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Abrahamson, Eric and Freeman, David H.: A Perfect Mess: The Hidden Benefits of Disorder
Abrahamson, Eric: Abrahamson, Eric and Freeman, David H.
absolutes: Software Development is a Balancing Act
Adams, Ansel: Craft a Product Vision
adaptive: The Inconvenient Nature of Software Development
Agile Manifesto: Deliver Early and Often; Increase Developer Engagement; Plan Thoughtfully But Be Prepared for Change; Remain Open to Fresh Learning; Shorten Feedback Loops; Stay Focused on the Creation of Working Software for Real People
alternatives: Consider Alternatives
Ambler, Scott: Understand the Arc of Your Project
American Pschological Association: Multitasking: Switching costs
American Psychological Association: American Psychological Association
Apple: Build Great Teams; Govern Wisely; Stay Focused on the Creation of Working Software for Real People
approvals: Documentation Is Not an End Unto Itself
arc: Understand the Arc of Your Project
architectural runway: Just Enough Design Up Front
architecture: Glossary; Just Enough Design Up Front; Software is Different
arguments: Have Wonderful Arguments
Argyris, Chris and Schön, Donald: Argyris, Chris and Schön, Donald; Theory in Practice: Increasing Professional Effectiveness
Argyris, Chris: A Deliberate Approach to Decision-Making
artful making: Software Development is a Craft
Austin, Rob and Devin, Lee: Artful Making: What Managers Need to Know About How Artists Work; Austin, Rob and Devin, Lee
Austin, Robert D.: Adventures of an IT Leader; Austin, Robert D.; Austin, Robert D.; Nolan, Richard L. and O'Donnell, Shannon; Do Not Place Excessive Faith in Project and Program Management; Measuring and Managing Performance in Organizations; Software Development is a Craft; The Inconvenient Nature of Software Development
author: About the Author
automated testing: Make Problems Visible
automation: Automate Repetitive Tasks
autonomy: Entrepreneurial Leadership; Increase Developer Engagement
Avitzur, Ron: Avitzur, Ron; The Graphing Calculator Story

— B —

Badaracco, Joseph L. Jr.: Self-Organizing Teams
Badaracco, Joseph L.: Badaracco, Joseph L.
Badaracco, Jr., Joseph L.: Leading Quietly: An Unorthodox Guide to Doing the Right Thing
balance: Software Development is a Balancing Act
batch sizes: Deliver Early and Often
BDUF: Just Enough Design Up Front
Beatles, the: Increase Developer Engagement
Beck, Kent et al.: Beck, Kent et al.; Manifesto for Agile Software Development; Principles of Agile Software Development
Behr, Kevin: Configuration Management; Kim, Gene, Behr, Kevin and Spafford, George; Quality Requires Extra Effort; Stay Focused on the Creation of Working Software for Real People
Berkun, Scott: Berkun, Scott; Plan Thoughtfully But Be Prepared for Change; The Myths of Innovation
Bezos, Jeff: Remain Open to Fresh Learning; Understand the Arc of Your Project
Block, Peter: Block, Peter; Entrepreneurial Leadership; The Empowered Manager: Positive Political Skills at Work
Boehm, Barry and Turner, Richard: Balancing Agility and Discipline: A Guide for the Perplexed; Boehm, Barry and Turner, Richard
Boehm, Barry: Software Development is a Balancing Act
Borenstein, Nathaniel: Borenstein, Nathaniel; Create Value for Customers; Programming As If People Mattered: Friendly Programs, Software Engineering, and Other Noble Delusions
Boynton, Andy and Fischer, Bill: Boynton, Andy and Fischer, Bill; Virtuoso Teams: The extraordinary stories of extraordinary teams
Brooks, Fred: Brooks, Fred; Craft a Product Vision; Developers Are Not Interchangeable; Master Planner: Fred Brooks Shows How to Design Anything; Stay Focused on the Creation of Working Software for Real People; The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering
Brown, William J., McCormick III, Hays W. and Thomas, Scott W.: AntiPatterns and Patterns in Software Configuration Management; Brown, William J., McCormick III, Hays W. and Thomas, Scott W.
Buckingham, Marcus and Coffman, Curt: Buckingham, Marcus and Coffman, Curt; First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently
Build-Measure-Learn Cycle: Plan-Do-Check-Act
Burgess, Mark: Craft a Product Vision
burn down chart: Self-Organizing Teams

