Extreme Programming Applied: Playing to Win (Xp Series)

Extreme Programming Applied: Playing to Win (Xp Series)

by Ward Cunningham (Foreword), Ken Auer (Author), Roy Miller (Author)

Synopsis

Extreme Programming (XP) is a fundamentally different way to create software: simple, yet disciplined, lightweight yet powerful, flexible yet rigorous. It's catching on like wildfire, as developers who try it discover not only its effectiveness, but the pleasure it returns to their work. Extreme Programming Applied is the place to start for any developer or project manager preparing to use XP for the first time. In this book, two pioneers in XP practice offer a complete introduction to applying XP at all stages of the software development lifecycle -- design, testing, implementation, and deployment. They introduce XP's key principles in the context of actual development challenges, explaining why XP's "soft" approach is more appropriate to software development than the "civil engineering" paradigms that are so widespread nowadays. This book goes beyond explaining XP's elements: it shows how the pieces fit together, demonstrating exactly how to make XP work for real projects in real organizations. For all project managers, developers, software engineers, and others interested in more effective, flexible approaches to software development.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 376
Edition: 1
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Published: 01 Oct 2001

ISBN 10: 0201616408
ISBN 13: 9780201616408
Book Overview:

Extreme Programming (XP) is a fundamentally different way to create software: simple, yet disciplined, lightweight yet powerful, flexible yet rigorous. It's catching on like wildfire, as developers who try it discover not only its effectiveness, but the pleasure it returns to their work. Extreme Programming Applied is the place to start for any developer or project manager preparing to use XP for the first time. In this book, two pioneers in XP practice offer a complete introduction to applying XP at all stages of the software development lifecycle -- design, testing, implementation, and deployment. They introduce XP's key principles in the context of actual development challenges, explaining why XP's soft approach is more appropriate to software development than the civil engineering paradigms that are so widespread nowadays. This book goes beyond explaining XP's elements: it shows how the pieces fit together, demonstrating exactly how to make XP work for real projects in real organizations. For all project managers, developers, software engineers, and others interested in more effective, flexible approaches to software development.


Author Bio

Ken Auer is the founder and president of RoleModel Software, one of the world's first companies dedicated to Extreme Programming. He is well-known for his expertise in the practical application of object technology, and has been a frequent speaker and tutorial and workshop leader at various industry conferences for nearly fifteen years. He has published articles in numerous magazines (including Communications of the ACM) and is a contributing author to the Pattern Languages of Program Design series published by Addison-Wesley.

Roy Miller is a software developer at RoleModel Software. He has been developing software and managing software projects for more than seven years. He has published articles and papers on Java and Extreme Programming on IBM's developerWorks Web site and elsewhere, and speaks at conferences about how organizations can apply XP to increase competitive advantage.



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