|
 |
|
 |
 |
Agile Modeling: Effective Practices for Extreme Programming and the Unified Process
|
by Scott W. Ambler and Ron Jeffries
Sales Rank: 390384
|
List Price: $45.00
$34.70
At Amazon
|
|
Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Wiley; 1st edition March 22, 2002
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0471202827
ISBN-13: 978-0471202820
Product Dimensions:
9.2 x 7.8 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
Product Review
“…I would not hesitate in recommending this book…” (CVu, October 2004)
“…easy-to-follow…enjoyable writing style…overall the book is impressive…valuable reading…” (Software Testing, Verification & Reliability, March 2003)
easy-to-follow; enjoyable writing style; overall the book is impressive; valuable reading -- Software Testing, Verification & Reliability, March 2003
Product Description
The first book to cover Agile Modeling, a new modeling technique created specifically for XP projects eXtreme Programming (XP) has created a buzz in the software development community-much like Design Patterns did several years ago. Although XP presents a methodology for faster software development, many developers find that XP does not allow for modeling time, which is critical to ensure that a project meets its proposed requirements. They have also found that standard modeling techniques that use the Unified Modeling Language (UML) often do not work with this methodology. In this innovative book, Software Development columnist Scott Ambler presents Agile Modeling (AM)-a technique that he created for modeling XP projects using pieces of the UML and Rational's Unified Process (RUP). Ambler clearly explains AM, and shows readers how to incorporate AM, UML, and RUP into their development projects with the help of numerous case studies integrated throughout the book. - AM was created by the author for modeling XP projects-an element lacking in the original XP design
- The XP community and its creator have embraced AM, which should give this book strong market acceptance
Companion Web site at www.agilemodeling.com features updates, links to XP and AM resources, and ongoing case studies about agile modeling.
Customer Reviews & Comments
For those few places left that steep themselves in documentation and don't have a legally-required reason to do so (do they exist?), this book should help motivate why producing too much documentation and doing too much modeling up front can hurt rather than help. Even for a company that sees itself as lightweight, he's got some rough assessments you can do to see if you're overdoing things, which were relevant even where I work. The only bad thing is that it was a very theory and ideal oriented book. It didn't contain concrete examples of what Agile Modeling would look like on a real project, how it would feel, and how what models were produced would evolve. This made it a bit difficult to verify my interpretation of the book.
|
Agile Modeling: Effective Practices for Extreme Programming and the Unified Process
List Price: $45.00
Available from Amazon
Price: $34.70
| |
|
|
|
|