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Camus, Albert: Increase Developer Engagement
can-do attitude: Consider What Might Go Wrong
Capability Maturity Model: Stay Focused on the Creation of Working Software for Real People
capacity allocation: Limit Work in Progress; Plan Thoughtfully But Be Prepared for Change
Case Western Reserve University: Just Enough Design Up Front
caution: Caution
caveat emptor: Let the Buyer Beware
change management: Configuration Management; Documentation Is Not an End Unto Itself
change: Plan Thoughtfully But Be Prepared for Change
checklists: Quality Requires Extra Effort
Chesterton, G. K.: Craft a Product Vision
Chief Engineer's Concept Paper: Craft a Product Vision
Churchill, Winston: Self-Organizing Teams
CI: Don't Wait to Integrate
CM: Configuration Management
CMM: Stay Focused on the Creation of Working Software for Real People
Cockburn, Alistair: A Deliberate Approach to Decision-Making; Agile Software Development; Cockburn, Alistair; Communicate Clearly; Communicating, cooperating teams; Craft a Product Vision; Show Rather than Tell; Using Both Incremental and Iterative Development; What engineering has in common with manufacturing and why it matters
code as design: Just Enough Design Up Front
code reviews: Make Problems Visible
cohesion: Cohesion; Craft a Product Vision
Colophon: Colophon
communication: Communicate Clearly
Community of Practice: Cohesion
competitive differentiation: Govern Wisely
concept: Craft a Product Vision
conceptual integrity: Craft a Product Vision
concurrent development: A Deliberate Approach to Decision-Making
configuration management: Configuration Management
Constantine, Larry and Lockwood, Lucy: Constantine, Larry and Lockwood, Lucy; Software for Use: A Practical Guide to the Models and Methods of Usage-Centered Design
Constantine, Larry: Just Enough Design Up Front; Simplify and Generalize
consultants: Stay Focused on the Creation of Working Software for Real People
Contingency Reserve: When Estimating, the Whole is Definitely Greater than the Sum of its Parts
continuous integration: Don't Wait to Integrate
Conversational Capacity: Have Wonderful Arguments
CoP: Cohesion
copyright: Copyrights
CoQ: Quality Requires Extra Effort
Cost of Quality: Quality Requires Extra Effort
COTS: Let the Buyer Beware
coupling: Loose Coupling
courage: Entrepreneurial Leadership
cowboy development: Just Enough Design Up Front
craftsmanship: Software Development is a Craft
cross-functional team: Build Great Teams
customer proxy: Pick the Right Sort of Customer Proxy
customer: Agree on Terms of Engagement; Create Value for Customers; Deliver Early and Often; Glossary; Seek First to Understand Your Customer
customization: Let the Buyer Beware
cycle time: Deliver Early and Often
Cynefin framework: Acknowledge Uncertainty

