Agile Development and Business Goals
The Six Week Solution
- 1st Edition - June 4, 2010
- Authors: Bill Holtsnider, Tom Wheeler, George Stragand, Joe Gee
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 8 1 5 2 0 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 8 1 5 2 1 - 7
Agile Development and Business Goals: The Six-Week Solution is a guide for the software development process, which can be challenging, difficult, and time-consuming. This proces… Read more
Agile Development and Business Goals: The Six-Week Solution is a guide for the software development process, which can be challenging, difficult, and time-consuming. This process, called the “Agile” process, is unique, and it features several aspects that distinguish it from the classical methods of software development. The book offers readers information about the design, implementation, and management of the different methods of creating world-class software. The book discusses the various reasons that the development of software is a difficult process, and it addresses how software development sometimes fails and why it seldom aligns with business needs. It further examines the risk associated with software creation and the different ways to mitigate them. This book is relevant to software development managers responsible for creating quality software products, and managing software development teams.
- Explains how to employ automation in your development process to improve your company’s profitability
- Introduces a compensation structure that incents your technical talent to deliver measurable results on a predictable basis
- Provides real-world solutions – questions to ask when hiring or which build server software to consider, for example – instead of theoretical discussions
Professionals involved with business process and workflow modeling; IT leaders, including CIOs, CTOs, and COOs; enterprise architects and information systems architects; business modelers and business process professionals in IT and business management consulting; lead computer software engineers working on systems software
PrefaceChapter 1 Introduction: Ask Yourself These 10 Key QuestionsChapter 2 The Problem: Why Software Projects FailChapter 3 Expectations: What It Means for Software to SucceedChapter 4 Overview of the Six Week SolutionChapter 5 The Solution’s Critical PiecesChapter 6 Managing the Cost of ChangeChapter 7 Assuring Software QualityChapter 8 Integrating Automation into Your Development ProcessChapter 9 Other Software Development ApproachesChapter 10 Risks with Using This ApproachChapter 11 Transitioning to the Six Week SolutionChapter 12 ConclusionsGlossarySources
- Edition: 1
- Published: June 4, 2010
- Language: English
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Bill Holtsnider
Bill Holtsnider is an experienced writer, educator, and software professional with more than 26 years of experience working in the computer industry. His IT expertise includes working in such diverse areas as stock portfolio management, identity management, and software development. He is the author of six books and a wide range of technical and marketing documentation.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Writer at ClickFox with more than 26 years of experience working in the computer industryTW
Tom Wheeler
Tom Wheeler has a long track record of building organizations to develop commercial software, including products for financial services and contact centers. He has built, sold and been a senior manager in a variety of different types of companies, including international conglomerates and garage-sized start ups. He first created the Six Week Solution back in the 1980’s and has been fine-tuning it since.
Affiliations and expertise
VP of Research and Development at ClickFox; he has built, sold and been a senior manager in software development companies for more than 20 years.GS
George Stragand
George Stragand is a manager and software developer with over 20 years of producing and managing the delivery of commercial software on time. He has worked for companies ranging in size from startups to multinationals, creating software both for external and in-house use. He still hasn’t found a problem which couldn’t be solved by one more level of indirection or a suitable amount of explosives in the correct location.
Affiliations and expertise
Director of Software Development at ClickFox; for over 20 years he has been producing and managing the delivery of commercial software on time.JG
Joe Gee
Joseph Gee has spent the last 10 years of his career leading and coaching teams through a variety of successful projects and Agile transitions. His advocacy for software craftsmanship has equipped teams for success in small custom shops, large telecom enterprise systems, commercial shrink-wrap modeling software, and, most recently, cutting edge behavioral analytics.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Software Architect at ClickFox with more than 10 years of experience leading and coaching Agile development teams.Read Agile Development and Business Goals on ScienceDirect