Agile Software Development (Agile
Software Development Series) by
Alistair Cockburn
One Of The Best Software Books I've Ever Read
Presents sound advice for bringing difficult projects to successful
conclusion with a minimum of stress. Written for developers and project
managers, comparing software development to a game. Softcover.
Personal Review: Agile Software Development (Agile Software
Development Series) by Alistair Cockburn
This book was a foundational source in my bibliography for a graduate
level class project that contrasted Agile Development with CMMI. Agile
development is an approach to software development that emphasizes
people, skill, communication, and activity in response to the challenging
engineering environment of today. Agile development is guided by the
principle of "light but sufficient," finding the balance of planning,
intermediate product development, and supporting activities to produce

high quality software in the shortest possible time. Alistair Cockburn
provides a very clear and thoughtful treatment of the principles,
philosophy, and methodology of agile methods for developing software.
Also provided in the appendix are seminal works that greatly influenced
Mr. Cockburn's thinking. This includes Peter Naur's "Programming as
Theory Building", and Pelle Ehn's "Wittgenstein's Language Games".
Alistair Cockburn, one of the founding thought leaders of agile methods,
builds on insightful observations that programming is a "game of invention
and communication." He demonstrates that for a project to be successful,
it is not necessary for complete communication, but to "manage the
incompleteness of our communications." As both a student of systems
engineering and a manager of a world class system design organization at
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, I found many principles in the
book that have applicability to not only software development, but to the
development of large complex software-intensive weapon systems. It is a
fascinating and thought-provoking read.
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