In "Large-Scale Scrum," Craig Larman and Bas Vodde offer the most direct, concise, actionable guide to reaping the full benefits of agile in distributed, global enterprises. Larman and Vodde have distilled their immense experience helping geographically distributed development organizations move to agile. Going beyond their previous books, they offer today's fastest, most focused guidance: "brass tacks" advice and field-proven best practices for achieving value fast, and achieving even more value as you move forward. Targeted to enterprise project participants and stakeholders, "Large-Scale Scrum" offers straight-to-the-point insights for scaling Scrum across the entire project lifecycle, from sprint planning to retrospective. Larman and Vodde help you:

• Implement proven Scrum frameworks for large-scale developments
• Scale requirements, planning, and product management
• Scale design and architecture
• Effectively manage defects and interruptions
• Integrate Scrum into multisite and offshore projects
• Choose the right adoption strategies and organizational designs

Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software, 1/e Capturing a wealth of experience about the design of object-oriented software, four top-notch designers present a catalog of simple and succinct solutions to commonly occurring design problems. Previously undocumented, these 23 patterns allow designers to create more flexible, elegant, and ultimately reusable designs without having to rediscover the design solutions themselves. The authors begin by describing what patterns are and how they can help you design object-oriented software. They then go on to systematically name, explain, evaluate, and catalog recurring designs in object-oriented systems. With Design Patterns as your guide, you will learn how these important patterns fit into the software development process, and how you can leverage them to solve your own design problems most efficiently. Applying UML and Patterns: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and Iterative Development, 3/e Craig Larman again delivers a clear path for students to learn object-oriented analysis and design through his clear and precise writing style. Larman teaches newcomers to OOA/D learn how to "think in objects" by presenting three iterations of a single, cohesive case study, incrementally introducing the requirements and OOA/D activities, principles, and patterns that are most critical to success.

"This edition contains Larman's usual accurate and thoughtful writing. It is a very good book made even better."
--Alistair Cockburn, author, "Writing Effective Use Cases" and "Surviving OO Projects""Too few people have a knack for explaining things. Fewer still have a handle on software analysis and design. Craig Larman has both."
--John Vlissides, author, "Design Patterns" and "Pattern Hatching""People often ask me which is the best book to introduce them to the world of OO design. Ever since I came across it Applying UML and Patterns has been my unreserved choice."
--Martin Fowler, author, "UML Distilled" and "Refactoring""This book makes learning UML enjoyable and pragmatic by incrementally introducing it as an intuitive language for specifying the artifacts of object analysis and design. It is a well written introduction to UML and object methods by an expert practitioner."
--Cris Kobryn, Chair of the UML Revision Task Force and UML 2.0 Working GroupA brand new edition of the world's most admired introduction to object-oriented analysis and design with UMLFully updated for UML 2 and the latest iterative/agile practicesIncludes an all-new case study illustrating many of the book's key points

"Applying UML and Patterns" is the world's #1 business and college introduction to "thinking in objects"--and using that insight in real-world object-oriented analysis and design. Building on two widely acclaimed previous editions, Craig Larman has updated this book to fully reflect the new UML 2 standard, to help you master the art of object design, and to promote high-impact, iterative, and skillful agile modeling practices.

Developers and students will learn object-orientedanalysis and design (OOA/D) through three iterations of two cohesive, start-to-finish case studies. These case studies incrementally introduce key skills, essential OO principles and patterns, UML notation, and best practices. You won't just learn UML diagrams--you'll learn how to "apply" UML in the context of OO software development.

Drawing on his unsurpassed experience as a mentor and consultant, Larman helps you understand evolutionary requirements and use cases, domain object modeling, responsibility-driven design, essential OO design, layered architectures, "Gang of Four" design patterns, GRASP, iterative methods, an agile approach to the Unified Process (UP), and much more. This edition's extensive improvements include A stronger focus on helping you master OOA/D through case studies that demonstrate key OO principles and patterns, while also applying the UMLNew coverage of UML 2, Agile Modeling, Test-Driven Development, and refactoringMany new tips on combining iterative and evolutionary development with OOA/DUpdates for easier study, including new learning aids and graphics New college educator teaching resourcesGuidance on applying the UP in a light, agile spirit, complementary with other iterative methods such as XP and Scrum Techniques for applying the UML to documenting architecturesA new chapter on evolutionary requirements, and much more

"Applying UML and Patterns, Third Edition," is a lucid and practical introduction to thinking and designing with objects--and creating systems that are well crafted, robust, and maintainable.