We all know at heart that it's people, not the tools they use, that make software projects & products succeed. _Agile ALM_ focuses on driving the development process through people. The core of _Agile ALM_ consists of collaboration, integration, automation and continuous improvement. These fundamentals have served my own teams well for many years. I'm glad to recommend this book to anyone wanting to embrace agile development.
The author understands that testing is an integral part of developing and releasing software. I love this book because it teaches the whole package of ALM, including testing. It provides many detailed examples of lightweight tools to support various activities, but it doesn't forget the purpose served by those tools. Included are tools for collaborative and barrier-free development.
This book is an overview, and where more detail is needed, it provides the reader with excellent places to go learn more.
When I read _Agile ALM_, I was pleasantly surprised how many of the recommended practices and tools my team uses. We had to find these the hard way, by trial and error. Why not just read this book and get a running start?
If your team is new to agile or struggling in some aspects of your development and delivery process, this book will get you headed in the right direction.