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The Art of Agile Development

Pragmatic guide to agile software development

By: James Shore, Chromatic
Publisher:: O'Reilly Media
Released:: October 2007
Pages:: 440

Description

Plenty of books describe what agile development is or why it helps software projects succeed, but very few combine information for developers, managers, testers, and customers into a single package that they can apply directly. This book provides a gestalt view of the agile development process that serves as a comprehensive introduction for non-technical readers, along with hands-on technical practices for programmers and developers. The book also tackles the people aspect of Extreme Programming.

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The Art of Agile Development contains practical guidance for anyone considering or applying agile development for building valuable software. Plenty of books describe what agile development is or why it helps software projects succeed, but very few combine information for developers, managers, testers, and customers into a single package that they can apply directly.

This book provides no-nonsense advice on agile planning, development, delivery, and management taken from the authors' many years of experience with Extreme Programming (XP). You get a gestalt view of the agile development process, including comprehensive guidance for non-technical readers and hands-on technical practices for developers and testers.

The Art of Agile Development gives you clear answers to questions such as:

How can we adopt agile development?
Do we really need to pair program?
What metrics should we report?
What if I can't get my customer to participate?
How much documentation should we write?
When do we design and architect?
As a non-developer, how should I work with my agile team?
Where is my product roadmap?
How does QA fit in?

The book teaches you how to adopt XP practices, describes each practice in detail, then discusses principles that will allow you to modify XP and create your own agile method. In particular, this book tackles the difficult aspects of agile development: the need for cooperation and trust among team members.

Whether you're currently part of an agile team, working with an agile team, or interested in agile development, this book provides the practical tips you need to start practicing agile development. As your experience grows, the book will grow with you, providing exercises and information that will teach you first to understand the rules of agile development, break them, and ultimately abandon rules altogether as you master the art of agile development.

"Jim Shore and Shane Warden expertly explain the practices and benefits of Extreme Programming. They offer advice from their real-world experiences in leading teams. They answer questions about the practices and show contraindications - ways that a practice may be mis-applied. They offer alternatives you can try if there are impediments to applying a practice, such as the lack of an on-site customer.

--Ken Pugh, Author of Jolt Award Winner, Prefactoring

"I will leave a copy of this book with every team I visit."

--Brian Marick, Exampler Consulting

Table of Contents

Getting Started
1. Chapter 1 Why Agile?
  1. Understanding Success
  2. Beyond Deadlines
  3. The Importance of Organizational Success
  4. Enter Agility
2. Chapter 2 How to Be Agile
  1. Agile Methods
  2. Don’t Make Your Own Method
  3. The Road to Mastery
  4. Find a Mentor
3. Chapter 3 Understanding XP
  1. The XP Lifecycle
  2. The XP Team
  3. XP Concepts
4. Chapter 4 Adopting XP
  1. Is XP Right for Us?
  2. Go!
  3. Assess Your Agility
Practicing XP
1. Chapter 5 Thinking
  1. Pair Programming
  2. Energized Work
  3. Informative Workspace
  4. Root-Cause Analysis
  5. Retrospectives
2. Chapter 6 Collaborating
  1. Trust
  2. Sit Together
  3. Real Customer Involvement
  4. Ubiquitous Language
  5. Stand-Up Meetings
  6. Coding Standards
  7. Iteration Demo
  8. Reporting
3. Chapter 7 Releasing
  1. “Done Done”
  2. No Bugs
  3. Version Control
  4. Ten-Minute Build
  5. Continuous Integration
  6. Collective Code Ownership
  7. Documentation
4. Chapter 8 Planning
  1. Vision
  2. Release Planning
  3. The Planning Game
  4. Risk Management
  5. Iteration Planning
  6. Slack
  7. Stories
  8. Estimating
5. Chapter 9 Developing
  1. Incremental Requirements
  2. Customer Tests
  3. Test-Driven Development
  4. Refactoring
  5. Simple Design
  6. Incremental Design and Architecture
  7. Spike Solutions
  8. Performance Optimization
  9. Exploratory Testing
Mastering Agility
1. Chapter 10 Values and Principles
  1. Commonalities
  2. About Values, Principles, and Practices
  3. Further Reading
2. Chapter 11 Improve the Process
  1. Understand Your Project
  2. Tune and Adapt
  3. Break the Rules
3. Chapter 12 Rely on People
  1. Build Effective Relationships
  2. Let the Right People Do the Right Things
  3. Build the Process for the People
4. Chapter 13 Eliminate Waste
  1. Work in Small, Reversible Steps
  2. Fail Fast
  3. Maximize Work Not Done
  4. Pursue Throughput
5. Chapter 14 Deliver Value
  1. Exploit Your Agility
  2. Only Releasable Code Has Value
  3. Deliver Business Results
  4. Deliver Frequently
6. Chapter 15 Seek Technical Excellence
  1. Software Doesn’t Exist
  2. Design Is for Understanding
  3. Design Trade-offs
  4. Quality with a Name
  5. Great Design
  6. Universal Design Principles
  7. Principles in Practice
  8. Pursue Mastery

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Product Details

Title:

The Art of Agile Development

By:

James Shore, Chromatic

Publisher:

O'Reilly Media

Formats:

Print
Ebook
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Print Release:

October 2007

Ebook Release:

July 2008

Pages:

440

Print ISBN:

978-0-596-52767-9

| ISBN 10:

0-596-52767-5

Ebook ISBN:

978-0-596-15290-1

| ISBN 10:

0-596-15290-6

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About the Authors

James Shore

James Shore, signatory number ten to the Agile Manifesto, has been coaching agile teams large and small before they were called agile. He brings both breadth and depth to his discussion of agile development. In 2005, the Agile Alliance recognized James with their most significant award, the Gordon Pask Award for Contributions to Agile Practice. James is an internationally recognized speaker who consults for companies interested in agile development. He writes about agile development on his top-ranked blog, jamesshore.com.

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Chromatic

Shane Warden manages Onyx Neon Press, an independent publisher. His areas of expertise include agile software development, language design, and virtual machines for dynamic languages. He is also a published novelist. His books include The Art of Agile Development and Masterminds of Programming.

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