Gods of Software development has come bearing 7 commandments of refactoring.Door Akshay and Chirag
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Practising XP #63 : Refactoring - Antipatterns
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In this episode, we talk about how NOT to refactorDoor Akshay and Chirag
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Here we delve a little deeper into various things that are misinterpreted as refactoringDoor Akshay and Chirag
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Here we talk about when and how to refactor.Door Akshay and Chirag
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In this episode, we introduce the widely misunderstood term "Refactoring"Door Akshay and Chirag
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Practising XP #59 : What is TDD
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In this episode we attempt to define what TDD. This should ideally be heard before the TDD vs Unit testing episode.Door Akshay and Chirag
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Practising XP #58 : TDD - Benefits - Joy
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Today we talk about how TDD can make software development joyfulDoor Akshay and Chirag
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Today we discuss how TDD makes you more productive as a developerDoor Akshay and Chirag
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Today we discuss how TDD enables better design.Door Akshay and Chirag
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Practising XP #55 : TDD - TDD vs Unit testing
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Today we talk about the difference between TDD and Unit Testing and why TDD is a preferable way to write code.Door Akshay and Chirag
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Today we talk about when should you write those awesome unit testsDoor Akshay and Chirag
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Practising XP #53 : TDD - Types of tests
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Today we talk about the different types of automated testsDoor Akshay and Chirag
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Practising XP #52 : TDD - Need for Automation
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In this series we talk about Test Driven Development. We begin with today's episode by talking about the need for automated tests.Door Akshay and Chirag
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Practising XP #48 : Pair Rotation - When to switch
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In this episode Chirag and Akshay discuss some patterns of when to switch pairsDoor Akshay and Chirag
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Practising XP #51 : Pair Rotation - Pitfalls
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In this episode Chirag and Akshay discuss some pitfalls to keep in mind when switching pairsDoor Akshay and Chirag
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Practising XP #50 : Pair Rotation - Benefits
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In this episode Chirag and Akshay discuss the benefits of pair rotationDoor Akshay and Chirag
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Practising XP #49 : Pair Rotation - Who should pair
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In this episode Chirag and Akshay discuss some patterns of who should pairDoor Akshay and Chirag
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Practising XP #47 : Pair Programming - Antipatterns
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Chirag and Akshay discuss the anti patterns of pair programmingDoor Akshay and Chirag
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Practising XP #46 : Benefits of Pair Programming - Teamwork
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Akshay and Chirag talk about the benefits of pair programming for teamwork.Door Akshay and Chirag
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Practising XP #45 : Benefits of Pair Programming - Learning
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Pair programming amplifies the learning on any team and is the most elegant method to onboard new developers.Door Akshay and Chirag
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Practising XP #44 - Benefits of Pairing - Quality
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In this episode we discuss the benefits of Pair Programming for the internal and external quality of software that we write.Door Akshay and Chirag
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Practising XP #43 : What is pairing and How to do it
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Before we look at more benefits, let's discuss what pairing is and some patterns that help make it effectiveDoor Akshay and Chirag
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Practising XP #42 : Benefits of Pairing - Productivity
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"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!Door Akshay and Chirag
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Practising XP #41 : Problems with working alone - Teamwork
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In this episode we discuss how working alone hampers effective teamwork.Door Akshay and Chirag
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In 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.Door Akshay and Chirag
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Practising XP #39 : Problems with working alone - Quality
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In this episode, Chirag and Akshay discuss hoe working alone might affect qualityDoor Akshay and Chirag
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We 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.Door Akshay and Chirag
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Practising XP #37 : Estimation Antipatterns - Traps to watch out for
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In the last episode of this series, we discuss a few common traps to watch out for when working with story point estimates.Door Akshay and Chirag
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Practising XP #36 : Estimation Antipatterns - Losing relativity in the backlog
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When 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.Door Akshay and Chirag
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Practising XP #35 : Estimation Antipatterns - Comparing Teams
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In this episode, we discuss a common tendency of managers comparing different teams based on velocity.Door Akshay and Chirag
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Practising XP #34 - Estimation Antipatterns - Using Points as Targets
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In 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.Door Akshay and Chirag
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Practising XP #33 - How story points can make life better
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This 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.Join in the Practising XP community on Telegram. https://ti…
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Practising XP #32 : The XP Game
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This 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/practisingxpDoor Akshay and Chirag
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Practising XP #31 : Answering the question "How fast can we go?"
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This 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/practisingxpDoor Akshay and Chirag
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Practicing XP #30 : Answering the "how big" question
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This 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 community on Telegram. https://tiny.cc/practisingxp…
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Practising XP #29 : Time based estimates are difficult to track
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This 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 Practising XP community on Telegram. https://tiny.cc/practisi…
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Practising XP #28 : Time based estimates create harmful pressure
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This 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://tiny.cc/practisingxpMusic by Lee Rosevere…
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This 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/practisingxpMusic by Lee Rosevere…
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Practising XP #26 : Evolutionary Code Design
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Chirag and Akshay talk to Vidhi, Tejashree, Anil and Rahul about what incremental / evolutionary design is and what it means in terms of mindset and practicesWe are eager to hear your Comments, Suggestions and questions.Join in the Practising XP community on Telegram. https://tiny.cc/practisingxpDoor Akshay and Chirag
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