Programming: Is Design Dead?

For many that come briefly into contact with Extreme Programming,
it seems that XP calls for the death of software design. Not just is
much design activity ridiculed as 'Big Up Front Design', but such
design techniques as the UML, flexible frameworks, and even
patterns are de-emphasized or downright ignored. In fact XP
involves a lot of design, but does it in a different way than
established software processes. XP has rejuvenated the notion of
evolutionary design with practices that allow evolution to become a
viable design strategy. It also provides new challenges and skills as
designers need to learn how to do a simple design, how to use
refactoring to keep a design clean, and how to use patterns in an
evolutionary style.

Is Design Dead?: