Agile Management for Software Engineering (04) by Anderson, David J [Paperback (2003)]

by Anderson

Agile Management for Software Engineering (04) by Anderson, David J [Paperback (2003)]

Genres: Management, Business, Nonfiction, Computer Science

Paperback

First published September 17, 2003

Reviews

[Gustavo Leiva · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book describes some of the concepts of Theory of Constraints, and how they can be applied to an Agile methodology. Ideas like small batches, controlled inventory, flow, constraints elevation among others.
If you’re not familiar with the ToC, the toyota practices, and other related trends then you can get a lot from this book. Otherwise it may seem a bit repetitive . Regardless, it’s a good guide to keep using as refresher.
Also good content about keeping quality close to the source, in particular it shows good hypothesis about unit testing and code reviews.

[Nathalie Karasek · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting, connecting and comparing different agile methods, TOC and also traditional methods. Giving a lot of information about “numbers” like metrics and finance. An “Agile Management handbook”.

[Ciprian Dobre-Trifan · Rating 4 out of 5]

A valiant attempt at making software development less of an art and more of a science, by employing ToC metrics.

I liked the translation of ToC concepts into the world of software.

Also some very interesting ideas for metrics and nice comparisons of some known agile methodologies.

Advocating FDD quite a lot.

[Collin Rogowski · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very thorough book about applying the theory of constraints to agile processes. It's becoming a bit dated (which shows e.g. in the choice of agile process presented), but everything in it is still valid. The reasoning/argumentation is very rigid and formal which is not that common in agile literature. In this regards it (still) fills a gap, IMO.

[gramakri · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is one of the first few books on Agile which goes beyond presenting the anecdotal benefits of Agile and discusses the business metrics which can be used to quantify the ROI.
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[Jack Vinson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good stuff. More software development methodology than I need, but I really enjoyed the connections between Theory of Constraints and Agile. And I blogged a review, of course. https://www.jackvinson.com/blog/2012/...