On Fri, February 16, 2007 12:13 pm, James G. Sack (jim) wrote: > Aside: I would argue that the term "self-directed teams" > may not be an agreed synonym for "agile". >
</me nods with a pained grin> > I own these books, and would be willing to loan. > > Barry Boehm (a respected greybeard) has a book perhaps closely matching > your question: > Balancing Agility and Discipline > A Guide for the Perplexed > ISBN 0-321-18612-5 (Addison-Wesley, 2004) > This may be exactly what I'm looking for. And, yes, I know well (and respect) the BOW of B. Boehm. > Alistar Cockburn tries to address this issue in his "Crystal Family" > concept. The small-team end of his crystal spectrum is in: > Crystal Clear > A Human-Powered Methodology for Small Teams > ISBN 0-201-69947-8 (Addison-Wesley, 2005) > New to me. > Other writers you see a lot are Scott Ambler, .. > Oh well, heres' some of my bookmarks > - - - >> NAME=Mountain Goat Software >> URL=http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/ >> >> NAME=XProgramming.com - an Agile Software Development Resource >> URL=http://xprogramming.com/ >> >> NAME=Software Engineering Resources - Construx Software >> URL=http://www.construx.com/resources/cka/ >> >> NAME=Wicked >> URL=http://www.poppendieck.com/wicked.htm >> >> NAME=The Rally Coach's Corner: Rally Software Development >> URL=http://www.rallydev.com/coaches_corner_lp.jsp >> >> NAME=Critical Chain Project Management >> URL=http://www.focusedperformance.com/articles/ccpm.html >> >> NAME=Poppendieck.LLC >> URL=http://www.poppendieck.com/ >> >> NAME=Agile Modeling (AM) Home Page: Effective Practices for Modeling and >> Documentation >> URL=http://www.agilemodeling.com/ >> >> NAME=www.agiledata.org Home Page >> URL=http://www.agiledata.org/ >> >> NAME=Agile Alliance :: Article Library >> URL=http://www.agilealliance.com/articles >> >> NAME=Lean Construction Institute >> URL=http://www.leanconstruction.org/ >> >> NAME=www.refactoring.be >> URL=http://www.refactoring.be/ >> >> NAME=Martin Fowler >> URL=http://www.martinfowler.com/ >> >> NAME=Extreme Programming and the Capability Maturity Model >> URL=http://www.xprogramming.com/xpmag/xp_and_cmm.htm >> >> NAME=http://www.stsc.hill.af.mil/images/icon_crosstalk.gif >> URL=http://www.stsc.hill.af.mil/images/icon_crosstalk.gif >> >> NAME=An Introduction to ISO 9000, 9001, 9002, ISO 9000:2000 >> URL=http://software.isixsigma.com/library/content/c000917a.asp >> >> NAME=It's Not Software >> URL=http://opal.cabochon.com/~stevey/blog-rants/its-not-software >> >> NAME=TQM and ISO 9000 Web-based Information >> URL=http://www.gslis.utexas.edu/~rpollock/tqm.html#iso >> >> NAME=ISO 9001 2000 in Plain English - Page 1 of 2 >> URL=http://www.praxiom.com/iso-9001.htm >> >> NAME=Software Reality >> URL=http://www.softwarereality.com/ >> >> > Any of the latest writers about project management in general seem to > deal with the same questions you ask: > > Steve McConnell > Rapid Development > Taming Wild software Schedules > ISBN 1-55615 (Microsoft, 1996) -- did I say _recent_ > > Scott Berkun > The Art of Project Management > ISBN 0-596-00786-8 (O'Reilly, 2005) > > My take is that there are dreadfully few people responsible for software > development who have a good grasp of project management. The good ones > will most nearly achieve the title of Boehm's book. > > Another personal observation: risk management is ignored at your own > peril. > > Regards, > ..jim > Wow! Thanks! -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
