1 Agile Software Development 1
2 Beginning Agility 11
1 Work for Outcome 13
2 Quick Fixes Become Quicksand 16
3 Criticize Ideas, Not People 19
4 Damn the Torpedoes, Go Ahead 24
3 Feeding Agility 27
5 Keep Up with Change 29
6 Invest in Your Team 32
7 Know When to Unlearn 35
8 Question Until You Understand 38
9 Feel the Rhythm 41
4 Delivering What Users Want 45
10 Let Customers Make Decisions 47
11 Let Design Guide, Not Dictate 50
12 Justify Technology Use 54
13 Keep It Releasable 57
14 Integrate Early, Integrate Often 60
15 Automate Deployment Early 63
16 Get Frequent Feedback Using Demos 66
17 Use Short Iterations, Release in Increments 71
18 Fixed Prices Are Broken Promises 75
5 Agile Feedback 79
19 Put Angels on Your Shoulders 81
20 Use It Before You Build It 85
21 Different Makes a Difference 90
22 Automate Acceptance Testing 93
23 Measure Real Progress 96
24 Listen to Users 99
6 Agile Coding 101
25 Program Intently and Expressively 103
26 Communicate in Code 108
27 Actively Evaluate Trade-Offs 113
28 Code in Increments 116
29 Keep It Simple 118
30 Write Cohesive Code 120
31 Tell, Don't Ask 124
32 Substitute by Contract 127
7 Agile Debugging 131
33 Keep a Solutions Log 132
34 Warnings Are Really Errors 135
35 Attack Problems in Isolation 139
36 Report All Exceptions 142
37 Provide Useful Error Messages 144
8 Agile Collaboration 149
38 Schedule Regular Face Time 151
39 Architects Must Write Code 155
40 Practice Collective Ownership 158
41 Be a Mentor 160
42 Allow People to Figure It Out 163
43 Share Code Only When Ready 165
44 Review Code 168
45 Keep Others Informed 171
9 Epilogue: Moving to Agility 173
9.1 Just One New Practice 173
9.2 Rescuing a Failing Project 174
9.3 Introducing Agility: The Manager's Guide 175
9.4 Introducing Agility: The Programmer's Guide 177
9.5 The End? 178
A Resources 179
A.1 On the Web 179
A.2 Bibliography 182



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