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Beyond Agile: Tales of Continuous Improvement by [Maritza van den Heuvel, Joanne Ho, Jim Benson]

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by Maritza van den Heuvel (Author), Joanne Ho (Author), Jim Benson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Beyond Agile provides a broad but strong foundation for agile practices, but it doesn't stop there. After grounding us in solid theory, Beyond Agile takes us beyond the typical business book, diving deep into the ongoing practices of real teams doing real work. The stories bust many myths about agile and shares the human stories of real people and their struggles, trials and triumphs. Each story makes the complex and evolving topic of agile in the workplace engagingly clear and simple. Beyond Agile is a great, foundational and inspiring book. ~ Dave Gray, Author of Gamestorming and The Connected Company

Software development is knowledge work. Knowledge work is always an evolving art. Beyond Agile examines 10 companies, mostly in the tech world, but also in innovative automotive and business consulting, that have actively evolved their processes. Using tools from Lean, Agile and other schools of management thought, these companies have actively engaged in continuous improvement.

These stories are stories of success, failure, and success again. These are real stories of real businesses creating real products. No story is devoid of mis-steps. No magic bullets, other than understanding, are provided.

Collecting stories from several continents and countries, these case studies cover the global evolution of an entire industry. This book is a must-read for anyone involved with knowledge workers, software developers and IT shops that seem unmanageable.

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February 25, 2013
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ASIN : B00BLAF5QM
Publisher : Modus Cooperandi Press; 1.2 edition (February 25, 2013)
Publication date : February 25, 2013
Language : English
File size : 5947 KB
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Print length : 237 pages
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ZHUK NIKITA

Enough of theory and buzzword lists, this book presents real cases from real companies

Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2013

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After reading many process books which focus on theory behind Lean methodologies and use of Kanban in software development projects, it's very refreshing to see a solid collection of real-world cases from actual companies where some of these these ideas were put into use and what benefits and problems these ideas introduced. The last chapter, which describes the process of designing and writing this book was very interesting as well, as it brings book's authors closer to the reader and proves that even process experts can't pull of a perfect project when the worst distraction of them all - life - gets in their way.

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zts

Good content, marred by formatting issues.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 21, 2013

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I returned my Kindle edition of this book for a refund, but will be buying the paperback version when it becomes available. The content (as far as I read) was good, but the book regularly includes sidebars to call out lessons described in the main text. This is a good idea, but the sidebar text is presented as small images (they do not zoom), the content is sometimes cut short, and I found it very difficult to read. Additionally, they main text often flows strangely around the sidebar images (often enough to be distracting, anyway).

I'm looking forward to the paperback release so that I can finish reading this book.

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