Bob Billington has a problem: he's about to lose his job because the economy has taken a sudden nose-dive taking the big project he is working on with it. Bob, a natural-born problem-solver, starts asking questions - the first being "What does it take for a project to be commercially viable in a recession?". Bob's questions surprise his bosses and his customers ... why does a programmer need to know about business? The answers surprise everyone ... —- Rocks Into Gold is a business parable, about 15-30 minutes worth of reading, which explains Agile Software Development without using any Agile words or jargon. I guess I could have called it: "Who moved my Waterfall?" or "The One Minute Software Engineer saves his company" ... but I might have had copyright problems... Over 20,000 people have already read it (for free) on slideshare. Here are some of the testimonials: "I found it very thought provoking - it made me think about how my firm creates and presents an offering to a client." Mark Woeppel, Author "Projects in Less Time:: A Synopsis of Critical Chain" and "Manufacturer's Guide to Implementing the Theory of Constraints", pinnacle-strategies.com —- "Clarke - You've got real skill at *saying* the simplest thing that could possibly work to get people's thinking shifted over to more fundamental ideas that can't help but inspire action. Thanks so much - I will recommend this little book!" Nancy Van Schooenderwoert, Agile coach specializing in embedded systems, leanagilepartners.com —- "Clarke is a good story-teller ... I particularly like the lessons he offers from theory of constraints and lean perspectives. Many people will miss it. That's ok. It's a story not a lecture. They won't miss that there is a way they can bring more value to their clients while increasing the cash flow for their firm. Nice job Clarke. Hal Macomber, Project Reformer (and well-known Lean blogger), reformingprojectmanagement.com