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James Shore has been leading teams in Agile development since 1999. A team member on that first project introduced him Ward Cunningham's wiki, where they were talking about a crazy idea called Extreme Programming. Despite the ridiculous name, James tried Extreme Programming on his next project and discovered that it worked far better than it sounded. James has been speaking, teaching, and writing about Agile methods ever since. Today, he continues to lead Agile teams using the best ideas from Scrum, Extreme Programming, and Lean.

James has contributed a large number of projects and ideas to the Agile community. He authored the first test-driven development framework for .NET web programming and coordinated the development of Ward Cunningham's Fit, the first major acceptance-testing tool. In 2005, the Agile Alliance recognized James with their highest honor, the Gordon Pask Award for Contributions to Agile Practice. James is a featured speaker at conferences around the world. He may be found online at jamesshore.com.

Shane Warden manages Onyx Neon Press, an independent publisher. His areas of expertise include agile software development, language design, and virtual machines for dynamic languages. He is also a published novelist. His books include The Art of Agile Development and Masterminds of Programming.

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JARED R CLEMENCE

This book changed my life.

Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2015

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This book has changed the way in which I code. I am a programming department of one in a pediatric heart clinic. Working with the old methods, which require scope documents, vision documents, requirement documents and signoffs from all stakeholders did not get me anywhere. The stakeholders failed to understand why it was that I was meeting with them and asking them questions, and as much as I tried to communicate it, they didn't see the value in dedicating a few minutes to discuss what they needed and why they needed it. After 3 years of the producing nothing with the old method, I read this book, and I started applying the Agile Development strategies.

On the recommendation in the book, I created a simple application in one week, tested it and released it into production, and now people wanted to talk to me about the application. "This is great, but could it also do X, Y, and Z?!" they would say. Finally, I had the customer engagement I had been searching for, and I started making the changes and releasing new versions of the software every Friday.

It has been three months, and I have finally got a version of the software that is comparable to the system I was trying to build in my first three years at the clinic. The software was built one update at a time, and gets regular support and feedback from the users. Now that I have implemented some of the Agile Strategies into my work, I will never go back to the "old" ways.

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David Wight

If you do agile development, you should read this book

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The Art of Agile Development is one of a handful of books that should be read by any serious practitioner of agile software development. It complements my other favorite books, with an emphasis on practical implementation of agile practices and the issues and complications that inevitably arise. Although the book focuses on practices derived from XP (eXtreme Programming), I found it to be relevant and applicable to agile development in general, and recommend it to other ScrumMasters and agile proponents. It provides clear explanations, rationales and practical examples of concepts I've studied and practiced for years, but still struggle to master.

The authors define the scope and organization of the book in the Preface and then deliver exactly what they promise in a clear and concise way. Part 1 includes a brief but effective summary of agile principles and of XP concepts and practices. I especially liked their opening section describing how an agile approach aligns with success.

After pointing out that agile is no silver bullet and that implementation can be a challenge, the authors discuss the specifics of introduction of XP into an organization and present a concrete implementation as a starting point. In Part 2, they present a set of 37 practices that, taken together, form a practical approach for getting started. Their descriptions include practical advice, specific suggestions and potential pitfalls.

Part 3 is intended to provide guidance to experienced agile practitioners as they develop and hone agile practices to fit their specific circumstances. There are really no new ideas presented, but it is a succinct and well organized presentation of values, principals and practices that are critical to successful implementation of any agile methodology. The book concludes with an excellent bibliography.

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Brad Eisenhauer

Very good if you're ready to jump into XP.

Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2011

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First, the complaints. This book should have been titled, "The Art of Agile Development with XP." It is not a book about Agile development in general, but rather an overview of extreme programming practices. Also, the authors generally take an all-or-nothing approach to XP. There is little (one page, to be exact) on implementing XP partially or gradually. I understand that XP's practices are largely mutually supporting, but considering that their philosophy is to build software incrementally, I'd have thought they'd be at least sympathetic to the notion of incremental change in development methods. After all, they readily admit that XP can induce culture shock in a team or individual new to XP.

That said, the book gives a thorough description of each XP practice (37, in all) including situations in which a given practice may not be appropriate and possible alternatives, if any. Each section includes a list of books or articles referenced, or which expand on the topics presented. These are really helpful in knowing where to turn next or just building a "future reading" list.

I haven't read any of Part III yet. I'm saving it for after I've had a chance to try out some of the techniques in the book.

Despite some flaws, the book still earns 4-stars.

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Anderson

Hard to follow up the concept

Reviewed in Canada on June 11, 2013

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The author wants to use XP as an example for the entire book to talk about Agile is a very good starting point. But, then when starting to read page by page, it is difficult to follow the structure. At the end, I get lost completely.

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only applicaple to XP

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 23, 2020

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This book should be titled Agile with Extreme Programming.

And for XP its a good book. But it covers virtually nothing of the other agile methods, so the title is misleading.

As with other O'reilly books the content is of a high standard, but ultiumately not what I was looking for.

Mr. David J. Poole

Converted me to agile after much scepticism

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 3, 2015

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I have recommended this book to several people. As someone who was initially sceptical about agile despite having read much on the subject I found that this book converted me.
Having put the recommendations in this book into practice I can vouch for there effectiveness.

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Thanasis Tryfonos

Must Read for XP practicioners

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 3, 2019

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Great book for extreme programming. Easy to read and comprehend

Jonathan Brown

Great!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 25, 2019

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This was a great book from start to finish

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