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should be a whiteboard or wall where you can hang or post index cards between meetings. There must
also be sufficient space to break into groups of two or three people and to talk softly without disturbing
other groups.
We??™ve found it valuable to use a timer, whether a stopwatch or a kitchen timer, to keep the session
moving. Each ?©tude has a few parts of 5 to 10 minutes. Although that time will seem to flow quickly
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on your first day, respect the time limits. You??™ll perform the ?©tude again tomorrow, so it??™s OK if you
don??™t finish everything.
Choose one member of your team to facilitate the ?©tude by watching the time (perhaps calling out ???one
minute remaining??? when appropriate) and promoting discussion. Again, the first session may be hard,
but a good facilitator can encourage everyone to continue.
At the end of each ?©tude, we recommend spending a few minutes debriefing. What did you learn? Are
there questions and ideas you can follow up on during your regular work? If you??™ve been trying this
exercise for more than a week, are you still getting valuable results?
If you??™re new to XP and agile development, we strongly recommend that you perform each ?©tude while
you study the related chapter as a team.
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