Beyond Agile
delivering successful software in a post-agile world
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From first-time founders to NASA-grade engineering — popular since 1995

AI is changing the landscape faster than ever. And everyday I see you doing your part, being responsible for the durability, efficiency and very lifecycle of the product or solution you've been tasked to shepherd. This is about seeing what’s really happening, understanding what makes delivery succeed, and recognizing the part you play in making it happen. The principles are not new. The need to understand them has never been greater.
Jesse Tayler

"This is the playbook every modern businessperson needs to be reading —NOW!"

Read this book if you want to succeed in this software driven world, work like the pros and make schedules as calmly dependable as predicting the rising sun. (pp. 31)

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Cathedrals use a million times less stone than a Pyramid —the difference is not material, it is knowledge

IntroductionBeyond Agile Chapter 1Bowling Has A Season Chapter 2NYC Taxi Cab Drivers Chapter 3An Iceberg Lays 90% Unseen Chapter 4Urgent vs. Important Chapter 5Design Matters Chapter 6Balance & Serialize Chapter 7Are We On-Time Yet? Chapter 8Testing Chapter 9Anatomy of a Release Plan Chapter 10The Pursuit of Quality ClosingWhat Goes Around

You Will Learn

The Beyond Agile release plan template in Google Sheets, showing a 90-day cycle split into Design, Develop, Debug and Deploy phases with live pie and bar charts
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The Release Plan, Live

A real, working release plan in Google Sheets — set your dates and it serializes Design, Develop, Debug and Deploy into a repeating cycle, with live charts tracking where you are today. Make a copy and run it on your next release.

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Software Cycles

tap into a natural flow of continuous energy with each turn of phase

Are We On Time?

how could anybody say firsthand, if software can’t even be seen?

Why Design Matters

design layers drive reliability, agility and overall quality of software

Evaluating Quality

unordered bug-fixing tactics results in more defects being produced

I’ve always been attracted to the more revolutionary changes… you usually go through a period where everybody tells you that you’ve completely failed.
Steven P. Jobs
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Training & Advisory

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Twenty-plus years training high-end enterprise groups and startups alongside top engineering teams. Jesse specializes in mergers and growth-stage companies, where process professionalism is the difference between scaling and stalling.

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Train Your Team

Hands-on workshops that get engineers and leads speaking the same process language.

Build A Process

A release cycle designed for your team, not a generic framework bolted on after the fact.

Advise Your Startup

Ongoing guidance through mergers and growth stages, when process maturity matters most.

Learn why bowling has a season

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Beyond Agile

By Jesse Tayler with Alex Cone

A treasure-trove of insights and invaluable observations from two of the software industry's most successful engineers and inventors, Jesse Tayler and Alex Cone. In this book Jesse and Alex share with you the rules and the brilliant plays professionals adopt to win the next-generation software game.


Jesse Tayler

Master software architect, technical officer and App Store inventor.

Alex Cone

Super-Geek, master-level software engineer and founder of CodeFab.

Beyond Agile

Chapter Topics

Use Potential Energy

Learn how to tap into a natural flow of continuous energy within the cycle of software seasons.(pp. 44)

Be The Guru Forecaster

There are ways to abstract the essence of expert software process and makes it visible for all. (pp. 39)

Learn From The Masters

Discover how software schedules share the potential behind the extraordinary efficiency and organization of all professional sports.(pp. 9)

Harness The Power Of Quality

Learn how Quality is both the lever, and the valve that experts use to direct construction with precision, symmetry and stability. (pp. 45)
Discover how a continuous pursuit of Quality provides the energy experts harness to drive the software cycle (pp. 43)
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