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daily standup: Self-Organizing Teams
Davis, Alan M.: 201 Principles of Software Development; Consider Alternatives; Davis, Alan M.; Decomposition; Just Enough Requirements Management: Where Software Development Meets Marketing; Seek First to Understand Your Customer; Software Development is a Balancing Act
Daylight: Daylight; What is Design Thinking?
death march: Govern Wisely
debate: Have Wonderful Arguments
decisions: A Deliberate Approach to Decision-Making
decomposition: Decomposition; Show Rather than Tell
Definition of Done: Self-Organizing Teams
definitions: Glossary
delegation: Entrepreneurial Leadership
Deliver: Understand the Arc of Your Project
deliverables: Tailor Thoughtfully
delivery: Deliver Early and Often
DeMarco, Tom and Lister, Timothy: DeMarco, Tom and Lister, Timothy; Waltzing with Bears: Managing Risk on Software Projects
DeMarco, Tom, Hruschka, Peter, Lister, Tim, McMenamin, Steve, Robertson, James and Robertson, Suzanne: Adrenaline Junkies and Template Zombies: Understanding Patterns of Project Behavior
DeMarco, Tom: Consider What Might Go Wrong; DeMarco, Tom; DeMarco, Tom, Hruschka, Peter, Lister, Tim, McMenamin, Steve, Robertson, James and Robertson, Suzanne; Do Not Place Excessive Faith in Project and Program Management; Documentation Is Not an End Unto Itself; Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams (Second Edition)
Deming, W. Edwards: Quality Requires Extra Effort
demos: Shorten Feedback Loops; Show Rather than Tell
design patterns: Use Things Already Known to Work
Design Thinking: Plan-Do-Check-Act
design: Just Enough Design Up Front; Software Development is a Craft; Software is Different
developer: Developers are Always Growing; Developers Are Not Interchangeable; Glossary
Devin, Lee: Software Development is a Craft
DevOps: Configuration Management
dictionary: Glossary
Discover: Understand the Arc of Your Project
diversity: Build Great Teams
documentation: Communicate Clearly; Documentation Is Not an End Unto Itself
DoD: Self-Organizing Teams
Don't Repeat Yourself: Automate Repetitive Tasks; Use Things Already Known to Work
Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition: Developers are Always Growing; Developers Are Not Interchangeable; Tailor Thoughtfully
Drive to Decisions: Understand the Arc of Your Project
DRY: Automate Repetitive Tasks; Use Things Already Known to Work
Dymond, Ken: A Guide to the CMM: Understanding the Capability Maturity Model for Software; Dymond, Ken

— E —

Earned Value Management: Do Not Place Excessive Faith in Project and Program Management; EVM for Mere Mortals; Govern Wisely
economic: Take a Long-Term Economic Perspective
Einstein, Albert: Einstein, Albert; On the Method of Theoretical Physics; Simplify and Generalize
Eisenhower, Dwight D.: Eisenhower, Dwight D.; Plan Thoughtfully But Be Prepared for Change; Six Crises
elephant: Plan Thoughtfully But Be Prepared for Change
Elssamadisy, Amr: Agile Adoption Patterns: A Roadmap to Organizational Success; Elssamadisy, Amr
email: Communicate Clearly
employee engagement: Increase Developer Engagement
encapsulation: Loose Coupling
engagement: Increase Developer Engagement
engineering: Software is Different
entrepreneurial: Entrepreneurial Leadership
epic: Decomposition
estimating: When Estimating, the Whole is Definitely Greater than the Sum of its Parts
EVM: Do Not Place Excessive Faith in Project and Program Management; EVM for Mere Mortals; Govern Wisely
execution: Execution
experiment: Plan-Do-Check-Act
extremism: Software Development is a Balancing Act

— F —

Fackler, Martin: Fackler, Martin; Make Problems Visible; The 'Toyota Way' Is Translated for a New Generation of Foreign Managers
factory: A Deliberate Approach to Decision-Making; Software Development is a Craft
faster horses: Seek First to Understand Your Customer
feature bloat: Craft a Product Vision
feature: Decomposition; Glossary
feedback loop: Deliver Early and Often
feedback: Shorten Feedback Loops
Feynman, Richard: This Thinking Business
filmmaking: Build Great Teams
flow: Decrease Friction, Increase Flow
Ford, Henry: Seek First to Understand Your Customer
Freeman, David H.: Abrahamson, Eric and Freeman, David H.
friction: Decrease Friction, Increase Flow
front-loading: Consider Alternatives
fundamentals: Fundamental

