Agile Resources from Addison-Wesley and Prentice Hall

Addison-Wesley and Prentice Hall are the leading publishers for information on Agile software development. With classic titles on Use Cases, eXtreme programming, Agile software development, and Agile project management, programmers, developers and managers will find essential information for producing and sustaining high quality software. Browse through our series and check out our featured titles to find the right books to fulfill your software development needs.

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The Series

The Agile Software Development SeriesThe Addison-Wesley Signature SeriesThe XP Series The Robert C. Martin SeriesMore Titles

 

The Agile Software Development Series

The Agile Software Development Series addresses individual techniques (like Use Cases), group techniques (such as collaborative decision making), and proven solutions to different problems from a variety of organizational cultures. The result is a core of Agile best practices that will enrich your experience and improve your work. Authors in this series include Alistair Cockburn, Jim Highsmith and Craig Larman.

The Software Project Manager's Bridge to Agility
By Michele Sliger, Stacia Broderick

Agile Software Development: The Cooperative Game, 2nd Edition
By Alistair Cockburn

Scaling Software Agility: Best Practices for Large Enterprises
By Dean Leffingwell

Collaboration Explained
By Jean Tabaka

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The Addison-Wesley Signature Series

The Addison-Wesley Signature Series provides readers with practical and authoritative information on the latest trends in modern technology for computer professionals. Books in the series are personally chosen by expert advisors, who are proud to put their signatures on the covers. The expert signatures also symbolize a promise to our readers: you are reading a future classic. Books in the series are personally chosen by expert advisors Kent Beck and Martin Fowler, who are proud to put their signatures on the covers.

Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams
By Lisa Crispin, Janet Gregory

xUnit Test Patterns: Refactoring Test Code
By Gerard Meszaros

Implementation Patterns
By Kent Beck

Implementing Lean Software Development
By By Mary Poppendieck, Tom Poppendieck

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The Robert C. Martin Series

The Robert C. Martin Series is directed at software developers, team leaders, business analysts, and managers who want to increase their skills and proficiency to the level of a Master Craftsman. The series contains books that guide software professionals in the principles, patterns, and practices of programming, software project management, requirements gathering, design, analysis, testing and others. Authors in this series include Mike Cohn, Ward Cunningham, Michael Feathers and Robert C. Martin.

Clean Code: A Handbook of Software Craftsmanship
By Robert C. Martin

Agile Principles, Patterns and Practices in C#
By Robert C. Martin, Micah Martin

Fit for Developing Software
By Rick Mugridge, Ward Cunningham

Agile Estimating and Planning
By Mike Cohn

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The XP Series

The XP Series explores Extreme Programming, familiarly known as XP - a discipline of business and software development that focuses both parties on common, reachable goals. The authors in the XP Series have been there and done that, and returned to tell their story. The series advisor is Kent Beck.

Extreme Programming Explained, Second Edition
By Kent Beck with Cynthia Andres

Planning Extreme Programming
By Kent Beck, Martin Fowler

Testing Extreme Programming
By Lisa Crispin, Tip House

Extreme Programming for Web Projects
By Doug Wallace, Isobel Raggett, Joel Aufgang

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More Agile Titles

Prentice Hall and Addison-Wesley's Agile coverage extends beyond these core series, covering a range of topics applicable to programmers, developers and managers involved in Agile software development.

Agility and Discipline Made Easy
By Per Kroll, Bruce MacIsaac

Agile Adoption Patterns: A Roadmap to Organizational Success
By Amr Elssamadisy

Innovation Games
By Luke Hohmann

Managing Iterative Software Development Projects
By Kurt Bittner, Ian Spence

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Short Cuts

Short Cuts are short, concise, PDF documents designed specifically for busy technical professionals like you.

Refactoring to Agility, Digital Shortcut
By Carol A. Wellington

Recipes for Continuous Database Integration: Evolutionary Database Development (Digital Short Cut)
By Pramodkumar J. Sadalage

UAT Defined: A Guide to Practical User Acceptance Testing (Digital Short Cut)
By Rob Cimperman

   

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