Agile Estimating and Planning: Mike Cohn: 9780131479418


and practical style, Mike not only explains how to successfully get started planning an Agile project, but also provides a wealth of tips and advice to improve any team’s Agile planning process. This book is a must read managers, coaches, and Agile team members. ”
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Paul Hodgetts, Agile coach and CEO, Agile logic

“Mike’s writing style captures the essence of flexibility – just the right amount of information to bring clearer for the reader. This book provides a good Agile practices, experience and Beginner’s Guide”.

Robert Holler, VersionOne, LLC, President and Chief Executive Officer

“This is because the essence of Mike’s knowledge, planning and estimation of the very agile (he is), and laid him know in an easy to understand way, and more importantly, he has a great combination of concept real-world examples of completed case studies, so that readers can related information according to their actual situation, unless you have the an expert Agile divisions, and estimated, this book is for you. ”

Alan Shalloway, CEO, Senior Consultant, net goal, and coauthor of “design patterns” explained, Second Edition (Addison-Wesley Publishing, 2005)

“Although I have plenty of XP experience before you try Mike Cohn’s Agile planning practices, the effectiveness of practical and mature technology, in this book blew me go! Book admit a person, not a tool or process to produce powerful software, and that teams benefit most about their projects and their products, as they go. specific example in the book is easy to grasp, simple common sense stench. This book will help the team (either agile or not) provide more value, more music in which! Whether you are a manager or programmers, testers or CEO, part of an agile team, or just looking for a way to put an end to chaos and death march, this The book will guide you. ”

Lisa Chris Testing Extreme Programming (Extreme Programming) (Addison-Wesley Press, 2003, co-author)

“Mike Cohen demonstrates how agile methods can solve the problems, risks and uncertainties, in order to provide more meaningful estimates and plans for software projects done an excellent job.”

– Todd, Senior Development Manager, Landmark Graphics

“Mike Cohn explains his approach to agile planning and” key chain “thinking can be used to effectively buffer the progress and function. Applications with user stories, this book is easy to read and is rooted in the reality experience of the world. ”

– Bill wake of the reconstruction of the workbook (Addison-Wesley Publishing, 2003)

“Mike brings a life with real-world examples in this book help to reveal why agile method works how to plan for a software development project, this book has great breadth, ranging from the fundamentals of the release plan senior topics such as financial priorities I can become an invaluable aid to Agile project managers see this book, because it provides a wealth of practical tips, such as how to set iteration length and boot with speed and communication progress. ‘

Rachel Davies, an independent consultant.

“We have been a solid, pragmatic book on the long-term vision of an agile project manager. Agile estimated demand planning address this is not theory, this book contains the test project, are used on Agile projects. Mike examination subjects, we use the most unpredictable of the video game development project environment, you can imagine these practices achieved success. ”

Clinton Keith, Chief Technology Officer, High Moon Studios

“When the first time I heard Mike Cohn speak, I have left a deep impression of the quality of: a wealth of experience and understanding of a rare combination of modern iterative and agile development methodology, a drive to find and validate easy, high-impact solutions beyond the traditional method (usually invalid status quo) enthusiasm and clear natural coach. these qualities are evident in this wonderful practical guide, I guess you will not be disappointed in the learning and use of his advice. ”

Craig Larman, Chief Scientist, Valtech, and author of Applying UML and Patterns, Third Edition (Prentice Hall Press, 2005), and agile iterative development (Addison-Wesley Publishing, 2004)

“Agile Estimating and planning how to successfully provide value IT services to customers is an important guide, this book is full of clear …

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