A Practical Guide to Feature-Driven Development

By Stephen Palmer, John (Mac) Felsing

Feature-Driven Development (FDD) combines the speed and flexibility of agile methods with model-driven techniques that scale to the largest projects. This definitive book, A Practical Guide to Feature-Driven Development, shows FDD at work in real-world projects as it presents start-to-finish guidance on adapting FDD to the reader's needs. It offers in-depth coverage of all five FDD stages: modeling, feature lists, planning, design, and software construction.

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Agile Management for Software Engineering: Applying the Theory of Constraints for Business Results

By David Anderson

In this book, David Anderson applies Goldratt's approach (outlined in his Theory of Constraints) to the challenges of software development--in terms of both project management and business goals. He offers guidance on creating management discipline for all phases of the engineering process, implementing realistic financial and production metrics, and focusing on customer value. Anderson takes agile development, which is a loose-leaf collection of unintegrated practices, and transforms it into a serious discipline with a firm foundation.

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	"This book does a good job of describing the methods employed at Sprintpcs.com ... over 250 people practicing Feature Driven Development and reporting their progress to me at the monthly operations review." --Scott B. Relf, Chief Marketing Officer, Sprint PCS