From: Ron Jeffries <ronjeffries@...>
Date: 2001-12-16T04:14:23+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:28635] Re: John Roth dolt (  Re: A challenge to proponents of Unit Testing. )

On Sat, 15 Dec 2001 13:37 +0000 (GMT Standard Time),
brangdon@cix.co.uk (Dave Harris) wrote:

>> Coverage is interesting, and some XP teams are using it.
>
>Do you have any figures on the kinds of coverage that result from normal 
>XP? Is it 95% or more like 45%? Does it tend to drop as the project ages?
>
>I am asking as a way of comparing XP with other methodologies.

I have seen reports on the extremeprogramming yahoo list of coverage
approximating 100%. Again, coverage analysis is not an XP core
practice, but people are reporting surprising high coverage for an
approach that doesn't push it. What figures are available for other
methodologies? I'll appreciate any references ...

Thanks,

Ronald E Jeffries
http://www.XProgramming.com
http://www.objectmentor.com