Agile Modeling: Effective Practices for eXtreme Programming and the Unified Process

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John Wiley & Sons, Aug 14, 2002 - Computers - 400 pages
The first book to cover Agile Modeling, a new modeling technique created specifically for XP projects eXtreme Programming (XP) has created a buzz in the software development community-much like Design Patterns did several years ago. Although XP presents a methodology for faster software development, many developers find that XP does not allow for modeling time, which is critical to ensure that a project meets its proposed requirements. They have also found that standard modeling techniques that use the Unified Modeling Language (UML) often do not work with this methodology. In this innovative book, Software Development columnist Scott Ambler presents Agile Modeling (AM)-a technique that he created for modeling XP projects using pieces of the UML and Rational's Unified Process (RUP). Ambler clearly explains AM, and shows readers how to incorporate AM, UML, and RUP into their development projects with the help of numerous case studies integrated throughout the book.
  • AM was created by the author for modeling XP projects-an element lacking in the original XP design
  • The XP community and its creator have embraced AM, which should give this book strong market acceptance

Companion Web site at www.agilemodeling.com features updates, links to XP and AM resources, and ongoing case studies about agile modeling.

 

Contents

Effective Practices for eXtreme Programming and the Unified Process Part Two Agile Modeling in Practice
81
Effective Practices for eXtreme Programming and the Unified Process Part Three Agile Modeling and eXtreme Programming XP
175
Effective Practices for eXtreme Programming and the Unified Process Part Four Agile Modeling and the Unified Process
223
Effective Practices for eXtreme Programming and the Unified Process Part Five Looking Ahead
309
Effective Practices for eXtreme Programming and the Unified Process Appendix A Modeling Techniques
330
Effective Practices for eXtreme Programming and the Unified Process Glossary of Definitions and Abbreviations
358
Effective Practices for eXtreme Programming and the Unified Process References and Suggested Reading
369
Effective Practices for eXtreme Programming and the Unified Process Index
375
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SCOTT W. AMBLER is President and a senior consultant of Ronin International (www.ronin-intl.com), a software services consulting firm that specializes in software process mentoring and object/component-based software architecture and development. Scott is the author and/or coauthor of numerous books and also coeditor, with Larry Constantine, of the Unified Process series from CMP Books. Scott is a contributing editor with Software Development magazine and a columnist with IBM developerWorks. Scott has spoken at UML World, Software Development, OOPSLA, Object Expo, Java Expo, and Application Development.

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