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Comprehensive, pragmatic tutorial on Agile Development and eXtreme programming written by one of the founding fathers of Agile Development. Teaches software developers how to get projects done on time, and on budget using the power of Agile Development. Uses real-world case studies to show how to plan, test, refactor, and pair program using eXtreme programming. Focuses on solving customer oriented systems problems using UML and Design Patterns. Writ… More >>

Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices

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To lead change, you need to expand your toolkit, and this book gives you the tools you need to make the transition from agile practitioner to agile coach.

Agile Coaching is all about working with people to create great agile teams. You’ll learn how to build a team that produces great software and has fun doing it. In the process, you’ll grow a team that’s self-sufficient and skillful.

This book provides you with deeper knowledge of how agile practic… More >>

Agile Coaching

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Lean Development and Agile Methods for Large-Scale Products: Key Thinking and Organizational Tools for Sustainable Competitive Success   Increasingly, large product-development organizations are turning to lean thinking, agile principles and practices, and large-scale Scrum to sustainably and quickly deliver value and innovation. However, many groups have floundered in their practice-oriented adoptions. Why? Because without a deeper understanding of the t… More >>

Scaling Lean & Agile Development: Thinking and Organizational Tools for Large-Scale Scrum

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Agile and iterative methods have emerged as the most popular approaches to software development, and with good reason. Research (examined and cited in detail within this book) shows that iterative methods reduce the risk of failure, compared to traditional models of development. This book is an efficient introduction for both managers and practitioners that need a distilled and carefully organized learning aid for the hands-on practices from planning to requirements… More >>

Agile and Iterative Development: A Manager’s Guide

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Apply the principles of Scrum, one of the most popular agile programming methods, to software project management—and focus your team on delivering real business value. Author Ken Schwaber, a leader in the agile process movement and a co-creator of Scrum, brings his vast expertise to helping you guide the product and software development process more effectively and efficiently. Help eliminate the ambiguity into which so many software projects are borne, where visi… More >>

Agile Project Management with Scrum

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You want to write professional-grade applications: Rails is a full-stack, open-source web framework, with integrated support for unit, functional, and integration testing. It enforces good design principles, consistency of code across your team (and across your organization), and proper release management. But Rails is more than a set of best practices. Rails makes it both fun and easy to turn out very cool web applications. Need Ajax support, so your web applicati… More >>

Agile Web Development with Rails, Third Edition

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Organizations are constantly struggling with complex development projects and are in search for a few, straightforward, and easy to learn methods to help deal with their problems. For this reason, more and more software companies are rapidly turning to Agile development to cope with fast changing markets, unknown or changing product requirements, borderless competition, and to solve complex problems. Yet little has been written to guide product managers through t… More >>

Agile Excellence for Product Managers: A Guide to Creating Winning Products with Agile Development Teams

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This is the eBook version of the printed book. If the print book includes a CD-ROM, this content is not included within the eBook version.Estimating and Planning Any Agile Project Agile Estimating and Planning is the definitive, practical guide to estimating and planning agile projects. In this book, Agile Alliance cofounder Mike Cohn discusses the philosophy of agile estimating and planning and shows you exactly how to get the job done, with real-wo… More >>

Agile Estimating and Planning

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Proven, 100% Practical Guidance for Making Scrum and Agile Work in Any Organization   This is the definitive, realistic, actionable guide to starting fast with Scrum and agile–and then succeeding over the long haul. Leading agile consultant and practitioner Mike Cohn presents detailed recommendations, powerful tips, and real-world case studies drawn from his unparalleled experience helping hundreds of software organizations make Scrum and agile work.  … More >>

Succeeding with Agile: Software Development Using Scrum

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Testing is a key component of agile development. The widespread adoption of agile methods has brought the need for effective testing into the limelight, and agile projects have transformed the role of testers. Much of a tester’s function, however, remains largely misunderstood. What is the true role of a tester? Do agile teams actually need members with QA backgrounds? What does it really mean to be an “agile tester?”

Two of the industry’s most exper… More >>

Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams