Tag: spike
Wednesday, 2 November 2011
Using Spikes
Posted by Gus Power
The XP practice of 'spiking' has been around for a while but there isn't a whole lot written about it.
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Friday, 10 February 2006
User stories part 3: Using spikes to help estimate user stories
Posted by Simon Baker
A user story containing unknown elements should be split into a spike to investigate the unknown elements plus a story to develop the functionality. This enables the customer to prioritize the research separate from the implementation of the new functionality.
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Wednesday, 11 January 2006
Spike
Posted by Simon Baker
A spike is an experiment that allows developers to learn just enough about something unknown in a user story, e.g. a new technology, to be able to estimate that user story. A spike must be time-boxed. This defines the maximum time that will be spent learning and fixes the estimate for the spike. William McKnight of 3M once said "Give it a try - and quick".
