A mixed metaphor can work - eg combine a typewriter with cut and paste literally.

Example of xp metaphor. In the short posting by Fowler he mentions that he has seen metaphor used very well but that he does not see it as helpful in itself. Even Martin Fowler who was involved in the birth of XP doesnt quite understand it. She is an angel.

One of the least talked about and least understood of the 12 Extreme Programming XP practices is Metaphor. Life is like a box of chocolates. 12 Types of Metaphor with Examples.

It takes deep knowledge about the system to choose a good metaphor and those teams had it. The iterative nature of XP causes the architecture of our system to evolve over time. An example of a metaphor is when the team is developing a foreign exchange dealing-room system.

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VCAPS was structured like a bill of materials. Here are fifty more challenging examples of metaphors. JPMorgan Chase Co.

As an example check writer is a poor metaphor for financial software tools like Quicken but accountant reveals more functionality to users and provides more guidance for high-level design. These names should be. A metaphor is meant to be agreed upon by all members of a project as a means of guiding the structure of the architecture 4.