For software to consistently deliver promised results, software development must mature into a true profession. Emergent Design: The Evolutionary Nature of Professional Software Development points the way. As software continues to evolve and mature, software development processes become more complicated, relying on a variety of methodologies and approaches. This book illuminates the path to building the next generation of software.

Scott L. Bain integrates the best of today’s most important development disciplines into a unified, streamlined, realistic, and fully actionable approach to developing software. Drawing on patterns, refactoring, and test-driven development, Bain offers a blueprint for moving efficiently through the entire software life-cycle, smoothly managing change, and consistently delivering systems that are robust, reliable, and cost-effective.

Drawing on patterns, refactoring, and test-driven development, our instructors offer a blueprint for moving efficiently through the entire software life-cycle, smoothly managing change, and consistently delivering systems that are robust, reliable, and cost-effective.

Additional resources

Here are some resources to help you learn about Emergent Design.

• Avoiding Over and Under Design. A webinar with PDFs on Emergent Design.
• The chapter, Avoid Over and Under Design, from Essential Skills for the Agile Developer: A Guide to Better Programming and Design.