Agile Software Development in the Large

Acknowledgments

1.Introduction

1. 1.1Questioning Scaling Agile Processes
2. 1.2Examining Largeness
3. 1.3Raising Large Issues
4. 1.4Specifying the Projects in Focus
5. 1.5Detecting the Agile Method for Scaling
6. 1.6Identifying the Reader
7. 1.7Revealing the Structure of the Book

2.Agility and Largeness

1. 2.1Fundamentals of Agile Processes
2. The Agile Manifesto
3. Agile Methods Considering Largeness
4. 2.2Agile Principles Under a Large Magnifier
5. 2.3Cloak Agile Process
6. 2.4People Shape the Process
7. Culture of Change
8. Adaptation
9. Communication
10. 2.5Mistrust in Applicability
11. Documentation
12. Design
13. Testing
14. Refactoring
15. 2.6Summary

3.Dealing with Large Teams

1. 3.1People
2. Responsibility
3. Respect and Acceptance
4. Trust
5. 3.2Team Building
6. Building Teams and Subteams
7. Team Roles
8. Team Jelling
9. 3.3Interaction and Communication Structures
10. Open-plan Office
11. Flexible Workplace
12. Encouraging Communication
13. Communication Team
14. 3.4Trouble shooting
15. 3.5Virtual Teams
16. Distributed Teams
17. Open Source
18. 3.6Summary

4.Dealing with the Process

1. 4.1Defining the Objectives
2. 4.2Providing Feedback
3. 4.3Short Development Cycles, Iterations, and Time-boxing
4. 4.4Planning
5. Result-Oriented Planning
6. Planning Tools
7. 4.5Integration
8. Integration Strategy
9. Integration Team
10. Tools for Configuration Management and Version Control
11. 4.6Retrospectives
12. Attendance
13. Techniques
14. 4.7Getting Started with an Agile Process
15. Learn from History
16. Start Small
17. Finalizing the Architecture
18. Grow Slowly
19. 4.8Culture of Change
20. Learn and Change Processes
21. Introducing Change
22. Force Courage
23. 4.9Summary

5.Dealing with the Technology

1. 5.1Architect and Architecture
2. Architectural Lead
3. Simple Architecture
4. Architecture as a Service
5. 5.2Avoid Bottlenecks
6. 5.3Ownership
7. 5.4Choosing Technology
8. 5.5Techniques and Good Practices
9. Testing
10. Refactoring
11. Standards
12. 5.6Summary

6.Dealing with the Company

1. 6.1Communication and Organization Structure
2. 6.2Project Planning and Controlling
3. Planning
4. Controlling
5. Fixed-price Projects
6. 6.3Enterprise-wide Processes
7. Process and Methodology Department
8. Enterprise-wide Processes
9. Certification and Adaptation of a Process
10. 6.4Enterprise-wide Tools and Technology
11. 6.5Quality Assurance and Quality Control
12. 6.6Departments on the Edge
13. Human Resources
14. Legal Department
15. Marketing
16. Production
17. 6.7The Customer
18. The Role of the Customer
19. Integrating the Customer
20. 6.8Company Culture shapes Individuals
21. Skills
22. Providing Training
23. Establishing a Learning Environment
24. 6.9Resources
25. Insourcing
26. Outsourcing
27. Full-Time and Part-Time Project Members
28. 6.10Summary

7.Putting it all together: A Project Report

1. 7.1The previous History
2. 7.2The Customer
3. 7.3The Team
4. 7.4Organizational Departments
5. Process and Methodology
6. Tools and Technology
7. Quality Control and Assurance
8. Project Planning and Controlling
9. 7.5Starting Off
10. 7.6Growing the Team
11. Learning from Previous Problems
12. Training
13. Establishing Short Iterations
14. Learning to Reflect
15. Enabling Communication
16. Dealing with Outsourced Teams
17. 7.7Unresolved Issues
18. 7.8Summary

8.Afterthoughts

Bibliography

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