Changing Software Development Learning to Become Agile

by Kelly, Allan

• ISBN13: 9780470515044
• ISBN10: 047051504X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-02-11
• Publisher: WILEY

Summary

Changing Software Development explains why software development is an exercise in change management and organizational intelligence. An underlying belief is that change is learning and learning creates knowledge. By blending the theory of knowledge management, developers and managers will gain the tools to enhance learning and change to accommodate new innovative approaches such as agile and lean computing.Changing Software Development is peppered with practical advice and case studies to explain how and why knowledge, learning and change are important in the development process. Today, managers are pre-occupied with knowledge management, organization learning and change management; while software developers are often ignorant of the bigger issues embedded in their work. This innovative book bridges this divide by linking the software world of technology and processes to the business world of knowledge, learning and change.

Author Biography

Allan Kelly worked as a developer for over 10 years, and now helps software teams and companies improve their ability to deliver software. Patterns, other writing and more information can be found on his website: http://www.allankelly.net

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Why read this book?

Who are software developers?

Software developers are knowledge workers

Drucker's challenge

Prototype of future knowledge workers

Software: embedded knowledge

Authority and leadership

Practical theory

Begin with yourself

Book organisation

Understanding Agile

Roots of Agile thinking

Positioning Agile

Common practices of Agile teams

Applicability outside of software development

Conclusion

Knowledge

The difference between Knowledge and Information

Knowledge into action

Explicit and Tacit knowledge

Sticky knowledge

Problems with knowledge

Where is knowledge in software development?

Knowledge creations

Conclusion

Learning

Three knowledge domains

Developing software is learning

Learning benefits your business

Learning theories

Learning, change, innovation, problem solving

The role of leaders

Seed learning

Conclusion

The learning organisation

Defining the learning organisation

The infinite and the finite game

Layers of the organisations

Learning in practice: Senge's view

Blocks to learning

Conclusion

Information Technology - the bringer of change

Change

Benefits of technology change

Change is what IT people do to other people

Software projects fail: why are we surprised?

Change starts with business requirements

Conclusion

Understanding change

Defining change

Change spectrum

Radical change

Routine change in software development

Continuous improvement

Charting a course

Internal and External forces for change

Conclusion

Change models

Learning and Change

Lewin's change theory

Satir's theory of change

Kotter

Theory E and Theory O of change

Appreciative inquiry

Models, models, models

Motivating change

When not to change

Conclusion

Making change happen

Build a case for change

Slack in action: make time and space for learning and change

Leading the change

Create feedback loops

Remove barriers

Conclusion

Individuals and empowerment

Involve people

Coaching

Empowerment

That difficult individual

Developing the next leaders

Time to go

Conclusion

Rehearsing tomorrow

Future memories

Planning

Change events

Outsiders

Conclusion

New beginnings

The change problem

Bottom-up over top-down

Begin with yourself

Making learning happen

Create a vision, draw up a plan

Three interlocking ideas

Change never ends

Conclusion Further reading Agile and Lean software development Business Knowledge Learning and Change

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