"This book does a good job of describing the methods employed at Sprintpcs.com ... over 250 people practicing Feature Driven Development and reporting their progress to me at the monthly operations review."--Scott B. Relf, Chief Marketing Officer, Sprint PCS "A tremendous contribution to the literature in the field. This should be required reading for all development teams going forward."--John F.
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The past few years have seen the rise of agile or evolutionary methods in software development. These methods embrace change in requirements even late in the project. The ability to change software is because of certain practices that are followed within teams, such as Test Driven Development, Pair Programming, and Continuous Integration.
This is the e Book version of the printed book.Agile has become today's dominant software development paradigm, but Agile methods remain difficult to measure and improve. Essential Skills for the Agile Developer fills this gap from the bottom up, teaching proven techniques for assessing and optimizing both individual and team Agile practices.
Being Agile introduces eleven breakthrough techniques for transforming typical software engineering teams from merely "doing" agile to actually "being" agile -- and thereby helping them achieve agile's full benefits. Complementing any other agile guide, it shows how to break old "waterfall" habits that unintentionally hinder agile success -- and then drive the real, sustained continuous improvement that agile makes possible.
Want to work smarter, faster and more productively?Agile is an innovative way of working that will help you deliver high quality products and services cost-effectively, to embrace change and keep improving as you go.
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