RDP Technique: Take a Different Look at XP for Adoption

Abstract

Although software projects can benefit from XP practices, all projects can't directly adopt it. Characteristics of some projects make it difficult to use XP directly, therefore, we need to tailor XP to the local conditions, contexts and the size of these projects. In this article we will describe why defining XP by its practices has problems and with the belief that XP's values make it agile, XP's practices do not define XP and XP is defined by its rules, we introduce a practical technique for tailoring XP. Proposed technique benefits from RDP (rule-description-practice) cards for identifying a set of suitable practices for a specific project: organizing "YourXP" software development process.