Describes a methodology that aligns the critical but often 'silo-ed' software development process with the company goals. This book lets you build the teams, define the roles, acquire the tools, and deliver your software on time and on budget. It explains how to employ automation in your development process to improve your company's profitability.
CIOs place IT-business alignment at the top of their wish list and recognize the growing interdependency between business success and technology use, especially when it comes to internal software development. Businesses that are able to align their software creation with the financial and delivery-time needs are the businesses that will emerge from the current downturn healthy and dominant. This book serves as an introduction for both managers and project staff that need a distilled and organized learning aid for hands-on development practices. Using research statistics, the authors provide definitive evidence of the value of switching to the described agile methods. This book also shows how to extend the agile ideas and apply them to other IT and business development scenarios.
