Adaptive Software Development: A Collaborative Approach to Managing Complex Systems

Table of contents

1. About This eBook
2. Title Page
3. Copyright Page
4. Also Available from DORSET HOUSE PUBLISHING CO.
5. Dedication
6. Contents
7. Acknowledgments
8. Permissions Acknowledgments
9. Foreword
10. Preface
    1. Goals of the Book
11. Introduction
12. Part 1
    1. Chapter 1. Software Ascents
       1. A Historical Perspective
       2. A Rebirth in World View
       3. Components of Adaptive Software Development
       4. The Road Ahead
       5. Summary
    2. Chapter 2. Thriving at the Edge of Chaos
       1. People as Agents
       2. Emergence and the Flocking of Boids
       3. The Adaptive Development Model
       4. Speculate
       5. Collaborate
       6. Learn
       7. Working in a Complex Environment
       8. Summary
13. Part 2
    1. Chapter 3. The Project Mission
       1. Identify the Mission
       2. Create Mission Artifacts
       3. Share Mission Values
       4. Focus on Results
       5. Summary
    2. Chapter 4. Planning Adaptive Development Cycles
       1. Characteristics of Adaptive Cycles
       2. Adaptive Planning Techniques
       3. A Hypothetical Cycle Example
       4. The Evolving World of Components
       5. Summary
    3. Chapter 5. Great Groups and the Ability to Collaborate
       1. Barriers to Collaboration
       2. The Essence of Great Groups
       3. Using Complexity Concepts to Improve Collaboration
       4. Building Collaborative Groups
       5. Joint Application Development
       6. Stable Change
       7. Summary
    4. Chapter 6. Learning: Models, Techniques, and Cycle Review Practices
       1. What Is “Learning”?
       2. Senge’s Learning Model
       3. A CAS Learning Model
       4. Learning Techniques
       5. Customer Focus-Group Reviews
       6. Software Inspections
       7. Project Postmortems
       8. Summary
14. Part 3
    1. Chapter 7. Why Even Good Managers Cause Projects to Fail
       1. Disruptive Technologies
       2. High Change
       3. No Silver Bullet
       4. Are Organizations True Complex Adaptive Systems?
       5. Requisite Variety
       6. Project Ecosystems
       7. Simplicity and Complexity
       8. Summary
    2. Chapter 8. Adaptive Management
       1. The Adaptive (Leadership-Collaboration) Management Model
       2. Creating an Adaptive Culture
       3. The Progression from Process to Pattern
       4. Poised at the Edge of Chaos
       5. Summary
    3. Chapter 9. Workstate Life Cycle Management
       1. Breaking the Workflow Mindset
       2. The Workstate of a Component
       3. Constructing an Advanced Adaptive Life Cycle
       4. Managing Component Rigor
       5. Managing Workflow in an Adaptive Environment
       6. Summary
    4. Chapter 10. Structural Collaboration
       1. The Critical Distinction Between Content and Context
       2. Collaboration Services and Tools
       3. Collaboration and Emergence
       4. Eight Guidelines for Applying Rigor to Project Work
       5. Summary
    5. Chapter 11. Managing Project Time Cycles
       1. A Project Management Model
       2. Initiate the Project
       3. Plan the Project
       4. Manage the Project
       5. Close the Project
       6. Summary
    6. Chapter 12. Dawdling, McLuhan, and Thin Air
       1. Dawdling
       2. McLuhan
       3. Organizational Growth
       4. Surviving in Thin Air
15. Bibliography
16. Index