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Faced with a software project of epic proportions? Tired of over-committing and under-delivering? Enter the dojo of the agile samurai, where agile expert Jonathan Rasmusson shows you how to kick-start, execute, and deliver your agile projects. Combining cutting-edge tools with classic agile practices, The Agile Samurai gives you everything you need to deliver something of value every week and make rolling your software into production a non-event. Get ready to kick some software project butt. By learning the ways of the agile samurai you will discover: how to create plans and schedules your customer and your team can believe in what characteristics make a good agile team and how to form your own how to gather requirements in a fraction of the time using agile user stories what to do when you discover your schedule is wrong, and how to look like a pro correcting it how to execute fiercely by leveraging the power of agile software engineering practices By the end of this book you will know everything you need to set up, execute, and successfully deliver agile projects, and have fun along the way. If you're a project lead, this book gives you the tools to set up and lead your agile project from start to finish. If you are an analyst, programmer, tester, usability designer, or project manager, this book gives you the insight and foundation necessary to become a valuable agile team member. The Agile Samurai slices away the fluff and theory that make other books less-than-agile. It's packed with best practices, war stories, plenty of humor and hands-on tutorial exercises that will get you doing the right things, the right way. This book will make a difference.

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""This book is very well written. Rasmusson uses an entertaining writing style that makes it pleasant to read from beginning to end. What I like the most is the author experience. The way he presents the topics dealing with role assignation (chapter 2) and reality in agile planning (chapter 8) is simply remarkable.""--Computing Reviews

""The Agile Samurai is the book I wish I'd read before I started my last agile project. The chapters on agile project inception alone are worth the price of admission."" --Joshua Kerievsky, Founder and CEO, Industrial Logic, Inc.

""The Agile Samurai is exactly the book you and your team need to understand and deliver using the agile method. It makes the concepts tactile for everyone from the highest level of leadership to the people pushing forward on the front lines.""""
--Jessica Watson, Business Analyst, Shaw Communications

About the Author

As an experienced entrepreneur and former agile coach for ThoughtWorks, Jonathan Rasmusson has consulted internationally, helping others find better ways to work and play together. When not coaching his sons' hockey teams or cycling to work in the throes of a Canadian winter, Jonathan can be found sharing his experiences with agile delivery methods at his blog, http://agilewarrior.wordpress.com.

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Publisher : Pragmatic Programmers, LLC, The; 1st edition (July 10, 2017)
Language : English
Paperback : 268 pages
ISBN-10 : 1934356581
ISBN-13 : 978-1934356586
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Kid at Heart and Renaissance Man

Very enjoyable and practical book on agile concepts

Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2016

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This is an excellent book for those who are unfamiliar with agile concepts. The author provides very practical advice on general best practices. This book is focused on "agile" (lowercase "a") rather than "Agile" (uppercase "A"), i.e., instead of prescribing a particular methodology, the author describes different possible approaches, but advocates doing whatever appears to make the most sense from an agile perspective given the particulars of a team's work.

The author's style of writing is more enjoyable than other books on agile because he presents the material from several angles, provides nice visuals, and writes in a lighthearted manner. The Audible version is great. I liked it so much that I purchased the book. I've re-read it several times.

I'm not a software developer, but I am able to apply the concepts from the first 3/4 of the book to most of my project-related work.

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Decent introduction to Agile Project Management

Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2014

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The Agile Samurai is an introduction to Agile Development... well... mostly the Agile project management parts of Agile development. It is a good introduction that covers the basics in an easy to follow way and it is even at times... funny... though less times than it attempts to be :P

The book consists for 5 parts: 1) Introduction Agile, 2) Project Inception, 3) Project Planning, 4) Project Execution, and 5) Creating Software. Each of these parts cover what you would expect of them. Most major agile techniques are covers, such as chartering, stories, relative estimation, visual management and much more. The descriptions are easy to follow, though I felt at times it was a bit too verbose. (perhaps the attempts of humor? :P)

The first 4 parts focus mostly on the "project management" side of Agile Development. I was a bit surprised by the amount of focus on inception and chartering, but I guess it is useful from the typical outsourced project perspective (which is what the author seems most familiar with). Only the last part focuses a bit on the agile development practices as it briefly introduces unit testing, refactoring, and test-driven development.

