NatureOfXtc

This page aims to spark some debate about what Xtc is about.

• Working in XP can be hard so its good to meet other people and discuss common problems. It's a professional network and support group.
• Xtc provides a guide to helpful tools and books BookOfTheMonth I know there's a page but have we actually ever done BookOfTheMonth? We've never actually done it but it sounds like fun.
• Xtc encourages people to write papers, books, articles and run events to publicize XP. XPCollaborators is a list of people wanting to help with such activities.
• Xtc allows people to gain experience in XP practices when their day-job doesn't. XtcProjectProposals may help you find a XP project to become involved in.
• Xtc introduces people to the XP community. FamilyTree is a list of well-known people in the field.
• Xtc is a social club for like minded people to have a drink after work and put the world to rights!

After meeting RussRufer? from the Silcon Valley Patterns group I and AndyPols have been inspired to propose a regular XtcStudyGroup. The idea being that we choose a topic each week to pre-read then discuss. BenHogan

As a founder of the club - one of its definitive goals was "to be in a good pub so at least (in the worst case) if the topic of the evening was a disaster you could enjoy a pint and some food and feel that the night was not wasted". This was in part my feeling that at many BCS events that I went to years ago (when held at IBM Southbank) I ended up feeling hot, thirsty and hungry and praying that the session didn't go on too long so we could go for drinks afterwards. I think that over the years we've managed to maintain that easy going principle. TimM

That's page 146 in the Certification and Accreditation section of the aforementioned book. -- MichaelFinney