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Wild West to Agile: Adventures in Software Development Evolution and Revolution
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Wild West to Agile: Adventures in Software Development Evolution and Revolution

by Jim Highsmith
May 2023
Beginner content levelBeginner
304 pages
8h 9m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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Rogue Teams

(2001–2004)

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IN MID-2002, Alias Systems (now part of Autodesk) in Toronto, Canada, started developing Sketchbook Pro, a software package to be announced concurrently with the launch of Microsoft’s Tablet PC operating system that fall. I worked with Kevin Tate, their chief architect, to introduce them to Adaptive Software Development to assist the company in responding to a new market initiative.1 The product management and software development team didn’t begin with a lengthy product planning effort. The team’s marketing and product strategy evolved over several months, but development effort began early, and in parallel with the ...

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ISBN: 9780137961146