num_pages: 312
description: This book introduces Crystal Clear, a better lightweight methodology forbuilding software. It describes the roles, teams, values, intentions, habits,activities, policies and work products of a small software development team forwhom time-to-market and development costs are critical considerations.Alistair Cockburn is one of the founders of the Agile software developmentmovement. He spells out proven best practices based on his extensiveexperience helping organizations build software quickly and with less cost. Theauthor understands that small teams cannot be burdened by "process-heavy"software methodologies. By advocating that developers stay close together andremain in steady, good-will communication with customers and users, thisbook teaches the reader how to develop software that not only does what it issupposed to do, but also gets completed on time and within budget.
language: English
title: Crystal Clear: A Human-Powered Methodology for Small Teams
titlecomplete: Crystal Clear: A Human-Powered Methodology for Small Teams
genres: Computer Science, Business, Computers, Management, Reference, Technical, Leadership, Nonfiction, Software, Programming
ratings_count: 115
series: Agile Software Development Series, The Agile Software Development Series
publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional