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Jack's Guide to Agile Software Development
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Can knowledge of Agile Methods help you find IT jobs, and make money?
An understanding of agile methods, as we point out in our book "Jack's Guide to Lots More Money", is one of those "must have" bits of knowledge that opens doors to employment opportunities and more money for you. After many years Agile has finally been accepted as a valid approach, and many organisations are now using it - which places people with knowledge of it at a distinct advantage.
These days, anyone associated with analysing, creating, testing, installing and maintaining software needs to have an understanding of Agile. There are lots of IT jobs out there and many of them are agile jobs.
The trend toward Agile Software Development has been obvious for some years, but is still very much a mystery to those who haven't experienced it.
Why is it taking off, and what was wrong with the way we were doing things before it? This is the question we aim to answer.We will start with a short recap on the history of software development.
Most people's impression is that software projects are uncontrolled and expensive, and often failures. We examine why this perception came about and how much of it is really true.
We look at early forms of Agile and how it has matured to become a discipline in its own right today.
We take you through the essentials of Agile, as they are mostly understood, without getting too involved in the differences between competing strains of Agile.
We discuss the most common criticisms of Agile and explore whether they are justified.
We'll look at Agile Software Development Methods, Agile Project Management (including Prince2), Agile Testing and even Agile Analysis.
We have a section on the more widely known and practiced forms of Agile, including SCRUM.
Finally we tie it all together with a summary and conclusions.
This ebook will give you an overall understanding of Agile Software Development as it is used in the real world and will help you to:
- Take a lead in a new field
- Take advantage of employment opportunities in the Agile world
- Find the best IT jobs
- Get a better paid IT job and make money
