Individuals and Interactions: An Agile Guide (Paperback)

Ken Howard, Barry Rogers

  • 出版商: Addison Wesley
  • 出版日期: 2011-04-11
  • 售價: $1,440
  • 貴賓價: 9.5$1,368
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 240
  • 裝訂: Paperback
  • ISBN: 0321714091
  • ISBN-13: 9780321714091
  • 相關分類: Agile Software
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“In my opinion, this is the handbook for Agile teams. I have been wishing for this book since we implemented Agile several years ago. In many Agile process books, the team aspect of Agile has been glossed over in favor of the technical aspects; this book is a welcome change.”

--Sarah Edrie, Director of Quality Engineering, Harvard Business School

 

“Cloud Computing, Distributed Architecture, Test Driven Development...these are simple to master compared to building an agile, efficient, and top-performing team. The path from skilled developer/tester to successful manager, team leader, and beyond is now more easily attainable with the insights, knowledge, and guidance provided by Ken Howard and Barry Rogers in Individuals and Interactions: An Agile Guide.”

--R.L. Bogetti, www.RLBogetti.com, Lead System Designer, Baxter Healthcare

 

“This book provides fantastic insight on how individuals act and relate as a team. Ken and Barry give great examples and exercises to help the reader understand behaviors of each individual and use this knowledge to perform better as a team.”

--Lisa Shoop, Director Product Development, Sabre-Holdings

 

Individuals and Interactions is a masterfully crafted must-read for anyone who is serious about understanding and applying the human-centered values of Agile development. It is like Patrick Lencioni meets the Poppendiecks to write ‘Agile through the Looking-Glass.’ Here the ‘Looking-Glass’ is the powerful DISC framework, and we see it used to enable different kind of TDD (Team-Driven Development) through the use of stories, examples, models, and guidance.”

--Brad Appleton, Agile coach/consultant in a Fortune 100 telecom company; coauthor of Software Configuration Management Patterns

 

“This book is essential reading for any engineering team that’s serious about Agile development. Its chapters on team dynamics and development lay the foundation for learning all of the factors that enable a team to transform itself into an Agile success story.”

--Bernard Farrell, Consultant Software Engineer at EMC Corporation

 

Great emphasis is typically placed on the “mechanics” of agile development--its processes and tools. It’s easy to forget that the Agile Manifesto values individuals and interactions ahead of processes and tools. You can gain powerful benefits by refocusing on the people side of agile development.

 

This book will show you how. It’s your practical user’s guide to solving the problems agile teams encounter, packed with stories, best practices, exercises, and tips you can actually use. Step by step, you’ll learn how to get teams to truly work as teams, not as disconnected individuals. Along the way, you’ll find profoundly realistic advice on communication, motivation, collaboration, change, group dynamics, and much more.

 

Whether you are an agile project manager, ScrumMaster, product owner, developer, trainer, or consultant, this book will help you make your agile environment more productive, more effective, and more personally fulfilling.

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「在我看來,這是敏捷團隊的手冊。自從我們幾年前實施敏捷以來,我一直希望有這本書。在許多敏捷流程書籍中,團隊方面的敏捷被忽略,而偏重於技術方面;這本書是一個受歡迎的改變。」
- Sarah Edrie,哈佛商學院質量工程主管

「雲端運算、分散式架構、測試驅動開發...相較於建立一個敏捷、高效和高效能的團隊,這些都容易掌握。從熟練的開發人員/測試人員到成功的經理、團隊領導者等,現在更容易通過Ken Howard和Barry Rogers在《個體與互動:敏捷指南》中提供的見解、知識和指導來實現。」
- R.L. Bogetti,Baxter Healthcare首席系統設計師

「這本書提供了關於個體如何行動和團隊如何相互關聯的奇妙見解。Ken和Barry提供了很好的例子和練習,幫助讀者了解每個個體的行為,並利用這些知識更好地作為團隊表現。」
- Lisa Shoop,Sabre-Holdings產品開發總監

「《個體與互動》是一本精心製作的必讀書籍,對於那些真正想了解和應用敏捷開發的以人為中心的價值觀的人來說。就像Patrick Lencioni與Poppendiecks共同撰寫的《透過鏡子看敏捷》。這裡的「鏡子」是強大的DISC框架,我們看到它被用於通過故事、例子、模型和指導來實現不同類型的TDD(團隊驅動開發)。」
- Brad Appleton,財富100強電信公司的敏捷教練/顧問;《軟體配置管理模式》的合著者

「這本書是任何嚴肅對待敏捷開發的工程團隊的必讀書籍。它關於團隊動力學和發展的章節為學習使團隊轉變為敏捷成功故事的所有因素奠定了基礎。」
- Bernard Farrell,EMC Corporation顧問軟體工程師

通常對於敏捷開發的「機制」-流程和工具-給予了很大的重視。很容易忘記敏捷宣言將個體和互動置於流程和工具之前。重新關注敏捷開發的人性面,您可以獲得強大的效益。

這本書將向您展示如何做到這一點。它是您實際使用的解決敏捷團隊遇到問題的實用指南,充滿了故事、最佳實踐、練習和實用技巧。逐步地,您將學習如何使團隊真正作為一個團隊工作,而不是作為孤立的個體。在此過程中,您將找到關於溝通、動機、協作、變革、團隊動力學等方面的深刻現實建議。

無論您是敏捷專案經理、ScrumMaster、產品負責人、開發人員、培訓師還是顧問,這本書將幫助您使敏捷環境更具生產力、更有效,並更加滿足個人需求。