All in all, the Agile Samurai is a decent introduction to Agile Project Management. It is a good first book on Agile development... but probably not a good second book as it doesn't go very deep in the subjects. There were times that I felt the author could have done a better job though. One example is his role description of the roles in a team.... after explaining that in Agile teams there are no real roles. I felt this was a very mixed message and the author could have been a lot clearer on this and how the teams work. There were other examples, but this one stands out. Therefore, I'll go for 3 stars (almost 4).

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Practical Agile book covering all aspects of software project management

Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2013

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I have read many books about Agile project management but this is the most practical book I have read so far. In addition the book covers all aspects of an Agile software development project: from estimating and planning via burn-down charts and working agreements to continuous integration and test driven development. It is like the best User Stories you can get: a complete vertical slice through your software development project from a project management perspective.

The style is very casual and reflects the Agile culture. The real take-away is the Inception Deck as originally developed within ThoughtWorks (note: yes, I have worked for them too). Many Agile (Scrum) projects kick-off without asking these 10 tough questions and are forced to fix more misunderstandings down the track.

One reviewer refers to this book as "Starter course for agile managers" and indeed the material is lightweight and simple to read. However in real-life this is very hard to master. The simplicity of the book therefore reminds me to stick to the basics when handling the day-to-day complexity.

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Best intro to agile I've read

Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2011

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I consider The Agile Samurai the best introduction to agile I've read. The writing is clear, fun and concise. The use of a dialog with Sensei to summarize each chapter is clever and a refreshing change from the typical bullet points. Even if you have done agile for a while, this book will bring you back to the principles of agile and re-inspire you on why you have the habits that you do. It will re-equip you to have conversations with skeptics and newbies. I have a copy available for anyone who joins the team.

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Olivera T.

Good for a quick read, but I can't say if it's a necessary one.

Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2015

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I'm new to development, so I can't really comment on how groundbreaking this book is. I don't think I'm using it in the appropriate context to use the text (it's a web development class textbook), so it's a little hard to appreciate what it says. I will say it's a pretty easy and fast read, and its concepts are quite solid. I do think the interior of the book could have been designed a bit...neater, though. It's not the most fun to look at, though the author did a good job of making what could be a boring and uninteresting topic somewhat entertaining.

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Great Handbook

Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2014

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Umpteen websites, videos, meetings, and several books into 'learning agile' a colleague recommended this book. I tore though it in less than a day. It clarifies practices and jargon, cutting to the core of how to start doing what matters most: delivering working solutions of value to the customer and stakeholders. I have a practical and do-able list of things to do to get our agile project moving.

Wherever you are on the agile spectrum, picking this up and giving it a read is going to be worthwhile. You may not agree with everything or be able to put it all into practice, but if you pay attention to what the author is getting at, you will have to think about how and why you do what you do the way you do.

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Mikkel T. Kristiansen

Pragmatic agile development

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 28, 2012

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In his book, Jonathan gives a full tour of how to run agile software development projects. All the way from idea inception and gathering requirements, to day-to-day tasks of running a project with real customers and real deadlines, to handling changes in the environment surrounding the project and team. Jonathan bases most of the book on Scrum-like iterative development processes, but even Kanban-style processes are touched upon. The book is easy to read and understand, and it gives the reader a very solid feel for what agile development is all about. I highly recommend this book to both developers, architects, team leads and project managers - even cutstomer-side project managers will benefit greatly from reading it.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 27, 2019

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Great book

Chriis

Easy to Read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 20, 2019

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The book is well written, it's a good starting point for a beginner.

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Does what it says on the tin.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 2, 2019

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Does what it says on the tin.

Gary W

Recommended

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 12, 2016

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An excellent overview of Agile practices for software development.

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