{"product_id":"9780133375633","title":"Being Agile: Eleven Breakthrough Techniques to Keep You from \"Waterfalling Backward\"","description":"\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eBreak the Old, Waterfall Habits that Hinder Agile Success:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrive Rapid Value and Continuous Improvement\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWhen agile teams don’t get immediate results, it’s tempting for them to fall back into old habits that make success even less likely. In \u003ci\u003eBeing Agile\u003c\/i\u003e, Leslie Ekas and Scott Will present eleven powerful techniques for rapidly gaining substantial value from agile, making agile methods stick, and launching a “virtuous circle” of continuous improvement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on their experience helping more than 100 teams transition to agile, the authors review its key principles, identify corresponding practices, and offer breakthrough approaches for implementing them. Using their techniques, you can break typical waterfall patterns and go beyond merely “doing agile” to actually thinking and being agile.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEkas and Will help you clear away silos, improve stakeholder interaction, eliminate waste and waterfall-style inefficiencies, and lead the agile transition far more successfully. Each of their eleven principles can stand on its own: when you combine them, they become even more valuable.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCoverage includes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e Building “whole teams” that cut across silos and work together throughout a product’s lifecycle \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Engaging product stakeholders earlier and far more effectively \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Overcoming inefficient “waterations” and “big batch” waterfall thinking \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Getting past the curse of multi-tasking \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Eliminating dangerous technical and project debt \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Repeatedly deploying “release-ready” software in real user environments \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDelivering what customers really need, not what you think they need\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFixing the root causes of problems so they don’t recur\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Learning from experience: mastering continuous improvement \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Assessing whether you’re just “doing agile” or actually “being agile” \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eBeing Agile \u003c\/i\u003ewill be indispensable for all software professionals now adopting agile; for coaches, managers, engineers, and team members who want to get more value from it and for students discovering it for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pearson Education","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47106378268912,"sku":"9780133375633","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780133375633_p0.jpg?v=1763640950","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780133375633","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}