Agile Software Development with SCRUM
by Ken Schwaber, Mike Beedle · first published 2001
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Ship It, and all the other books in that series from Pragmatic Press. Code Complete and Rapid Code by McConnell. The Deadline by DeMarco. Agile Software Development with Scrum by Schwaber. Peopleware by DeMarco. Slack by DeMarco. Anything by Ed Yourdon.
on “Ask HN: Book on organizing engineering team / process?” ↗…process-prescriptive though (they're talking about a varient of Extreme Programming) I'd also also take the time to read the seminal books on the two most important (in my opinion) agile methods: * Agile Software Development with Scrum http://amzn.to/bOkPZ1 - the book that formalized Scrum * Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change - the book that formalized XP. Read both the first http://amzn.to/cdLAtx and second http://amzn.to/bqMhEa…
on “Ask HN: My University's library needs suggestions for books on Agile Development” ↗…engineering can be optimized like manufacturing processes. Agile and Lean are empirical process controls, they are based on the same concepts. Ken Schwaber explains all this on the first chapter of his book "Agile Software Development with SCRUM": Defined process control: same inputs always result in same output (manufacturing widgets on a production line). Empirical process control: same inputs not always result in same output. Schwaber conceived…
on “Agile's early evangelists wouldn't mind watching Agile die” ↗