The Art Of Agile Development By James Shore
James led his first agile team in 1999 and conducted his first agile transformation in 2000.
The art of agile development by james shore. James has been speaking teaching and writing about agile methods ever since. Its quite obvious that the authors put a lot of experience and research into developing this practical guide to agile developmentthis is an exceptional book and i recommend it to anyone who wants to be a modern developer of quality software. James shore teaches writes and consults on agile development processes. It is ultimately very readable and very detailed.
A team member on that first project introduced him ward cunninghams wiki where they were talking about a crazy idea called extreme programming. He co created the agile fluency model with diana larsen and has been named one of the most influential people in agile by infoq. He is a recipient of the agile alliances 2005 gordon pask award for contributions to agile practice and is co author of the art of agile development oreilly 2007. The art of agile development by james shore and shane warden is the most definitive description of agile development that i have seen.
Today he continues to lead agile teams using the. He is a recipient of the agile alliances gordon pask award for contributions to agile practice co author of the art of agile development and co creator of the agile fluency model. The art of agile development contains practical down to earth guidance for anyone involved in or considering the agile method and extreme programming in particular to build reliable software. Brad appleton agile journal the art of agile development by james shore and shane warden is the most definitive description of agile development that i have seen.
It is ultimately very readable and very detailed. Despite the ridiculous name james tried extreme programming on his next project and discovered that it worked far better than it sounded.