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About the Book
This book is work in progress and it will be continuously updated with new thoughts. Maybe as a result of your feedback?
The book is about agile and dog training. It is more precisely about agile software development and clicker training for dogs. And where these two areas intersect, because the way I see it they do in many ways. Both opt for very different ways of working than was common earlier, and in this they are interesting to study together. They are also two passions for me. It's also about making the world a better place to live and work in.
The book starts with a chapter that covers some of my background in respective areas and also a little about my motivation for writing this book. After this follows the thank-you and "This book in tweets" chapters.
The first real chapter is about "Agile software development". Here I try to give the reader my view of what are the important parts of agile and also some about why it might be a step on the way towards better software.
Next follows a chapter focusing on dog training and "Clicker training" in particular. We will here go through a few basic things about clicker method training and also my own view on many parts of it.
In the chapters "Differences" and "Similarities" we finally try to connect (or disconnect) the dots between the two domains. For a reader that is familiar with both areas this could be a good starting point, skipping the rest.
Wanting to read the book and not sure if you want to pay for it? Just read it for free and pay for it if you find it interesting and would like it to further evolve or maybe come in another form. All the money coming from the book sales will go to either some kind of charity (WWF maybe) or towards a free printed book.
(The book has not yet been edited by a professional editor.)
About the Author
Björn Tikkanen is a self-employed software contractor with two main interests. To create value for his clients and dog training. Clients (or stakeholders) means everyone involved in creating something that someone wants. With this definition, also the team members in the software development team is an important client to take care of. He believes that the value creation in most cases can be greatly supported by adopting an agile approach. Likewise, to effectively and ethically train dogs you use a method without threats, control or force.
Having invested 10-15 years in respective area, Björn now see more and more things common in his passions (agile software development and clicker dog training). To write about this was a big, but fun, and challenging step to take. As he puts it : "This is a book pretty much without an audience. It is mostly for me and my learning".