Extreme Programming Misconceptions

This page is intended to document some common misconceptions about ExtremeProgramming.

A couple have been started:

• RewritingIsNotRefactoring
• ExtremeProgramming is not CowboyCoding
• ExtremeProgramming, instead of NotDoingDesign, is rather about ContinuousDesign (see also XpDoesDesign, DesignInXp, etc.)
• ExtremeProgramming does not forbid writing any documentation, rather avoid TooMuchDocumentation (see also KeepMassLow, ExtremeDocuments, and OnceAndOnlyOnce)
• XpIsNotaSilverBullet
• ReFactoring should not occur in large expensive chunks (See RewritingIsNotRefactoring)

See also PairProgrammingMisconceptions.

Please add others that you are tired of dealing with. Cheers,-- JasonNocks

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See also WhenXpIsUnpopular.

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