Agile Adoption Patterns A Roadmap to

Patterns that help organizations successfully deploy agile methods in software. Agile projects center on the delivery of business value. This tenet is where Amr Elssamadissy focuses his attention in presenting roughly 25 patterns that will enable readers to succeed with agile methods.that it is true to the "spirit" of patterns and agile -- it does not promise easy answers or quick fixes but offers down-to-earth advice based on experience. The patterns do a good job of capturing that experience but the way the patterns are written, with "threads" of stories throughout is not only convincing but enjoyable reading. I like being able to follow the real-life adventures of the same developers who struggle to solve real problems across several patterns. I also like the case study in Chapter 46 where a real company with real problems does a pretty good job of moving forward, but it's not a "and they all lived happily ever after" scenario. We're overwhelmed with books and advice these days, so it's nice to see someone who offers help and hope but not hype!

Amr Elssamadisy (www.elssamadisy.com) is a software development practitioner who works with his clients to build better, more valuable software. He and his colleagues at Gemba Systems help both small and large development teams learn new technologies, adopt and adapt appropriate Agile development practices, and focus their efforts to maximize the value they bring to their organizations.

Amr’s technical background and experience in C/C++, Java/J2EE, and .NET allows him to appreciate the problems of development teams and offer them support.

At the same time, he realizes that most problems–even in software–are people problems that are not solved by tools and technology. Therefore, Amr and his colleagues at Gemba Systems focus on issues such as personal agility, team building, communication, feedback, and all the other soft skills that distinguish excellent teams.

Amr is also the author of Patterns of Agile Practice Adoption: The Technical Cluster. He is an editor for the AgileQ at InfoQ, a contributor to the Agile Journal, and a frequent presenter at software development conferences.

Foreword	p. xxiii & xxvi
Preface	p. xxvii
Acknowledgments	p. xxxiii
About the Author	p. xxxvii
Thoughts about Software Development	p. 1
Learning Is the Bottleneck	p. 3
Personal Agility for Potent Agile Adoption	p. 13
Crafting an Agile Adoption Strategy	p. 21
Business Value	p. 23
Smells	p. 29
Adopting Agile Practices	p. 37
The Pattern Catalog	p. 53
The Patterns of Agile Practice Adoption	p. 55
Goal	p. 61
Cycle	p. 65

Feedback Practices	p. 69
Iteration	p. 71
Kickoff Meeting	p. 77
Backlog	p. 81
Planning Poker	p. 87
Stand-Up Meeting	p. 93
Done State	p. 99
Demo	p. 103
Retrospective	p. 109
Release Often	p. 115
Co-Located Team	p. 119
Self-Organizing Team	p. 125
Cross-Functional Team	p. 131
Customer Part of Team	p. 137
Evocative Document	p. 143
User Story	p. 149
Use Case	p. 153
Information Radiator	p. 157

Technical Practices	p. 161
Automated Developer Tests	p. 163
Test-Last Development	p. 173
Test-First Development	p. 177
Refactoring	p. 183
Continuous Integration	p. 189
Simple Design	p. 197
Functional Tests	p. 203
Collective Code Ownership	p. 219
Pair Programming	p. 223

Supporting Practices	p. 229
Coach	p. 231
Engage the Community	p. 235
Reading Circle	p. 239
Workshop	p. 245
Classroom Training	p. 249

The Clusters	p. 255
Agile Iteration	p. 257
Communication Cluster	p. 263
Evolutionary Design	p. 269
Test-Driven Development	p. 277
Test-Driven Requirements	p. 285
Case Studies	p. 293
BabyCenter	p. 295
Company X	p. 305
Appendices	p. 321
Pattern to Business Value Mappings	p. 323
Pattern-to-Smell Mappings	p. 325
Getting the Most from Agile Practice Patterns	p. 327
Further Reading	p. 331
Bibliography	p. 333
Index	p. 339
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