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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 proc… more

Their story takes us through a maze of dead ends and exhilarating breakthroughs as they and their colleagues wrestle not only with the abstraction of code but with the unpredictability of human behavior, especially their own. Along the way,… more

This book describes the eMids approach to the Agile methodology of software development, and details some of our experiences during the Agile Journey working over a dozen successful and some not so successful projects. These experiences and… more

An examination of Mozilla’s unique approach to software development considers how this model of participation might be applied to political and civic engagement.

A tale of programming and software best practices from the Computational Fairy Tales universe.In all his years as a wizard, Marcus has never seen a spell cause this much damage. When Hannaldous’s sloppy attempt at a shield spell accidentall… more

This is a short ebook designed to introduce the concepts and terminology involved in the Scrum approach to agile software development.

AntiPatterns: Identification, Refactoring, and Management catalogs 48 bad management practices and environments common to software development, IT, and other organizations. The authors cover antipatterns of management, along with environmen… more

Bob Billington has a problem: he’s about to lose his job because the economy has taken a sudden nose-dive taking the big project he is working on with it. Bob, a natural-born problem-solver, starts asking questions - the first being “What d… more

This article briefly explains the practical differences between the agile and traditional approaches to software development and explains how to determine what is best for most software development.

“Th is is the true story of one boy’s struggle to survive the rage and violence of an alcoholic father and then later in childhood, his hatefuland sadistic stepmother. Left behind at the age of four by his mother, he is shuttled from one fo… more

New software firms and groups are eager to get their products to market. Even small successes and few customers make these companies grow in size. Resources are usually tight, processes are light, lots of code is written for demos and new p… more

The ability to reason correctly is critical to most aspects of computer science and to software development in particular. This book teaches readers how to better reason about software development, to communicate reasoning, to distinguish b… more

This article identifies the issues common to most software organizations. New software development firms and groups are eager to get their products quickly to market. Even small successes and few customers make these companies grow at a fas… more

Practical, comprehensive—a complete, no-nonsense guide to better project management…This no-nonsense troubleshooting guide was written for frontline managers who want results, not rhetoric. Short on theory and long on practical, hands-on… more

New software firms and groups are eager to get their products to market. Even small successes and few customers make these companies grow in size. Resources are usually tight, processes are light, lots of code is written for demos and new p… more

Design Patterns demonstrates how software developers can improve the performance, maintainability, portability, and scalability of their code through the use of the Gang of Four design patterns. After a discussion of patterns methodology, r… more

Paul Klipp is a professional coach and trainer who has been using the Kanban Method for four years with dozens of software teams. He is a Certified Kanban Coaching Professional as well as a Certified Scrum Professional. Finding ways to do t… more

A Steve Pavlina Original!This article features the complete collection of all 99 Rules (originally featured as three volumes of 33 rules each). Use these valuable tips and get the most from your efforts. No questions asked, 100% money back … more

This guide shows you how to get the most out of Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server to help improve the effectiveness of your team-based software development. Whether you are already using Team Foundation Server or adopting from scrat… more

A concise and thorough handbook on requirements analysis, this invaluable book is the perfect desk guide for your systems or software development work. This first-of-its-kind handbook enables you to identify the real customer requirements f… more