XP Farm - Beginner XP Developer

Issued by IBM

The badge earner has participated in XP Farm quarterly class. This badge represents the earner’s ability to pass the graduation for the yellow or orange belt in the XP Farm program. This badge also demonstrates a commitment to software craftsmanship, continuous learning, teamwork, and the discipline to stick to daily practice. This badge is equivalent to a Yellow Belt or Orange Belt on the XP Farm program.

Type Validation
Time Weeks
Cost Free

Additional Details

Skills

Clean Code
Pair Programming
Pomodoro
Programming
Test Driven Development

Earning Criteria

Must be an employee of IBM
Must know a programming language
Complete the XP Farm quarterly class – click here to sign up
Passed an online evaluation and demonstrated skills applying the Pomodoro technique, pair programming, writing clean code, basic refactoring, and test-driven development. The evaluation will be done by an XP Trainer based on the XP Farm rubric, which can be found here