Agile Software Engineering

OverviewandGoalsTheagileapproachforsoftwaredevelopmenthasbeenappliedmoreandmoreextensivelysincethemidninetiesofthe20thcentury.Thoughthereareonlyabouttenyearsofaccumulatedexperienceusingtheagileapproach，itiscurrentlyconceivedasoneofthemainstreamapproachesforsoftwaredevelopment.Thisbookpresentsacompletesoftwareengineeringcoursefromtheagileangle.Ourintentionistopresenttheagileapproachinaholisticandcompreh-sivelearningenvironmentthatfitsbothindustryandacademiaandinspiresthespiritofagilesoftwaredevelopment.Agilesoftwareengineeringisreviewedinthisbookthroughthefollowingthreeperspectives：lTheHumanperspective，whichincludescognitiveandsocialaspects，andreferstolearningandinterpersonalprocessesbetweenteammates，customers，andmanagement.lTheOrganizationalperspective，whichincludesmanagerialandculturalaspects，andreferstosoftwareprojectmanagementandcontrol.lTheTechnologicalperspective，whichincludespracticalandtechnicalaspects，andreferstodesign，testing，andcoding，aswellastointegration，delivery，andmaintenanceofsoftwareproducts.Specifically，weexplainandanalyzehowtheexplicitattentionthatagilesoftwaredevelopmentgivestheseperspectivesandtheirinterconnections，helpsviiiPrefaceitcopewiththechallengesofsoftwareprojects.Thismultifacetedperspectiveonsoftwaredevelopmentprocessesisreflectedinthisbook，amongotherways，bythechaptertitles，whichspecifydimensionsofsoftwaredevelopmentprojectssuchasquality，time，abstraction，andmanagement，ratherthanspecificprojectstages，phases，orpractices.，"Thisconciseeasy-to-followtextbookpresentsthecrucialissuesinsoftwareengineeringusingtheagileapproachtosoftwaredevelopment-oneofthemainstreamparadigmsforthemanagementofsoftwareprojectsandonethatisbeingappliedmoreandmoreextensively.""Globalprinciplesarepresentedwithdetailedpracticesthatcanbeeasilyimplementedbyreaders，providingacomprehensiveunderstandingoftheimportantelementsofagilesoftwaredevelopmentmethods.Theauthorshighlightandintegratetechnical，social，cognitiveandmanagerialaspectsofsoftwaredevelopmentprocessesinthisuniquebookbasedontheirrefreshinglyupdatedsoftwareengineeringmethodscourse."--BOOKJACKET.