Description
In this practical book, agile experts Scott Ambler and Mark Lines introduce IBM's Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) process methodology and framework for scaling and governing enterprise-class agile projects. Just the right "weight" for agile enterprise development, DAD represents a happy medium between Scrum's lightweight processes and RUP's far more comprehensive approach. Building on Ambler's pioneering 2-day DAD workshop, the authors show how to apply discipline consistent with the requirements of large, mission-critical projects, without compromising agile's speed and value. Readers will learn how to extend Scrum with strategies from Agile Modeling (AM), Extreme Programming (XP), Open Unified Process (OpenUP), and other proven methodologies. By doing so, they can go beyond Scrum's construction-focused lifecycle to address the full, end-to-end delivery lifecycle from project initiation through solution delivery to end users. Ambler and Lines systematically introduce technical practices that were purposely excluded from Scrum, describing what works -- and more importantly, why it works. They address all practice areas needed by agile teams, including architecture, development, program management, governance, and more. They even show how to implement DAD using powerful IBM Rational tools and resources, including the IBM Practices Library, Rational Team Concert process templates, and other materials.
Table of Contents
Part 1: Introduction to Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD)
Chapter 1 Disciplined Agile Delivery in a Nutshell 1
Context Counts--The Agile Scaling Model 3
What Is the Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) Process Framework? 5
People First 5
Learning Oriented 7
Agile 8
AHybrid Process Framework 9
IT Solutions over Software 10
Goal-Driven Delivery Lifecycle 11
Enterprise Aware 17
Risk and Value Driven 19
Scalable 22
Concluding Thoughts 23
Additional Resources 23
Chapter 2 Introduction to Agile and Lean 25
Toward a Disciplined Agile Manifesto 27
Disciplined Agile Values 27
Disciplined Agile Principles 29
Lean Principles 33
Reality over Rhetoric 36
Concluding Thoughts 38
Additional Resources 39
Chapter 3 Foundations of Disciplined Agile Delivery 41
The Terminology Tar Pit 43
Scrum 44
Extreme Programming (XP) 48
Agile Modeling (AM) 50
Agile Data 53
Lean Software Development 53
IBM Practices 54
Open Unified Process (OpenUP) 56
And Others 58
Those Who Ignore Agile Practices Put Their Business at Risk 58
Concluding Thoughts 58
Additional Resources 59
Part 2: People First
Chapter 4 Roles, Rights, and Responsibilities 61
The Rights of Everyone 63
The Responsibilities of Everyone 64
The DAD Roles 65
Concluding Thoughts 81
Additional Resources 81
Chapter 5 Forming Disciplined Agile Delivery Teams 83
Strategies for Effective Teams 85
The Whole Team 88
Team Organization Strategies 89
Building Your Team 101
Interacting with Other Teams 104
Concluding Thoughts 108
Additional Resources 108
Part 3: Initiating a Disciplined Agile Delivery Project
Chapter 6 The Inception Phase 111
How the Inception Phase Works 113
Aligning with the Rest of the Enterprise 117
Securing Funding 126
Other Inception Activities 129
When Do You Need an Inception Phase? 130
Inception Phase Patterns 131
Inception Phase Anti-Patterns 132
Concluding Thoughts 133
Additional Resources 134
Chapter 7 Identifying a Project Vision 135
What’s in a Vision? 136
How Do You Create a Vision? 137
Capturing Your Project Vision 138
Bringing Stakeholders to Agreement Around the Vision 142
Concluding Thoughts 145
Additional Resources 145
Chapter 8 Identifying the Initial Scope 147
Choosing the Appropriate Level of Initial Detail 149
Choosing the Right Types of Models 153
Choosing a Modeling Strategy 162
Choosing a Work Item Management Strategy 166
Choosing a Strategy for Nonfunctional Requirements 170
Concluding Thoughts 173
Additional Resources 173
Chapter 9 Identifying an Initial Technical Strategy 175
Choosing the Right Level of Detail 178
Choosing the Right Types of Models 182
Choosing a Modeling Strategy 187
Architecture Throughout the Lifecycle 190
Concluding Thoughts 190
Additional Resources 191
