STSC CrossTalk - October 2002 Issue

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		October 2002

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Agile Software Development

What Is Agile Software Development? (

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by Jim Highsmith
In answering this fundamental question, this article looks at a sampler of agile methodologies, an agile case story, and a look at the future.

Learning From Agile Software Development - Part One (

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by Alistair Cockburn
Part one of this two-part series describes how cost- and plan-driven projects can borrow from agile software development to improve their strategies and hedge against surprises.

Agile Methodologies and Process Discipline (

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by Mark C. Paulk
This article summarizes and critiques the compatibility of agile methodologies with plan-driven methodologies as described by the Capability Maturity Model for Software.

Odyssey and Other Code Science Success Stories (

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by John Manzo
This article includes real-world insights from developers applying a tailored version of eXtreme Programming and a quantitative measure of its effectiveness since its inception.

Software Engineering Technology

Integrating Systems and Software Engineering: What Can Large Organizations Learn From Small Start-Ups? (

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by Paul E. McMahon
Learn how adaptive techniques and small informal teams inside large organizations can complement a formal organizational process focus.

Highpoints From the Agile Software Development Forum (

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by Pamela Bowers
This report summarizes what speakers said agile software development is and is not.

Open Forum

Agile Before Agile Was Cool (

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by Gordon Sleve
This author was developing software solutions using agile methods before he realized there was such a methodology.

Online Article

Should You Be More Agile?
by Rich McCabe and Michael Polen

Agile Development:Weed or Wildflower?
by David Kane and Steve Ornburn

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