Real-Time Agility

Preface Chapter 1 What Is Agile? Chapter 2 Concepts, Goals, and Benefits of Model-Driven Development Chapter 3 Harmony/ESW Principles and Practices Chapter 4 Process Overview Chapter 5 Project Initiation Chapter 6 Agile Analysis Chapter 7 Agile Design Chapter 8 Agile Testing Chapter 9 Agile Process Optimization Appendix A Starfleet ZX-1000 Transporter System Requirements Specification Appendix B Harmony/ESW and CMMI: Achieving Compliance Glossary Index

Bruce Powel Douglass is chief evangelist for IBM Rational, a leading producer of tools for real-time systems development. He contributed to the original specification of the Unified Modeling Language and is former co-chair of the Object Management Group's Real-Time Analysis and Design Working Group. He consults for many companies and organizations on building both small- and large-scale, real-time, safety-critical systems. He is author of several books showing how to apply software development best practices in real-time and embodied systems development, including Doing Hard Time, Real-Time UML, Real-Time UML Workshop for Embedded Systems, and Real-Time Design Patterns.

"Regardless of your perceptions of Agile, this is a must read! Douglass's book is a powerful and practical guide to a well-defined process that will enable engineers to confidently navigate the complexity, risk, and variability of real-time and embedded systems-including CMMI compliance. From requirements specification to product delivery, whatever your modeling and development environment, this is the instruction manual." -Mark Scoville, software architect "This book will provide you with the framework of agile development for real-time projects ranging from embedded systems to web-based, data collection applications. I wish I had this book three years ago when we began a real-time, embedded drilling control system project, but all my engineers will be getting copies now that it is available. And, for my academic colleagues, this is the perfect book for graduate seminars in applied software development techniques." -Don Shafer, chief technology officer, Athens Group; adjunct professor, Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin "We have used Dr. Douglass's books on real-time (Doing Hard Time, Real-Time UML, and Real-Time Design Patterns) for years. His books are always informative, accessible, and entertaining. Real-Time Agility continues that tradition, and I can't wait to introduce it to my colleagues." -Chris Talbott, principal software designer "Until now, agile software development has been mostly applied within the IT domain. This book breaks new ground by showing how to successfully traverse the perceived chasm between agility and real-time development. Although embedded systems impose challenging constraints on development teams, you can always benefit from increasing your agility." -Scott W. Ambler, chief methodologist/Agile, IBM Rational; author of Agile Modeling