Test by test for Every Day: Elementary - Pre-Intermediate

While the programmers are working, the customers are doing three things: They visit with the programmers to clarify ideas, they write system acceptance tests to be run during and at the end of the iteration, and they select stories to be built for the next iteration. They may be on the project full time or not, as they decide. The team holds a stand-up meeting every day, in which they describe what they are working on, what is working well for them, and what they might need help with. The meeting is held standing up to keep it short. At the end of each iteration, they hold another meeting in which they review what they did well and what they want to work on next time. They post this list for all to see during the next iteration. XP prizes four values: communication, simplicity, testing, and courage. The "courage" value is intended as courage to go ahead and make improvements to the system at any time. One person on the team is designated the "coach" for the team. This person reviews with the team members their use of the key practices: use of pair programming and testing, pair rotation, keeping design simple, communicating, and so on ...»