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Agile Software Development: The Cooperative Game, Second Edition
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Agile Software Development: The Cooperative Game, Second Edition

by Alistair Cockburn
October 2006
Beginner to intermediate
504 pages
15h 10m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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Appendix B.1. Naur, Ehn, Musashi: Evolution

I have referred at length in this book to the ideas of the three people quoted in Appendix B: Peter Naur, Pelle Ehn, and Musashi.

After five years of living with their words, I can mostly suggest that you read and reread those extracts. I continue to find value in them.

Naur, Ehn, Musashi: Evolution

NAUR

EHN

MUSASHI

Naur

From Peter Naur’s writing, we get the idea that the team is working to create a common theory for their work. In terms of the Swamp Game (p. 49), the team starts off not knowing what they are supposed to build, where in the swamp to build it, or what the layout of the swamp is. The theory they are building is the answer to those three questions.

Part of the communication aspect ...

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