The Art of Agile Development

Product Description
Most companies developing software employ something they call "Agile." But there's widespread misunderstanding of what Agile is and how to use it. If you want to improve your software development team's agility, this comprehensive guidebook's clear, concrete, and detailed guidance explains what to do and why, and when to make trade-offs.
In this thorough update of the classic Agile how-to guide, James Shore provides no-nonsense advice on Agile adoption, planning, development, delivery, and management taken from over two decades of Agile experience. He brings the latest ideas from Extreme Programming, Scrum, Lean, DevOps, and more into a cohesive whole. Learn how to successfully bring Agile development to your team and organization--or discover why Agile might not be for you.
This book explains how to:
Improve agility: create the conditions necessary for Agile to succeed and scale in your organization
Focus on value: work as a team, understand priorities, provide visibility, and improve continuously
Deliver software reliably: share ownership, decrease development costs, evolve designs, and deploy continuously
Optimize value: take ownership of product plans, budgets, and experiments--and produce market-leading software
Review
"From code to product delivery, this book has it all. Decades of hard-earned knowledge made readable and digestible—a must-have for anybody working with or on a software development team."
—Avi Kessner
Staff Engineer, Forter
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The Art of Agile Development, Second Edition achieves quite a feat, condensing modern software delivery into a short, readable, and enjoyable book."
—Gojko Adzic
author of Running Serverless, Impact Mapping, and Specification by Example
"The first edition of this book mesmerized me to the point that I still have it on my bookshelf as a reference. The second edition keeps this recipe and adds even more insights from the last decade."
—Benjamin Muskalla
Senior Software Engineer, GitHub
"One of the most comprehensive books in agile software development I've ever read. Very pragmatic, with powerful examples easily applicable to any software development project regardless of tech stack, team size, or industry domain."
—Luiza Nunes
Program Manager, ThoughtWorks
"James has been around since early-agile days and knows his stuff. This book cuts through the crap in our industry, the meaningless 'agile' that is all around, and provides a thorough, holistic approach."
—Bas Vodde
Co-creator of LeSS
About the Author
James Shore has been leading teams in practicing Agile development since 1999. He combines a deep understanding of Agile ideas with decades of in-the-trenches practical development experience. He uses this experience to help people understand how all aspects of Agile fit together to create outstanding results. James is a recipient of the Agile Alliance's Gordon Pask Award for Contributions to Agile Practice, host of many coding screencasts, and co-creator of the Agile Fluency Model. He may be found online at jamesshore.com.