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Why We Don't Build Software for Users

by Cooper, Alan; Thé, Lee (2002-10-18)
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During this interview Alan Cooper talks about software construction, craftmanship, agile and engineering methods as well as much other issues that live in the software industry.

Managers Manage

by Ambler, Scott W. (2002-10-01)
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Project Managers can learn from the new agile methods, too: Scrum and Extreme Project Management use close quarters, communication and discrete goal-setting to create highly effective project plans.

XP: A Project Manager's Primer

by Baird, Stewart (2002-09-01)
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Series of articles that form a good introduction to the concepts and practices of XP and the impact on project management practices.

Team Development and Pair Programming - Tasks and Challenges of the XP Coach

by Sharifabdi, Kamran; Grot, Claudia (2002-08-15)
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Practical guidelines for the first-time XP Project Manager. Addresses resistance to the Test-First and Pair Programming principles and gives advise on how to overcome this resistance.

Evolutionary Project Management Methods

by Malotaux, Niels (2002-08-12)
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Description of the Evo method (based upon the works of Harlan Mills and F.P. Brooks and named Evolutionary / Evo by Tom Gilb), existing mainly of a collection of project management anti-patterns and their treatment. The solutions are more agile than traditional project management approaches.

Taking Projects to the Extreme

by Melymuka, Kathleen (2002-07-22)
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Describes Extreme Project Management and describes such management techniques as project sliders, is/is not scope planning, and quality agreements.

Agile Project Management: Emergent Order Through Visionary Leadership

by Augustine, Sanjiv; Woodcock, Susan (2002-07-01)
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Overview of best practices (derived from experience with XP projects) for project managers in agile projects.

What Are XP Projects Scared Of?

by McBreen, Pete (2002-06-03)
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This sample chapter from Questionning Extreme Programming is an exploration of project risks, their causes and how XP addresses these risk causes for project teams.

A Manager's View On Large Scale XP Projects

by Rumpe, Bernhard; Scholz, Peter (2002-05-01)
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This paper outlines a hierachical approach to managing large scale projects using XP. The paper describes how to organise a project to make use of agile techniques with a large team.