Software in 30 Days

Ken Schwaber 지음

Wiley 2012년 03월 23일 출간

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A radical approach to getting IT projects done faster and cheaper than anyone thinks possibleSoftware in 30 Days summarizes the Agile and Scrum software development method, which allows creation of game-changing software, in just 30 days. Projects that use it are three times more successful than those that don't. Software in 30 Days is for the business manager, the entrepreneur, the product development manager, or IT manager who wants to develop software better and faster than they now believe possible. Learn how this unorthodox process works, how to get started, and how to succeed. Control risk, manage projects, and have your people succeed with simple but profound shifts in the thinking.The authors explain powerful concepts such as the art of the possible, bottom-up intelligence, and why it's good to fail early-all with no risk greater than thirty days. The productivity gain vs traditional quot;waterfallquot; methods has been over 100% on many projectsAuthor Ken Schwaber is a co-founder of the Agile software movement, and co-creator, with Jeff Sutherland, of the quot;Scrumquot; technique for building software in 30 daysCoauthor Jeff Sutherland was cosigner of the Agile Manifesto, which marked the start of the Agile movementSoftware in 30 Days is a must-read for all managers and business owners who use software in their organizations or in their products and want to stop the cycle of slow, expensive software development. Programmers will want to buy copies for their managers and their customers so they will know how to collaborate to get the best work possible.

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About the Authors xiAcknowledgments xiiiIntroduction xvSection I Why Every Business in the World Can Produce Software in 30 Days 1You are probably frustrated with your software organization. You would like it to be quicker, more flexible, understand your needs better, and help you become more profitable. We look at why you are frustrated and how to fix the problem.&1 The Crisis in Software: The Wrong Process Produces the Wrong Results 3Many software organizations follow a development process that guarantees waste, uncontrolled risk, unpredictability, surprises, and low value. We will investigate why this process was chosen, how it guarantees failure, and look and some organizations that have recovered from it.2 Scrum: The Right Process Produces the Right Results 17There is a process that is appropriate for software development. When you get your developers to use it, you will immediately gain productivity, quality, value, control, predictability, and satisfaction. We look at how this happens in this chapter.3 Try It Yourself: The Pilot 33You have read our assertion that there is a better way for you to get software developed for you. However, a lot of people have made assertions and taken a lot of your money in the past, with little or no improvement. In this chapter we show you how to prove that our approach works for no money.4 What Can I Do? 49You learned how to do better and you&'ve tried it yourself. You like the results and you know what to tell the software organization to do. In this chapter, we look at what you can do to help what you experience in the pilot project succeed.Section II How to Produce Software in 30 Days 55Having better software developed for your needs is not so much hard as it is different from what you are used to. In this section, we look at a progressively beneficial set of approaches to get you f

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Ken Schwaber is a cofounder of the worldwide Agile software movement and cocreator, with Jeff Sutherland, of the quot;Scrumquot; technique for building software in 30 days. He is president of Scrum.org, a software consulting firm, and led the process management product revolution of the early 1990s. Jeff Sutherland is the cocreator of Scrum, and was cosigner of the Agile Manifesto, which marked the start of the Agile movement. He has served as vice president of engineering or CTO at eleven software companies, managing the last seven entirely using Scrum, and achieved industry-leading, hyper-productive results. Jeff is the CEO of Scrum Inc., a consulting and training company.