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Agile and Iterative Development: A Manager's Guide (Agile Software Development Series)

by Craig Larman · 2003

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This is the definitive guide for managers and students to agile and iterative development methods: what they are, how they work, how to implement them, and why they should.

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Using statistically significant research and large-scale case studies, noted methods expert Craig Larman presents the most convincing case ever made for iterative development. Larman offers a concise, information-packed summary of the key ideas that drive all agile and iterative processes, with the details of four noteworthy iterative methods: Scrum, XP, RUP, and Evo.

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adult
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medium · 342 pages

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