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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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Prepare to Engage the Future

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FOR FATHER’S DAY in 2022, my youngest daughter gave me a bright red T-shirt with a sun-drenched mountain scene and a slogan that read, “Think Outside: No Box Required.” I’ve never quite liked the cliché “think outside the box,” possibly because I don’t like to think of either myself or others in a box to begin with. I do like the phrase “think outside” because of its double meaning—thinking about your next outdoor adventure or thinking outside your current thinking—it’s both physical and mental.1

1. Psychologist Barbara Tversky, professor at both Stanford and Columbia Universities, offers a theory of human cognition ...

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ISBN: 9780137961146