Managing Software Development (COMP3120)

References

Project Management - Agile Approaches

The following pages carry links to articles, videos, websites, book titles etc which I provide significantly more practical information than is contained in text books. This is especially true for material related to Agile Project Management.

I have attempted to organise what is a significant body of references and links via topic headings. If you believe I have referenced something incorrectly, please let me know. If you come across a reference which you believe would be useful to your fellow students, please let me know and I will include it.

• Sanjiv Augustine (2005), Managing Agile Projects, Robert C. Martin Series, Pretenice Hall
• Mike Cohn (2004), User Stories Applied, Addison-Wesley Professional
• Mike Cohn (2006), Agile Estimating and Planning, Pretenice Hall
• Mike Cohn (2009), Succeeding with Agile: Software Development using SCRUM, Addison-Wesley Professional

• Part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb9Rzyi8b90
• Part 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeT0pOVg0EI
• Free web-site for planning poker with distributed teams - http://www.planningpoker.com

• The Agile Manifesto (August 2001), Martin Fowler and Jim Highsmith
• Global Knowledge White Paper - 12 Advantages of Agile Software Development
• Projects @ Work - The Backpacker's Guide to Lightweight PM
• CollabNet - Scrum Reference Card
• Jama software - Five Challenges to Agile Planning: And solutions for greater success across your organisation.
• CollabNet - Calculating Earned Business Value for an Agile Project
• CollabNet - Agile Connection - A Productivity Comparison of Kanban and Scrum
• Software Intensive Systems Engineering - Resources Page (last accessed March 2012) - white papers, blogs, articles - especially related to Agile PM
• The Agilist PM - Agile Project Management – FREE Webinar Series by VersionOne. Many other resources available by following links on this page (last accessed March 2012)
• VersionOne - Agile Development poster
• AgileEVM – Earned Value Management in Scrum Projects, Tamara Sulaiman, Brent Barton and Thomas Blackburn

• CA Technologies Agile for Dummies.
• Rally Software Agile Toolkits. Of particular interest Iteration Planning, Definition of Done, Agile Quality, Agile Planning.
• MDE - Agile Software Development Process Tool Kit
• uTest White Paper - Agile Testing white paper
• Borland Whitepaper - Agile Testing
• Bookboon.com All sorts of e-Books free download. Generally seem pretty good

• The Agile Alliance (last accessed March 2013)
• ScrumAlliance - transforming the world of work (last accessed March 2013)
• Version One - Agile resources page. Lots of links and resources, including videos, here. Well worth a visit(last accessed March 2013)
• Lithe Speed - Sanjiv Augustine - resources page. Lots of links and resources here (last accessed March 2013)
• Alistair Cockburn - a wealth of material here from one of the key players in the agile world (last accessed March 2013)
• Martin Flowler - a wealth of material here from one of the key players in the agile world (last accessed March 2013)
• Mountain Goat Software - Mike Cohn - lots of bits and pieces here - great blog on agile software development and scrum(last accessed March 2013)
• Construx Conversations : Software Best Practices - basics of SCRUM, plus general information on agile(last accessed March 2013)
• Thomsett International - Hot Articles (last accessed March 2013)
• Agile Connection - previously Agile Journal (last accessed March 2013)
• CM Crossroads - A Techwell Community previously Agile Journal - Educational Media - covering topics such as Agile Requirements, Scaling Agile, Build Automation (last accessed March 2013)
• Project Smart .co.uk : Project Best Practice (last accessed March 2013)
• Projects @ Work (last accessed March 2013)
• Business Analyst Times (last accessed March 2013) - white papers, blogs, articles - NB account membership is free