— G —

Gall, John: Gall, John; Just Enough Design Up Front; Systemantics: How Systems Really Work and How They Fail
Gamma, Erich: Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software; Gamma, Erich; Helm, Richard; Johnson, Ralph and Glissades, John
gates: Software is Different; Understand the Arc of Your Project
Gawande, Atul: Gawande, Atul; Quality Requires Extra Effort; The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
Gehry, Frank: Just Enough Design Up Front
generalize: Simplify and Generalize
Glass, Robert L.: Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering; Glass, Robert L.; Quality Requires Extra Effort
Glazer, Hillel et al.: CMMI or Agile: Why Not Embrace Both!; Glazer, Hillel et al.
Glazer, Hillel: Stay Focused on the Creation of Working Software for Real People
glossary: Glossary
Goldwater, Barry: Software Development is a Balancing Act
governance: Govern Wisely; What's Not Done is as Important as What's Done
greatness: Entrepreneurial Leadership
gremlins: Do Not Place Excessive Faith in Project and Program Management
Gretzky, Wayne: Govern Wisely
growth: Developers are Always Growing
Gualtieri, Mike: Create Value for Customers; Excuses, excuses: The Business Doesn't Know What It Wants; Gualtieri, Mike
guild: Cohesion
gurus: Stay Focused on the Creation of Working Software for Real People

— H —

Hammett, Dashiell: Consider What Might Go Wrong; Hammett, Dashiell; The Dain Curse; This Thinking Business
happy path: Consider What Might Go Wrong
hardware: Software is Different
Heckel, Paul: Create Value for Customers; Heckel, Paul; The Elements of Friendly Software Design
Helm, Richard: Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software; Gamma, Erich; Helm, Richard; Johnson, Ralph and Glissades, John
hero's journey: Understand the Arc of Your Project
hierarchy: Self-Organizing Teams
Highsmith, Jim: Adaptive Software Development: A Collaborative Approach to Managing Complex Systems; Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products; Agile Software Development Ecosystems; Highsmith, Jim; Increase Developer Engagement; The Measure of a Management System
Hitchcock, Alfred: Understand the Arc of Your Project
Holmes, Oliver Wendell: Simplify and Generalize
horse: Plan Thoughtfully But Be Prepared for Change
Hruschka, Peter: DeMarco, Tom, Hruschka, Peter, Lister, Tim, McMenamin, Steve, Robertson, James and Robertson, Suzanne
humanities: Software Development is a Craft
Humphrey, Watts: A Discipline for Software Engineering; Build Great Teams; Developers Are Not Interchangeable; Govern Wisely; Humphrey, Watts; Managing the Software Process; Quality Requires Extra Effort; Software Development is a Craft; Software is Different; Understand the Arc of Your Project; Winning with Software: An Executive Strategy
Hurst, Mark: Bit Literacy: Productivity in the Age of Information and E-mail Overload; Hurst, Mark; Let the Buyer Beware

— I —

IaC: Automate Repetitive Tasks
IBM: Have Wonderful Arguments; Software is Different; Stay Focused on the Creation of Working Software for Real People
ilities: Quality Requires Extra Effort
inconvenient: The Inconvenient Nature of Software Development
incremental development: Show Rather than Tell
independent software vendor: Let the Buyer Beware
index: Reference
industrial making: Software Development is a Craft
Infrastructure as Code: Automate Repetitive Tasks
initiation: Initiation
Innes, Michael: Innes, Michael; Seven Suspects; This Thinking Business
innovation: Plan Thoughtfully But Be Prepared for Change
inspections: Quality Requires Extra Effort
institutionalize: Stay Focused on the Creation of Working Software for Real People
Integrated Product Team: Build Great Teams
integration: Don't Wait to Integrate
interchangeable: Developers Are Not Interchangeable
Introduction: Introduction
inventory: Deliver Early and Often
IPT: Build Great Teams
ISV: Let the Buyer Beware
Iteration Zero: Understand the Arc of Your Project
iteration: Glossary
iterative development: Show Rather than Tell
Ive, Jony: Entrepreneurial Leadership

