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Agile Modeling: Effective Practices for eXtreme Programming and the Unified Process 1st Edition

by Scott Ambler (Author)
3.7 out of 5 stars 26 customer reviews
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  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (April 4, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0471202827
  • ISBN-13: 978-0471202820
  • Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 0.9 x 9.3 inches
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4.0 out of 5 starsA Challenge from Common Sense
By Vince Kenyon on February 3, 2003
Format: Paperback
An adept application of common sense--and the author's significant experience--to the use of models in software development.
A model can be almost anything that developers make to describe the software that they build--just like an architect's drawings.
A given software development effort might call for any number of different types of models including data models, class models, sequence diagrams, dataflow diagrams, statechart diagrams, etc. The set of models used on any particular project will depend partly on the nature of the project and partly on the preferred methodology of the software developers.
Agile Modeling (AM) is not itself a software development methodology. It is a collection of principles and practices to follow when using models to develop software according to a methodology like Rational Unified Process (RUP) or eXtreme Programming (XP). Many of the practices derive from an application of XP concepts.
AM challenges a number of practices widely followed (or at least preached) in organizations developing software:
1. Specializing personnel in producing a single type of model
2. Dedicating work sessions to producing a single type of model
3. Saving models after the software is developed
4. Keeping models up-to-date during and after the development project
5. Using sophisticated software to assist in modeling
6. Finishing models before coding software
AM does not in all cases prohibit these practices, but it emphasizes that the purpose of a software development project is to develop software--not just to develop models. The practices of AM help to keep models in their proper subordinate relation to the working software that is the true goal of any development project.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsAmbler's most valuable book to date
By Gary K. Evans on August 12, 2002
Format: Paperback
The hype that grew around eXtreme Programming (XP) in the year 2001, and the publication of now almost 2 dozen books devoted to XP has not cleared up the original vagueness of what practices are allowed and what aren't. To a casual observer the XP culture seems replete with "Thou shalt not's"¯ don't do Big Requirements Up Front, don't do Big Design Up Front, don't build models because it's only the code that matters, etc. For those of us who think it's important to have a map of where you are going before you start a long trip, some of the radicalness of XP was¯well, too radical and too unplanned.
Scott Ambler's new book, Agile Modeling, addresses a sane middle ground between the apparent unstructured XP and the overly structured approach in the Rational Unified Process (RUP). Agile Modeling is arguably Ambler's best book to date. It conveys an approach that is truly a confluence of best practices and does so in a very readable, accessible presentation.
Ambler presents Agile Modeling (AM) as a set of values, principles and practices. AM's values are borrowed directly from those in XP: Communication, Simplicity, Feedback and Courage, with Ambler's addition of "humility". In my experience this additional value is a defining characteristic of an effective modeler and mentor. From these 5 values Ambler defines the principles for AM, including: Software is your Primary Goal, Travel Light, Embrace Change, use Multiple Models, etc.

It is interesting to me that no one would refute these principles: they are too close to Motherhood and Apple pie. But it is disturbing how seldom I see any of these principles actually embraced by the dozen or more organizations I provide mentoring services to each year.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsSeeing the forest through the trees
By Granville Miller on August 18, 2002
Format: Paperback
In this book, Scott Ambler provides a practical approach to modeling that allows you to successfully deploy best practices on your agile software development project. From use case modeling to deployment diagrams, agile modeling defines these best practices for rapidly moving from requirements to code in a single, easy to read book. Additionally, Scott presents many of the nuances of software modeling that cannot be found in any other book.
Perhaps the most interesting part of Agile Modeling is that it is not only a book about a great software development methodology; it also suggests cultural changes to the way that we view modeling. These changes blur the line between traditional approaches such as those espoused by the Unified Process and the new culture espoused by XP. These ideas are very much in line with the way that software is successfully produced.
This book is not an entry-level UML book. If you are looking for basic UML, look at some of the entry level UML books. Instead, this book geared toward those who are actively producing customer grade software applications. It hits the mark squarely for those who want to be more successful in this endeavor.
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5.0 out of 5 starsVery, very practical
By A Customer on April 2, 2002
Format: Paperback
Finally somebody wrote a book like this. I've been following the AM site for awhile now and have been very impressed, and this book goes one step further. Anybody involved with software development needs to read this book. I've been showing it to a couple of Java developers who swear up and down that modeling is a waste of time, but now with this book they're rethinking their ways. If you're working on a project where everyone thinks that modeling means writing a lot of documentation, and I've been on those, then you need to read this book. It's okay to create models on whiteboards!!!!! It's okay to not spend days transcribing those models!!!!!
AM describes real-world, practical techniques for improving your modeling and documentation efforts. Although there is only one chapter on documentation it very likely is the best advice that you're ever going to read on the subject. I wish this book was available years ago when I first started out as a developer, I'd be significantly more productive now. Modeling is one of the few skills that I can see using throughout my entire career -- I was a C programmer a few years ago, I'm a EJB developer now, and a few years from now I don't know what language I'll be programming in. What I do know is that I'll still be modeling, and I'll still be writing documentation, so I need to get good at these two things. Agile Modeling describes exactly how to do this.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA fantastic set of examples and explanations

Scott has done a great job of hitting a sweet spot of modeling. I've gotten a tremendous amount of value from this book. Read more

Published on January 14, 2013 by Chris
2.0 out of 5 starsPretty useless

Not much information other than what you can read on his website. I was looking for something much more prescriptive in terms of how to model in an agile way and how to... Read more

Published on March 11, 2008 by J. Stewart
2.0 out of 5 starsYou can have way too much of a good thing

This is a mix of good, bad, and annoying

Good: the author really does know a lot about modeling (except data modeling, see "Bad") and gives good explanations and... Read more

Published on February 17, 2007 by John Bonavia
4.0 out of 5 starsModeling of Business Systems in the "real world"

Agile modeling is about the latest approach to the modeling of Business Information Systems. This book focuses on the Agile method and also describes how to incorporate the strong... Read more

Published on July 25, 2005 by P. M. Roos
4.0 out of 5 starsI recommend this book

Good book with lots of behind the scenes process info about how to implement agile modeling techniques. Read more

Published on April 19, 2004 by pilgrimsprogproj
3.0 out of 5 starsIf you live in a world of too much documentation, read this

For those few places left that steep themselves in documentation and don't have a legally-required reason to do so (do they exist? Read more

Published on December 21, 2003 by Lars Bergstrom
5.0 out of 5 starsWe love it, managers hate it

I work at a consulting firm where the management lies and rips off the customer all the time. The day someone brought in this book and start talking about agile modeling, the... Read more

Published on November 12, 2003 by Craig Holter
2.0 out of 5 starsViolating its own principles

One of the values of the agile movement is simplicity, which the author kindly spends about two pages explaining it to us mere mortals. Read more

Published on February 10, 2003 by Mohammad B. Abdulfatah
5.0 out of 5 stars"Modern" software development explained

The best book on software development that I have read to date. It just makes so much sense! Keep an open mind and read it, I can't recommend this book enough.

Published on October 26, 2002 by Dadi Ingolfsson
2.0 out of 5 starsSpend your money elsewhere

Although I do believe that Mr. Ambler knows his stuff, I'm thinking he should consider changing his last name to Rambler! Read more

Published on October 25, 2002

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