| The Flaw in the Plan | p. 1 |
| The Delusive Perception of Having Anticipated Everything | p. 1 |
| Accept the Uncertainty and Adapt | p. 5 |
| Involving the Teams | p. 8 |
| In Search of Structure | p. 8 |
| Agile Software Development | p. 12 |
| Further Readings | p. 14 |
| Traditional Software Development | p. 15 |
| History of Project Management | p. 15 |
| Waterfall Approach | p. 16 |
| Requirements | p. 17 |
| Design Phase | p. 18 |
| Implementation | p. 23 |
| Testing | p. 23 |
| Support | p. 27 |
| Advantages and Disadvantages | p. 27 |
| Project Management Triangle | p. 28 |
| Modified Waterfall Models | p. 30 |
| Milestone and Regular Integration | p. 30 |
| Incremental Development | p. 31 |
| Further Readings | p. 32 |
| Overview of Agile Software Development | p. 35 |
| Lean Software Development | p. 37 |
| Project Management 2.0 | p. 40 |
| Agile Manifesto | p. 40 |
| Scrum | p. 41 |
| Test Driven Development | p. 47 |
| Extreme Programming | p. 48 |
| Rational Unified Process | p. 52 |
| Best Practices | p. 52 |
| The Phases | p. 53 |
| The Process | p. 54 |
| Agile Unified Process | p. 56 |
| Agile Model Driven Development | p. 57 |
| Further Readings | p. 58 |
| Tooling | p. 61 |
| Project Management Tools | p. 61 |
| Microsoft Solutions Framework for Agile Development | p. 62 |
| Jazz and Rational Team Concert (RTC) | p. 63 |
| Collaboration Tools | p. 66 |
| Development Infrastructure and Environment | p. 67 |
| Source Control and Version Management | p. 68 |
| Automated Test Environment | p. 70 |
| "Code-Build-Test" | p. 71 |
| Further Readings | p. 73 |
| Considerations on Teaming and Leadership | p. 75 |
| A "Lean" Hierarchy | p. 75 |
| Selling the Directions: Management by Objectives | p. 78 |
| Defining the Goals | p. 80 |
| About Trust and Thrust: Culture and Climate | p. 82 |
| Cross-functional Teams | p. 83 |
| The Wisdom of Crowds | p. 85 |
| It Isn't that Easy | p. 87 |
| Skills | p. 91 |
| Further Readings | p. 92 |
| Considerations on Planning and Architecture | p. 93 |
| About Requirements, Resources, and Dates | p. 93 |
| Agile, a License for Chaos? | p. 93 |
| Balance Flexibility and Structure | p. 95 |
| Balance the Level of DetailError! Bookmark not defined | p. 95 |
| Balance the Timing of Decisions | p. 97 |
| Balance the Need for Commitment | p. 98 |
| Balance Between Autonomy and Guidance | p. 99 |
| Balance the Amount of Documentation | p. 100 |
| Disciplined Agile | p. 1 |
| Reducing Complexity | p. 101 |
| Simplify Prioritization and Planning | p. 102 |
| Simplify Team Setup and Dependencies | p. 103 |
| Simplify Tools and Processes | p. 104 |
| Simplify Daily Life | p. 105 |
| Architectural Considerations | p. 106 |
| Outside-In Design | p. 106 |
| Requirements, Use Cases, Scenarios, and Tasks | p. 107 |
| Architectural Attitude | p. 109 |
| Making Architecture Flexible | p. 112 |
| Further Readings | p. 114 |
| Considerations on Project Execution | p. 115 |
| The Big Bang | p. 5 |
| Continuous Integration | p. 116 |
| The Rhythm of the Project: Iterations | p. 118 |
| Integration Fest | p. 121 |
| Juggling Content Within an Iteration | p. 122 |
| Planning in an Agile Project | p. 126 |
| Estimating | p. 28 |
| Units often used in Agile Projects | p. 130 |
| Ways to get to Estimates | p. 133 |
| Metrics for an Agile Project | p. 135 |
| Defects | p. 138 |
| Independent Release Testing and Wrap-up | p. 140 |
| Involving Customers | p. 142 |
| Mix and Match | p. 145 |
| The Tragedy of Being Successful | p. 145 |
| About WebSphere Portal | p. 146 |
| Which Projects are suitable for Agile Software Development? | p. 148 |
| Scaling Agile | p. 149 |
| Moving Towards Agile | p. 150 |
| Tiger Teams in WebSphere Portal | p. 153 |
| Budget-based Prioritization | p. 153 |
| Cross-Organizational Teaming Structure | p. 155 |
| Evolving the Product in Iterations | p. 157 |
| Integrating Test and Development | p. 361 |
| Designs and Documentation | p. 164 |
| Managing Tiger Teams | p. 165 |
| The Benefits and Pain Points | p. 168 |
| Summary and Wrap-Up | p. 171 |
| The Essence of Agile | p. 171 |
| Building an Agile Community | p. 173 |
| Comparing once again | p. 173 |
| Index | p. 177 |
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