Executive Update

Agile Code Priorities: Part I -- Using a Priority Hierarchy

Posted August 14, 2006 | Technology |

MAKING CODE-RELATED CHOICES

At the beginning of any software project, development teams have a set of constraints to work with and choices to make. Many of these choices are code-related.

In making these choices, many questions arise. How do we choose how and when to test the code? How, and to what extent, can we keep it simple and clear? How do we choose major frameworks and tools? How do we choose a development language and development environment? Which choices are most important, and how do they affect each other?

About The Author
Patrick Wilson Welsh
Patrick Wilson-Welsh has helped bring agile development methods to organizations all over North America, from Fortune 100 companies to small startups. His expertise is in training and mentoring in programmer practices, especially Test-Driven Development and refactoring. Patrick's experience includes the problem domains of mainframe payroll, mainframe database, executive decision support, medical research data collection, PC database, bank check… Read More
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