Author: Mark C. Layton Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1118026241 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 362
Book Description
Learn why agile techniques work better than historical approaches, and use them to rev up your software development with a faster, more flexible approach.
Author: Mark C. Layton Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1119405696 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 432
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Flex your project management muscle Agile project management is a fast and flexible approach to managing all projects, not just software development. By learning the principles and techniques in this book, you'll be able to create a product roadmap, schedule projects, and prepare for product launches with the ease of Agile software developers. You'll discover how to manage scope, time, and cost, as well as team dynamics, quality, and risk of every project. As mobile and web technologies continue to evolve rapidly, there is added pressure to develop and implement software projects in weeks instead of months—and Agile Project Management For Dummies can help you do just that. Providing a simple, step-by-step guide to Agile project management approaches, tools, and techniques, it shows product and project managers how to complete and implement projects more quickly than ever. Complete projects in weeks instead of months Reduce risk and leverage core benefits for projects Turn Agile theory into practice for all industries Effectively create an Agile environment Get ready to grasp and apply Agile principles for faster, more accurate development.
Author: Eric Brechner Publisher: Pearson Education ISBN: 0735698953 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 161
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"With Kanban, every minute you spend on a software project can add value for customers. One book can help you achieve this goal: Agile Project Management with Kanban. Author Eric Brechner pioneered Kanban within the Xbox engineering team at Microsoft. Now he shows you exactly how to make it work for your team. Think of this book as {28}Kanban in a box.
Author: Jim Highsmith Publisher: Pearson Education ISBN: 0321659171 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 666
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Best practices for managing projects in agile environments—now updated with new techniques for larger projects Today, the pace of project management moves faster. Project management needs to become more flexible and far more responsive to customers. Using Agile Project Management (APM), project managers can achieve all these goals without compromising value, quality, or business discipline. In Agile Project Management, Second Edition, renowned agile pioneer Jim Highsmith thoroughly updates his classic guide to APM, extending and refining it to support even the largest projects and organizations. Writing for project leaders, managers, and executives at all levels, Highsmith integrates the best project management, product management, and software development practices into an overall framework designed to support unprecedented speed and mobility. The many topics added in this new edition include incorporating agile values, scaling agile projects, release planning, portfolio governance, and enhancing organizational agility. Project and business leaders will especially appreciate Highsmith’s new coverage of promoting agility through performance measurements based on value, quality, and constraints. This edition’s coverage includes: Understanding the agile revolution’s impact on product development Recognizing when agile methods will work in project management, and when they won’t Setting realistic business objectives for Agile Project Management Promoting agile values and principles across the organization Utilizing a proven Agile Enterprise Framework that encompasses governance, project and iteration management, and technical practices Optimizing all five stages of the agile project: Envision, Speculate, Explore, Adapt, and Close Organizational and product-related processes for scaling agile to the largest projects and teams Agile project governance solutions for executives and management The “Agile Triangle”: measuring performance in ways that encourage agility instead of discouraging it The changing role of the agile project leader
Author: Marcus Ries Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781539877301 Category : Languages : en Pages : 160
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In understanding methodologies and agile project management, we look at the different techniques in which you can successfully develop management skills. As you know, it is quite important to adopt a multifaceted approach when it comes to management, to get your job done in a facile manner. Agile methodology is a multifaceted approach that finds its application in many different fields and can be considered an umbrella concept. Right from engineering to IT to business management, there are many areas where one can effectively apply the ideologies of agile management. Once you go through the book, you will understand how easy it is for you to adopt and utilize it to enhance your business. The agile management technique focuses on four main aspects, namely - effective communication with clients/parties, delivering a work application, collaborating with clients and changing up the scope of work. All of these need to be controlled and managed in order to enhance productivity. That is exactly where this book comes into play. In the course of this book, you will learn how to: Understanding the iterative learning process Learning about the agile software development techniques The scope of management Meaning and features of agile manifesto Dynamic system development model and its applications The phases of the Atern project Understanding of the scrum theory Sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives Service designs and transitions Service operations Lean development principles Operational level management techniques Steps to enhance focus Agile management basically focuses on enhancing communication within the organizational structure to ensure that you remain with free flowing ideologies. It is a good way to increase your productivity while managing your work environment. The book focuses on understanding each and every element by breaking it down to the simplest form. The concepts are explained in such a way that they allow you to implement them in your work life. You can go through the concepts in detail to understand each and every aspect of it. There is no limit to its application and you can mold it into any shape or form of your choice. You can pass a copy of the book to all your employees so that they can understand what it takes to partake in agile management of business. You can also consider holding a seminar or a book reading session where everybody can interpret their ideologies in their own way. Using the information provided in the book, you can implement agile management in your day-to-day life; whether it is work or personal life. So what are you waiting for - start reading right away! Buy your copy today!
