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1. | Rough Cuts  Scrum Shortcuts without Cutting Corners: Agile Tactics, Tools & Tips By: Ilan Goldstein Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 19-JUL-2013 Insert Date: 29-APR-2013 | Overview: Scrum Shortcuts without Cutting Corners: Agile Tactics, Tools & Tips This is the Rough Cut version of the printed book.
Scrum is rapidly gaining momentum as the
most popular agile framework primarily because its concepts are
simple, and they just make sense! However, this perceived
simplicity often gives rise to the false belief that Scrum is a
silver bullet and trivial to implement. When 'rubber hits the
road', Scrum teams often find that translating the framework into
effective, practical approaches is anything but easy...
Full of easily digestible chapters, 'Scrum
Shortcuts Without Cutting Corners' presents a wide range of
tactics, tools and tips that...
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2. |  The Professional ScrumMaster's Handbook By: Stacia Viscardi; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 19-APR-2013 Insert Date: 24-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Professional ScrumMaster's Handbook
A collection of tips, tricks, and war stories to help the professional ScrumMaster break
the chains of traditional organization and management
Checklists, questions, and exercises to get you thinking (and acting) like a professional ScrumMaster
Presented in a relaxed, jargon-free, personable style
Full of ideas, tips, and anecdotes based on real-world experiences
In Detail
A natural and difficult tension exists between a project team (supply) and its customer (demand); a professional ScrumMaster relaxes this tension using the Scrum framework so that the team arrives at...
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3. | Overview: Testen in Scrum-Projekten erstes Buch zu Testen in agilen Projekten im deutschsprachigen Raum durchgängiges Fallbeispiel und fünf weitere Fallstudien in Form von Interviews Checkfragen und Übungen am Ende eines jeden Kapitels* Autor ist in der Tester-Community sehr bekannt, u.a. Vorsitzender des German Testing Board
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4. |  By: Sander Hoogendoorn Publisher: Pearson Benelux Publication Date: 01-JAN-2013 Insert Date: 06-APR-2013 Slots: 0.0 | Overview: Dit is agile
Dit is agile is een fascinerende reis langs alle facetten van agile, zoals backlogs, stand-up meetings, retrospectives, specification by example, agile dashboards en test driven development. Sander Hoogendoorn deelt in dit boek zijn ruime kennis en ervaring met het coachen van en werken in agile teams. Dankzij de vele illustraties en praktijkvoorbeelden is Dit is agile niet alleen een duidelijke gids voor beginners, maar bevat het ook talloze tips en nieuwe inzichten voor de ervaren lezer. Het boek geeft antwoord op tal van vragen:
• Waarom werkt waterval niet?
• Wat is...
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5. |  By: Rolf Dräther; Holger Koschek; Carsten Sahling Publisher: O'Reilly Verlag Publication Date: 15-FEB-2013 Insert Date: 29-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Scrum kurz & gut Scrum ist ein agiles Projektmanagement-Framework, das in der Softwareentwicklung bereits vielfach erfolgreich eingesetzt wird und sich als Methode für die Arbeitsorganisation in IT-Unternehmen immer mehr durchsetzt. Dieses Buch bietet sowohl IT-Projektmanagern als auch an Scrum-Prozessen beteiligten Softwareentwicklern einen kompakten, praxisbezogenen Überblick über das Framework. Scrum - kurz & gut beschreibt leicht verständlich nicht nur die Regeln, Strukturen und Rollen von Scrum, sondern erläutert auch die agilen Werte und Denkweisen, die dieser Arbeitsmethode zugrunde liegen. Ein Glossar...
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6. |  By: Diana Brown Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Publication Date: 10-OCT-2012 Insert Date: 22-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Agile User Experience Design
Being able to fit design into the Agile software development processes is an important skill in today’s market. There are many ways for a UX team to succeed (and fail) at being Agile. This book provides you with the tools you need to determine what Agile UX means for you. It includes practical examples and case studies, as well as real-life factors to consider while navigating the Agile UX waters. You’ll learn about what contributes to your team’s success, and which factors to consider when determining the best path for getting there. After reading this book, you’ll have the knowledge to...
