Balancing Agility and Discipline A Guide for the Perplexed

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ISBN: 9780321186126 | 0321186125
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Copyright: 8/11/2003

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bull; Helps organization achieve the speed of agility without sacrificing the discipline of process bull; For quick learning and easy reference, the margins contain a "fast track " summary of the material bull; Forewords by Grady Booch, Alistair Cockburn, and Watts Humphrey!

Foreword	p. xiii
Foreword	p. xv
Foreword	p. xvii
Preface	p. xix
Why We Wrote This Book	p. xix
Who Should Read This Book	p. xx
How to Read This Book	p. xx
Acknowledgments	p. xxiii
Prelude	p. xxv
Discipline, Agility, and Perplexity
The Sources of Perplexity	p. 5
Multiple Definitions	p. 5
Distinguishing Method Use from Method Misuse	p. 6
Overgeneralization Based on the Most Visible Instances	p. 6
Claims of Universality	p. 7
Early Success Stories	p. 8
Purist Interpretations	p. 8
Clarifying Perplexity	p. 9
The Two Approaches	p. 9
Plan-Driven Methods	p. 9
Agile Methods	p. 16
Finding Middle Ground	p. 22
Contrasts and Home Grounds
Application Characteristics	p. 26
Primary Goals	p. 26
Size	p. 28
Environment	p. 29
Management Characteristics	p. 31
Customer Relations	p. 32
Planning and Control	p. 33
Project Communication	p. 35
Technical Characteristics	p. 37
Requirements	p. 37
Development	p. 39
Testing	p. 42
Personnel Characteristics	p. 44
Customers	p. 44
Developers	p. 46
Culture	p. 49
Summary	p. 51
Home Grounds	p. 51
Misconceptions	p. 53
Five Critical Factors	p. 54
A Day in the Life
Typical Days	p. 59
A Typical Day Using PSP/TSP	p. 60
A Typical Day Using Extreme Programming	p. 69
Crisis Days	p. 76
A Crisis Day with TSP/PSP	p. 76
A Crisis Day with XP	p. 78
Summary	p. 79
Differences	p. 79
Similarities	p. 80
Observations	p. 81
Expanding the Home Grounds: Two Case Studies
Using Plans to Scale Up Agile Methods: Lease Management Example	p. 84
The Effort to Develop or Modify a Story Does Not Increase with Time and Story Number	p. 85
Trusting People to Get Everything Done on Time Is Compatible with Fixed Schedules and Diseconomies of Scale	p. 86
Simple Design and YAGNI Scale Up Easily to Large Projects	p. 88
Agile Methods Scaleup: Summing Up	p. 89
Using Agility to Streamline Plan-Driven Methods: USAF/TRW CCPDS-R Example	p. 90
Individuals and Interactions over Processes and Tools: CCPDS-R	p. 91
Working Software over Comprehensive Documentation: CCPDS-R	p. 92
Customer Collaboration over Contract Negotiation: CCPDS-R	p. 93
Responding to Change over Following a Plan: CCPDS-R	p. 94
Summary	p. 95
Using Risk to Balance Agility and Discipline
An Overview of the Method	p. 100
An Example Family of Applications: Agent-Based Planning Systems	p. 104
An Intermediate Application: Supply Chain Management	p. 106
SupplyChain.com Project Risk Ratings	p. 108
Compare the Agile and Plan-Driven Risks	p. 109
Individual Risk Resolution Strategies	p. 113
Risk-Based Strategy for SupplyChain.com System Development	p. 117
Small Application: Event Planning	p. 121
Event Planning Project Risk Ratings	p. 122
Compare the Agile and Plan-Driven Risks	p. 123
Risk-Based Strategy for Event Planning System Development	p. 125
Very Large Application: National Information System for Crisis Management (NISCM)	p. 127
NISCM Project Risk Ratings	p. 129
Compare the Agile and Plan-Driven Risks	p. 132
Risk-Based Strategy for NISCM System Development	p. 135
Summary	p. 142
Conclusions
The Top Six Conclusions	p. 148
No Agile or Plan-Driven Method Silver Bullet	p. 148
Agile and Plan-Driven Method Home Grounds	p. 150
Future Applications Will Need Both Agility and Discipline	p. 151
Balanced Agility-Discipline Methods Are Emerging	p. 151
Build Your Method Up--Don't Tailor It Down	p. 152
Focus Less on Methods--More on People, Values, Communication, and Expectations Management	p. 152
What Can You Do Next about Balancing Agility and Discipline?	p. 156
Steps toward Balancing Software Development Agility and Discipline	p. 157
Afterword	p. 163
Comparing the Methods
Scrum	p. 168
Thumbnail Sketch	p. 168
Comments	p. 169
References	p. 169
Adaptive Software Development (ASD)	p. 170
Thumbnail Sketch	p. 170
Comments	p. 170
References	p. 171
Lean Development (LD)	p. 171
Thumbnail Sketch	p. 171
Comments	p. 172
References	p. 172
Crystal	p. 173
Thumbnail Sketch	p. 173
Comments	p. 174
References	p. 174
eXtreme Programming (XP)	p. 174
Thumbnail Sketch	p. 175
Comments	p. 176
Reference	p. 176
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