I have come across the works of Pete Wright, as I have come to know him somewhat. He does a lot of agile and XP development, and that is something that I have been wanting to learn more about. While reading through his blog, he mentioned a book, Getting Real, so I had to take a look and review it over.
The book is a publication from the fine folks at 37signals and brings to light some of their coding philosophies, such as how they do agile development. It is a cheap book and you can achieve instant gratification from purchasing it online because the book is currently only available as a PDF download. The voice of the book takes a stand and casts a very bright light in order to bring out the contrast of other methods of software development and project management. The authors like to shock you up a bit by making claims of saying “no” to your customers or saying “no” to project meetings. It’s like a cold shower for your brain, and once it has gotten its attention, it reasons with you as to why you would want to say no in certain situations and why you would want to say yes.