Kent Beck consistently challenges software engineering dogma, promoting ideas like patterns, test-driven development, and Extreme Programming. Currently affiliated with Three Rivers Institute and Agitar Software, he is the author of many Addison-Wesley titles.
Cynthia Andres holds a B.S. in psychology with advanced work in organizational behavior, decision analysis, and women’s studies. She has worked with Kent on the social aspects of Extreme Programming since its inception. She is also affiliated with Three Rivers Institute.
“In this second edition of Extreme Programming Explained, Kent Beck
organizes and presents five years’ worth of experiences, growth,
and change revolving around XP. If you are seriously interested in
understanding how you and your team can start down the path of
improvement with XP, you must read this book.”
– Francesco Cirillo, Chief Executive Officer, XPLabs S.R.L. “The
first edition of this book told us what XP was–it changed the way
many of us think about software development. This second edition
takes it farther and gives us a lot more of the ‘why’ of XP, the
motivations and the principles behind the practices. This is great
stuff. Armed with the ‘what’ and the ‘why,’ we can now all set out
to confidently work on the ‘how’: how to run our projects better,
and how to get agile techniques adopted in our organizations.”
– Dave Thomas, The Pragmatic Programmers LLC “This book is
dynamite! It was revolutionary when it first appeared a few years
ago, and this new edition is equally profound. For those who insist
on cookbook checklists, there’s an excellent chapter on ‘primary
practices,’ but I urge you to begin by truly contemplating the
meaning of the opening sentence in the first chapter of Kent Beck’s
book: ‘XP is about social change.’ You should do whatever it takes
to ensure that every IT professional and every IT manager–all the
way up to the CIO–has a copy of Extreme Programming Explained on
his or her desk.”
– Ed Yourdon, author and consultant “XP is a powerful set of
concepts for simplifying the process of software design,
development, and testing. It is about minimalism and
incrementalism, which are especially useful principles when
tackling complex problems that require a balance of creativity and
discipline.”
– Michael A. Cusumano, Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management,
and author of The Business of Software “ Extreme Programming
Explained is the work of a talented and passionate craftsman. Kent
Beck has brought together a compelling collection of ideas about
programming and management that deserves your full attention. My
only beef is that our profession has gotten to a point where such
common-sense ideas are labeled ‘extreme.’...”
– Lou Mazzucchelli, Fellow, Cutter Business Technology Council “If
your organization is ready for a change in the way it develops
software, there’s the slow incremental approach, fixing things one
by one, or the fast track, jumping feet first into Extreme
Programming. Do not be frightened by the name, it is not that
extreme at all. It is mostly good old recipes and common sense,
nicely integrated together, getting rid of all the fat that has
accumulated over the years.”
– Philippe Kruchten, UBC, Vancouver, British Columbia “Sometimes
revolutionaries get left behind as the movement they started takes
on a life of its own. In this book, Kent Beck shows that he remains
ahead of the curve, leading XP to its next level. Incorporating
five years of feedback, this book takes a fresh look at what it
takes to develop better software in less time and for less money.
There are no silver bullets here, just a set of practical
principles that, when used wisely, can lead to dramatic
improvements in software development productivity.”
– Mary Poppendieck, author of Lean Software Development: An Agile
Toolkit “Kent Beck has revised his classic book based on five more
years of applying and teaching XP. He shows how the path to XP is
both easy and hard: It can be started with fewer practices, and yet
it challenges teams to go farther than ever.”
– William Wake, independent consultant “With new insights, wisdom
from experience, and clearer explanations of the art of Extreme
Programming, this edition of Beck’s classic will help many realize
the dream of outstanding software development.”
– Joshua Kerievsky, author of Refactoring to Patterns and Founder,
Industrial Logic, Inc. “XP has changed the way our industry thinks
about software development. Its brilliant simplicity, focused
execution, and insistence on fact-based planning over speculation
have set a new standard for software delivery.”
– David Trowbridge, Architect, Microsoft Corporation
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