本书是软件开发界的传奇人物罗伯特·C.马丁（“鲍勃大叔”）对敏捷发展历程的回顾，对敏捷很初用意的重述，对敏捷价值观和原则的传达。本书首先概述敏捷的历史、敏捷的全貌；然后说明敏捷出现的缘由；接着讲解敏捷的业务实践、团队实践和技术实践，介绍成就敏捷的因素，还谈到敏捷转型中常见的问题与困难；很后提出软件匠艺理念。本书适合开发人员、测试人员、管理人员、项目经理、业务人员等软件行业从业者阅读。

罗伯特·C.马丁，重量软件开发大师，设计模式和敏捷开发先驱，敏捷联盟首任主席，C++Report主编，被后辈程序员尊称为“Bob大叔”。20世纪。70年代初成为职业程序员。后创办Object Mentor公司并任总裁。Martin还是一名多产的作家。至今已发表数百篇文章、论文和博客文章。除本书外，还著有《代码整洁之道》《敏捷软件开发：原则、模式和实践》《LJML：Java程序员指南》等。他很近创办了clear-coders．com网站，专为软件开发人员提供教育视频。

Chapter 1 Introduction to Agile/介绍敏捷 1
History of Agile/敏捷的历史 3
Snowbird/雪鸟会议 10
After Snowbird/雪鸟会议之后 13
Agile Overview/敏捷全貌 14
The Iron Cross/铁十字 15
Charts on the Wall/墙上的图 15
The First Thing You Know/你知道的第 一件事 18
The Meeting/会议 18
The Analysis Phase/分析阶段 19
The Design Phase/设计阶段 20
The Implementation Phase/实施阶段 21
The Death March Phase/死亡行军阶段 22
Hyperbole/夸张吗 23
A Better Way/更好的方式 23
Iteration Zero/迭代0 24
Agile Produces Data/敏捷产出数据 25
Hope versus Management/幻想与管理 27
Managing the Iron Cross/管理铁十字 27
Business Value Order/业务价值排序 31
Here Endeth the Overview/全貌至此结束 31
Circle of Life/生命之环 31
Conclusion/结论 35
Chapter 2 The Reasons for Agile/敏捷的理由 37
Professionalism/专业性 38
Software Is Everywhere/到处是软件 39
We Rule the World/程序员统治世界 41
The Disaster/灾难 42
Reasonable Expectations/合理的期望 43
We Will Not Ship Shyt!/我们不会交付一堆垃圾！ 43
Continuous Technical Readiness/从技术上随时做好交付准备 45
Stable Productivity/稳定的生产率 46
Inexpensive Adaptability/划算的适应力 49
Continuous Improvement/持续改进 50
Fearless Competence/无畏之力 50
QA Should Find Nothing/QA应该什么也找不到 52
Test Automation/测试自动化 52
We Cover for Each Other/我们互相掩护 54
Honest Estimates/诚实的估算 54
You Need to Say“No”/你需要说“不” 55
Continuous Aggressive Learning/持续主动地学习 55
Mentoring/指导 56
The Bill of Rights/权利条款 56
Customer Bill of Rights/客户权利条款 56
Developer Bill of Rights/开发人员权利条款 57
Customers/客户权利详讨 57
Developers/开发人员权利详讨 59
Conclusion/结论 61
Chapter 3 Business Practices/业务实践 63
Planning/计划游戏 64
Trivariate Analysis/三元分析 65
Stories and Points/故事和点数 66
ATM Stories/ATM的故事 67
Stories/故事 74
Story Estimation/故事估算 76
Managing the Iteration/对迭代进行管理 78
The Demo/演示 80
Velocity/速率 81
Small Releases/小步发布 82
A Brief History of Source Code Control/源代码控制简史 83
Tapes/磁带 85
Disks and SCCS/磁盘和源代码控制系统 85
Subversion 86
Git and Tests/Git与测试 87
Acceptance Tests/验收测试 88
Tools and Methodologies/工具和方法论 89
Behavior-Driven Development/行为驱动开发 90
The Practice/实践 90
Whole Team/完整团队 93
Co-Location/同一地点 94
Conclusion/结论 96
Chapter 4 Team Practices/团队实践 97
Metaphor/隐喻 98
Domain-Driven Design/领域驱动设计 99
Sustainable Pace/可持续节奏 100
Overtime/加班 102
Marathon/马拉松 103
Dedication/奉献精神 103
Sleep/睡眠 104
Collective Ownership/代码集体所有 104
The X Files/X档案 106
Continuous Integration/持续集成 107
Then Came Continuous Build/然后有了持续构建 108
