Adapting Configuration Management for Agile Teams
Balancing Sustainability and Speed
Erschienen am 18. April 2010
302 Seiten
978-0-470-97083-6 (ISBN)
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Adapting Configuration Management for Agile Teams provides very tangible approaches on how Configuration Management with its practices and infrastructure can be adapted and managed in order to directly benefit agile teams. Written by Mario E. Moreira, author of Software Configuration Management Implementation Roadmap, columnist for CM Crossroads online community and writer for the Agile Journal, this unique book provides concrete guidance on tailoring CM for Agile projects without sacrificing the principles of Configuration Management.
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Mario E. Moreira
Adapting Configuration Management for Agile Teams
Balancing Sustainability and Speed
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10/2009
Wiley
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Mario Moreira has been working in the configuration management (CM) field since 1987, and the agile field since 1999. He's a certified ScrumMaster and author of Software Configuration Management Implementation Roadmap published by Wiley in 2004. Mario is also columnist/writer for CM Crossroads, online community and resource for configuration management with 40 articles written to date ranging from topics on CM, Agile requirements engineering to release management.
He has led various agile initiatives with his employer Fidelity Investments as well as leading an agile coaching forum, he is an experienced conference and webinar speaker.
Inhalt
Publisher's Acknowledgements.
Preface.
Acknowledgements.
About the Author.
Contributor Biography.
1 Introduction: Racing with Confidence.
1.1 Focus of this Book.
1.2 Who should Use this Book.
1.3 Navigation through this Book.
1.4 Value of this Book.
2 CMPrimer.
2.1 Brief History of CM.
2.2 CM Values.
2.3 CM Practices.
2.4 Benefits of CM.
2.5 CM Roles.
2.6 CM Mindset.
2.7 Relationship of CM to Culture, Methods, &Governance.
2.8 CM Resource Guide.
3 Agile Primer.
3.1 Brief History of Agile.
3.2 Agile Values (a.k.a., Manifesto).
3.3 Agile Methods.
3.4 Benefits of Agile.
3.5 Agile Personality Types.
3.6 Agile Roles.
3.7 Agile Mindset.
3.8 Moving to an Agile Culture.
3.9 Agile Resource Guide.
4 How CM and Agile Values Work Together.
4.1 Aligning Agile and CM Mindsets.
4.2 Supporting Agile and CM Values without Sacrifice.
4.3 Value of Retrospective to CM.
4.4 Agile Perspective of CM Practices.
5 Approaching Infrastructure for Agile.
5.1 Guiding Principles for Approaching Infrastructure.
5.2 Considerations for Approaching Infrastructure.
5.3 Infrastructure Envisioning.
5.4 Infrastructure Refactoring.
5.5 Owning on Premises or Renting in the Clouds.
6 Approaching the CM Implementation for Agile.
6.1 CM Envisioning.
6.2 CM Refactoring.
6.3 Automate, Automate, Automate for Agile.
7 Adapting CM Practices for Agile.
7.1 Adapting to Continuous Integration and Build.
7.2 Adapting CM Planning.
7.3 Adapting to Support Refactoring.
7.4 Adapting to Support Pair Programming.
7.5 Adapting to Support Test Driven Development (TDD).
7.6 Adapting to Support Agile Distributed Teams.
7.7 Adapting Change Control, Traceability, and Baselines.
7.8 Adapting CM Audit.
7.9 Adapting Problem Management.
7.10 Adapting CM Report and Review.
8 CM Tool as a Strategic Agile Partner.
8.1 CM Tool Support for Software Development.
8.2 The Agile Practices that Impact a CM Tool.
8.3 Evaluating Your Situation.
8.4 CM Tool Features that Facilitate Agile Development.
8.5 Integration with Your Agile Ecosystem.
8.6 Conclusion.
9 Evaluating Tools Suited for Agile.
9.1 Looking for Tools out there and in here.
9.2 Levels of Technology Evaluation.
9.3 Perform a Technology Evaluation.
10 Using CM Standards and Frameworks to SupportAgile.
10.1 Importance of CM.
10.2 Compliance and IT Governance Requirements.
10.3 Communicating Your Approach to Senior Management.
10.4 Which Standards Should Be Considered?
10.5 Configuration Management Functions that are mostEssential.
10.6 How do Frameworks such as Cobit, ITIL, CMMI, and RUPsupport Agile?
10.7 Achieving Synergy through Harmonization and Tailoring.
10.8 Conclusion.
Bibliography.
Index.
Preface.
Acknowledgements.
About the Author.
Contributor Biography.
1 Introduction: Racing with Confidence.
1.1 Focus of this Book.
1.2 Who should Use this Book.
1.3 Navigation through this Book.
1.4 Value of this Book.
2 CMPrimer.
2.1 Brief History of CM.
2.2 CM Values.
2.3 CM Practices.
2.4 Benefits of CM.
2.5 CM Roles.
2.6 CM Mindset.
2.7 Relationship of CM to Culture, Methods, &Governance.
2.8 CM Resource Guide.
3 Agile Primer.
3.1 Brief History of Agile.
3.2 Agile Values (a.k.a., Manifesto).
3.3 Agile Methods.
3.4 Benefits of Agile.
3.5 Agile Personality Types.
3.6 Agile Roles.
3.7 Agile Mindset.
3.8 Moving to an Agile Culture.
3.9 Agile Resource Guide.
4 How CM and Agile Values Work Together.
4.1 Aligning Agile and CM Mindsets.
4.2 Supporting Agile and CM Values without Sacrifice.
4.3 Value of Retrospective to CM.
4.4 Agile Perspective of CM Practices.
5 Approaching Infrastructure for Agile.
5.1 Guiding Principles for Approaching Infrastructure.
5.2 Considerations for Approaching Infrastructure.
5.3 Infrastructure Envisioning.
5.4 Infrastructure Refactoring.
5.5 Owning on Premises or Renting in the Clouds.
6 Approaching the CM Implementation for Agile.
6.1 CM Envisioning.
6.2 CM Refactoring.
6.3 Automate, Automate, Automate for Agile.
7 Adapting CM Practices for Agile.
7.1 Adapting to Continuous Integration and Build.
7.2 Adapting CM Planning.
7.3 Adapting to Support Refactoring.
7.4 Adapting to Support Pair Programming.
7.5 Adapting to Support Test Driven Development (TDD).
7.6 Adapting to Support Agile Distributed Teams.
7.7 Adapting Change Control, Traceability, and Baselines.
7.8 Adapting CM Audit.
7.9 Adapting Problem Management.
7.10 Adapting CM Report and Review.
8 CM Tool as a Strategic Agile Partner.
8.1 CM Tool Support for Software Development.
8.2 The Agile Practices that Impact a CM Tool.
8.3 Evaluating Your Situation.
8.4 CM Tool Features that Facilitate Agile Development.
8.5 Integration with Your Agile Ecosystem.
8.6 Conclusion.
9 Evaluating Tools Suited for Agile.
9.1 Looking for Tools out there and in here.
9.2 Levels of Technology Evaluation.
9.3 Perform a Technology Evaluation.
10 Using CM Standards and Frameworks to SupportAgile.
10.1 Importance of CM.
10.2 Compliance and IT Governance Requirements.
10.3 Communicating Your Approach to Senior Management.
10.4 Which Standards Should Be Considered?
10.5 Configuration Management Functions that are mostEssential.
10.6 How do Frameworks such as Cobit, ITIL, CMMI, and RUPsupport Agile?
10.7 Achieving Synergy through Harmonization and Tailoring.
10.8 Conclusion.
Bibliography.
Index.
