Agile Modeling: Effective Practices for eXtreme Programming and the Unified Process Paperback – 21 Mar. 2002

Thank you!

Good presentation on modeling and documentation on Agile projects. Takes courage to stand against mainstream "Agile" on such matters. A little repetitive and could be shorten to half. Unfortunately a characteristics of the author, not the easiest one to read.The author has an extensive work on agile development and is still unknown to many. His deep hands-on experience is very relevant on applying Agile to areas others failed to address, such as databases and enterprise level.

Great e-seller

This is a good book on an important topic. If anyone has been involved in modelling complex software systems using a heavyweight process like RUP they will have found that they spent either all their time keeping their models current or ignoring them because they were not. It is very unlikely that anyone is going to be in a better position to model software written halfway though a project than just before it is needed and agile modeling addresses this.The one star here is missing for the author not following his own advice for conciseness and simplicity when preparing the text. I often found myself reading the same information at different points in the text. As a 200 page book it might have been easier to persuade others to read it. This contrasts with Kent Becks book eXtreme Programming explained which says about as much but manages to stay below 200 pages.Buy this book, it will be bring benefits but dont be scared to skip a few pages here and there.