Clean Agile, Robert C. Martin
Clean Agile, Robert C. Martin
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Clean Agile
Back to Basics

Author: Robert C. Martin

Narrator: Theodore O'Brien

Unabridged: 5 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 02/19/2021

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Agile Values and Principles for a New Generation
"In the journey to all things Agile, Uncle Bob has been there, done that, and has the both the t-shirt and the scars to show for it. This delightful book is part history, part personal stories, and all wisdom. If you want to understand what Agile is and how it came to be, this is the book for you."
-Grady Booch
"Bob's frustration colors every sentence of Clean Agile, but it's a justified frustration. What is in the world of Agile development is nothing compared to what could be. This book is Bob's perspective on what to focus on to get to that 'what could be.' And he's been there, so it's worth listening."
-Kent Beck
"It's good to read Uncle Bob's take on Agile. Whether just beginning, or a seasoned Agilista, you would do well to read this book. I agree with almost all of it. It's just some of the parts make me realize my own shortcomings, dammit. It made me double-check our code coverage (85.09%)."
-Jon Kern

Nearly twenty years after the Agile Manifesto was first presented, the legendary Robert C. Martin ("Uncle Bob") reintroduces Agile values and principles for a new generation-programmers and nonprogrammers alike. Martin, author of Clean Code and other highly influential software development guides, was there at Agile's founding. Now, in Clean Agile: Back to Basics, he strips away misunderstandings and distractions that over the years have made it harder to use Agile than was originally intended.

Martin describes what Agile is in no uncertain terms: a small discipline that helps small teams manage small projects . . . with huge implications because every big project is comprised of many small projects. Drawing on his fifty years' experience with projects of every conceivable type, he shows how Agile can help you bring true professionalism to software development.
- Get back to the basics-what Agile is, was, and should always be
- Understand the origins, and proper practice, of SCRUM
- Master essential business-facing Agile practices, from small releases and acceptance tests to whole-team communication
- Explore Agile team members' relationships with each other, and with their product
- Rediscover indispensable Agile technical practices: TDD, refactoring, simple design, and pair programming
- Understand the central roles values and craftsmanship play in your Agile team's success

If you want Agile's true benefits, there are no shortcuts: You need to do Agile right. Clean Agile: Back to Basics will show you how, whether you're a developer, tester, manager, project manager, or customer.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jurgen on December 11, 2019

Great back-to-basics overview and historical perspective.......more

Goodreads review by Angel on January 26, 2020

This book is not an introductory text. Indeed, it requires that you'd been in the software industry for the last years because it's a deep analysis of the Agile movement and how and why it was created, and how it has evolved and adopted by the teams and companies. Robert Martin's vision is clear here......more

Goodreads review by Felix on August 01, 2024

1st read (Dec 2022) 3/5: In my opinion this book is a worse summary of other classic development books (XP, Refactoring) mixed with some personal anecdotes from Uncle Bob. It contained a lot of the contents from XP but I liked the XP book way more. I would say this book is an additional read and that......more

Goodreads review by Osvaldo on March 31, 2021

This is that kind of book that you need to read ignoring the author that is not a good human being. A summary of this book would be: read the Kent Beck's eXtreme Programming Explained and ignore all the Agile bullshit. And I agree with that part. Some arguments ignores some situations that happens in......more

Goodreads review by Regis on August 27, 2021

It is very interesting how we usually change the meaning of concepts over time and the original meaning is lost. To recover the original meaning, it is necessary to have a context in which this concept was created and Uncle Bob is one of the best storytellers possible to do that job. Because it is so......more