Software in 30 Days – How Agile Managers Beat the Odds, Delight Their Customers, And Leave Competitors In the Dust How agile maangers beat the offs, delight their customers, and leave competitors in due dust

A radical approach to getting IT projects done faster and cheaper than anyone thinks possible

Software in 30 Days summarizes the Agile and Scrum software development method, which allows creation of game-changing software, in just 30 days. Projects that use it are three times more successful than those that don't. Software in 30 Days is for the business manager, the entrepreneur, the product development manager, or IT manager who wants to develop software better and faster than they now believe possible. Learn how this unorthodox process works, how to get started, and how to succeed. Control risk, manage projects, and have your people succeed with simple but profound shifts in the thinking.

The authors explain powerful concepts such as the art of the possible, bottom-up intelligence, and why it's good to fail early--all with no risk greater than thirty days.
* The productivity gain vs traditional "waterfall" methods has been over 100% on many projects
* Author Ken Schwaber is a co-founder of the Agile software movement, and co-creator, with Jeff Sutherland, of the "Scrum" technique for building software in 30 days
* Coauthor Jeff Sutherland was cosigner of the Agile Manifesto, which marked the start of the Agile movement

Software in 30 Days is a must-read for all managers and business owners who use software in their organizations or in their products and want to stop the cycle of slow, expensive software development. Programmers will want to buy copies for their managers and their customers so they will know how to collaborate to get the best work possible.

Until 2001, most software was developed using the traditional techniques involving lots of planning, and a slow, expensive, comprehensive approach named "waterfall." More than 55% of these development projects failed in significant ways. This is well documented. During the 1990's, a new "lightweight" way of developing software emerged. In 2001, Ken Schwaber, Jeff Sutherland, and other leaders of the lightweight processes met and published the Agile Manifesto, founded the Agile Alliance, and the Scrum Alliance to spread these ideas, and today several million programmers and IT managers use Agile and Scrum methods. The success rate for projects using Agile processes is greater than 80% and rising. The productivity gain vs traditional "waterfall" methods was over 100% on many of these projects. This book summarizes the Agile and Scrum software development method, which allows creation of game-changing, powerful software for businesses and their customers, in just 30 days. It summarizes the authors 15 years of experience implementing Agile software, for all managers, IT managers, and programmers.

A radical approach to getting IT projects done faster and cheaper than anyone thinks possible Software in 30 Days summarizes the Agile and Scrum software development method, which allows creation of game-changing software, in just 30 days. Projects that use it are three times more successful than those that don't. Software in 30 Days is for the business manager, the entrepreneur, the product development manager, or IT manager who wants to develop software better and faster than they now believe possible. Learn how this unorthodox process works, how to get started, and how to succeed. Control risk, manage projects, and have your people succeed with simple but profound shifts in the thinking.The authors explain powerful concepts such as the art of the possible, bottom-up intelligence, and why it's good to fail earlyall with no risk greater than thirty days. The productivity gain vs traditional "waterfall" methods has been over 100% on many projects Author Ken Schwaber is a co-founder of the Agile software movement, and co-creator, with Jeff Sutherland, of the "Scrum" technique for building software in 30 days Coauthor Jeff Sutherland was cosigner of the Agile Manifesto, which marked the start of the Agile movement Software in 30 Days is a must-read for all managers and business owners who use software in their organizations or in their products and want to stop the cycle of slow, expensive software development. Programmers will want to buy copies for their managers and their customers so they will know how to collaborate to get the best work possible.