Kooduu - Shop now
Ships from
Jennifer's Childhood
Jennifer's Childhood
Ships from
Jennifer's Childhood
Returns
30-day refund/replacement
30-day refund/replacement
This item can be returned in its original condition for a full refund or replacement within 30 days of receipt. You may receive a partial or no refund on used, damaged or materially different returns.
Read full return policy
Payment
Secure transaction
Your transaction is secure
We work hard to protect your security and privacy. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Learn more
Kindle app logo image

Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.

Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web.

Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app.

QR code to download the Kindle App

Follow the author

James Shore
Follow
Something went wrong. Please try your request again later.

The Art of Agile Development: Pragmatic Guide to Agile Software Development 1st Edition

by James Shore (Author), Shane Warden (Author)

Purchase options and add-ons

The Art of Agile Development contains practical guidance for anyone considering or applying agile development for building valuable software. Plenty of books describe what agile development is or why it helps software projects succeed, but very few combine information for developers, managers, testers, and customers into a single package that they can apply directly.

This book provides no-nonsense advice on agile planning, development, delivery, and management taken from the authors' many years of experience with Extreme Programming (XP). You get a gestalt view of the agile development process, including comprehensive guidance for non-technical readers and hands-on technical practices for developers and testers.

The Art of Agile Development gives you clear answers to questions such as:
  • How can we adopt agile development?
  • Do we really need to pair program?
  • What metrics should we report?
  • What if I can't get my customer to participate?
  • How much documentation should we write?
  • When do we design and architect?
  • As a non-developer, how should I work with my agile team?
  • Where is my product roadmap?
  • How does QA fit in?
The book teaches you how to adopt XP practices, describes each practice in detail, then discusses principles that will allow you to modify XP and create your own agile method. In particular, this book tackles the difficult aspects of agile development: the need for cooperation and trust among team members.

Whether you're currently part of an agile team, working with an agile team, or interested in agile development, this book provides the practical tips you need to start practicing agile development. As your experience grows, the book will grow with you, providing exercises and information that will teach you first to understand the rules of agile development, break them, and ultimately abandon rules altogether as you master the art of agile development.

"Jim Shore and Shane Warden expertly explain the practices and benefits of Extreme Programming. They offer advice from their real-world experiences in leading teams. They answer questions about the practices and show contraindications - ways that a practice may be mis-applied. They offer alternatives you can try if there are impediments to applying a practice, such as the lack of an on-site customer.

--Ken Pugh, Author of Jolt Award Winner, Prefactoring

"I will leave a copy of this book with every team I visit."

--Brian Marick, Exampler Consulting
Read more
Previous slide of product details
  1. ISBN-10
    0596527675
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0596527679
  3. Edition
    1st
  4. Publisher
    O'Reilly Media
  5. Publication date
    December 4, 2007
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    7 x 0.9 x 9.19 inches
  8. Print length
    438 pages
Next slide of product details

From the brand

Previous page
  2. The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change
    The Art of Leadership: Small Things, Done Well
    The Staff Engineer's Path: A Guide For Individual Contributors Navigating Growth and Change
    Head First PMP: A Learner's Companion to Passing the Project Management Professional Exam

    Project Mangement & Leadership

    Visit the Store

  3. Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn, Keras, and TensorFlow: Concepts, Tools, and Techniqu...
    Fundamentals of Software Architecture: A Modern Engineering Approach
    Essential Math for Data Science: Take Control of Your Data with Fundamental Linear Algebra, Proba...
    Platform Engineering: A Guide for Technical, Product, and People Leaders

    More From O'Reilly

    Visit the Store

  4. Sharing the knowledge of experts

    O'Reilly's mission is to change the world by sharing the knowledge of innovators. For over 40 years, we've inspired companies and individuals to do new things (and do them better) by providing the skills and understanding that are necessary for success.

    Our customers are hungry to build the innovations that propel the world forward. And we help them do just that.

Next page

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

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.

Product details

About the author

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.
James Shore

James Shore

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.
Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

James Shore has been leading teams in practicing Agile development since 1999. He combines a deep understanding of Agile ideas with decades of in-the-trenches practical development experience. He uses this experience to help people understand how all aspects of Agile fit together to create outstanding results. James is a recipient of the Agile Alliance's Gordon Pask Award for Contributions to Agile Practice, author of The Art of Agile Development, and co-creator of the Agile Fluency Model. He may be found online at jamesshore.com.