Breaking the Addiction to Process: An Introduction to Agile Development - Softcover

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Charles Araujo is the founder and CEO of the IT Transformation Institute, which is dedicated to helping IT leaders transform their teams into customer-focused, value-driven learning organizations. He is a recognized leader and expert in the areas of IT transformation and IT organizational change. He serves on the boards of itSMF USA and the Executive Next Practices Institute. He has been quoted in or published in magazines, blogs, and websites including ZDNet, IT Business Edge, ITSM Portal, TechRepublic, itSMF USA's Forum, HDI SupportWorld and USA Today. He is presently at work on two new books and speaks frequently on a wide range of subjects related to his vision of the future of IT.

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We live and work in an age in which clients’ needs change rapidly. Deadlines are becoming shorter, and the relative inflexibility of existing development methodologies is increasingly causing difficulties. The risk of failure of projects undertaken using these systems is growing. Modern processes need to be fast-moving and adaptable in order to cope with the pace of business today.

Agile development methods offer this flexibility, and their emphasis on incremental testing allows maximum adaptability, giving you the tools you need to meet your customers’ needs efficiently and cost-effectively.

Breaking the Addiction to Process will give you a clear understanding of the way Agile works and how it can improve your business practices. It explains how Agile will help you to improve your relationships with your customers, to work more efficiently with your colleagues and to develop more streamlined and successful working practices, saving you time and money.

This practical twelve-step guide is clearly written and offers simple solutions to age-old problems. Agile is a flexible, adaptable system and this book will help you to implement it for maximum impact and success for your business.

About the author

Elizabeth Scanlon Thomas is a member of the Nokia Agile Community and the London Agile Community. She is a documentation manager at Nokia, having begun her career in advertising and marketing before moving into writing in IT.

‘I wish I’d had this book before I started thinking seriously about Agile’ (Steve Borthwick, Artesian Solutions).

This book is a must read for every project manager, developer and even engineers and workers …’ >(Varinder Kumar, IRIS Business Services Limited, India).