Table of Contents

• Downloads
• AM Overview
• Major Pages at this Site
• Adopting AM
• Agile Models
• AM in practice
• Practices, Patterns, and Anti-Patterns
• Topics in AM
• UML/MDA
• Other
• Translations

Free Downloads

• The Agile Modeling (AM) Pamphlet 
• Whiteboard Etiquette Rules

Agile Modeling: An Overview

• Agile Model Driven Development (AMDD)
• Debunking Modeling Myths (Software Development, Aug 2001)
• How the AM Practices Fit Together  
• An Introduction to Agile Modeling
• So You Want to Be an Agile Modeler?    
• What Is(n't) Agile Modeling?  
• When Are(n't) You Agile Modeling?
• When Does(n't) Agile Modeling Make Sense?   
• Where Do I Start?

Major Pages

• Agile Modeling Best Practices
• Agile Models Distilled
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
• Modeling Style Guidelines
• Practices of AM
• Principles of AM
• Training
• Values of AM

Adopting Agile Approaches

• Adopting Agile Database Techniques
• Becoming Agile
• Easing into Agile Modeling
• How Can Enterprise-level Professionals Be Agile?
• Remaining Agile

Agile Models

• Agile Models Distilled
• Artifacts for Agile Modeling: The UML and Beyond
• Barely Good Enough?
• When is a Model Agile?  

Agile Modeling In Practice

• Agile Model Driven Development (AMDD)
  • AMDD Approaches
  • Roadmap for Agile MDA
• Agile Software Development: Definition
• Agile Requirements Modeling  
  • Active Stakeholder Participation  
  • Agile Requirements Best Practices
  • Agile Requirements Change Management
  • Examining the "Big Requirements Up Front (BRUF)" Approach
  • Inclusive Models
  • Overcoming Common Requirements Modeling Challenges
  • Requirements Envisioning
  • Response to "Are You Passing the Requirements Buck"
• Agile Architectural Modeling
  • Agile Enterprise Architecture
  • Architecture Envisioning
  • Enterprise Architecture Modeling
  • Zachman Framework
• Agile Analysis
  • Rethinking the Role of Business Analysts
• Agile Design
• Agile Legacy System Analysis
• Agile Modeling and the Rational Unified Process
• AM and eXtreme Programming (XP)  
  • Debunking eXtreme programming myths
  • XP and the UML?
• Feature Driven Development (FDD) and Agile Modeling

Patterns and Anti-Patterns

• Apply Patterns Gently
• Big Modeling Up Front (BMUF) Anti-Pattern
• Enterprise Modeling Anti-Patterns
• Iteration Modeling
• Just Barely Good Enough (JBGE) artifacts
• Model a bit Ahead
• Model Storming
• Single Source Information.

Topics in Agile Modeling

• Active Stakeholder Participation  
• Agile Design Tips
• Agile Documentation  
• Communication  
• Comparing the Various Approaches to Modeling in Software Development
• Document Late
• Generalizing Specialists
  • Isn't That Special (SD Magazine Jan 2003)
• Executable Specifications
• Inclusive Models
• Iterating to Another Artifact
• Misconceptions Regarding AM
• The "Model a Bit Ahead" Pattern
• Model Reviews: Best Practice or Process Smell?  
  • Validating Agile Models (posted at www.cutter.com) 
• Modeling Style Guidelines
• The Object Primer -- An Introduction to Techniques for Agile Modeling
• Organizing an Agile Modeling Room  
• Phases Examined
• Presenting Agile Models to Stakeholders
• Project Stakeholder Rights and Responsibilities
• Rethinking Modeling Sessions  
• Rethinking Presentations to Project Stakeholders
• Rethinking the Role of Business Analysts
• Simple Tools or CASE Tools? 
• Single Source Information: An Agile Practice  New!
• Whiteboard modeling
  • Software Modeling on Plain Old Whiteboards (POWs)
  • Tips for Whiteboard Modeling

UML/MDA

• AMDD Approaches
• Are You Ready For the MDA?
• Be Realistic About the UML
• Comparing the Various Approaches to Modeling in Software Development
• Examining The Model Driven Architecture (MDA)
• Introduction to the Diagrams of UML 2.0 
• A Roadmap for Agile MDA
• UML Modeling Style Guidelines 
• Why Extend the UML Beyond Object and Component Technology?
• XP and the UML?

Other

• Agile Modeling Book Overview  
• Agile Modeling Glossary  
• Agile Modeling References
• Answering the "Where is the Proof that Agile Methods Work" Question
• Frappr Map
• From eXtreme Modeling (XM) to Agile Modeling (AM): Why the Name Change
• Interviewing Tips and Techniques for IT Professionals
• Using the The Agile Modeling Logo on Your Site 
• Use Case Reuse: <<include>>, <<extend>>, and Inheritance

Translations

• Japanese

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