Rolling Rocks Downhill: How To Ship Your Software Projects on Time, Every Time

Clarke Ching

ISBN 10: 1505446511 / ISBN 13: 9781505446517

Published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

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The Agile Business Novel. Signed. 319 pages.

Seller Inventory # 1515529

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rolling Rocks Downhill: How To Ship Your Software Projects on Time, Every Time
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1505446511
• ISBN 13: 9781505446517
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Fine
• Weight: 600 grams
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
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Synopsis

The company’s #1 IT project is running late. Very late.The CEO slashes the date, then gives Steve, the CIO, a choice:Commit to the new date, or find a new job.Steve tries to think of it as a puzzle or game—where the mission is to take a death-march IT project with an impossible deadline, and deliver it early, without sacrificing quality, without slashing scope, and without complaining.Unlike most games, he only gets one life.Fail and his company gets sold and he loses his job.His team will have to work together.They’ll have to innovate.If you must deliver your next Agile project to a short, aggressive deadline, without sacrificing quality ...... get Rolling Rocks Downhill now.Rolling Rocks Downhill is an Agile and Theory of Constraints business novel written by Clarke Ching, author of the Amazon best seller, The Bottleneck Rules."The advice on how to actually fix projects in the real world make this a fantastic book for anyone struggling with project management." - JB, audible.com"It is a novel about how to change to an agile mindset from a waterfall mindset." - Maarten, audible.com"First, this is and remains a story, and that's so much better than dreary business books." - Fabrice, audible.com"The story was told in a way that allows me in my agile transition to take a different look at how everything is working, from the scrum teams to the executives within the organization." - Nick, Audible.com "Better than the Phoenix Project!" - Mark, audible.co.uk"A lovely story that teaches great work flow practices in a easy to understand way. I really enjoyed it. And now l’m thinking about my work place, where is our bottle neck?" - audbile.com.au"I really loved this, got so caught up in the story I read it in one night!" - Frieda, goodreads.com"Makes the case for agile development methods without being too preachy." - Chris, goodreads.com"If you have read The Goal and you are working in the software industry, this is a must-read book." - Thierry, goodreads.com"This book is great at applying Goldratt's theory of constraints as a framework for understanding what Agile practices are valuable to adopt ... It's also very funny." - Gustav, goodreads.com

About the Author

Clarke Ching is an Agile and Theory of Constraints expert. Born in New Zealand, he now lives in Scotland with his wife, Winnie, and their two children, Aisling and Alice.