Faced with a software project of epic proportions? Tired of over-committing and under-delivering? Enter the dojo of the agile samurai, where agile expert Jonathan Rasmusson shows you how to kick-start, execute, and deliver your agile projects. Combining cutting-edge tools with classic agile practices, The Agile Samurai gives you everything you need to deliver something of value every week and make rolling your software into production a non-event.

Get ready to kick some software project butt. By learning the ways of the agile samurai you will discover:

• How to create plans and schedules your customer and your team can believe in
• What characteristics make a good agile team and how to form your own
• How to gather requirements in a fraction of the time using agile user stories
• What to do when you discover your schedule is wrong, and how to look like a pro correcting it
• How to execute fiercely by leveraging the power of agile software engineering practices

The Agile Samurai slices away the fluff and theory that make other books less-than-agile. It's packed with best practices, war stories, plenty of humor, and hands-on tutorial exercises that will get you doing the right things, the right way.

This book will make a difference.