Chapter 2

Reviewing Agile Team Practices and Frameworks

IN THIS CHAPTER

check Becoming familiar with different agile practices

check Getting up to speed on agile team frameworks, including Scrum and XP

check Improving workflow transparency and management with Kanban

check Launching new products with Lean Startup

Before you can begin to scale agile practices and frameworks to the development of enterprise software, you need to understand what agile is all about on a smaller scale — the agile team. All enterprise agile frameworks, including the five covered in Part 2, are built on the foundation of agile teams, the principles that guide them, and the practices they engage in.

In this chapter, I bring you up to speed on agile team practices and frameworks, including Scrum, Extreme Programming, Lean Software Development, and Kanban. By developing an understanding of agile at the team level, you’ll be better prepared to understand the scaled-up frameworks presented in Part 2.

Exploring Common Agile Practices

Most of this chapter introduces you to the common agile frameworks, the most popular of which are Scrum, Extreme ...

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