Is XP still relevant?

Abstract

First publicized in 1998 as the new methodology that developers actually liked using, the time has come to look deeper into the XP phenomenon. At the height of the dot-com craze, the hype surrounding XP was amazing, and to judge by the publicity, everyone wanted to use XP. Now in the post dotcom era, the time has now come to ask whether XP is still relevant. Initially it seemed that XP was widely applicable, but that was before XP had any real competition. As soon as the Agile Alliance publicized the existence of alternate agile methods, many teams that were initially attracted to XP found more appropriate alternatives. The overall effect of all of this has been that XP has ceased to be the centre of attention and as a result the number of projects adopting XP is arguably declining. So although many projects now adopt an agile approach, few new projects are choosing to adopt XP unless there is a strong, local development community that supports XP. This panel addressed written questions from the floor. To start the discussion, appropriate questions were planted in the audience and additional questions were taken from there. Discussion started with these two questions: Now that Kent, Ron and Ward have had their moment of fame, is it time to move on? Do we need to develop XP 2.0?.