Agile Discovery & Delivery: A Survival Guide for New Software Engineers & Tech Entrepreneurs - Hardcover

by Amber R. Field (Author)

If you're building software today, mastering agile development is no longer optional. With 80% of software companies using some form of agility, collaborating on agile teams is an essential skill for high-performing engineers, tech entrepreneurs, or anyone working in the software industry.

Agile Discovery & Delivery walks readers through the key concepts of agility from start to finish. From how agile teams figure out what to build to how they collaborate to build it. It's the perfect agile development overview for anyone new to the industry.

Agile Discovery & Delivery helps you:

• Understand the agile principles and why they're so important for building great products
• Contribute to and/or form high-performing, fun agile teams
• Determine what to build using techniques like Lean Start-up, Design Thinking, and Google Design Sprints
• Interview your target customers to gain valuable product insights
• Write great user stories
• Master key agile delivery frameworks like Scrum and Kanban
• Understand how to estimate, pair program, branch & merge, and work in a scaled agile environment
• Survive and thrive on agile teams with actionable tips in every section

Written especially for engineers and start-up founders, even those in marketing, support, sales, and leadership will walk away with a better understanding for how their product teams work. Give yourself a head start in the tech industry with this book.