Agile Software Development

Software through People

Alistair Cockburn

278 pages, parution le 28/02/2002

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Résumé

Software development paradigms are shifting. The development group's "team" ability, and the effects of the individual developer, become more important as organizations recognize that the traditional approach of increasing process pressure and overworking team members is not meeting getting the job done. The pioneers of Agile methodologies question the preconceived processes within which development teams work. Rather than adding to the burden of the individual developer, Agile asks "how can we change the process so that the team is more productive, while also improving quality?" The answer is in learning to play the "game."

Written for developers and project managers, Agile Software Development compares software development to a game. Team members play the game knowing that the ultimate goal is to win--always remembering what they have learned along the way, and always keeping in mind that they will never play the same way twice. Players must keep an open mind to different methodologies, and focus on the goal of developing quality software in a short cycle time.

Based on a decade's work and research, and interviews with software project teams, this book presents sound advice for bringing difficult projects to successful conclusion with a minimum of stress. It includes advice on:

The principals behind agile methodologies
Which methodologies fit different projects--including appendixes to select the appropriate
methodology on a project
New vocabulary for describing methodologies
Just-in-time methodology tuning
Managing the incompleteness of communication
Continuous methodology reinvention
The manifesto for agile software development

Today's software developers need to recognize that they have a number of methodologies to choose from. With this book as a guide, they can break free of nonproductive habits, move beyond old routines, and clear a new path to success.

Contents

List of Figures
List of Stories
Preface
Introduction: Unknowable and Incommunicable 1
Ch. 1 A Cooperative Game of Invention and Communication 21
Ch. 2 Individuals 41
Ch. 3 Communicating, Cooperating Teams 75
Ch. 4 Methodologies 113
Ch. 5 Agile and Self-Adapting 173
Ch. 6 The Crystal Methodologies 197
App. A The Agile Software Development Manifesto 213
App. B Naur, Ehn, Musashi 225
App. C: Books and References 261
Index 271

L'auteur - Alistair Cockburn

Alistair Cockburn a plus de vingt ans d'expérience comme responsable grands projets informatiques dans les domaines de l'assurance, de la grande distribution et du commerce électronique. Expert reconnu en matière de cas d'utilisation, il est également l'auteur de Surviving Object-Oriented Projects (Addison-Wesley, 1998).

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Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Addison Wesley
Auteur(s)	Alistair Cockburn
Parution	28/02/2002
Nb. de pages	278
Format	18,6 x 23,4
Couverture	Broché
Poids	461g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780201699692