The Whole XP Team

<p>This week we look at Chapter 10, The Whole XP Team from Extreme Programming Explained 2nd Edition by Kent Beck (<a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Extreme-Programming-Explained-Embrace-Change/dp/0321278658">Amazon</a>).</p> <p>I discuss:</p> <ul> <li>Conway's Law and the Inverse Conway Maneuver</li> <li>The roles on an XP Team</li> <li>The two metrics Beck uses to measure the health of an XP Team</li> </ul> <p>We'll dive into all this and more Thursday, July 15th at 7 pm eastern on Twitch. You can join by going to <a href= "https://bookclub.dev/live">bookclub.dev/live</a>.</p> <p>Also if you are interested in more deep dives into concepts like Conway's Law and the Inverse Conway Maneuver drop me a line <a href="mailto:hello@bookclub.dev">hello@bookclub.dev</a>.</p> <p>Conway's Law: Any organization that designs a system (defined broadly) will produce a design whose structure is a copy of the organization's communication structure.</p> <p>This comes from Mel Conway's 1967 paper <a href= "https://www.melconway.com/research/committees.html">"How Do Committees Invent?"</a></p> <p>Roles on an XP Team</p> <ul> <li>Testers</li> <li>Interaction Designers</li> <li>Architects</li> <li>Project Managers</li> <li>Product Managers</li> <li>Executives</li> <li>Technical Writers</li> <li>Users</li> <li>Programmers</li> <li>Human Resources</li> </ul> <p>Two Metrics for XP Team health</p> <ul> <li>The defect rate</li> <li>Length of time from idea to it generating revenue</li> </ul> <p><strong>Resources</strong></p> <ul> <li>Extreme Programming Explained 2nd Edition (<a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Extreme-Programming-Explained-Embrace-Change/dp/0321278658">Amazon</a>)</li> <li><a href= "https://www.melconway.com/research/committees.html">How Do Committees Invent?</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.thoughtworks.com/radar/techniques/inverse-conway-maneuver"> Inverse Conway Maneuver</a></li> <li>The Unicorn Project (<a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Unicorn-Project-Developers-Disruption-Thriving/dp/1942788762/">Amazon</a>)</li> <li>