Table of Contents

Sustainable Software Development: An Agile Perspective
By Kevin Tate
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Publisher: Addison Wesley Professional
Pub Date: October 11, 2005
ISBN: 0-321-28608-1
Pages: 264

Table of Contents  | Index

		Copyright
		Praise for Kevin Tate's Sustainable Software Development
		The Agile Software Development Series
		Acknowledgments
		About the Author
		Foreword
		Introduction
			Where This Book Fits
		Chapter 1.  Sustainable Software Development
			Sustainable Development
			Chemical Manufacturing and Sustainable Development
			Continual Improvement: The Accelerator Button
			Summary
		Chapter 2.  Unsustainable Software Development and its Causes
			Technical Debt and the Flywheel
			The Perils of Jumping in Place
			The Causes of Unsustainable Development
			Summary
		Chapter 3.  The Principles of Sustainable Software Development
			Why Principles Are More Important Than Practices
			Applying the Principles of Sustainable Development
			Culture, by Descriptive Words and Phrases
			Summary
		Chapter 4.  Working Product
			Practice 1.  No "Broken Windows"
			Practice 2.  Be Uncompromising about Defects
			Practice 3.  "Barely Sufficient" Documentation
			Practice 4.  Continuous Integration
			Practice 5.  Nightly Builds
			Practice 6.  Prototyping
			Practice 7.  Don't Neglect Performance
			Practice 8.  Zero Tolerance for Memory and Resource Leaks
			Practice 9.  Coding Standards and Guidelines
			Practice 10.  Adopt Standards (Concentrate on Your Value-Add)
			Practice 11.  Internationalize from Day One
			Practice 12.  Isolate Platform Dependencies
			Summary
		Chapter 5.  Defect Prevention
			The Role of Quality Assurance
			Practice 1.  Ruthless Testing
			Practice 2.  Use Available Tools
			Practice 3.  Pair Programming and Code Reviews
			Practice 4.  Lightweight Root-Cause Analysis
			Summary
		Chapter 6.  Emphasis on Design
			Practice 1.  Design Vision
			Practice 2.  Guiding Principles
			Practice 3.  Simple Design
			Practice 4.  Refactoring
			Practice 5.  Design Patterns
			Practice 6.  Frequent Rapid Design Meetings
			Practice 7.  Commitment to Rearchitecture
			Practice 8.  Design for Reuse
			Summary
		Chapter 7.  Continual Refinement
			Practice 1.  Iterative Development
			Practice 2.  Release Planning
			Practice 3.  Daily Standup Meetings
			Practice 4.  Retrospectives
			Practice 5.  Coaching and Team Development
			Practice 6.  Make Key Metrics Visible
			Summary
		Chapter 8.  Culture Change and Sustainable Development
			Making Change Happen
			Change Factors and Enablers
			Start with What You Can Control and Influence
			Avoid Transition Plans
			Turning Unsustainable into Sustainable Development
			Sustainable Development for New Projects
			Some Other Ideas
			Change Examples
			Summary
		Appendix 1.  Practice Summary
		Appendix 2.  Extreme Programming and Sustainable Software Development
			The Four Values of XP
			XP's Twelve Practices
			The Strengths of XP
			The Weaknesses of XP
			Simple Design
			Common Misconceptions of Extreme Programming
			Other Agile Development Methods
			Summary
		Appendix 3.  Sustainable Software Development and the CMM
			The Capability Maturity Model (CMM)
			Agile Development and the CMM
			Summary
		Appendix 4.  Recommended Reading
			Chapters 1 and 2: Sustainable Software Development, Unsustainable Software Development
			Chapter 3: The Principles of Sustainable Development
			Chapter 4: Working Product
			Chapter 5: Defect Prevention
			Chapter 6: Emphasis on Design
			Chapter 7: Continual Refinement
			Chapter 8: Making Culture Change Happen
		Conclusion
		References
		Index