He frowned. How was he going to keep track of it all?
???Don??™t worry,??? said Kim quietly. She had noticed his discomfort. ???It??™s not as confusing as it seems. Jeff
has it right: don??™t worry about what to call what we??™re doing. We??™re all doing the same thing??”getting
stuff done. We work together to make it happen, and we jump back and forth between all the normal
development activities as the situation dictates. If you focus on what we??™re delivering rather than trying
to figure out what phase of development we??™re in, it will all make sense.???
Pat shook his head. ???How do you know what you have to do, though? It looks like chaos.???
Kim pointed at a whiteboard filled with index cards. ???There??™s our plan for this week. Green are finished
and white are remaining. It??™s Monday morning and we release on Wednesday, so we have about half
a week to go. You tell me; what??™s our progress????
Pat looked at the board. About half the cards had a green circle around them. ???About halfway through????
he guessed.
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Kim beamed. ???Perfect! We keep those cards up-to-date. Just keep that in mind for the first week or two
and you??™ll do fine!???
A LITTLE LIE
I??™ve pretended that the only way to do XP is the way I??™ve described it in this book.
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