1st Edition
Sustainable Dual-Track Development The Future of Software Engineering for Co-located, Remote, and Hybrid Teams
Chapter 1: Overview, Chapter 2: Balanced Teams, Chapter 3: The Product Backlog, Chapter 4: Boundary Spanning, Chapter 5: Project Management, Chapter 6: Introducing Track One, Chapter 7: Making Sense of the Project Environment, Chapter 8: Design Thinking, Chapter 9: Introducing Track Two, Chapter 10: Clean Code and Tests, Chapter 11: Integrating and Delivering, Chapter 12: Toward Organizational Justice, and Chapter 13: Conclusion.
Biography
Todd Sedano, PhD (Carnegie Mellon University), enjoys creating inclusive engineering environments, empowering others to excel, and coaching others by listening and reframing from a growth mindset. He has more than 25 years of experience as a software engineer and engineering manager at leading organizations including NASA JPL, Pivotal Labs, VMware, Enjoy, Gusto, and ID.me. Dr. Sedano has published scholarly articles on software development waste, agile teams, product backlogs, and dual-track development. His academic research became the foundation for this book. His current hobbies include riding roller coasters, improvisational theater, and American Kenpo.
D. Paul Ralph, PhD (University of British Columbia), is an award-winning scientist, author, consultant, professor of software engineering, and director of the Dalhousie Software Engineering Lab. His cutting-edge research at the intersection of software engineering, human-computer interaction, and project management investigates how to improve the environmental, social, economic, and technical sustainability of software development. Dr. Ralph’s previous research has been published in over 100 peer reviewed articles and has been used by leading technology companies including Adobe, Amazon, AT&T, Broadcom, Canon, IBM, Google, HP, Microsoft, Netflix, Oracle, PayPal, Samsung, Salesforce, Yahoo!, and Walmart.
"Sustainable Dual-Track Development is a must-read book for anybody involved in software development. In contrast to most books on the topic, it is not just based on the anecdotal experiences of its authors but grounded in cutting-edge scientific evidence. It is also a rarely comprehensive account of modern software development, covering everything from understanding the application domain and its users to creating quality software in sustainable way. It does not prescribe a single one-size-fits-all approach based on dogmatic agile practices, but it provides practical guidance on how to adapt the proposed methodology to each individual project. Maybe most astonishingly, the authors achieve all this in a very accessible and entertaining way. Readers of all levels of experience (from computer science students to senior software engineers) and specializing in a wide range of roles – be it programmers, product owners, project managers etc. – will equally benefit from this book."
Michael Wufka, Ph.D., Instructor in Computing Studies and Information Systems, Douglas College
