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21. |  By: Gary Gruver; Mike Young; Pat Fulghum Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 15-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 26-JAN-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Today, even the largest development organizations are turning to
agile methodologies, seeking major productivity and quality
improvements. However, large-scale agile development is difficult,
and publicly available case studies have been scarce. Now, three
agile pioneers at Hewlett-Packard present a candid, start-to-finish
insider’s look at how they’ve succeeded with agile in
one of the company’s most mission-critical software
environments: firmware for HP LaserJet printers.
This book tells the story of an extraordinary experiment and
journey. Could agile principles be applied to...
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22. |  Agile Softwareentwicklung: Mit Scrum zum Erfolg! By: Mike Cohn Publisher: Addison-Wesley Verlag Publication Date: 19-AUG-2010 Insert Date: 24-JAN-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Agile Softwareentwicklung: Mit Scrum zum Erfolg! Agile Softwareentwicklung ist das praxisbezogene und leicht umsetzbare Standardwerk für den schnellen Einstieg in Scrum und agile Softwareentwicklung – und wie sie langfristig genutzt wird. Mike Cohn, führender Berater und Anwender agiler Softwareentwicklung gibt detaillierte Ratschläge, wertvolle Tipps und Fallbeispiele aus der Praxis, basierend auf seinen profunden Erfahrungen bei der Einführung von Scrum und agiler Entwicklung, die er bei hunderten von Unternehmen gesammelt hat. Dieses Buch richtet sich an pragmatische Softwareentwickler, die effektive Antworten auf die schwierigen...
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23. |  Agile IT Security Implementation Methodology By: Jeff Laskowski; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 22-NOV-2011 Insert Date: 19-DEC-2011 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Agile IT Security Implementation Methodology
"Plan, develop, and execute your organization’s robust agile security with IBM’s Senior IT Specialist with this book and ebook.
Combine the Agile software development best practices with IT security practices to produce incredible results and minimize costs
Plan effective Agile IT security using mind mapping techniquesCreate an Agile blueprint and build a threat model for high value asset
Written in easy to understand, jargon-free language by a senior IT Specialist with IBM's Software group
In Detail
Security is one of the most difficult areas in today’s IT industry. The...
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24. |  The Scrum Field Guide: Practical Advice for Your First Year By: Mitch Lacey Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 08-MAR-2012 Insert Date: 08-OCT-2011 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Scrum Field Guide: Practical Advice for Your First Year Thousands of IT professionals are being asked to make Scrum
succeed in their organizations–including many who
weren’t involved in the decision to adopt it. If you’re
one of them, The Scrum Field Guide will give you
skills and confidence to adopt Scrum more rapidly, more
successfully, and with far less pain and fear. Long-time Scrum
practitioner Mitch Lacey identifies major challenges associated
with early-stage Scrum adoption, as well as deeper issues that
emerge after companies have adopted Scrum, and describes how other
organizations have overcome them. You’ll learn how to gain
“quick wins”...
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25. |  By: Larry Burns Publisher: Technics Publications Publication Date: 15-AUG-2011 Insert Date: 26-SEP-2011 Slots: 1.0 |
Is fast development the enemy of good development? Not necessarily. Agile development requires that databases are designed and built quickly enough to meet fast-based delivery schedules - but in a way that also delivers maximum business value and reuse. How can these requirements both be satisfied? This book, suitable for practitioners at all levels, will explain how to design and build enterprise-quality high-value databases within the constraints of an Agile project.
Starting with an overview of the business case for good data management practices, the book defines the various...
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26. |  By: Upadrista Venkatesh Publisher: Technics Publications Publication Date: 06-JUN-2011 Insert Date: 26-SEP-2011 Slots: 1.0 |
If you have ever worked on an Agile software development project, you know the importance of face-to-face communication. Having both business and IT professionals working together in the same room can become the critical success factor. Can Agile be successful though when team members are scattered across rooms, buildings, regions, or even countries?
Yes! By following the Design for Hybrid Agile Adoption (DH2A) approach, framework and set of templates and tools explained in this book, you can implement successful Agile projects. After reading this book, you will master these ten...
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27. |  Pro Agile .NET Development with Scrum By: Jerrel Blankenship; Matthew Bussa; Scott Millett Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 03-OCT-2011 Insert Date: 23-SEP-2011 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Pro Agile .NET Development with Scrum
Pro Agile .NET Development with SCRUM guides you through a real-world ASP.NET project and shows how agile methodology is put into practice.
