Preface

A dramatic revolution in the planning, design, development, and production of software-based solutions is turning the world of software delivery on its head. We are changing what we build, how we build it, who takes part in constructing it, where we develop it, how we manage its quality, what users expect from it, how frequently we update it, and much more. I have seen examples of enterprise software delivery organizations whose methods are unrecognizable from how they worked only five years earlier. They are now more closely aligned with their business colleagues when prioritizing needs, they rapidly innovate to deliver new features to the market, they are taking advantage of a diverse worldwide workforce to increase flexibility in delive....