— J —

Javadoc: Documentation Is Not an End Unto Itself
jazz: Build Great Teams
JEDUF: Just Enough Design Up Front
Jenson, Scott: Jenson, Scott; Simplify and Generalize; The Simplicity Shift: Innovative Design Tactics in a Corporate World
Jobs, Steve: Apple's One-Dollar-a-Year Man; Brent Schlender's Conversations with Steve Jobs; Business Week Interview with Steve Jobs; Conversation with Walt Mossberg; Craft a Product Vision; Govern Wisely; Have Wonderful Arguments; Increase Developer Engagement; Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer that Changed Everything; Jobs, Steve; Macworld Keynote; Show Rather than Tell; Simplify and Generalize; Software Development is a Craft; Stay Focused on the Creation of Working Software for Real People; Steve Jobs's Ultimate Lesson for Companies; Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview
Johnson, Barry: Johnson, Barry; Polarity Management: Identifying and Managing Unsolvable Problems
Johnson, Ralph and Glissades, John: Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software; Gamma, Erich; Helm, Richard; Johnson, Ralph and Glissades, John

— K —

Kahneman, Daniel: Kahneman, Daniel; Thinking, Fast and Slow
Kay, Alan: Simplify and Generalize
Kennedy, Michael N.: Kennedy, Michael N.; Plan Thoughtfully But Be Prepared for Change; Product Development for the Lean Enterprise
Kim, Gene, Behr, Kevin and Spafford, George: The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
Kim, Gene: Configuration Management; Kim, Gene, Behr, Kevin and Spafford, George; Quality Requires Extra Effort; Stay Focused on the Creation of Working Software for Real People
Knowledge Management: Acknowledge Uncertainty
knowns: When Estimating, the Whole is Definitely Greater than the Sum of its Parts
Knuth, Donald: Software Development is a Craft
Kovitz, Benjamin L.: Kovitz, Benjamin L.; Practical Software Requirements: A Manual of Content and Style
Kovitz, Benjamin: Use Things Already Known to Work
Krug, Steve: Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition; Krug, Steve

— L —

last responsible moment: A Deliberate Approach to Decision-Making
leadership: Build Great Teams; Consider What Might Go Wrong; Leadership
Lean Startup Method: Plan-Do-Check-Act
lean: Build Great Teams; Deliver Early and Often; Make Problems Visible
learning loops: Shorten Feedback Loops
learning: Remain Open to Fresh Learning
Leffingwell, Dean: Leffingwell, Dean; Scaling Software Agility: Best Practices for Large Enterprises; Understand the Arc of Your Project
Lennon, John: Increase Developer Engagement; Lennon, John; The Beatles Anthology
Lewis, Bob: Bob Lewis's IS Survival Guide; Craft a Product Vision; Deliver Early and Often; Lewis, Bob
Lewis, C. S.: An Experiment in Criticism; Introduction; Lewis, C. S.
liberal arts: Software Development is a Craft
lightweight markup: Communicate Clearly
Liker, Jeffrey K.: Consider Alternatives; Entrepreneurial Leadership; Seek First to Understand Your Customer
Liker, Jeffrey: Liker, Jeffrey; The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer
Lister, Tim: DeMarco, Tom, Hruschka, Peter, Lister, Tim, McMenamin, Steve, Robertson, James and Robertson, Suzanne
Lister, Timothy: Consider What Might Go Wrong; Do Not Place Excessive Faith in Project and Program Management
Lockwood, Lucy: Just Enough Design Up Front; Simplify and Generalize
Lohr, Steve: Go To; Lohr, Steve; Software Development is a Craft; Software is Different
Lopp, Michael: Build Great Teams; Entrepreneurial Leadership; Lopp, Michael; Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager

