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| <a id="WhatisXP" name="WhatisXP">What is XP?</a>
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| <p>
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| Extreme Programming or XP is a development process that can be used by small to medium sized teams to develop high
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| quality software within a predictable schedule and budget and with a minimum of overhead. XP is currently one of the
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| most widely used agile processes in the industry.
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| This diagram arranges the core practices of Extreme Programming in a way that makes them easy to remember and that
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| exemplifies the steering and control cycles of the process. For more details, see <a class="elementLinkWithType" href="./../../xp/guidances/concepts/xp_practices.html" guid="2.2937799026801584E-305">Concept: XP Practices</a>.
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| <h2>
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| <a id="Start" name="Start">Where do I start?</a>
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| <p>
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| If you are unfamiliar with XP and want to learn more about it, we suggest you take the following steps:
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| <ul>
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| Get a quick <a class="elementLinkWithUserText" href="./../../xp/guidances/concepts/what_is_xp.html" guid="9.251272550276345E-306">overview
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| of XP</a>.
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| Learn what the <a class="elementLinkWithUserText" href="./../../xp/guidances/concepts/motivation.html" guid="1.6390805262958034E-306">motivation behind XP</a> is.
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| </li>
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| Understand what <a class="elementLink" href="./../../xp/guidances/concepts/agile_software_development.html" guid="1.041091673844025E-305">Agile Software Development</a> means.
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| </li>
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| Take a tour of the <a class="elementLink" href="./../../xp/guidances/concepts/xp_values.html" guid="1.076140803519123E-306">XP Values</a> and <a class="elementLink" href="./../../xp/guidances/concepts/xp_practices.html" guid="2.2937799026801584E-305">XP Practices</a>.
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| </li>
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| </ul>
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| If you are familiar with XP and are interested in trying XP on your RUP project, we simply suggest you start by reading
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| the <a class="elementLinkWithUserText" href="./../../xp/guidances/concepts/extreme_programming.html" guid="5.2637267673584526E-306">Extreme Programming Roadmap</a>.<br />
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| <a id="Who" name="Who">Who is behind the plug-in?</a>
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| </h3>
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| <p>
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| This plug-in is a collaboration between <a href="http://www.objectmentor.com/" target="_blank">Object Mentor Inc.</a>
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| and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ibm.com/" target="_blank">IBM Corporation</a>.
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