Comments on: Agile Refactoring http://blog.foomonger.com/2009/11/10/agile-refactoring/ Tips and Musings on Software Development, Flash, and Flex Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:12:38 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Craig Daniel http://blog.foomonger.com/2009/11/10/agile-refactoring/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Craig Daniel Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:10:39 +0000 http://blog.foomonger.com/?p=33#comment-33 Great post Sam. A discipline commonly used by XP teams is to keep a backlog of "clean up" tasks. Then, you can either schedule 10%-20% of the velocity for each iteration for cleanup tasks or you can fix cleanup tasks every 3rd or 4th iteration. Another key discipline is implementing unit tests, preferably via TDD, that help teams to confidently refactor as they go. A good product owner knows that he has to pay off his debt at some point or the velocity will suffer. I spoke to this in more detail on my blog: http://cdan.posterous.com/technical-debt-when-agile-software-developmen Great post Sam. A discipline commonly used by XP teams is to keep a backlog of “clean up” tasks. Then, you can either schedule 10%-20% of the velocity for each iteration for cleanup tasks or you can fix cleanup tasks every 3rd or 4th iteration.

Another key discipline is implementing unit tests, preferably via TDD, that help teams to confidently refactor as they go.

A good product owner knows that he has to pay off his debt at some point or the velocity will suffer. I spoke to this in more detail on my blog: http://cdan.posterous.com/technical-debt-when-agile-software-developmen

]]> By: Jason http://blog.foomonger.com/2009/11/10/agile-refactoring/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Jason Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:32:50 +0000 http://blog.foomonger.com/?p=33#comment-32 I like adding a #technicaldebt tag to the code. Kinda like a TODO, but more meaningful. I tend to refactor as a go along, and build the cost into my user stories. I like adding a #technicaldebt tag to the code. Kinda like a TODO, but more meaningful.

I tend to refactor as a go along, and build the cost into my user stories.

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