Re: [LUG] [OT] One-star reviews of "Extreme Programming"

[Tom <madtom1999@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 20/12/13 13:11, Steven Côté wrote:

It's funny. I remember the first time I read that book, my opinion was along similar lines to these reviews. In all fairness, I don't think the book actually explained itself very well. It wasn't until I had taken some formal scrum training that I was able to go back, read this again and then finally went "Oh, I see what you mean now".

That's a pretty poor sign for a book. I had to go learn what he was talking about before what he was saying made any sense at all.

On 19 December 2013 23:54, Philip Hudson <phil.hudson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Sweet.

http://www.amazon.com/Extreme-Programming-Explained-Embrace-Change/product-reviews/0201616416/ref=cm_cr_pr_top_recent?ie=UTF8&filterBy=addOneStar&showViewpoints=0&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending

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I think XP is one of those things that is very difficult to explain. It requires a higher level of understanding of the processes involved than is available to the average software engineer until their late thirties if they are lucky enough to have worked on lots of different projects. Possibly a bit like OOp and RMS the initial response is one of WTF. However given current UK management I cant see many places even being allowed to investigate its efficacy let alone implement it.
Tom te tom te tom

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