| Description |
xx, 203 pages |
| Series |
The enterprise engineering series, 1867-8920 |
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Enterprise engineering series.
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| Contents |
Introducing Agile Service Development / M. M. Lankhorst, W. P. M. Janssen, H. A. Proper and M. W. A. Steen -- Agility / M. M. Lankhorst, M. M. Zoet, W. P. M. Janssen and W. A. Molnar -- Agile Architecture / M. M. Lankhorst and H. A. Proper -- Service Modelling / M. W. A. Steen, M. E. Iacob, M. M. Lankhorst, H. Jonkers and M. Zoet, et al. -- Patterns for Agility / M. E. Iacob, M. M. Lankhorst and A. Schrier -- An Agile Way of Working / M. M. Zoet, A. W. Heerink, M. M. Lankhorst, S. J. B. A. Hoppenbrouwers and W. van Stokkum -- Stakeholder Communication / S. J. B. A. Hoppenbrouwers, W. van Stokkum, M. E. Iacob, I. Wilmont and D. J. T. van der Linden, et al. -- Adopting Agile Service Development / M. M. Lankhorst |
| Summary |
Economies around the globe have evolved into being largely service-oriented economies. Consumers no longer just want a printer or a car, they rather ask for a printing service or a mobility service. In addition, service-oriented organizations increasingly exploit new devices, technologies and infrastructures. Agility is the ability to deal with such changing requirements and environments. Agile ways of working embrace change as a positive force and harness it to the organization's competitive advantage. The approach described in this book focuses on the notion of a service as a piece of functionality that offers value to its customers. Instead of solely looking at agility in the context of system or software development, agility is approached in a broader context. The authors illustrate three kinds of agility that can be found in an agile enterprise: business, process and system agility. These three types of agility reinforce each other and establish the foundation for the agile enterprise. Architecture, patterns, models, and all of the best practices in system development contribute to agile service development and building agile applications. This book addresses two audiences. On the one hand, it aims at agile and architecture practitioners who are looking for more agile ways of working in designing and building business services or who are interested in extending and improving their agile methods by using models and model-based architectures. On the other hand, it addresses students of (enterprise) architecture and software development or service science courses, both in computer science and in business administration |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Agile software development.
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Business -- Computer programs.
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Management information systems.
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| Author |
Lankhorst, Marc.
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| ISBN |
9783642281877 |
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9783642281884 (electronic bk.) |
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