Reviews for Changing Software Development: Learning to Become Agile

1. Change is good

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, October 12st, 2009

   If you want to persist in trying to stick to a deterministic plan in a changing world, don't read this book.
   
   A thought provoking book, that will make managers and developers question and think about how they can continuously improve their organisations to produce evolving useful software through learning and change.
   
   Looking at a software product only through the single lens of either technological, process or domain knowledge perspectives is not the way to create useful software. Useful software will change the business domain as everyone involved with the software learns, creating a feedback loop of change and further learning
   
   This book will give you ideas on how you can make learning and change a friend.

2. Thought Provoking

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, October 12th, 2009

   One of the useful idea I gained by reading this book was that in order to change, you must first learn a new way of doing things.
   
   This thoughtful book explains how to help a software team to change, and challenges the idea that developing software is an engineering discipline. Instead Kelly proposes it is an exercise in learning and knowledge creation.
   
   This book explains how to promote knowledge and learning within your company, with the end goal being to create a learning organisation. It also talks about change and how to make it happen.
   
   I would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to improve a software team, department or company.