— M —

Macroscope: Tailor Thoughtfully
malleability: Software is Different
Management Reserve: Govern Wisely; When Estimating, the Whole is Definitely Greater than the Sum of its Parts
management: Leadership
manufacturing: A Deliberate Approach to Decision-Making; Software is Different
Markdown: Communicate Clearly
Marsalis, Wynton and Ward, Geoffrey: Marsalis, Wynton and Ward, Geoffrey; Moving to Higher Ground: How Jazz Can Change Your Life
Marsalis, Wynton: Increase Developer Engagement
Martin, Roger L.: Martin, Roger L.; Opposable Mind: Winning Through Integrative Thinking
mastery: Developers are Always Growing; Increase Developer Engagement
maturity levels: Stay Focused on the Creation of Working Software for Real People
McMenamin, Steve: DeMarco, Tom, Hruschka, Peter, Lister, Tim, McMenamin, Steve, Robertson, James and Robertson, Suzanne
metrics: Deliver Early and Often
micromanagement: Entrepreneurial Leadership; Have Wonderful Arguments
Miller, Henry: Miller, Henry; Plan Thoughtfully But Be Prepared for Change; Stand Still Like the Hummingbird
Minimal Marketable Feature: Deliver Early and Often
Minimal Marketable Product: Deliver Early and Often
Minimal Marketable Release: Deliver Early and Often
Minimal Viable Product: Plan Thoughtfully But Be Prepared for Change; Shorten Feedback Loops
MMF: Deliver Early and Often
MMP: Deliver Early and Often
MMR: Deliver Early and Often
models: Stay Focused on the Creation of Working Software for Real People; The Inconvenient Nature of Software Development
Morgan, James M. and Liker, Jeffrey K.: Morgan, James M. and Liker, Jeffrey K.; The Toyota Product Development System: Integrating People, Process and Technology
Morgan, James M.: Entrepreneurial Leadership
Mossberg, Walt: Have Wonderful Arguments
MR: Govern Wisely; When Estimating, the Whole is Definitely Greater than the Sum of its Parts
Mulally, Alan: Communicate Clearly; Shorten Feedback Loops
MVC: Decomposition
MVP: Plan Thoughtfully But Be Prepared for Change; Shorten Feedback Loops
mysteries: This Thinking Business

— N —

narrative fiction: Understand the Arc of Your Project
Newtonian Physics: The Inconvenient Nature of Software Development
NFR: Quality Requires Extra Effort
Nirvana antipattern: Have Wonderful Arguments
Nolan, Richard L. and O'Donnell, Shannon: Adventures of an IT Leader
Nolan, Richard L.: Austin, Robert D.; Nolan, Richard L. and O'Donnell, Shannon
Non-Functional Requirement: Quality Requires Extra Effort
not done: What's Not Done is as Important as What's Done
novel: Understand the Arc of Your Project

— O —

O'Donnell, Shannon: Austin, Robert D.; Nolan, Richard L. and O'Donnell, Shannon
O'Reilly, Tim: O'Reilly, Tim; Understand the Arc of Your Project; WTF?: What's the Future and Why It's Up to Us
Object-Oriented Programming: Loose Coupling
OOP: Loose Coupling
OpenDoc: Govern Wisely
organization: Self-Organizing Teams

