Agile Estimating and Planning (Pearson Education)

The first step to project success is accurate estimating and realistic planning.§§Projects with unrealistic expectations affixed to them are likely to derail at an§§early stage. This book shows the software practitioner how to effectively§§estimate and properly plan a project within an agile context. The book's§§content is suitable for projects using any agile or semi-agile process (such as§§Extreme Programming, Scrum, Feature Driven Development, Crystal,§§Adaptive Software Development, DSDM or even the IBM Rational Unified§§Process). The ideas in this book will work with any iterative development§§process, which greatly broadens the target audience beyond the traditional agile§§community. Each chapter is supported by a summary and a set of questions§§that allows readers to assess their ability to estimate and plan a project. The§§result is an engaging read with pearls of wisdom that can be applied to the§§reader's next project.§