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User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development
Don’t you just hate the cult of the personality? In this case we have a volume in the Kent Beck Signature series. Do you know who Kent Beck is? Well the assumption is that you do and the Foreword and Preface will fill you in if you don’t. This is an Agile Programming book and it promises to be very waffly because it focuses on requirements analysis and the “Agile” approach via “user stories”. I didn’t expect to like it, but I have to do an about-face and admit that even with my pre-conceptions of the author, I enjoyed it. There is much that is stirring, and if it does nothing else it will inspire you to try to do things in a sensible and reasonable fashion. It really isn’t that ‘extreme’ and a lot of common sense ideas are proposed and refined. Even if you don’t have any idea what XP is all about, this particular book should leave you with a warm glow and an intention to do better. My only reservation is that if you don’t already agree with the basic ideas my guess is that the warm glow and the intentions vanish much like unrealistic New Year’s resolutions. If you are bright and sensitive to users then you probably don’t need a “method” but will find one consoling. If you aren’t a natural at dealing with user requirements then you probably need a stronger method than the gentle ideas expressed here. A good book but is it extolling a good method? Who can say? |
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