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The Art of Agile Development View Larger Image | James Shore, Shane Warden
O'Reilly Media, Paperback, Published October 2007, 304 pages, ISBN 0596527675 | List Price: $39.99
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The Art of Agile Development contains practical, down-to-earth guidance
for anyone involved in or considering the agile method -- and Extreme Programming
in particular -- to build reliable software. Agile development methods have
become increasingly popular because too many software projects have failed to
meet expected release dates, deliver the required features, or to match projected
costs. This book provides no-nonsense advice on agile planning, development,
delivery, and management taken from the authors' many years of experience.
While plenty of books address the what and why of agile development, very few
offer developers, managers, stakeholders and users the information they can
apply directly. The Art of Agile Development 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.
Other books focus solely on the process; this book deals with the need for
face-to-face interaction, which is the most difficult aspect of working in an
agile development. You'll find 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?
Whether you are currently part of an agile team, working with an agile team,
or interested in agile development you will reach for this book again and again.
Author James Shore's companion web site, Successful Software (www.jamesshore.com),
contains dozens of considered essays discussing agile development and Extreme
Programming, with multiple new essays posted each month.
About the Authors
chromatic promotes free and open source software for O'Reilly's Open Technology
Exchange. In practice, this means editing and researching.
He is the author of Extreme Programming Pocket Guide, a co-author of Perl Testing:
A Developer's Notebook, the lead author of Perl Hacks, and a co-author of The
Art of Agile Development.
chromatic has contributed to several projects including Perl 5, Perl 6, Pugs,
and, these days, Parrot. Someday, he'd like to claim some responsibility for
improving the quality of all software.
He lives just west of Portland, Oregon with two cats, a creek in his backyard,
and a park one house over. It's too late for him to choose a more realistic-sounding
pen name.
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.
Customer Reviews
Customer Reviews: 1 Average Customer Rating: Mar 20, 2008 Brendon Anderson from Minneapolis, MN
Great book on Agile development
This book is very well written and gives a great description of many different types of Agile practices. Although the book centers around XP, I think many of the techniques and practices could be brought over to any of the different Agile disciplines. The book also goes into the all important steps of selling agile practices to those with the money: managers, directors, stake holders, and the customers. This is a very important step! The book is also nice in that it doesnt necessarily have to be read in chapter order. If you need some help on something, its easy to pick up the details by just going straight to that section no need to read everything before it to get caught up. All the information in the book can be applied directly. Many of the concerns related to starting up Agile development in a shop are covered very well.
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