Alternating Group Coordinator (AGC): An Approach to Improve eXtreme Programming

Abstract

Agile development methods such as eXtreme Programming (XP) are increasingly adopted by software organi- zations and engineers to access its effectiveness and the benefits it promises. However, XP has some limitations in certain aspects pertaining to inter-group communication and teamwork. This issue is attributed mostly to the isolation among dif- ferent pair-programmer groups. In this analysis, we study the impact of applying our solution of the Alternating Group Coordinator (AGC) on the effectiveness of XP. After giving an overview of XP and the issue which we address, we de- scribe the solution we devise and the method used to evaluate this solution through a statistical questionnaire and using it to develop a mathematical model that describes it.