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Publisher's Summary

A business parable about agile project management that never mentions the word "agile".
What if you could easily get 80% of the benefits of agile without changing how you build software?
Bob Billington has a problem: he's about to lose his job because the economy has taken a sudden nosedive, taking the big project he is working on with it. Bob, a natural-born problem solver, starts asking questions, the first being, "What does it take for a project to be commercially viable in a recession?"
Bob's questions surprise his bosses and his customers.... Why does a programmer need to know about business? The answers surprise everyone....
©2015 Clarke Ching (P)2015 Clarke Ching
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4 out of 5 stars
By Chispa on 06-26-18

Nice story!

Easy to follow and understand how agile can be used and save time and money.

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5 out of 5 stars
By Srikanth Ramanujam on 03-25-18

The book ended...

Just when story started. Just because they figured out a new contract model doesn’t mean they have successfully executed the strategy. There is a priori assumption of success and now I have to read Clarke Ching’s other book. This one should be available for free

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3 out of 5 stars
By S on 04-04-18

Awful Narrator

Apart from the terrible narration, this audiobook is not up to the standard of the authors previous work. A disappointment.

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5 out of 5 stars
By Scott Seivwright on 07-13-15

Well Done Clarke...

Please read this little parable as a primer on why Agile makes you better off. Its is a great example and very accessable.

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