Agile Project Management: Learn the Most Important Concepts ...

Jeff Branson

• 24 juni 2020
• 9781393758099

Samenvatting:

Learn the most important concepts and tools for Agile project management.

• Things you will learn:
• Learn the fundamentals of Agile project management
• Learn how to use Agile for the right projects
• You will learn the key concepts of Agile development, Agile project delivery, and Agile project management
• You will understand the differences between Agile and traditional project delivery (other methodologies)
• Understand the impact that Agile and Lean are having on the project management profession
• Understand common problems that can cause an enterprise-level Agile transformation to fail and how to avoid them

This book aims to help people who are looking for successful project management strategies that they can implement with their own team.

Contrary to popular belief, Agile is not a methodology but a philosophy that anyone can subscribe to if he wants his project to succeed. Many project managers use it and swear of its effectiveness in ensuring that the whole project is a success. Although commonly used in IT projects, the Agile project management is applicable to all projects.

Why take this book?

• You will be prepared to apply Agile to your projects
• You will be able to speak about Agile with confidence
• You will understand the difference between Agile and other methodologies
• You will learn why Agile isn't only for IT or tech projects, but it's actually applied across many industries worldwide
• You will get tools and tips
• You will learn how to apply project management practices in an Agile environment

Agile project management has at its heart an aim to bring improvements in the project continuously as it proceeds, while being flexible, having complete team input and delivering high quality products or results. It has a scrum framework approach which is to build quality first and eliminate maximum wastage. Organizations can utilise the different tools and techniques available to the team to build agile management as this proves to be more effective.