Quantitative Survey on Extreme Programming Projects
This addresses the need for empirical data on XP practices for software developers and researchers, but it is incremental as it provides initial survey results without major innovations.
The authors conducted the first survey on Extreme Programming (XP) projects, analyzing 45 questionnaires to assess the state and outcomes of XP adoption in software development.
In recent years the Extreme Programming (XP) community has grown substantially. Many XP projects have started and a substantial amount are already finished. As the interest in the XP approach is constantly increasing worldwide throughout all software intensive application domains, it was time to start a first survey on XP. This paper presents the results of 45 evaluated questionnaires that have been received during the Summer 2001 survey.