1. Edition - May 2008
71.90 Euro
2008. 308 Pages, Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0-470-07386-1
ISBN-13: 978-0-470-07386-5 - John Wiley & Sons






Sample Chapter

Short description
Software Development Rhythms: Using the Flexibility of Agile Software Practices in Combination respects and builds upon the inherent flexibility of agile practices, focusing on understanding the "why and when" of the effective application of practice-move-practice or activity-move-activity. The unique approach and technical quality of this work answers the key question of whether programmer productivity is impacted by the various agile practices by providing a comprehensive and unbiased journey across software development rhythms.

From the contents
PART I: ESSENTIALS.

Chapter 1: No Programmer Dies.

1.1 Developing Software vs. Building a Tunnel.

1.2 Do-Re-Mi Do-Re-Mi.

1.3 Software Development Rhythms.

Chapter 2: Understanding Programmers.

2.1 Personality and Intelligence.

2.2 Outsourced Programmers.

2.3 Experienced Management.

Chapter 3: Start with Open Source.

3.1 Process and Practice.

3.2 OSS Development.

3.3 OOS-Like Development.

PART II: RHYTHMS.

Chapter 4: Plagiarism Programming.

4.1 Plagiarism.

4.2 Nothing Faster than Plagiarism.

4.3 Business and Rhythm for Plagiarism.

Chapter 5: Pair Programming.

5.1 Art and Science.

5.2 Two Worlds.

5.3 Programming Task Demands.

5.4 Pair programming is more than programming.

5.5 Pair programming Team Coached.

Chapter 6: Repeat Programming.

6.1 Controversies in Pair Programming.

6.2 Repeat Programming.

6.3 Rhythm: Pair - Solo - Pair - Solo.

6.4 An exception that proves Brooks' Law.

Chapter 7: Agile Teaming.

7.1 Project Teams.

7.2 Productivity.

7.3 Problems and Problem Owners.

7.4 Failing Projects Rescued.

7.5 Beware of Iago.

Chapter 8: Incremental Design.

8.1 Modeling and Planning.

8.2 Rework or reuse.

8.3 Just-in-time Software Development.

8.4 Requirements Complexity.

8.5 Refactoring.

Chapter 9: Test-Driven Development.

9.1 Reverse Waterfall.

9.2 Test-First Programming.

9.3 Rhythm: Test - Code - Refactor.

9.4 Rapid Software Process Improvement.

Epilogue: Medley.

Appendix I: Nammik.

References.