Agile Development and Business Goals (eBook)

Agile Development and Business Goals describes a unique, state-of-the-art methodology that aligns the critical but often silo-ed software development process with core company goals. Eschewing long-winded agile philosophy in favor of a formally prioritized process, this book serves as a distilled learning guide for managing technical resources in a manner that directly boosts your bottom line. Build the teams, define the roles, acquire the tools, and deliver your world-class software on time and on budget.

* Explains how to employ automation in your development process to improve your company's profitability. * Introduces a compensation structure that incents your technical talent to deliver measurable results on a predictable basis. * Provides real-world solutions - questions to ask when hiring or which build server software to consider, for example - instead of theoretical discussions.

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Agile Development and Business Goals: The Six-Week Solution is a guide for the software development process, which can be challenging, difficult, and time-consuming. This process, called the "e;Agile process, is unique, and it features several aspects that distinguish it from the classical methods of software development. The book offers readers information about the design, implementation, and management of the different methods of creating world-class software. The book discusses the various reasons that the development of software is a difficult process, and it addresses how software development sometimes fails and why it seldom aligns with business needs. It further examines the risk associated with software creation and the different ways to mitigate them. This book is relevant to software development managers responsible for creating quality software products, and managing software development teams. - Explains how to employ automation in your development process to improve your company's profitability- Introduces a compensation structure that incents your technical talent to deliver measurable results on a predictable basis- Provides real-world solutions questions to ask when hiring or which build server software to consider, for example instead of theoretical discussions