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More Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional; 2 edition

Language: English

ISBN: 0321482751

Paperback: 504 pages

Data: October 19, 2006

Format: CHM

Description: The agile model of software development has taken the world by storm. Now, in Agile Software Development, Second Edition, one of agile抯 leading pioneers updates his Jolt Productivity award-winning book to reflect all that抯 been learned about agile development since its original introduction.

Alistair Cockburn begins by updating his powerful model of software development as a 揷ooperative game of invention and communication.?Among the new ideas he introduces: harnessing competition without damaging collaboration; learning lessons from lean manufacturing; and balancing strategies for communication. Cockburn also explains how the cooperative game is played in business and on engineering projects, not just software development

Next, he systematically illuminates the agile model, shows how it has evolved, and answers the questions developers and project managers ask most often, including

* Where does agile development fit in our organization?

* How do we blend agile ideas with other ideas?

* How do we extend agile ideas more broadly?

Cockburn takes on crucial misconceptions that cause agile projects to fail. For example, you抣l learn why encoding project management strategies into fixed processes can lead to ineffective strategy decisions and costly mistakes. You抣l also find a thoughtful discussion of the controversial relationship between agile methods and user experience design.

Cockburn turns to the practical challenges of constructing agile methodologies for your own teams. You抣l learn how to tune and continuously reinvent your methodologies, and how to manage incomplete communication. This edition contains important new contributions on these and other topics:

* Agile and CMMI

* Introducing agile from the top down

* Revisiting 揷ustom contracts?br />* Creating change with 搒tickers?br />

In addition, Cockburn updates his discussion of the Crystal methodologies, which utilize his 揷ooperative game?as their central metaphor.

If you抮e new to agile development, this book will help you succeed the first time out. If you抳e used agile methods before, Cockburn抯 techniques will make you even more effective.

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