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The Agile Developer's Handbook

You're reading from   The Agile Developer's Handbook Get more value from your software development: get the best out of the Agile methodology

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787280205
Length 398 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Paul Flewelling Paul Flewelling
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. The Software Industry and the Agile Manifesto 2. Agile Software Delivery Methods and How They Fit the Manifesto FREE CHAPTER 3. Introducing Scrum to your Software Team 4. Gathering Agile User Requirements 5. Bootstrap Teams with Liftoffs 6. Metrics that will Help your Software Team Deliver 7. Software Technical Practices are the Foundation of Incremental Software Delivery 8. Tightening Feedback Loops in the Software Development Life Cycle 9. Seeking Value – How to Deliver Better Software Sooner 10. Using Product Roadmaps to Guide Software Delivery 11. Improving Our Team Dynamics to Increase Our Agility 12. Baking Quality into Our Software Delivery 13. The Ultimate Software Team Member 14. Moving Beyond Isolated Agile Teams 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Tightening Feedback Loops in the Software Development Life Cycle

Now that we've got you through the foundations of setting up your Agile team, this chapter is where we start to look at the "secret sauce" of Agile.

The adage "people don't know what they want until they see it" is just as true in the software industry as any other. The sooner we can deliver something useful to our customer, the earlier they can use it in a real-world environment, and the sooner we will be able to gather feedback on whether we're on the right track.

People often talk about Agile "speeding up" delivery, which it usually does. But this doesn't necessarily mean we deliver the same set of requirements at a faster pace just by working overtime. Working longer hours is an option, but it is not sustainable over an extended period. Instead, delivery in an...

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