The XP Practices
The XP practices fall into three categories:
Practices most people agree with, but often ignore.
Practices most people don't understand.
Practices that spark riots.
Some XP practices, like the 40-hour week, get lots of lip service in IT shops. I don't know too many people who would say having a team maintain a sustainable pace (roughly a 40-hour week for most humans) is bad. When the pressure's on, this practice usually gets pitched out the window, but most people agree it's a good idea. There are some managers who grind people down to a nub and think that's an achievement. Their people leave. Any smart manager will realize that nobody works much beyond forty productive hours in a week, so forcing them to pretend they do costs ...
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