Balancing Agility and Discipline: A Guide for the Perplexed (Paperback)

Barry Boehm; Richard Turner
 9780321186126
0-321-18612-5

Being a certified bibliophile and a professional geek, I have more shelf space devoted to books on software methods than any reasonable human should possess. Balancing Agility and Discipline has a prominent.

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place in that section of my library, because it has helped me sort through the noise and smoke of the current method wars. This is an outstanding book on an emotionally complicated topic. I applaud the authors for the care with which they have handled the subject. The authors have done a commendable job of identifying five critical factors--personnel, criticality, size, culture, and dynamism--for creating the right balance of flexibility and structure. Their thoughtful analysis will help developers who must sort through the agile-disciplined debate, giving them guidance to create the right mix for their projects.