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Here is one of the XP2006 workshop antipatterns the group worked on. Poor solution: Acceptance testing is either not done or done at the end Forces: Excessive belief in unit testing No testers involved Insufficient awareness of how to “agilize”… more »

Here is one of the XP2006 workshop antipatterns the group worked on. Poor solution: Unable to take responsibility Cannot say no to developers/stakeholders Forces: Authority problems Inappropriate personality in key role Unclear roles/decision… more »

Here is one of the XP2006 workshop antipatterns the group worked on. Poor solution: Manager prioritizes stories, tells how to do them, developers don’t have a say (because of manager’s authority) Forces: Customer absent Managers want to stay in… more »

Here is one of the XP2006 workshop antipatterns the group worked on. Poor solution: Not switching pairs Forces: High productivity of pair Pair is happy “never change a winning team” Inability to pair with others Consequences: Pair does not… more »

Here is one of the XP2006 workshop antipatterns the group worked on. Poor solution: Individuals volunteer to refactor for the team Forces: Trying to take responsibility on behalf of the team Some people do not refactor enough Some people are af… more »

Here is one of the XP2006 workshop antipatterns the group worked on. Poor Solution: Concurrent work on to many stories None of the stories are done at the end of the iteration. All stories are in progress. Forces: Desire to go as fast as possib… more »

Here is the description of the workshop I ran at XP2006: Agile methodologies are just as prone to mistakes, deviations and subversion as any other methodology. This workshop is intended to discover and share agile process anti-patterns then discuss a… more »