Sustainable Software Development: An Agile Perspective
Sustainable Software Development: An Agile Perspective
ISBN: 0321286081
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 125
Pages: 125
Authors: Kevin Tate
- Sustainable Software Development: An Agile Perspective
- Table of Contents
- 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
- Practice1.No Broken Windows
- Practice2.Be Uncompromising about Defects
- Practice3.Barely Sufficient Documentation
- Practice4.Continuous Integration
- Practice5.Nightly Builds
- Practice6.Prototyping
- Practice7.Don t Neglect Performance
- Practice8.Zero Tolerance for Memory and Resource Leaks
- Practice9.Coding Standards and Guidelines
- Practice10.Adopt Standards (Concentrate on Your Value-Add)
- Practice11.Internationalize from Day One
- Practice12.Isolate Platform Dependencies
- Summary
- Chapter 5. Defect Prevention
- The Role of Quality Assurance
- Practice1.Ruthless Testing
- Practice2.Use Available Tools
- Practice3.Pair Programming and Code Reviews
- Practice4.Lightweight Root-Cause Analysis
- Summary
- Chapter 6. Emphasis on Design
- Practice1.Design Vision
- Practice2.Guiding Principles
- Practice3.Simple Design
- Practice4.Refactoring
- Practice5.Design Patterns
- Practice6.Frequent Rapid Design Meetings
- Practice7.Commitment to Rearchitecture
- Practice8.Design for Reuse
- Summary
- Chapter 7. Continual Refinement
- Practice1.Iterative Development
- Practice2.Release Planning
- Practice3.Daily Standup Meetings
- Practice4.Retrospectives
- Practice5.Coaching and Team Development
- Practice6.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
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- C
- D
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- F
- G
- H
- I
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- K
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Sustainable Software Development: An Agile Perspective
ISBN: 0321286081
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 125
Pages: 125
Authors: Kevin Tate