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Sustainable Software Development: An Agile Perspective

ISBN: 0321286081
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2005
Pages: 125

Authors: Kevin Tate

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• Sustainable Software Development: An Agile Perspective
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Praise for Kevin Tate s Sustainable Software Development
• The Agile Software Development Series
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Where This Book Fits
• Chapter 1. Sustainable Software Development
• Sustainable Development
• Chemical Manufacturing and Sustainable Development
• Continual Improvement: The Accelerator Button
• Summary
• Chapter 2. Unsustainable Software Development and its Causes
• Technical Debt and the Flywheel
• The Perils of Jumping in Place
• The Causes of Unsustainable Development
• Summary
• Chapter 3. The Principles of Sustainable Software Development
• Why Principles Are More Important Than Practices
• Applying the Principles of Sustainable Development
• Culture, by Descriptive Words and Phrases
• Summary
• Chapter 4. Working Product
• Practice1.No Broken Windows
• Practice2.Be Uncompromising about Defects
• Practice3.Barely Sufficient Documentation
• Practice4.Continuous Integration
• Practice5.Nightly Builds
• Practice6.Prototyping
• Practice7.Don t Neglect Performance
• Practice8.Zero Tolerance for Memory and Resource Leaks
• Practice9.Coding Standards and Guidelines
• Practice10.Adopt Standards (Concentrate on Your Value-Add)
• Practice11.Internationalize from Day One
• Practice12.Isolate Platform Dependencies
• Summary
• Chapter 5. Defect Prevention
• The Role of Quality Assurance
• Practice1.Ruthless Testing
• Practice2.Use Available Tools
• Practice3.Pair Programming and Code Reviews
• Practice4.Lightweight Root-Cause Analysis
• Summary
• Chapter 6. Emphasis on Design
• Practice1.Design Vision
• Practice2.Guiding Principles
• Practice3.Simple Design
• Practice4.Refactoring
• Practice5.Design Patterns
• Practice6.Frequent Rapid Design Meetings
• Practice7.Commitment to Rearchitecture
• Practice8.Design for Reuse
• Summary
• Chapter 7. Continual Refinement
• Practice1.Iterative Development
• Practice2.Release Planning
• Practice3.Daily Standup Meetings
• Practice4.Retrospectives
• Practice5.Coaching and Team Development
• Practice6.Make Key Metrics Visible
• Summary
• Chapter 8. Culture Change and Sustainable Development
• Making Change Happen
• Change Factors and Enablers
• Start with What You Can Control and Influence
• Avoid Transition Plans
• Turning Unsustainable into Sustainable Development
• Sustainable Development for New Projects
• Some Other Ideas
• Change Examples
• Summary
• Appendix 1. Practice Summary
• Appendix 2. Extreme Programming and Sustainable Software Development
• The Four Values of XP
• XP s Twelve Practices
• The Strengths of XP
• The Weaknesses of XP
• Simple Design
• Common Misconceptions of Extreme Programming
• Other Agile Development Methods
• Summary
• Appendix 3. Sustainable Software Development and the CMM
• The Capability Maturity Model (CMM)
• Agile Development and the CMM
• Summary
• Appendix 4. Recommended Reading
• Chapters 1 and 2: Sustainable Software Development, Unsustainable Software Development
• Chapter 3: The Principles of Sustainable Development
• Chapter 4: Working Product
• Chapter 5: Defect Prevention
• Chapter 6: Emphasis on Design
• Chapter 7: Continual Refinement
• Chapter 8: Making Culture Change Happen
• Conclusion
• References
• Index
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• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
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• K
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