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Agile Estimating and Planning (Robert C. Martin Series)

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Excellent book on excecution of an agile project
This is a great book that keeps on giving advice
Good overview for agile project managers
True Jewel among the books on agile project management

Agile Estimating and Planning (Robert C. Martin Series)
Mike Cohn
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall PTR
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0131479415

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Nice..........2007-05-23

It's a nice book on the topic but definitely not a must-read. Cohn has good tips and general advices but the book focus lots more on planning than estimating.

Excellent book on excecution of an agile project.......2007-04-27

Agile Estimating and Planning was just the book we needed. We'd read many books on the topic of lean development but most of those books give you the principles but say very little about actual application. They typically leave it at "see what works for you". Mike Cohn's book deals with how to make those very hard decisions when you first start. What is the norm and what works well. Not only did it provide those guidlines for those decisions it explained the why's behind it. For a non-agile project to transition into agile it is often difficult to hiccup at the beginning specially when skeptics are lerking around to point out things that are not working well. Although iterative improvment is still the name of the game it doesn't hurt to have your first 2 iterations come out as a success which is what happened to us. With Mike's help we were able to make some good decisions from the start that were winners with confidence and ease. We will continue to refine them but having a good base to work from was very helpful.

The book literally goes through how to make key decisions for the most difficult challenges you are faced with when starting an agile project. We couldn't have done it without this book. I highly recommend it and I've ordered several copies for my project managers and team leads.

Saviz Artang

This is a great book that keeps on giving advice.......2007-04-01

This is such a great book for reading and re-reading. I find new nuggets of information each time I go back to it. If I get stuck, or a situation arises, I know I can turn to this book for my answer. It took me a bit to get into this book the first time. I think it was because I thought his first book User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development (The Addison-Wesley Signature Series)was so darn good. What could Mike possibly add to that piece of work? Well, a lot. Every team should have this book available for consultation. It is the next best thing to having Mike there in person!

Good overview for agile project managers.......2007-03-11

This is an excellent book for project managers who are interested in using agile methods. I'm a developer that has been on several agile projects and this book was very interesting to me, but I think it really hits the project management sweet spot. Some things that I gleaned from this book that I hadn't found in other books: epic stories, themes, burndown bar charts. The author has a very readable writing style. Agile practitioners should definitely read this book. It does possess some new information that other books (the XP series of books) do not cover. Highly recommended!

True Jewel among the books on agile project management.......2007-01-08

A lot of books on agile do a lot 'talk the talk' and fall short on 'walk the talk'. This book is rich from practical standpoint and is indispensable for all interested professionals especially if you have the hard job of selling agile development to your management.

Mike Kohn, as the author, is simply a master in teaching 'how to' behind whole agile development methodology. He does not take any fancy to any one methodology ( be it XP or SCRUM or Crystal) but drives towards an unified view of the principles and delivers practices that can be put to use directly.

Agile does not ignore planning. It just advocates adaptive planning and execution. Knowing the fact that you can only foresee to the extent, it provides a formula for how often to plan, how to refine, how to setup a release plan, how to engage the team and whole gamut of release management from agile standpoint.

One book that should be read before jumping on agile bandwagon and before putting 'pedal to the metal'.

The book is one of the finest books on agile in a world that has been flooded with many books on the subject. This stands out as a real jewel.

A case study, which mimics a real organization trying to adopt agile methodology, drives home many subtle points very effectively. This case study runs from beginning to the end and illustrates complete life cycle of the product development.

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Agile Estimating And Planning
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Manufacturer: 30/11/2005
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000MBXSCY

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Agile Estimating and Planning
Mike Cohn
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall PTR
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000K3QQWI

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