Brilliant Agile Project Management A Practical Guide to Using Agile, Scrum and Kanban

by Cole, Rob; Scotcher, Edward

• ISBN13: 9781292063560
• ISBN10: 1292063564
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2015-12-22
• Publisher: Ft Pr

Summary

What is Agile Project Management and will it bring my project in on time and budget?

If you need a solid understanding of how Agile Project Management works so your projects can fully benefit from using this innovative and powerful approach, this book is essential reading. 

Brilliant Agile Project Management does more than just talk you through the techniques and processes - focussing on real-life use of Agile in business environments, it provides practical advice and techniques on how to implement and work with Agile, so you always know exactly what to do and say to make your project a success.

·    Assess whether your organisation or project is right for using APM

·    Understand how to implement APM into any project

·    Overcome common problems with APM 

 

Get up to speed with Agile Project Management and get ahead – fast! 

Author Biography

Rob Cole is a project management consultant with over 20 years experience.  He runs high profile projects and specialises in project troubleshooting. He has been involved in the Agile community form it’s earliest days in the DSDM consortium and regularly uses APM on projects of all sizes, and trains teams in it’s practical day-to-day uses.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Acknowledgements

 

Chapter 1 - A Brave New World: Introducing Agile

 

Chapter 2 – Agile is Different

 

Chapter 3 – Getting Ready: Preparing to be Agile

 

Chapter 4 – Using Kanban

 

Chapter 5 – Simply the Best: Scrum Essentials

 

Chapter 6 – Going on a Journey: Scrum Day by Day

 

Chapter 7 – Agile in the Organisation

 

Chapter 8 – Support Mechanisms

 

Chapter 9 – A Call to Action

 

Index