The Continuous Build Discipline/持续构建的纪律 109
Standup Meetings/站会 110
Pigs and Chickens/猪和鸡？ 111
Shout-out/公开表示认可 111
Conclusion/结论 111
Chapter 5 Technical Practices/技术实践 113
Test-Driven Development/测试驱动开发 114
Double-Entry Bookkeeping/复式记账 114
The Three Rules of TDD/TDD三规则 116
Debugging/调试 117
Documentation/文档 117
Fun/乐趣 118
Completeness/完备性 119
Design/设计 121
Courage/勇气 121
Refactoring/重构 123
Red/Green/Refactor/红-绿-重构 124
Bigger Refactorings/大型重构 125
Simple Design/简单设计 125
Design Weight/设计的重量 127
Pair Programming/结对编程 127
What Is Pairing/什么是结对 128
Why Pair/为什么结对 129
Pairing as Code Review/结对当作代码评审 129
What about the Cost/代价几何 130
Just Two/只能两人吗 130
Management/管理 130
Conclusion/结论 131
Chapter 6 Becoming Agile/成就敏捷 133
Agile Values/敏捷的价值观 134
Courage/勇气 134
Communication/沟通 134
Feedback/反馈 135
Simplicity/简单 135
The Menagerie/怪物博物馆 136
Transformation/转型 137
The Subterfuge/耍花招 138
The Lion Cubs/幼狮 138
Weeping/哭泣 139
Moral/寓意 139
Faking It/假装 139
Success in Smaller Organizations/在更小的组织中成功 140
Individual Success and Migration/个人成功和迁移 141
Creating Agile Organizations/创建敏捷组织 141
Coaching/教练辅导 142
Scrum Masters 143
Certification/认证 143
Real Certification/真正的认证 144
Agile in the Large/大型组织中的敏捷 144
Agile Tools/敏捷工具 148
Software Tools/软件工具 148
What Makes for an Effective Tool/什么才是有效的工具 149
Physical Agile Tools/物理的敏捷工具 151
The Pressure to Automate/自动化的压力 152
ALMs for the Not-Poor/有钱人用的ALM类工具 153
Coaching—An Alternative View/教练——另一个视角 155
The Many Paths to Agile/条条大路通敏捷 155
From Process Expert to Agile Expert/从过程专家到敏捷专家 156
The Need for Agile Coaching/对敏捷教练的需求 157
Putting the Coach into Agile Coach/将教练技术带给敏捷教练 158
Going Beyond the ICP-ACC/超越ICP-ACC 158
Coaching Tools/教练工具 159
Professional Coaching Skills Are Not Enough/只有专业教练技巧是不够的 159
Coaching in a Multiteam Environment/在多团队环境中进行敏捷教练的工作 160
Agile in the Large/大型组织中的敏捷 161
Using Agile and Coaching to Become Agile/使用敏捷和教练技术来变得敏捷 161
Growing Your Agile Adoption/敏捷导入的成长 162
Going Big by Focusing on the Small/细处着手成大事 164
The Future of Agile Coaching/敏捷教练的未来 165
Conclusion (Bob Again)/结论（鲍勃大叔回来了） 165
Chapter 7 Craftsmanship/匠艺 167
The Agile Hangover/敏捷的宿醉 169
Expectation Mismatch/不孚所望 170
Moving Apart/渐行渐远 172
Software Craftsmanship/软件匠艺 173
Ideology versus Methodology/思想体系与方法论 174
Does Software Craftsmanship Have Practices/软件匠艺包含实践吗 175
Focus on the Value， Not the Practice/聚焦于价值而非实践 176
Discussing Practices/对实践的讨论 177
Craftsmanship Impact on Individuals/匠艺对个人的影响 178
Craftsmanship Impact on Our Industry/匠艺对行业的影响 179
Craftsmanship Impact on Companies/匠艺对公司的影响 180
Craftsmanship and Agile/匠艺与敏捷 181
Conclusion/结论 182
Chapter 8 Conclusion/结论 183
Afterword/跋 185