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•	Index

Agile and Iterative Development: A Manager's Guide
By Craig Larman
Publisher	: Addison Wesley
Pub Date	: August 11, 2003
ISBN	: 0-13-111155-8
Pages	: 368

		Copyright
		The Agile Manifesto
		The Agile Principles
		The Agile Software Development Series
		Preface
			Typographic Conventions
			About the Author
			Acknowledgments
		Chapter 1.  Introduction
			Software Is New Product Development
			What's Next?
			Web Resources
		Chapter 2.  Iterative & Evolutionary
			Iterative Development
			Risk-Driven and Client-Driven Iterative Planning
			Timeboxed Iterative Development
			During the Iteration, No Changes from External Stakeholders
			Evolutionary and Adaptive Development
			Evolutionary Requirements Analysis
			Early "Top Ten" High-Level Requirements and Skillful Analysis
			Evolutionary and Adaptive Planning
			Incremental Delivery
			Evolutionary Delivery
			The Most Common Mistake?
			Specific Iterative & Evolutionary Methods
			What's Next?
			Recommended Readings
		Chapter 3.  Agile
			Agile Development
			Classification of Methods
			The Agile Manifesto and Principles
			Agile Project Management
			Embrace Communication and Feedback
			Programming As If People Mattered
			Simple Practices and Project Tools
			Empirical vs. Defined & Prescriptive Process
			Principle-Based versus Rule-Based
			Sustainable Discipline: The Human Touch
			Team as a Complex Adaptive System
			Agile Hype?
			Specific Agile Methods
			What's Next?
			Recommended Readings
		Chapter 4.  Story
			What's Next?
		Chapter 5.  Motivation
			If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It
			The Facts of Change on Software Projects
			Key Motivations for Iterative Development
			Meeting the Requirements Challenge Iteratively
			Problems with the Waterfall
			What's Next?
		Chapter 6.  Evidence
			Summary
			Research Evidence
			Early Historical Project Evidence
			Standards-Body Evidence
			Expert and Thought Leader Evidence
			A Business Case for Iterative Development
			The Historical Accident of Waterfall Validity?
			What's Next?
			Recommended Readings
		Chapter 7.  Scrum
			Method Overview
			Lifecycle
			Workproducts, Roles, and Practices
			Values
			Common Mistakes and Misunderstandings
			Sample Projects
			Process Mixtures
			Adoption Strategies
			Fact versus Fantasy
			Strengths versus "Other"
			History
			What's Next?
			Recommended Readings
		Chapter 8.  Extreme Programming
			Method Overview
			Lifecycle
			Workproducts, Roles, and Practices
			Values
			Common Mistakes and Misunderstandings
			Sample Projects
			Process Mixtures
			Adoption Strategies
			Fact versus Fantasy
			Strengths versus "Other"
			History
			What's Next?
			Recommended Readings
		Chapter 9.  Unified Process
			Method Overview
			Lifecycle
			Workproducts, Roles, and Practices
			Values
			Common Mistakes and Misunderstandings
			Sample Projects
			Process Mixtures
			Adoption Strategies
			Fact versus Fantasy
			Strengths versus "Other"
			History
			What's Next?
			Recommended Readings
		Chapter 10.  Evo
			Method Overview
			Lifecycle
			Workproducts, Roles, and Practices
			Values
			Common Mistakes and Misunderstandings
			Sample Projects
			Process Mixtures
			Adoption Strategies
			Fact versus Fantasy
			Strengths versus "Other"
			History
			What's Next?
			Recommended Readings
		Chapter 11.  Practice Tips
			Project Management
			Environment
			Requirements
			Test
		Chapter 12.  Frequently Asked Questions
			Question List
			Questions and Answers
		Bibliography
		Index