Book on Agile

[beaker]

Can anyone recommend a good book on Agile?

[DiscoStu]

This one has a picture of a tiger on the front so it must be good.

HTH

[Bumfluff]

Im not keen on Agile

[beaker]

This one has a picture of a tiger on the front so it must be good.

HTH

Have you read it or were you just recommending it because of the tiger? (Which is probably reason enough)

[Gonzo]

I thought the Agile development methodology just meant "making it up as you go along", so how would there be any books on that



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[thunderlizard]

ken schwaber on Scrum is good. For the case for the prosecution, try Extreme Programming Refactored. As for Agile in general, Gonzo might be right.

[DiscoStu]

Have you read it or were you just recommending it because of the tiger? (Which is probably reason enough)

Purely the tiger. I hate the Agile development model.

[RandyW]

I hate all models. Except supermodels.

[Wilmslow]

Can anyone recommend a good book on Agile?

Which aspect of agile, and what is your current situation?

Ie, converting an existing client site (only 30% chance of success) or going to a new client with agile and they know you need to gem up, or fast track where client expects you to be an agile guru?

Are you thinking from a dev perspective or QA? (Or BA / end user for that matter).

Basically, say a little bit more about what you aim to achieve and I (and others I hope!) will be able to guide you accordingly.

There is also the technical aspect - Selenium, Fitnesse, test driven development and all that jazz, plus the defect reporting aspect that agile favours.

There are the scrums, stand-ups, game planning - just advise which aspect you need to focus on.

[Ardesco]

"Flying By The Seat Of Your Pants" by "A. Giles" will tell you everything you need to know.

(Yes this is a joke)

Agile is usually used as an excuse for not following any procedures, and from my experiance it is usually the development methodoligy used by companies whose main focus is websites.