metaphor. Sometimes the metaphor is "naive". ... Sometimes the metaphor needs a little explanation. The words used to identify technical entities should be consistently taken from the chosen metaphor. As development proceeds and the metaphor matures, the whole team will find new inspiration from examining the metaphor.” eXtreme Programming Explained, Kent Beck, 1999 The White Book
and provide naming conventions. A simple shared story of how the system works, a metaphor. This story typically involves a handful of classes and patterns that shape the core flow of the system being built.” http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?SystemMetaphor as of 25/04/2014 The C2 Wiki
with certain qualities. The most important quality is being able to explain the system design to new people without resorting to dumping huge documents on them. A design should have a structure that helps new people begin contributing quickly. The second quality is a design that makes naming classes and methods consistent.” http://www.extremeprogramming.org/rules/metaphor.html as of 25/04/2014 Ron Jeffries’ Current Description of XP
Energy raises prices 3%” “...soaring values have revived idea of selling part of property portfolio...” “...nation's top 10% owning 44% of household wealth...” “Ministry of justice figures show number of convictions fell by only 69...” “Labour's nosedive in the opinion polls…”
Inc took a nosedive and were in freefall by close of trading.” Think: “I should bail out of my investment in XYZ Inc. before the stock hits rock bottom.”
“Sussex police under fire for 'criminalising' fracking protests” “Nigel Farage has attempted to defend his controversial remarks...” “Michael Gove ordered to seal truce as Clegg hits back...”