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Agile Software Developmentby Alistair CockburnISBN 0201699699 (0-201-69969-9)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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Agile Software Development: The Cooperative Gameby Alistair CockburnISBN 0321482751 (0-321-48275-1)
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Crystal Clear: A Human-powered Methodology For Small Teamsby Alistair CockburnISBN 0201699478 (0-201-69947-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Crystal Clear: A Human-powered Methodology For Small Teams'Book summary:This book introduces Crystal Clear, a better lightweight methodology for building software. It describes the roles, teams, values, intentions, habits, activities, policies and work products of a small software development team for whom time-to-market and development costs are critical considerations. Alistair Cockburn is one of the founders of the Agile software development movement. He spells out proven best practices based on his extensive experience helping organizations build software quickly and with less cost. The author understands that small teams cannot be burdened by "process-heavy" software methodologies. By advocating that developers stay close together and remain in steady, good-will communication with customers and users, this book teaches the reader how to develop software that not only does what it is supposed to do, but also gets completed on time and within budget. [via]
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Managing Agile Projectsby Alistair CockburnISBN 1895186110 (1-895186-11-0)
Softcover, Multi Media Pubns Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Managing Agile Projects'Book summary:Are you being asked to manage a project with unclear requirements? High levels of change? A team using Extreme Programming or other Agile Methods? If you are a project manager or team leader who is interested in learning the secrets of successfully controlling and delivering agile projects, then this book was written for you. From learning how agile projects are different from traditional projects, to detailed guidance on a number of agile management techniques and how to introduce them onto your own projects, this book contains the insider secrets from some of the industry experts - the visionaries who developed the agile methodologies in the first place. Chapters focus on topics critical to the success of projects facing changing requirements and seemingly impossible deadlines. Chapters cover topics such as engineering unstable requirements, active stakeholder participation, conducting agile meetings, extreme testing, agile documentation, and how to use agile methods under fixed price contracts. The book also provides information to help you plan your agile projects better to avoid some common pitfalls introduced by the fast pace and concurrent activities common to agile development methods. This book will show you the tricks to keeping agile projects under control. [via]
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Patterns for Effective Use Casesby Steve Adolph, Alistair Cockburn , Paul Bramble, Andy PolsISBN 0201721848 (0-201-72184-8)
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Surviving Object-Oriented Projectsby Alistair CockburnISBN 0201498340 (0-201-49834-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Surviving Object-Oriented Projects'Book summary:While books on software engineering and project management abound, Alistair Cockburn's Surviving Object-Oriented Projects stands out as a lively view from the trenches of project management. It provides plenty of tips and tricks that will help you avoid the most common hazards of working with objects, especially for the first time.
The first part of the book concentrates on the common myths of object-oriented development. (For example, Cockburn clearly prefers Smalltalk and Java to C++ as a development language and he is not enthusiastic about today's computer-aided software engineering [CASE] tools.) He also cuts through the mire of software-engineering methodologies for development by stressing an incremental approach to creating software and gives many useful and practical suggestions for setting up and managing projects of varying sizes.
Throughout this lively and well-written text, the author mixes in anecdotes from actual managers and developers. He also presents actual project case histories (both small and large) and analyses what was done correctly and what went wrong. The author develops 12 strategies for creating successful, on-time software using objects, which are collated in a handy appendix--there is even a detachable "crib sheet".
With its mix of common sense and real-world savvy, Surviving Object-Oriented Projects offers a refreshing take on the realities of developing object-oriented software. This concise and engaging title can improve the odds of success for your next programming project. --Richard Dragan [via]
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Value Pack: Writing Effective Use Cases with the CRC Card Bookby Alistair Cockburn , David BellinISBN 1405817739 (1-4058-1773-9)
Softcover, Pearson Education, Limited
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Writing Effective Use Casesby Alistair CockburnISBN 0201702258 (0-201-70225-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Writing Effective Use Cases'Book summary:Alistair Cockburn's Writing Effective Use Cases is an approachable, informative, and very intelligent treatment of an essential topic of software design. "Use cases" describe how "actors" interact with computer systems and are essential to software-modelling requirements. For anyone who designs software, this title offers some real insight into writing use cases that are clear and correct and lead to better and less costly software.
The focus of this text is on use cases that are written as opposed to modelled in UML. This book may change your mind about the advantages of writing step-by-step descriptions of the way users (or actors) interact with systems. Besides being an exceptionally clear writer, the author has plenty to say about what works and what doesn't when it comes to creating use cases. There are several standout bits of expertise on display here, including excellent techniques for finding the right "scope" for use cases. (The book uses a colour scheme in which blue indicates a sea-level use case that's just right while higher-level use cases are white and over-detailed ones are indigo. It also provides notational symbols to document these levels of detail within a design.)
This book contains numerous tips on the writing style for use cases and plenty of practical advice for managing projects that require a large number of use cases. One particular strength lies in the numerous actual use cases (many with impressive detail) borrowed from real-world projects that demonstrate both good and bad practices. Even though the author expresses a preferences for the format of use cases, he presents a variety of styles, including UML graphical versions. The explanation of how use cases fit into the rest of the software engineering process is especially good. The book concludes with several dozen concrete tips for writing better use cases.
Software engineering books often get bogged down in theory. Not so in Writing Effective Use Cases, a slender volume with a practical focus, a concise presentation style, and something truly valuable to say. This book will benefit most anyone who designs software for a living. --Richard Dragan [via]
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Use Cases effektiv erstellen.by Alistair CockburnISBN 3826613449 (3-8266-1344-9)
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