— P —

Page-Jones, Meilir: Page-Jones, Meilir; The Seven Stages of Expertise in Software Engineering
pair programming: Quality Requires Extra Effort
Parker, Ian: Entrepreneurial Leadership; Parker, Ian; The Shape of Things to Come
PBR: Govern Wisely
PDCA: Plan-Do-Check-Act
peer reviews: Quality Requires Extra Effort
people: People
persona: Seek First to Understand Your Customer
phases: Understand the Arc of Your Project
Phillips, Katherine: Build Great Teams; Diversity Helps Your Business -- But Not The Way You Think; Phillips, Katherine
Pink, Daniel H.: Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us; Pink, Daniel H.
Pink, Daniel: Increase Developer Engagement
Plan-Build-Run Model: Govern Wisely
Plan-Do-Check-Act: Plan-Do-Check-Act
planning: Consider What Might Go Wrong; Decomposition; Plan Thoughtfully But Be Prepared for Change; The Inconvenient Nature of Software Development
polarities: Software Development is a Balancing Act
Polarity Management: Software Development is a Balancing Act
Poppendieck, Mary and Poppendieck, Tom: Implementing Lean Software Development: From Concept to Cash; Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit
Poppendieck, Mary and Tom: A Deliberate Approach to Decision-Making; Deliver Early and Often; Just Enough Design Up Front; Remain Open to Fresh Learning
Poppendieck, Mary: Poppendieck, Mary and Poppendieck, Tom
Poppendieck, Tom: Poppendieck, Mary and Poppendieck, Tom
positive thinking: Consider What Might Go Wrong
Postel's Law: Loose Coupling
predictive: The Inconvenient Nature of Software Development
prioritization: Deliver Early and Often; What's Not Done is as Important as What's Done
problem-solving: Make Problems Visible
problems: Deliver Early and Often; Make Problems Visible
process improvement: Stay Focused on the Creation of Working Software for Real People
process: Glossary
product owner: Pick the Right Sort of Customer Proxy
product vision: Craft a Product Vision
product: Glossary
program management: Do Not Place Excessive Faith in Project and Program Management
progress: Govern Wisely
project management: Do Not Place Excessive Faith in Project and Program Management; Self-Organizing Teams
project manager: Consider What Might Go Wrong
project: Glossary
Psycho: Understand the Arc of Your Project
puck: Govern Wisely
purchased software: Let the Buyer Beware
purpose: Increase Developer Engagement

— Q —

quality: Quality Requires Extra Effort

— R —

rabbit: Plan Thoughtfully But Be Prepared for Change
Reeves, Jack W.: Just Enough Design Up Front; Reeves, Jack W.; What is Software Design?
refactoring: Just Enough Design Up Front
reference: Reference
Reinertsen, Donald G: Reinertsen, Donald G; The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development
repeatable process: Govern Wisely
requirements: Seek First to Understand Your Customer
retrospective: Shorten Feedback Loops
reuse: Use Things Already Known to Work
rework: Show Rather than Tell; Software is Different
Richie, Dennis: Software Development is a Craft
Ries, Eric: Ries, Eric; The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses
risk management: Consider What Might Go Wrong; Software Development is a Balancing Act
roadmap: Plan Thoughtfully But Be Prepared for Change
Robertson, James and Suzanne: Plan Thoughtfully But Be Prepared for Change; Seek First to Understand Your Customer; Software Development is a Balancing Act
Robertson, James: DeMarco, Tom, Hruschka, Peter, Lister, Tim, McMenamin, Steve, Robertson, James and Robertson, Suzanne; Robertson, Suzanne and Robertson, James
Robertson, Suzanne and Robertson, James: Mastering the Requirements Process
Robertson, Suzanne: DeMarco, Tom, Hruschka, Peter, Lister, Tim, McMenamin, Steve, Robertson, James and Robertson, Suzanne; Robertson, Suzanne and Robertson, James
rock music: Build Great Teams
ROM estimates: Govern Wisely
Roosevelt, Eleanor: Introduction

