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Author:   Matthias Book ,  Volker Gruhn ,  Rüdiger Striemer
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   6.506kg
ISBN:  

9783319414768

ISBN 10:   3319414763
Pages:   334
Publication Date:   07 September 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction.- 1. The Need for Tamed Agility.- Part II: The Interaction Room.- 2. A Room for Ideas.- 3. Interaction Room Basics.- 4. Using an Interaction Room for Digitalization Strategy Development (IR:digital).- 5 Using an Interaction Room for Software Project Scoping (IR:scope).- 6. Using an Interaction Room for Mobile Application Development (IR:mobile).- 7. Using an Interaction Room for Technology Evaluation (IR:tech).- 8 Using an Interaction Room for Agile Project Monitoring (IR:agile).- 9. Using Interaction Rooms Under Difficult Conditions.- 10. Summary.- Part III: The adVANTAGE contract model.- 11. Framing Software Projects in Commercial Terms.- 12 Traditional Contract Models in an Agile World.- 13. Agile Contract Models.- 14. Key adVANTAGE Principles.- 15 adVANTAGE Procedures.- 16. adVANTAGE in Practice.- 17 Summary.- Part IV: A Sample Project.- 18 Case Study: The Cura Health Insurance Benefit System.- 19 Initial Project Scoping with the IR:scope.- 20 Project Monitoring with the IR:agile.- 21 Lessons Learned.- Part V: Conclusion.- 22 The Big Picture.- 23 A New Skill Set.- 24 Outlook: Twelve Hypotheses.- Appendix.- 25 Interaction Room Workshop Agendas.- 26 Interaction Room Annotations.- 27 adVANTAGE Contract Template.- Index. 

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The authors address this topic in an innovative, thoughtful way that makes this book a must-have on the agile contractor manager's desk. (Jair Merlo, Computing Reviews, April, 2017)

“The authors address this topic in an innovative, thoughtful way that makes this book a must-have on the agile contractor manager’s desk.” (Jair Merlo, Computing Reviews, April, 2017)

Author Information

Prof. Dr. Volker Gruhn holds the Chair for Software Engineering at the University of Duisburg-Essen. His research focus is on methods for industrial software engineering, as well as the effects of digital transformation on enterprises. He co-founded adesso AG in 1997 and is chairman of the supervisory board today. Dr. Matthias Book is Associate Professor for Software Engineering at the University of Iceland. His research focus is on facilitating communication between business and technical stakeholders in large software projects, and on pragmatic approaches to requirements engineering and modeling of complex software systems. Dr. Rüdiger Striemer was member of the executive board of adesso AG from 2001 to 2015, and is heading the subsidiaries in Austria, Switzerland and Turkey as well as the company's lottery division today. adesso is one of Germany's leading independent IT service providers with more than 1700 employees in thirteen locations.

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