Holcombe Running an Agile Software Development Project

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-38587-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten, E-Book

A Practical Approach To Building Small To Medium Software SystemsFor Real Business Clients

Based on more than 100 actual commercial projects, this bookclearly explains how to run an agile software development projectthat delivers high-quality, high-value solutions to businessclients. It concentrates on the practical, social, business, andmanagement aspects as well as the technical issues involved.

Professor Holcombe successfully connects readers with the waveof "Agile 2.0" concepts that take the techniques of agiledevelopment and place them in the service of business goals. Sinceit is widely believed that the use of Windows XP will become muchmore common in coming years, readers should be armed withcutting-edge knowledge of the latest practices in the field.Further features of the book include:

* Case studies provide real-world examples and describe how XP wasintroduced into the environment

* Analysis is provided to help readers determine which elements ofXP are suitable for the unique challenges and environments fordifferent projects

* Problems of a failing agile project and how they can be fixedare covered, including insight into which managerial techniques canbe employed

* An Instructor's Guide provides practical advice on how tomotivate students, organize real group projects, and deal, in asimple and effective way, with many of the problems that arise

* A sample syllabus, sample tests, and additional case studyinformation are available on an instructor's password-protected ftpsite

Running an Agile Software Development Project is anindispensable guide for professional software developers,engineers, and project managers interested in learning how to useagile processes. It is also a valuable textbook for advancedundergraduate- and graduate-level students in computer engineeringand software engineering courses.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Holcombe, Mike

Über Autor(innen)

Mike Holcombe, BSC, MSC, PHD, is Professor of Computer Science at the University of Sheffield, UK. He is also founder of Genesys Solutions, which is a student-run commercial software house that is strongly supported by IBM (winning the IBM International Eclipse Innovation Award in 2004 and 2005) and is also designated as a Microsoft Innovation Center. The University of Sheffield has recently "spun out" this company as epiGenesys Ltd. Dr. Holcombe's research interests include software and systems biology. A former dean of the faculty of engineering at the University of Sheffield, he is a Fellow of the British Computer Society and a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications. He is on the editorial board of the journal BioSystems and Software Testing, Verification and Reliability (Wiley). He is also on the editorial board of the International Journal of Agile and Extreme Software Development and has been appointed to the Academic Advisory Board of Microsoft.