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  • Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Prentice Hall; illustrated edition edition (29 Sep 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0131424602
  • ISBN-13: 978-0131424609
  • Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 17.8 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 280,700 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #37 in  Books > Computing & Internet > Computer Science > Software Design, Testing & Engineering > Software Engineering
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This book is certainly about software development management, but it is also a book about business. Managers can no longer afford to discuss these two topics independently. This book is meant to eliminate the seat-of-the-pants intuition and rough approximations that have been far too prevalent in software development management. The growing popularity of agile methods has shown that a healthy balance between strict process and individual flexibility can be achieved. David Anderson takes it a step farther, and explains how the healthy balance of agility can help businesses become more profitable. The result is a book that will allow managers to foster teams that produce better software, less expensively, on time, and with fewer defects.



From the Back Cover

"This book does a good job of describing the methods employed at Sprintpcs.com ... over 250 people practicing Feature Driven Development and reporting their progress to me at the monthly operations review."
--Scott B. Relf, Chief Marketing Officer, Sprint PCS

"A tremendous contribution to the literature in the field. This should be required reading for all development teams going forward."
--John F. Yuzdepski, VP & GM, Openwave Systems

A breakthrough approach to managing agile software development, Agile methods might just be the alternative to outsourcing. However, agile development must scale in scope and discipline to be acceptable in the boardrooms of the Fortune 1000. In Agile Management for Software Engineering, David J. Anderson shows managers how to apply management science to gain the full business benefits of agility through application of the focused approach taught by Eli Goldratt in his Theory of Constraints.

Whether you're using XP, Scrum, FDD, or another agile approach, you'll learn how to develop management discipline for all phases of the engineering process, implement realistic financial and production metrics, and focus on building software that delivers maximum customer value and outstanding business results.Coverage includes:

  • Making the business case for agile methods: practical tools and disciplines
  • How to choose an agile method for your next project
  • Breakthrough application of Critical Chain Project Management and constraint-driven control of the flow of value
  • Defines the four new roles for the agile manager in software projects-- and competitive IT organizations

Whether you're a development manager, project manager, team leader, or senior IT executive, this book will help you achieve all four of your most urgent challenges: lower cost, faster delivery, improved quality, and focused alignment with the business.


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5.0 out of 5 stars excellent, 3 Nov 2003
By Mr. C. J. Ching (a kiwi in Scotland) - See all my reviews
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This book neatly combines the Theory of Constraints with Agile/Lean software development. I'm familiar with both but I still learnt a lot. Good effort.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Great introduction, but a bit much theory later, 13 Jun 2007
By Forbes (Stirling, Scotland) - See all my reviews
This book has a great opening sections summarising how Theory of Constraints can apply to software development. It is worth the price for its concept of ideas as inventory alone. I found the later chapters on the theory behind the ideas and how to put it into practice harder to read because they get quite abstract and use acronyms a lot. If you are not put off by this level of detail in the analysis, you will get a lot out of the book overall.
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