March 2008
Intermediate to advanced
258 pages
7h 35m
English
Content preview from Changing Software Development: Learning to Become Agile
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12.1. The Change Problem
The problem facing many software development organizations today is how to change. Teams know how to develop software, but some teams are more successful than others. For those who are less successful, there's an obvious imperative to improve. For those who are more successful, there's still a need to do better. Agile software development is a means of improving a development team's performance.
There's no mystery to Agile software development. There are plenty of books, conferences, mailing lists and even drinking clubs concerned with the subject. The basic ideas behind Agile aren't difficult to grasp. The difficult part is becoming Agile, moving from where the team is today to where it wants to be.
For those teams that are already practising Agile development, the problem is slightly different. The challenge for these teams is to stay Agile and to do even better; they need to improve on the success that they're already enjoying.
This book has proposed one solution to both problems: learning (Figure 12.1).
By learning, and the accompanying change, teams can become Agile, and once Agile they can continue to improve and move beyond current thinking and best practice. The rewards for such teams are great. The organizations for which they work will benefit and so too will the people. Individuals will enjoy learning, the satisfaction of a job well done and the benefits of working for a successful organization.
Figure 12.1. The change problem.
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