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7. |  The Agile Pocket Guide: A Quick Start to Making Your Business Agile Using Scrum and Beyond By: Peter Saddington Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 19-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 15-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Agile Pocket Guide: A Quick Start to Making Your Business Agile Using Scrum and Beyond
A fast and easy guide to Agile/Scrum principles for any organization
The philosophy of Agile is to collaborate as much as possible with your teams and clients to build quality products that ship early and often, while learning and re-learning as you go. The Scrum approach organizes business priorities around short team sprints that yield incremental improvement. If you find yourself at the helm of a team, The Agile Pocket Guide will guide you in implementing Agile and Scrum principles through organizational change and by bringing personal ownership into the equation.
Discover how to...
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8. |  TeamCity 7 Continuous Integration Essentials By: Volodymyr Melymuka; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 26-DEC-2012 Insert Date: 01-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: TeamCity 7 Continuous Integration Essentials
"A step-by-step introductory tutorial and intelligible practical guide to successfully applying Continuous Integration via TeamCity book and ebook.
Put Continuous Integration into operation with TeamCity, quickly and easily with this practical tutorial
Set automatic build checks and notifications according to your needs and configure multi-step builds with dependent and interrelated projects easily
Plug TeamCity either to existing on-going development or at the project’s very beginning
Perform fine-tuning adjustments of the TeamCity Server
In Detail
Nowadays, Agile...
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9. |  Agile Development. Filozofia programowania zwinnego By: James Shore; Chromatic Publisher: Helion Publication Date: 25-OCT-2012 Insert Date: 01-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Agile Development. Filozofia programowania zwinnego Ksi??ka dla programistów, którzy maj? do?wiadczenie w tworzeniu witryn internetowych i s? zainteresowani ulepszaniem istniej?cych ju? aplikacji....
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10. |  Professional Scrum Development with Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2012 By: Richard Hundhausen Publisher: Microsoft Press Publication Date: 24-OCT-2012 Insert Date: 19-OCT-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Professional Scrum Development with Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2012 Turn requirements into working software increments—faster and more efficiently—using Visual Studio 2012, Scrum and Agile engineering practices, and the role-based guidance in this practical reference....
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11. |  By: Hugh Beyer Publisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers Publication Date: 07-JUL-2010 Insert Date: 25-SEP-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: User-Centered Agile Methods With the introduction and popularization of Agile methods of software development, existing relationships and working agreements between user experience groups and developers are being disrupted. Agile methods introduce new concepts: the Product Owner, the Customer (but not the user), short iterations, User Stories. Where do UX professionals fit in this new world? Agile methods also bring a new mindset -- no big design, no specifications, minimal planning -- which conflict with the needs of UX design.
This lecture discusses the key elements of Agile for the UX community and...
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12. |  Agile Projekte mit Scrum, XP und Kanban im Unternehmen durchführen By: Henning Wolf Publisher: dpunkt Publication Date: 15-OCT-2011 Insert Date: 20-SEP-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Agile Projekte mit Scrum, XP und Kanban im Unternehmen durchführen erstes Buch mit Praxisberichten aus dem agilen Projektalltag geschrieben von führenden agilen Experten im deutschsprachigen Raum auch Projektberichte aus Kanban-Projekten!
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13. |  Agile Softwareentwicklung, 2nd Edition By: Henning Wolf; Wolf-Gideon Bleek Publisher: dpunkt Publication Date: 05-SEP-2012 Insert Date: 05-SEP-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Agile Softwareentwicklung, 2nd Edition Kompakter Einstieg in die agile Softwareentwicklung unabhängig von einer bestimmten Methode* Auch "Kanban", ein neuer Ansatz zur leichtgewichtigen Softwareentwicklung, der die Kanban-Prinzipien aus dem Lean-Production/Toyota-Production-System in die Softwareentwicklung überträgt, wird behandelt
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14. |  Agile Entwicklungspraktiken mit Scrum By: Roman Pichler; Stefan Roock Publisher: dpunkt Publication Date: 05-SEP-2012 Insert Date: 05-SEP-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Agile Entwicklungspraktiken mit Scrum erstes Buch zu Entwicklungspraktiken in Scrum (technisch orientiert) geschrieben von führenden Scrum-Experten im deutschsprachigen Raum mit Fallbeispielen aus der Praxis
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15. |  By: Sam Guckenheimer; Neno Loje Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 11-SEP-2012 Insert Date: 14-JUL-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Use Visual Studio® Team Foundation
Server 2012 and Agile Methods to Deliver Higher Value Software
Faster
This is the definitive guide to applying
agile development and modern software engineering practices
with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server
2012—Microsoft’s complementary Application
Lifecycle Management (ALM) platform. Written by the Microsoft
Visual Studio product owner and a long-time Team Foundation
Server implementation specialist, it focuses on solving real
development challenges, systematically eliminating waste, improving
transparency, and delivering better software more...
