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DSDM: Dynamic Systems Development Method: The Method in Practice 1st Edition

by Jennifer Stapleton (Author)
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
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Explores the day-to-day realities of implementing DSDM. Deals with issues such as how to get people from different disciplines to work together as a team, how to gain commitment and how to manage projects within normal business constraints.
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  1. ISBN-10
    0201178893
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0201178890
  3. Edition
    1st
  4. Publisher
    Addison-Wesley
  5. Publication date
    January 1, 1997
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    6.5 x 0.5 x 9.75 inches
  8. Print length
    163 pages
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The Dynamic Systems Development Method provides a framework of controls and best practice for Rapid Application Development. It was created by a consortium of organisations and it has been proved, since its publication in January 1995, to be extremely effective in delivering maintainable systems which match the needs of the business better than those produced using traditional lifecycles.

This book, commissioned by the DSDM Consortium and written by the chairman of the Technical Committee which developed the method, explores the day-to-day realities of implementing the method. It is a practitionerIs guide, dealing with issues such as how to get people from different disciplines to work together as a team, how to gain commitment and how to manage projects within normal business constraints.

In this book you will find:
  • practical guidelines on the implementation of key elements of the method such as "timeboxes" and the MOSCOW Rules
  • clear recommendations for the roles and responsibilities of the members of the development team
  • advice on which type of application is most likely to benefit from the method
  • eight lengthy case studies by well-known companies, providing a benchmark against which to assess the suitability of candidate projects
  • numerous examples and anecdotes, enabling the reader to benefit from the authorIs experience putting the method into practice

    Do you want to cut the development time and increase the fitness-for-use of screen based business applications, by orders of magnitude?

    This book will enable those in organisations which develop or purchase tailored IT systems, to gain a clear understanding of the benefits of the incremental and iterative approach embodied in the DSDM.



    0201178893B04062001

About the Author

Jennifer Stapleton, the editor of the book, has been Technical Director of the DSDM Consortium since its inception, and is also Director of Consulting at Empower Dynamics Limited. She is a Fellow of the British Computer Society and was its Technical Vice-President from 1996-2002. She became an independent consultant in 1996, and focuses on helping organisations to improve their processes in project delivery -- always with an eye to delivering real satisfaction for the end-user.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Addison-Wesley; 1st edition (January 1, 1997)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 163 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0201178893
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0201178890
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 0.5 x 9.75 inches
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Douglas Brown
5.0 out of 5 stars Oldie, goldie and still valuable
Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2015
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Although DSDM is considered one of the ways to do Agile, this is by IT standards a very old book - 1997 - that pre-dates Agile. It is still around, too, having been adopted by one large US government agency and much more common in Europe where it originated. As such, it 's kind of interesting to see how much of the material in in now seems pretty familiar when at the time it was quite advanced thinking. You may be confused in that it isn't really Agile at all, nor is it as "fast" as today's iterative models: it advocates iterating within each SDLC phase until you get the desired result. That seems to me to be slower. But that is not the author's fault , she is just explaining what the model is.

The DSDM Consortium's actual practice guidance was very generalized, hardly implementable at all, or rather almost anything you do could be considered conforming [in the newer versions of DSDM not much has changed!], so they charted this book as the how-to. The first half reviews the DSDM practice standard and provides some practical elaboration; the second half is composed of reasonably detailed case studies. It would have been a good purchase at the time it was printed and, with DSDM remaining a viable model and almost nothing on it written, it remains a valuable reference.
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Dane Falkner
5.0 out of 5 stars Agile Method/Frame work with a real business focus
Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2003
Today, so many Agile Methods make extraordinary claims. This book gives you an idea of the real world common sense business focus that is encapsulated within this international non-profit consortium's development framework (the framework is a little more than just a method). This book doesn't contain the entire framework and can be used as a primer for DSDM or to augment the actual DSDM manual (which you must become a member at ...to access.)
The Agile Method movement is remarkable and many of the Agile Method's mainstays, such as Extreme Programming, apply a high degree of discipline with real agility to build quality software (measured by defects, not by fit for purpose). DSDM, FDD, and Lean Development are the only major Agile Methods (I am aware of) that have that all-important focus on creating only high-value benefits to the customer (fit for purpose is my preferred measure of quality). Most of the other methods do what they do very well which is to provide a rapid and agile way to write software. DSDM is commonly used with a development shop's existing methods or to wrap around XP or other development methods to add scalability, control, and predictability all at a lower cost for the highest value solutions. This book provides only a little guidance on how this is done. The new DSDM Manual version 4.2 does provide substantial guidance in this area, but you must be a member at ...to access it.
Yes, I am an advocate and practitioner of DSDM and a developer and project manager of over 10 years. This book is a must have companion to any DSDM practitioner or for anyone who wants to learn a new paradigm (even if you already understand Agile).
As demonstrated in this book, no software is built in a vacuum; all stakeholders must be involved in creating the solution. This implies politics, culture, resources, obstacles, etc.
In this book, I would like to have seen more demonstration of DSDM's incorporation and synergy with the other methods.
I recommend all of the books on Agile Software Development in general, but for the DSDM practitioner I recommend they read the free documentation about XP on the Agile Alliance web site ...and buy a copy of "Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit for Software Development Managers"
by Mary Poppendieck, Tom Poppendieck
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Rasmus
4.0 out of 5 stars Great info
Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2000
The topics are very interesting - and the book has lot of nice information. An eye-opener really!
But, in writing style it just misses an inch to get 5 stars from me (so here I personally disagree with the previous 2 reviewers).
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