Integrating Agile Development In The Real World

This book provides developers and managers with specific and implementable ways to infuse agile processes into everyday software development projects. It addresses the use of agile practices in a fixed cost setting, synthesis of agile processes and a waterfall development environment, and the integration of traditional project management tools with agile ones. The book begins with an introduction to building blocks of agile development, then moves to a lightweight framework for managing an agile project outside of any agile methodology. From there, steps teams can take to overcome obstacles and leverage agile processes are explained in detail. Finally, a section on project management and agile development explains the role and value-add of an agile project manager.