Special thanks to Brian Marick, Ken Pugh,
and Mark Streibeck for their comments on the completed draft.
James Shore
Every work builds on what came before. I was fortunate to have not just one, but many giants to stand
on. Without the inspired work of Kent Beck, Alistair Cockburn,Ward Cunningham, Tom DeMarco,
Martin Fowler, Ron Jeffries, Timothy Lister, Steve McConnell, and Gerald Weinberg, I wouldn??™t have
anything close to the understanding of software development I have today. It??™s thanks to their example
that this book exists. In particular, thanks to Alistair Cockburn for generously inviting me to his
roundtable and introducing me to the agile community.
If giants enabled me to contribute to this book, then Kim Eaves and the Denali team brought the
stepladder. Without their enthusiastic support, I never would have been able to try that crazy XP thing.
Thanks also to Rob Myers for his ever-friendly consideration of my rants.
I also gratefully acknowledge my coauthor and friend, Shane Warden. This project morphed from a
little 100-page second edition into a 400-page monster. You didn??™t complain once. Thanks for putting
up with me. (And hey! Nice book.)
Finally, thank you, Neeru, my loving and patient wife.
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