There is plenty of literature on the theory behind agile methodologies, but no book on the market takes the concepts of agile practices and applies these in a practical manner to an end-to-end ASP.NET project, especially the estimating, requirements and management aspects of a project. Pro Agile .NET Development with SCRUM takes you through the initial stages of a project--gathering requirements and setting up an environment--through to the...
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28. |  Professional Scrum with Team Foundation Server 2010 By: Steve Resnick; Aaron Bjork; Michael de la Maza Publisher: Wrox Publication Date: 03-MAY-2011 Insert Date: 28-JUL-2011 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Professional Scrum with Team Foundation Server 2010 Professional guidance on using Microsoft's Visual Studio toolset for agile project managementFocusing on both process and results, this professional guide offers a practical approach to running agile software projects using Visual Studio's project management templates and tools. You'll first get a thorough overview of the interaction between traditional, scrum-based agile development techniques and the Microsoft Soutions Framework, before drilling down into the detail. The book covers tools, best practices, key templates, key data, team and process models, necessary tracking assets—and a host...
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29. |  Disciplined Agile Delivery: A Practitioner’s Guide to Agile Software Delivery in the Enterprise By: Scott W. Ambler; Mark Lines Publisher: IBM Press Publication Date: 23-MAY-2012 Insert Date: 22-JUL-2011 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Disciplined Agile Delivery: A Practitioner’s Guide to Agile Software Delivery in the Enterprise Master IBM’s Breakthrough DAD
Process Framework for Succeeding with Agile in Large, Complex,
Mission-Critical IT Projects
It is widely recognized that moving from
traditional to agile approaches to build software solutions is a
critical source of competitive advantage. Mainstream agile
approaches that are indeed suitable for small projects require
significant tailoring for larger, complex enterprise projects. In
Disciplined Agile Delivery, Scott W. Ambler and Mark Lines
introduce IBM’s breakthrough Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD)
process framework, which describes how to do this tailoring....
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30. |  Essential Skills for the Agile Developer: A Guide to Better Programming and Design By: Alan Shalloway; Scott Bain; Ken Pugh; Amir Kolsky Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 19-AUG-2011 Insert Date: 18-JUN-2011 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Essential Skills for the Agile Developer: A Guide to Better Programming and Design 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.
Written by four principals of Net
Objectives–one of the world’s leading Agile training
and consulting firms–this book reflects unsurpassed
experience helping organizations transition to Agile. It focuses on
the specific actions and insights that can deliver the greatest
design and programming...
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31. |  Knowledge Reuse and Agile Processes: Catalysts for Innovation By: Amit Mitra; Amar Gupta Publisher: IGI Global Publication Date: 28-FEB-2008 Insert Date: 24-APR-2011 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Knowledge Reuse and Agile Processes: Catalysts for Innovation
"Innovation, agility, and coordination are paramount in the support of value in the global knowledge economy. Therefore, the long-term success of a company is increasingly dependent on its underlying resilience and agility.
Knowledge Reuse and Agile Processes: Catalysts for Innovation addresses flexibility of both business and information systems through component technology at the nexus of three seemingly unrelated disciplines: service-oriented architecture, knowledge management, and business process management. Providing practitioners and academicians with timely, compelling research...
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32. |  Scrum® in Action: Agile Software Project Management and Development By: Andrew Pham Publisher: Course Technology PTR Publication Date: 02-FEB-2011 Insert Date: 29-JAN-2011 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Scrum® in Action: Agile Software Project Management and Development SCRUM IN ACTION: AGILE SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT is a practical how-to guide for software project teams on how to successfully deploy an Agile software framework with Scrum. It is clearly and concisely written and is the first practical guide with real world situations written by corporate practitioners. This book describes many good project management techniques on how to get the most from project teams and bridges the gaps between many Scrum and project management books by addressing how to communicate with executives using financial terms, how to use an objective...
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33. |  Individuals and Interactions: An Agile Guide Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 01-APR-2011 Insert Date: 26-JAN-2011 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Individuals and Interactions: An Agile Guide “In my opinion, this is the
handbook for Agile teams. I have been wishing for this book since
we implemented Agile several years ago. In many Agile process
books, the team aspect of Agile has been glossed over in favor of
the technical aspects; this book is a welcome change.”
--Sarah Edrie, Director of Quality
Engineering, Harvard Business School
“Cloud Computing, Distributed
Architecture, Test Driven Development...these are simple to master
compared to building an agile, efficient, and top-performing team.
The path from skilled developer/tester to successful manager, team
leader, and...
