Agile Development and Business Goals : The Six Week Solution

CIOs place IT-business alignment at the top of their wish list and recognize the growing interdependency between business success and technology use. This is especially true when it comes to internal software development - the construction of applications for use inside the company. Organizations that are able to align their software creation with the financial and delivery-time needs of the business are the organizations that will emerge from the current downturn healthy and dominant.Unfortunately, most corporations seem to develop their software in a vacuum, setting target dates, success metrics, and feature requirements independent of the corporation's overall key objectives. This is a recipe for failure.Enter Agile Alignment and Business Goals: The Six Week Solution . This book delineates a state-of-the-art method for aligning the critical but often "silo-ed" software development process with the core goals of the company as a whole. It serves as an efficient introduction for both managers and project staff that need a distilled and carefully organized learning aid for hands-on development practices - from planning to requirements to testing to the values that define success. Using statistically significant research, the authors provide definitive evidence of the value of switching to the agile methods described herein. What's more, by studying this book, you will learn how to extend the agile ideas more broadly and so apply them to other IT and business development scenarios.* Provides a definitive and quantifiable plan to expedite development times - no long-winded 'agile philosophy!'* Written for the business person - the individual in the organization responsible for getting the software out the door!* Serves as a quick and easy guide to managing an IT department in today's corporate environment!* Authored by the expert on 'leading geeks' behind the best-selling IT Manager's Handbook!

Bill Holtsnider is a Senior Writer at ClickFox with more than 26 years of experience working in the computer industry.
Tom Wheeler is Vice President of Research and Development at ClickFox; he has built, sold, and been a senior manager in software development companies for more than 20 years.
George Stragand is Director of Software Development at ClickFox; for over 20 years he has been producing and managing the delivery of commercial software on time.
Joseph Gee is a Senior Software Architect at ClickFox with more than 10 years of experience leading and coaching agile development teams.