Global IT consultancy ThoughtWorks today announced the publishing of The ThoughtWorks Anthology, a collection of essays addressing a wide range of software development issues confronting individuals and businesses today. The Anthology contains pragmatic advice on improving effectiveness across the entire software development cycle from well-known IT industry figures like Martin Fowler and ThoughtWorks founder Roy Singham, other known ThoughtWorks writers and new authors. Topics include design, architecture, testing, domain-specific languages, build and deploy issues, and realizing business value from applications.

The ThoughtWorks Anthology was created with both senior executives and front-line engineers in mind, and it examines topics at varying degrees of technological savvy to appeal to a broad spectrum of readers. Even the most technical articles open with reader-friendly introductions that can be valuable to non-practitioners, such as CFOs and other business executives.

“While doing great work for clients is our day-to-day focus, our larger goal is to elevate the entire IT industry” said Rebecca Parsons, ThoughtWorks CTO and contributing author to The ThoughtWorks Anthology. “To that end, we have always sought to distribute our knowledge and best practices to clients and colleagues, and The ThoughtWorks Anthology is a great new avenue to do that.”

The ThoughtWorks Anthology is currently available for purchase from the Pragmatic Programmer’s website at http://www.pragprog.com/titles/twa.

About ThoughtWorks

ThoughtWorks is a global IT consultancy focused on software development and delivery. Using Agile best practices the company helps CIOs maximize investment performance, reducing time and risk. ThoughtWorks' 1000 professionals serve clients from offices in six countries including Australia, Canada, China, India, the United Kingdom and the United States. ThoughtWorks' new product group, ThoughtWorks Studios, leverages the organization's deep experience by building world-class software. The first product to be released is Mingle, an Agile project collaboration application.