Ron's talk explores the subtleties and pitfalls of a high-visibility XP project. This popular methodology is reviewed from the perspective of the Capability Maturity Model for Software, a five-level model that prescribes process improvement priorities for software organizations. Overviews of both XP and CMM are provided, and XP is critiqued from a Software CMM perspective. For those interested in process improvement, the ideas in XP should be carefully considered for adoption where appropriate in an organization's business environment. Jim Highsmith, Cutter Consortium Heavy is out.
Light is in.