Becoming Agile: ...in an imperfect world (Paperback)

Many books discuss Agile from a theoretical or academic perspective. Becoming Agile takes a different approach and focuses on explaining Agile from a case-study perspective. Agile principles are discussed, explained, and then demonstrated in the context of a case study that flows throughout the book. The case study is based on a mixture of the author's real-world experiences.

Becoming Agile also focuses on the importance of adapting Agile principles to the realities of your environment. In the early days of Agile, there was a general belief that Agile had to be used in all phases of a project, and that it had to be used in its purest form. Over the last few years, reputable Agile authorities have begun questioning this belief: We're finding that the best deployments of Agile are customized to the realities of a given company.

Becoming Agile discusses the cultural realities of deploying Agile and how to deal with the needs of executives, managers, and the development team during migration. The author discusses employee motivation and establishing incentives that reward support of Agile techniques.

許多書籍從理論或學術的角度討論敏捷開發。《Becoming Agile》則以不同的方式，從案例研究的角度來解釋敏捷開發。書中討論並解釋了敏捷開發原則，並通過貫穿整本書的案例研究來演示這些原則。案例研究基於作者的實際經驗。

《Becoming Agile》還著重於將敏捷開發原則適應到實際環境中的重要性。在敏捷開發的早期，普遍認為敏捷開發必須在項目的所有階段中使用，並且必須以純粹的形式使用。然而，在過去幾年中，有聲望的敏捷開發權威開始質疑這種觀點：我們發現，最好的敏捷開發部署是根據特定公司的實際情況進行定制的。

《Becoming Agile》討論了在部署敏捷開發時的文化現實，以及如何滿足高管、經理和開發團隊在遷移過程中的需求。作者討論了員工動機和建立獎勵制度，以鼓勵支持敏捷開發技術。