A Practical Approach to Large-Scale Agile Development: How HP Transformed LaserJet FutureSmart Firmware

Practical, actionable techniques for agile success in largescale development, with lessons from one of the world's largest agile adoptions

* Reflects the candid real-world experience of firmware developers at HP's LaserJet division.
* Shows how to tightly link both agile methods and enterprise architecture with business objectives.
* Covers continuous integration, quality, agile in global environments, and much more
* Targets the fastest-growing part of the agile community: large-scale development organizations.

Around the world, enterprise development teams and other large-scale development organizations are turning to agile methodologies, seeking the major productivity and quality improvements these methods promise. However, large-scale agile development is not easy, and publicly available success stories have been scarce. In this book, agile pioneers at HP present a candid, start-to-finish insider's look at how they've succeeded with agile in one of HP's most important software functions: firmware development for HP LaserJet printers. This book's authors honestly discuss both their successes and failures, presenting actionable lessons for other large-scale development organizations, as well as approaches that have proven themselves repeatedly in HP's challenging environment. Writing for both managers and technologists, they illuminate the benefits of agile in large-scale development - and systematically show how these benefits can actually be achieved.