Chapter 11Mastering the Iteration
The iteration is the heartbeat of agility. Master that, and most other things agile tend to naturally fall into place.
Iteration: The Heartbeat of Agility
The base construct of agile and iterative development is the iteration—the ability of the team to create working, tested, value-delivered code in a short time box—with the goal producing an increment of potentially shippable code at the end of each iteration. This is a significant challenge for the team, and mastering the process takes some time to accomplish. In this chapter, we describe the basic iteration pattern and the activities that a team engages in to meet this key challenge.
The Standard, Two-Week Iteration?
Before we begin, however, we must first ...
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