— S —

sacred cows: Software Development is a Balancing Act
SAFe: Tailor Thoughtfully
Santayana, George: Santayana, George; The Life of Reason: Reason in Common Sense
Sayre, David: Software is Different
scaled agile: Understand the Arc of Your Project
Schembechler, Bo: Build Great Teams; Schembechler, Bo; The Team
Schön, Donald: A Deliberate Approach to Decision-Making
scientific method: Plan-Do-Check-Act
scope creep: Craft a Product Vision
Scrum: Tailor Thoughtfully
SDLC: Understand the Arc of Your Project
search: Search
self-organizing: Self-Organizing Teams
Senge, Peter: Senge, Peter; Shorten Feedback Loops; The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization
separation of duties: Configuration Management
set-based concurrent engineering: Consider Alternatives
Shark Tank: Govern Wisely
show: Show Rather than Tell
Sienna: Seek First to Understand Your Customer
signal-to-noise ratio: Communicate Clearly
simplify: Simplify and Generalize
Smith, M. K.: Chris Argyris: theories of action, double-loop learning and organizational learning; Smith, M. K.
Snowden, Dan: Acknowledge Uncertainty
SoD: Configuration Management
software: Software is Different
Spafford, George: Configuration Management; Kim, Gene, Behr, Kevin and Spafford, George; Quality Requires Extra Effort; Stay Focused on the Creation of Working Software for Real People
specifications: Software Development is a Craft
Spolsky, Joel: Developers Are Not Interchangeable; Joel on Software; Smart and Gets Things Done; Spolsky, Joel; Understand the Arc of Your Project
Spotify: Build Great Teams
sprint: Deliver Early and Often; Glossary
standup: Self-Organizing Teams
strategy: Govern Wisely
suppliers: Let the Buyer Beware
surge capacity: Limit Work in Progress
surgeons: Quality Requires Extra Effort
Systems Development Life Cycle: Understand the Arc of Your Project

— T —

tailoring: Tailor Thoughtfully
task switching: Limit Work in Progress
team norms: Build Great Teams
team organization: Self-Organizing Teams
team size: Build Great Teams
teams: Build Great Teams; Developers are Always Growing; Loose Coupling; Self-Organizing Teams
technical skills: Developers are Always Growing
terms of engagement: Agree on Terms of Engagement
The Standish Group: Chaos Manifesto 2013; The Standish Group
thinking: This Thinking Business
Thompson, Ken: Software Development is a Craft
three-act structure: Understand the Arc of Your Project
tools: Sharpen Your Axe
Toyota: Entrepreneurial Leadership; Make Problems Visible; Seek First to Understand Your Customer
trust: Deliver Early and Often
Turner, Richard: Software Development is a Balancing Act

— U —

undone: What's Not Done is as Important as What's Done
unknowns: When Estimating, the Whole is Definitely Greater than the Sum of its Parts
usability: Create Value for Customers
user demos: Make Problems Visible
user story: Decomposition

— V —

value: Create Value for Customers; Decrease Friction, Increase Flow; Stay Focused on the Creation of Working Software for Real People
vendors: Let the Buyer Beware
venture capitalists: Govern Wisely
version control: Configuration Management; Documentation Is Not an End Unto Itself; Sharpen Your Axe
Victorian Novel: Documentation Is Not an End Unto Itself
visibility: Make Problems Visible
vision: Craft a Product Vision
Von Braun, Wernher: Plan-Do-Check-Act

— W —

waste: Decrease Friction, Increase Flow; Deliver Early and Often
waterfall development: Plan-Do-Check-Act; Remain Open to Fresh Learning
Watson, Thomas J. Jr.: Have Wonderful Arguments
WBS: Decomposition
Weber, Craig: Conversational Capacity: The Secret to Building Successful Teams That Perform When the Pressure Is On; Have Wonderful Arguments; Weber, Craig
Weinberg, Gerald: Software Development is a Craft; The Psychology of Computer Programming; Weinberg, Gerald
wikis: Communicate Clearly; Documentation Is Not an End Unto Itself
Wilson, David Sloan: This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution; Wilson, David Sloan
WIP: Limit Work in Progress
WordStar: Ten Reasons to Ditch Your Word Documents
work breakdown structure: Decomposition
work in progress: Limit Work in Progress
working software: Deliver Early and Often; Stay Focused on the Creation of Working Software for Real People
Wright Brothers: Decomposition; This Thinking Business

— Y —

YAGNI: Just Enough Design Up Front; What's Not Done is as Important as What's Done
Yourdon, Edward: Decline and Fall of the American Programmer; Introduction; Techniques of Program Structure and Design; Yourdon, Edward

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zombies: Documentation Is Not an End Unto Itself

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