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What book would you suggest as a good starting point for good Agile techniques?
by mncaudill 17y ago
What book would you suggest as a good starting point for good Agile techniques?
- ROFISH 17y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_software_development#Agile_methods http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_software_development#Agil... You don't really need a book. The Agile page on Wikipedia and links to the descriptions of the different flavors are all you need.
- DanielBMarkham 17y agoStart with the wiki page but remember that the one thing that all agile teams do is _adapt_. So be careful you don't get in the mindset of "I have to do X, Y, and Z and then I'll be agile" Better to think of it like "I see from the literature and people I trust that X, Y, and Z work for a lot of teams. I should really try that on my next team to see how it does" The worst offenders are people who are successful! Then they take the X, Y, and Z as gospel and try to make them fit on their next team, whether or not they make any sense at all. We get this "well, my last team was agile and we did X, so we absolutely must do X on this project!" That attitude usually ticks everybody off and is counter-productive. Don't be an agile zealot! It's a buffet, not a happy meal. Remember -- always adapt, and use the literature as starting points for things to try on each project. Read lightly and spend more time experimenting and evolving. Agile is really simple, but people try very hard to make it complicated and screw it up. Beats me why.