Large-Scale Agile Frameworks

ISBN-13: 9783662677810 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023

Sascha Block

Opis

The book Large-Scale Agile Frameworks provides practical solutions for cross-team and cross-functional prioritization of requirements and documentation for enterprises. It reflects the interplay of current technology trends such as cloud computing and organizational requirements for microservices. Organizations are increasingly required to align their IT strategy with customer needs for customer-centric and service-oriented products and services. The book analyzes the unique requirements of a differentiated software service offering and shows how agile principles are effective in addressing these issues. The book also highlights the importance of large-scale agile development and provides guidance to organizations on how to transform their structure towards agile prioritization. The book covers various appropriate models, methodologies, and agile tools and provides recommendations for cross-functional prioritization of requirements. It also considers the need for IT security and shows how it can be integrated into the overall agile development process.

Spis treści

Agile process models, concepts and basic terms - Software releases and release management - How to adapt a large-scale Agile framework and implement it in your organization - Influencing factors of the cloud trend and virtualization - Software architecture & IT security as an integral part of agile practice - Effective use of design thinking & prototyping - Agile infrastructure and Agile tools - Pragmatic software architecture documentation - DevOps methods and DevOps tools - ISO/IEC 25010 - Software quality criteria - Data quality - Lifeblood of digitalization.

O autorze

Sascha Block is an IT architect and has several years of practical experience as an agile coach in digitization projects. As a business information scientist with a Master of Science in IT Management and Consulting from the University of Hamburg, the author combines his science-oriented approach with practical experience in agile IT projects to work on innovative and future-oriented solutions in a targeted manner.

Blurb

Why should you look at Large-Scale Agile Frameworks? 
Agility in companies and organizations is becoming increasingly important. This book supports you with practical solutions and tools for the overarching prioritization of requirements for software development. Enable the best possible digital solutions and establish an optimal flow of information in your organization. With agile structures - the Large-Scale Agile Frameworks - organizations become more adaptable. As a result, they can respond faster to change and become more competitive. Science-oriented, Large-Scale Agile Frameworks are examined in the context of Large-Scale Agile Development, agile methodology and tools. With Domain Driven Design, the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and the Spotify Engineering Model, three well-known representatives are presented. Current technology topics such as the cloud trend or the organizational requirements with regard to microservices and IT security are reflected. 

Content: 
Agile process models, concepts and basic terms – Software releases and release management – How to adapt and implement a large-scale Agile framework – Cloud trend and virtualization – Software architecture & IT security – Design thinking & Prototyping – Agile Infrastructure and Agile Tools – Software architecture documentation – DevOps methods and tools – ISO / IEC 25010 – Software quality – Data quality

Target groups:

• Project leaders of IT projects, managers, directors, CIOs and CDOs
• Executives, players and stakeholders in companies and administration digitization 
• Scrum masters, Agile coaches, product owners, IT/software architects

The Author:

Sascha Block is an IT architect and has several years of practical experience in digitization projects. As a business information scientist with a Master of Science in IT Management and Consulting from the University of Hamburg, the author combines his science-oriented approach with practical experience in agile IT projects to work on innovative and future-oriented solutions in a targeted manner.

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