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16. |  By: Mario Behrendt Publisher: O'Reilly Verlag Publication Date: 31-JAN-2012 Insert Date: 10-MAY-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Jenkins kurz & gut Ein wichtiger Bestandteil moderner, agiler Softwareentwicklung ist die kontinuierliche Integration von Code-Änderungen in die existierende Software (Continuous Integration, CI). Während Programmierer früher monatelang an neuen Modulen bastelten, um sie dann zu einem bestimmten Stichtag ins System zu spielen (und nur allzu oft daran zu scheitern), lässt sich mit modernen CI-Tools jede kleine Programmänderung sofort integrieren, automatisch testen und im Anschluss an verschiedenen Stellen installieren.
Jenkins (früher Hudson) ist eine solche Plattform, die Entwicklern die nahtlose Integration...
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17. |  The Nimble Elephant: Agile Delivery of Data Models using a Pattern-based Approach By: John Giles Publisher: Technics Publications Publication Date: 15-APR-2012 Insert Date: 21-APR-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Nimble Elephant: Agile Delivery of Data Models using a Pattern-based Approach
"Get it done well and get it done fast" are twin, apparently opposing, demands. Data architects are increasingly expected to deliver quality data models in challenging timeframes, and agile developers are increasingly expected to ensure that their solutions can be easily integrated with the data assets of the overall organization. If you need to deliver quality solutions despite exacting schedules, "The Nimble Elephant" will help by describing proven techniques that leverage the libraries of published data model patterns to rapidly assemble extensible and robust designs. The three sections...
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18. |  ATDD by Example: A Practical Guide to Acceptance Test-Driven Development By: Markus Gärtner Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 26-JUN-2012 Insert Date: 12-APR-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: ATDD by Example: A Practical Guide to Acceptance Test-Driven Development With Acceptance Test-Driven Development (ATDD), business
customers, testers, and developers can collaborate to produce
testable requirements that help them build higher quality software
more rapidly. However, ATDD is still widely misunderstood by many
practitioners. ATDD by Example is the first
practical, entry-level, hands-on guide to implementing and
successfully applying it.
ATDD pioneer Markus Gärtner walks
readers step by step through deriving the right systems from
business users, and then implementing fully automated, functional
tests that accurately reflect business requirements,...
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19. |  Agile Oracle Application Express By: Patrick Cimolini; Karen Cannell Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 19-MAR-2012 Insert Date: 27-MAR-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Agile Oracle Application Express
Agile Oracle Application Express shows how skilled, motivated, and self-organizing developers can realize extraordinary commercial benefits from Oracle Application Express. The secret is to couple Application Express with an agile software development approach. This book leads the way.
Oracle Application Express is well-suited to agile processes, with its support for rapid prototyping and team development. Application Express supports a gamut of enabling technologies such as SQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and more that enable you to deliver any type of web application to meet your...
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20. |  Essential Scrum: A Practical Guide to the Most Popular Agile Process By: Kenneth S. Rubin Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 26-JUL-2012 Insert Date: 14-MAR-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Essential Scrum: A Practical Guide to the Most Popular Agile Process A Practical Guide to the Most Popular
Agile Process
The Single-Source, Comprehensive Guide
to Scrum for All Team Members, Managers, and Executives
If you want to use Scrum to develop
innovative products and services that delight your customers,
Essential Scrum is the complete, single-source
reference you’ve been searching for. Leading Scrum coach and
trainer Kenny Rubin illuminates the values, principles, and
practices of Scrum, and describes flexible, proven approaches that
can help you implement it far more effectively.
Whether you are new to Scrum or years into
your use, this book...
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