Author: Ken Schwaber Publisher: Microsoft Press ISBN: 0735637903 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 214
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The rules and practices for Scrum—a simple process for managing complex projects—are few, straightforward, and easy to learn. But Scrum’s simplicity itself—its lack of prescription—can be disarming, and new practitioners often find themselves reverting to old project management habits and tools and yielding lesser results. In this illuminating series of case studies, Scrum co-creator and evangelist Ken Schwaber identifies the real-world lessons—the successes and failures—culled from his years of experience coaching companies in agile project management. Through them, you’ll understand how to use Scrum to solve complex problems and drive better results—delivering more valuable software faster. Gain the foundation in Scrum theory—and practice—you need to: Rein in even the most complex, unwieldy projects Effectively manage unknown or changing product requirements Simplify the chain of command with self-managing development teams Receive clearer specifications—and feedback—from customers Greatly reduce project planning time and required tools Build—and release—products in 30-day cycles so clients get deliverables earlier Avoid missteps by regularly inspecting, reporting on, and fine-tuning projects Support multiple teams working on a large-scale project from many geographic locations Maximize return on investment!
Author: Clydebank Business Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 9781329528260 Category : Project management Languages : en Pages : 92
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Get Projects Done Quickly & Add Value Immediately Through Agile Project Management! Agile Project Management is simply shifting the world of project management at its core and theres a reason why. With an approach to projects that is quite different from the traditional waterfall methodology, Agile Project Management focuses on added value fast while staying on track to achieve a defined business goal. Completing projects in small chunks, piece by piece, allows project stakeholders to implement deliverables much faster than waiting for all phases of the project to be completed as well as allowing for modifications to project items based on changing needs. Often overlooked as a project management style that is only for IT related projects, Agile methodology can be be utilized to complete projects across any industry including company reorganization, improving upon or redefining business processes and simply any project that does has short production and implementation times.
Author: Andy Vickler Publisher: ISBN: 9781955786140 Category : Languages : en Pages : 130
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The Kanban paradigm of project management is getting more and more popular, and this book aims to bring people ahead of the curve and understand a concept that very soon may take over the industry. People entering the professional industry are always bombarded with confusing words that are hard to get their minds around, but it's important to know those terms to survive and thrive in the corporate world. In this book you'll discover... - Simple and easy to understand terminology that steers clear of jargon so you won't struggle to understand the fundamental concepts and you'll be able to apply them instantly. - A simple, detail-oriented layout. Even individuals without a background in project management will be able to understand it and learn from it. - A step-by-step approach. The topics are divided into segments, and each latter segment is built upon the concept learned in the previous one to provide cohesion to the learning process. - Real-life test cases and examples that will be helpful once you start applying Kanban in your office or workspace. Topics include: - Kanban principles and practices - Tools for efficient Kanban processes - Implementing and transitioning to Kanban - Combining Kanban with other methodologies - The future of Kanban and much more! By the time you complete this book, you will be set to be a Kanban project manager or work in a Kanban working environment. This book will also open other dimensions of study and introspection that you can further enhance your knowledge and expertise on the subject of Kanban and of project management methodologies.
Author: Publisher: Project Management Institute ISBN: 1628253991 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 175
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Agile Practice Guide – First Edition has been developed as a resource to understand, evaluate, and use agile and hybrid agile approaches. This practice guide provides guidance on when, where, and how to apply agile approaches and provides practical tools for practitioners and organizations wanting to increase agility. This practice guide is aligned with other PMI standards, including A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) – Sixth Edition, and was developed as the result of collaboration between the Project Management Institute and the Agile Alliance.
Author: Charles G. Cobb Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1118015703 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 272
Book Description
Making Sense of Agile Project Management Business & Economics/Project Management The essential primer to successfully implementing agile project management into an overall business strategy For a project to be truly successful, its management strategy must be flexible enough to adapt to dynamic and rapidly evolving business needs. Making Sense of Agile Project Management helps project managers think outside the box by presenting a deep exploration of agile principles, methodologies, and practices. Straying from traditional bureaucratic procedures that are rigidly defined, this book espouses a heavy reliance on the training and skill of collaborative, cross-functional teams to adapt the methodology to the problem that they are attempting to solve—rather than force-fitting a project to a particular methodology. Making Sense of Agile Project Management: Focuses on how agile project management fits with other more traditional project management models to provide a more effective strategy Includes many cases taken from real-world companies illustrating good and bad agile implementation Provides coverage that is balanced and objective with discussion of both agile and non-agile methodologies Making Sense of Agile Project Management employs a straightforward approach that enables project managers to grasp concepts quickly and develop adaptable management tools for creating a vibrant and fluid business environment. By utilizing the principles laid out in this book, business managers and leaders will strengthen their ability to meet the risks and complexities of any individual project—and better understand how to blend the appropriate balance of control and agility into an overall business strategy.
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