eXtreme Programming

Reading a Martin Fowler article "Is design dead?". About XP -Extreme Programming-. This term seems to pop up everywhere, and I was wondering whether it can do something for me. Haven't found out yet. It aims to integrate design and building into one and the same person and process. Looks interesting, but the strict separation between designing and programming seems really appealing to me. It is also the way I was tought building applicatins. First, think the concept through, then -and only then- fire up your favorite RAD tool and start to code. Well, maybe I'll get back to this later...