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34. |  Agile Technologies in Open Source Development By: Barbara Russo; Marco Scotto; Alberto Sillitti; Giancarlo Succi Publisher: IGI Global Publication Date: 31-JUL-2009 Insert Date: 01-DEC-2010 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Agile Technologies in Open Source Development
Agile Technologies in Open Source Development explores the overlap between open source and agile technologies, providing valuable strategies for advancement in software. This innovative publication presents a significant resource to assist project managers, engineers, and developers interested in experimenting with new approaches in software expansion.
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35. |  Management 3.0: Leading Agile Developers, Developing Agile Leaders By: Jurgen Appelo Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 28-DEC-2010 Insert Date: 10-NOV-2010 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Management 3.0: Leading Agile Developers, Developing Agile Leaders Pragmatic Insights for Successfully
Managing Your Unique Agile Team or Organization
In many organizations, management is the
biggest obstacle to successful Agile development. Unfortunately,
reliable guidance on Agile management has been scarce indeed. Now,
leading Agile manager Jurgen Appelo fills that gap, introducing a
realistic approach to leading, managing, and growing your Agile
team or organization.
Writing for current managers and
developers moving into management, Appelo shares insights that are
grounded in modern complex systems theory, reflecting the intense
complexity of modern...
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36. |  Agile Software Requirements: Lean Requirements Practices for Teams, Programs, and the Enterprise By: Dean Leffingwell Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 27-DEC-2010 Insert Date: 18-OCT-2010 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Agile Software Requirements: Lean Requirements Practices for Teams, Programs, and the Enterprise
“We need better approaches to
understanding and managing software requirements, and Dean provides
them in this book. He draws ideas from three very useful
intellectual pools: classical management practices, Agile methods,
and lean product development. By combining the strengths of these
three approaches, he has produced something that works better than
any one in isolation.”
—From the Foreword by Don
Reinertsen, President of Reinertsen & Associates; author of
Managing the Design Factory; and leading expert on rapid product
development
Effective requirements discovery and
analysis is a...
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37. |  Lean Architecture for Agile Software Development By: James Coplien; Gertrud Bjørnvig Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 16-AUG-2010 Insert Date: 06-OCT-2010 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Lean Architecture for Agile Software Development
More and more Agile projects are seeking architectural roots as they struggle with complexity and scale - and they're seeking lightweight ways to do it
Still seeking? In this book the authors help you to find your own path
Taking cues from Lean development, they can help steer your project toward practices with longstanding track records
Up-front architecture? Sure. You can deliver an architecture as code that compiles and that concretely guides development without bogging it down in a mass of documents and guesses about the implementation
Documentation? Even a whiteboard...
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38. |  Managing Software Debt: Building for Inevitable Change By: Chris Sterling; Brent Barton Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 10-DEC-2010 Insert Date: 18-SEP-2010 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Managing Software Debt: Building for Inevitable Change Shipping imperfect software is like going into debt. When you
incur debt, you can do things faster than if you had to pay for
everything upfront. Software debt takes five major forms:
technical, quality, configuration management, design, and platform
experience. In today’s rush to market, software debt is
inevitable. And that’s okay—if you’re
careful about the debt you incur,and if you quickly pay it
back.
In Managing Software Debt,
leading Agile expert Chris Sterling shows how understanding
software debt can help you move products to market faster, with a
realistic plan for refactoring...
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39. |  Agile Development & Business Goals: The Six Week Solution By: Bill Holtsnider Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Publication Date: 23-JUN-2010 Insert Date: 15-SEP-2010 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Agile Development & Business Goals: The Six Week Solution Professionals involved with business process and workflow modeling; IT leaders, including CIOs, CTOs, and COOs; enterprise architects and information systems architects; business modelers and business process professionals in IT and business management consulting; lead computer software engineers working on systems software....
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40. |  A Practical Guide to Distributed Scrum By: Elizabeth Woodward; Steffan Surdek; Matthew Ganis Publisher: IBM Press Publication Date: 21-JUN-2010 Insert Date: 21-APR-2010 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: A Practical Guide to Distributed Scrum Succeed with Scrum in Even the Largest,
Most Complex Distributed Development Projects
Forewords by Ken Schwaber, Scott Ambler, Roman Pichler, and
Matthew Wang
This is the first comprehensive, practical guide for Scrum
practitioners working in large-scale distributed environments.
Written by three of IBM’s leading Scrum practitioners--in
close collaboration with the IBM QSE Scrum Community of more than
1000 members worldwide--this book offers specific, actionable
guidance for everyone who wants to succeed with Scrum in the
enterprise.
Readers will follow a journey through...
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