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Individuals and Interactions: An Agile Guide | Book Series

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Overview:

This is the best handbook for Agile teams. Unlike other books that are glossed over in favor of technical aspects, this book offers a different perspective. The book illustrates the path from a successful Developer/Tester to a Manager, then to a Team Leader and beyond, through easy steps described by the author in a simple manner. The examples and exercises given in the book help the readers understand the behavior of an individual, and how to apply the knowledge for improving their performance. It’s a must-read book for any team serious about Agile Development, and enthusiastic to transform themselves into the successful agile stories.

Authors:

Ken Howard

Barry Rogers

Published In:

2011

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Agile Software Development with Distributed Teams | Book Series

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Overview:

The author of the book projects on the diverse issues and challenges faced by a distributed teams in the project development phase, from cultural differences to lingual, political, geographical and more. The primary goal of this book is to bring harmony among the project teams distributed in different geographical locations by applying the foremost modern agility principles. This book gives you a clear overview of how to carefully sort out the conflicts in a project through collective collaboration, integrating efforts and processes to deliver a better product.

The author Eckstein shares the experiences of a real Practitioner in short stories and covers a wide range of topics, which include:

  • Introducing Agility to global projects
  • Individual contribution towards development of better product
  • Customized project plan for success
  • How to plan virtual retrospectives?
  • Team velocity, iterations, releases and much more

Author:

Jutta Eckstein

Published In:

2010