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The Economics of Iterative Software Development: Steering Toward Better Business Results
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The Economics of Iterative Software Development: Steering Toward Better Business Results

by Walker Royce, Kurt Bittner, Mike Perrow
March 2009
Intermediate to advanced
192 pages
3h 35m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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Appendix…Getting Started With Iterative Project Management

“Desirable ends do not come of themselves. Men must conceive them, believe in them, further them, and execute them.”

—Carl Van Doren

This book has presented an approach to improving business results through the systematic application of the principles of iterative development, but the principles do not apply themselves. In this appendix,1 we present practical advice on adopting these practices within your organization. We realize that you come to the subject of iterative project management with different goals and different constraints on how much change you can introduce. You may be someone who is:

1. Excerpted from Kurt Bittner and Ian Spence, Managing Iterative Software Development ...

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