Learn how to be successful in adopting Agile and see good and bad examples of how Agile can be adopted. Broken Agile, Second Edition contains stories from years of real world experience on Agile teams and projects. The stories in each chapter are both educational and entertaining. Each chapter focuses on specific Agile values and principles. The stories in each chapter are used to illustrate how Agile values and principles are sometimes misunderstood or misapplied on Agile teams and projects. You will read how Agile is used in the real world and the consequences of poor adaptations of the Agile software development methodology. These stories will help you in your journey to adopt Agile software development.
What You'll Learn What are good and bad examples of how Agile can be adopted What are some specific Agile values and principles How some of these are misunderstood or misapplied How Agile is used in the real world What are the consequences of poor adoption of the Agile software methodology How some companies have been successful in adopting Agile AudienceThis book is for experienced software developers in their journey to adopt Agile Software development. It is very useful for those considering implementation of Agile processes.
It has interesting insights, many of which however, will be known already by someone that has already a few agile projects behind their backs. Still some good points and ideas. Good thing that it is quite short as well.
This book contains a lot of real life stories about failing Agile implementations and some other successful stories. It's not suitable for learning Agile or Scrum from scratch. If you're adopting Agile and believe it's not working for you, try reading this book. You might find out what's wrong and hints on how to fix it. If you're an experienced agile coach or consultant, this book will give you plenty of stories that you can use to guide your teams and avoid common pitfalls.