Agile Software Development

Lightweight methodologies are exploding in popularity because their flexibility is ideal for todays fast-changing development environments. In Agile Software Development, legendary software expert Alistair Cockburn reviews the advantages and disadvantages of lightweight methods, synthesizing the fields key lessons into a simplified approach that allows developers to focus on building quality software rapidly, cost-effectively, and without burnout. Ideal for managers seeking to transcend yesterdays failed approaches, the agile movement views software development as a cooperative game. As players move throughout the game, they use markers and props to inform, remind, and inspire themselves and each other. The goal of the game: to deliver a working software system -- and to use the lessons of each project to build a new, smarter game for the next project. For every IT executive and manager, software developer, team leader, team member, and client concerned with building robust, cost-effective software.

Author: Alistair Cockburn

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

Pages: 304

Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional

Publication Date: 2001-10-22