Chapter 10 Initial Release Planning 193
Who Does the Planning? 194
Choosing the Right Scope for the Plan 196
Choosing a General Planning Strategy 197
Choosing Cadences 202
Formulating an Initial Schedule 208
Estimating the Cost and Value 218
Identifying Risks 225
Concluding Thoughts 226
Additional Resources 228
Chapter 11 Forming the Work Environment 229
Forming the Team 230
Choosing Your Toolset 231
Organizing Physical Work Environments 238
Organizing Virtual Work Environments 244
Visual Management 246
Adopting Development Guidelines 247
Concluding Thoughts 248
Additional Resources 249
Chapter 12 Case Study: Inception Phase 251
Introducing the AgileGrocers POS Case Study 251
Developing a Shared Vision 254
Requirements Envisioning 262
Creating the Ranked Work Item List of User Stories to Implement the Solution 264
Architecture Envisioning 265
Release Planning 266
Other Inception Phase Activities 268
Alternative Approach to Running Your Inception Phase 269
Concluding the Inception Phase 270
Concluding Thoughts 272
Part 4: Building a Consumable Solution Incrementally
Chapter 13 The Construction Phase 273
How the Construction Phase Works 274
The Typical Rhythm of Construction Iterations 281
The Risk-Value Lifecycle 282
When Are You Ready to Deploy? 283
Construction Patterns 284
Construction Anti-Patterns 285
Concluding Thoughts 287
Chapter 14 Initiating a Construction Iteration 289
Why Agile Planning Is Different 290
Iteration Planning 291
Visualizing Your Plan 304
Look-Ahead Planning and Modeling 306
Concluding Thoughts 307
Additional Resources 308
Chapter 15 A Typical Day of Construction 309
Planning Your Team’s Work for the Day 311
Collaboratively Building a Consumable Solution 319
Ongoing Activities Throughout the Day 339
ACloser Look at Critical Agile Practices 348
Stabilizing the Day’s Work 359
Concluding Thoughts 360
Additional Resources 360
Chapter 16 Concluding a Construction Iteration 363
Demonstrate the Solution to Key Stakeholders 365
Learn from Your Experiences 368
Assess Progress and Adjust Release Plan if Necessary 373
Assess Remaining Risks 375
Deploy Your Current Build 375
Determine Strategy for Moving Forward 376
Concluding Thoughts 380
Additional Resources 382
Chapter 17 Case Study: Construction Phase 383
Continuing Our Scenario with the AgileGrocers POS Case Study 383
Planning the Iteration’s Work 387
Subsequent Construction Iterations 407
Other Construction Phase Activities 414
Concluding the Construction Phase Iterations 414
Concluding Thoughts 415
Part 5: Releasing the Solution
Chapter 18 The Transition Phase 417
How the Transition Phase Works 418
Planning the Transition Phase 419
Ensuring Your Production Readiness 421
Preparing Your Stakeholders for the Release 423
Deploying the Solution 424
Are Your Stakeholders Delighted? 426
Transition Phase Patterns 427
Transition Phase Anti-Patterns 429
Concluding Thoughts 430
Additional Resources 431
Chapter 19 Case Study: Transition Phase 433
Planning the Phase 434
Collaborating to Deploy the Solution 438
AgileGrocers’ Delight 439
Concluding Thoughts 440
Part 6: Disciplined Agile Delivery in the Enterprise
Chapter 20 Governing Disciplined Agile Teams 441
What Should Governance Address? 443
Why Is Governance Important? 447
Why Traditional Governance Strategies Won’t Work 448
Agile Governance 451
Agile Practices That Enable Governance 455
Fitting in with the Rest of Your IT Organization 460
Measuring Agile Teams 465
Risk Mitigation 479
Concluding Thoughts 480
Additional Resources 480
Chapter 21 Got Discipline? 483
Agile Practices Require Discipline 484
Reducing the Feedback Cycle Requires Discipline 485
Continuous Learning Requires Discipline 487
Incremental Delivery of Consumable Solutions Requires Discipline 490
Being Goal-Driven Requires Discipline 490
Enterprise Awareness Requires Discipline 491
Adopting a Full Lifecycle Requires Discipline 492
Streamlining Inception Requires Discipline 492
Streamlining Transition Requires Discipline 493
Adopting Agile Governance Requires Discipline 493
Moving to Lean Requires Discipline 493
Concluding Thoughts 494
Additional Resources 495
Index 497
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