Disciplined agile delivery: a practitioner's guide to agile software delivery in the enterprise

Part 1: Introduction to Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD)Chapter 1 Disciplined Agile Delivery in a Nutshell      1Context Counts--The Agile Scaling Model     3What Is the Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) Process Framework?      5People First     5Learning Oriented     7Agile     8AHybrid Process Framework     9IT Solutions over Software     10Goal-Driven Delivery Lifecycle     11Enterprise Aware     17Risk and Value Driven     19Scalable     22Concluding Thoughts     23Additional Resources     23Chapter 2 Introduction to Agile and Lean     25Toward a Disciplined Agile Manifesto     27Disciplined Agile Values     27Disciplined Agile Principles     29Lean Principles     33Reality over Rhetoric     36Concluding Thoughts     38Additional Resources     39Chapter 3 Foundations of Disciplined Agile Delivery     41The Terminology Tar Pit     43Scrum     44Extreme Programming (XP)      48Agile Modeling (AM)      50Agile Data     53Lean Software Development     53IBM Practices     54Open Unified Process (OpenUP)      56And Others     58Those Who Ignore Agile Practices Put Their Business at Risk     58Concluding Thoughts     58Additional Resources     59 Part 2: People FirstChapter 4 Roles, Rights, and Responsibilities     61The Rights of Everyone     63The Responsibilities of Everyone     64The DAD Roles     65Concluding Thoughts     81Additional Resources     81Chapter 5 Forming Disciplined Agile Delivery Teams     83Strategies for Effective Teams     85The Whole Team     88Team Organization Strategies     89Building Your Team     101Interacting with Other Teams     104Concluding Thoughts     108Additional Resources     108 Part 3: Initiating a Disciplined Agile Delivery ProjectChapter 6 The Inception Phase      111How the Inception Phase Works     113Aligning with the Rest of the Enterprise     117Securing Funding     126Other Inception Activities     129When Do You Need an Inception Phase?     130Inception Phase Patterns     131Inception Phase Anti-Patterns     132Concluding Thoughts     133Additional Resources     134Chapter 7 Identifying a Project Vision     135What\'s in a Vision?     136How Do You Create a Vision?     137Capturing Your Project Vision     138Bringing Stakeholders to Agreement Around the Vision     142Concluding Thoughts     145Additional Resources     145Chapter 8 Identifying the Initial Scope     147Choosing the Appropriate Level of Initial Detail     149Choosing the Right Types of Models     153Choosing a Modeling Strategy     162Choosing a Work Item Management Strategy     166Choosing a Strategy for Nonfunctional Requirements     170Concluding Thoughts     173Additional Resources     173Chapter 9 Identifying an Initial Technical Strategy     175Choosing the Right Level of Detail     178Choosing the Right Types of Models     182Choosing a Modeling Strategy     187Architecture Throughout the Lifecycle     190Concluding Thoughts     190Additional Resources     191Chapter 10 Initial Release Planning     193Who Does the Planning?     194Choosing the Right Scope for the Plan     196Choosing a General Planning Strategy     197Choosing Cadences     202Formulating an Initial Schedule     208Estimating the Cost and Value     218Identifying Risks     225Concluding Thoughts     226Additional Resources     228Chapter 11 Forming the Work Environment     229Forming the Team     230Choosing Your Toolset     231Organizing Physical Work Environments     238Organizing Virtual Work Environments     244Visual Management     246Adopting Development Guidelines     247Concluding Thoughts     248Additional Resources     249Chapter 12 Case Study: Inception Phase     251Introducing the AgileGrocers POS Case Study     251Developing a Shared Vision     254Requirements Envisioning     262Creating the Ranked Work Item List of User Stories to Implement the Solution     264Architecture Envisioning     265Release Planning     266Other Inception Phase Activities     268Alternative Approach to Running Your Inception Phase     269Concluding the Inception Phase     270Concluding Thoughts     272 Part 4: Building a Consumable Solution IncrementallyChapter 13 The Construction Phase     273How the Construction Phase Works     274The Typical Rhythm of Construction Iterations     281The Risk-Value Lifecycle     282When Are You Ready to Deploy?     283Construction Patterns     284Construction Anti-Patterns     285Concluding Thoughts     287Chapter 14 Initiating a Construction Iteration     289Why Agile Planning Is Different     290Iteration Planning     291Visualizing Your Plan     304Look-Ahead Planning and Modeling     306Concluding Thoughts     307Additional Resources     308Chapter 15 A Typical Day of Construction     309Planning Your Team\'s Work for the Day     311Collaboratively Building a Consumable Solution     319Ongoing Activities Throughout the Day     339ACloser Look at Critical Agile Practices     348Stabilizing the Day\'s Work     359Concluding Thoughts     360Additional Resources     360Chapter 16 Concluding a Construction Iteration     363Demonstrate the Solution to Key Stakeholders     365Learn from Your Experiences     368Assess Progress and Adjust Release Plan if Necessary     373Assess Remaining Risks     375Deploy Your Current Build     375Determine Strategy for Moving Forward     376Concluding Thoughts     380Additional Resources     382Chapter 17 Case Study: Construction Phase     383Continuing Our Scenario with the AgileGrocers POS Case Study     383Planning the Iteration\'s Work     387Subsequent Construction Iterations     407Other Construction Phase Activities     414Concluding the Construction Phase Iterations     414Concluding Thoughts     415 Part 5: Releasing the SolutionChapter 18 The Transition Phase     417How the Transition Phase Works     418Planning the Transition Phase     419Ensuring Your Production Readiness     421Preparing Your Stakeholders for the Release     423Deploying the Solution     424Are Your Stakeholders Delighted?     426Transition Phase Patterns     427Transition Phase Anti-Patterns     429Concluding Thoughts     430Additional Resources     431Chapter 19 Case Study: Transition Phase     433Planning the Phase     434Collaborating to Deploy the Solution     438AgileGrocers\' Delight     439Concluding Thoughts     440 Part 6: Disciplined Agile Delivery in the EnterpriseChapter 20 Governing Disciplined Agile Teams     441What Should Governance Address?      443Why Is Governance Important?      447Why Traditional Governance Strategies Won\'t Work     448Agile Governance     451Agile Practices That Enable Governance     455Fitting in with the Rest of Your IT Organization     460Measuring Agile Teams     465Risk Mitigation     479Concluding Thoughts     480Additional Resources     480Chapter 21 Got Discipline?     483Agile Practices Require Discipline     484Reducing the Feedback Cycle Requires Discipline     485Continuous Learning Requires Discipline     487Incremental Delivery of Consumable Solutions Requires Discipline     490Being Goal-Driven Requires Discipline     490Enterprise Awareness Requires Discipline     491Adopting a Full Lifecycle Requires Discipline     492Streamlining Inception Requires Discipline     492Streamlining Transition Requires Discipline     493Adopting Agile Governance Requires Discipline     493Moving to Lean Requires Discipline     493Concluding Thoughts     494Additional Resources     495Index 497