The Agile Samurai: How Agile Masters Deliver Great Software (Pragmatic Programmers)

If you want to know how to develop software that really works then read this book. Especially read it if you are not technical but are involved in a software development project for your company.

In his book, Jonathan gives a full tour of how to run agile software development projects. All the way from idea inception and gathering requirements, to day-to-day tasks of running a project with real customers and real deadlines, to handling changes in the environment surrounding the project and team. Jonathan bases most of the book on Scrum-like iterative development processes, but even Kanban-style processes are touched upon. The book is easy to read and understand, and it gives the reader a very solid feel for what agile development is all about. I highly recommend this book to both developers, architects, team leads and project managers - even cutstomer-side project managers will benefit greatly from reading it.

Easy read with good descriptions and diagrams

Does what it says on the tin.

Easy to read, I love the humour.

The book is well written, it's a good starting point for a beginner.

The contents of this book are very well written. The simplification and the pragmatism are a big part of it, which makes the whole experience very pleasant and useful.

Great book

Leitura obrigatória para Agilistas e para quem trabalha com Scrum.Especial atenção sobre o assunto relacionado a Inception: Sensacional !Recomendo fortemente !

Si estas buscando entender qué es esto de agilidad, es un excelente libro para tener los puntos principales sin dar tantas vueltas

It is a great introduction to Agile. It covers a lot of information, then you can research specific subjects as needed.

This is an excellent book for those who are unfamiliar with agile concepts. The author provides very practical advice on general best practices. This book is focused on "agile" (lowercase "a") rather than "Agile" (uppercase "A"), i.e., instead of prescribing a particular methodology, the author describes different possible approaches, but advocates doing whatever appears to make the most sense from an agile perspective given the particulars of a team's work.The author's style of writing is more enjoyable than other books on agile because he presents the material from several angles, provides nice visuals, and writes in a lighthearted manner. The Audible version is great. I liked it so much that I purchased the book. I've re-read it several times.I'm not a software developer, but I am able to apply the concepts from the first 3/4 of the book to most of my project-related work.

Reconozco que me enganchó desde la primera página, lo compré por el inception deck principalmente y por la parte de planning como ayuda para un nuevo proyecto. Pero el resto de partes me han encantado.El estilo desenfadado y cercano y las experiencias propias para ilustrar los conceptos aportan mucho valor. El capítulo de introducción es soberbio.Como introducción a las técnicas ágiles y sobre todo como ayuda a enfocar un proyecto desde su comienzo es muy recomendable.Fácil de leer, divertido, directo y útil. Algo que no se puede decir de muchos libros.