The project manager's guide to mastering agile : principles and practices for an adaptive approach /
Charles G. Cobb.
- 1st edition
- 1 online resource (426 p.)
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction to Agile Project Management; The Chasm in Project Management Philosophies; The Evolution of Agile and Waterfall; Definition of waterfall; Definition of agile; Comparison of plan-driven and adaptive approaches; The Evolution of the Project Management Profession; The early history of project management; Transformation of the project management profession; What's driving this change, and why now?; Agile Project Management Benefits; Summary of Key Points; Discussion Topics; Part 1 Fundamentals of Agile Chapter 2 Agile History and the Agile Manifesto Agile Early History; Dr. Winston Royce and the Waterfall model (1970); Early iterative and incremental development methods (early 1970's); Further evolution of iterative and incremental development (mid- to late 1970's); Early agile development methods (1980's and 1990's); Agile Manifesto (2001); Agile Manifesto values; Agile Manifesto principles; Summary of Key Points; Discussion Topics; Chapter 3 Scrum Overview; Scrum Roles; Product owner role; Scrum Master role; Team role; Scrum framework; Sprint planning; Daily standup; Sprint review Sprint retrospective General Scrum/Agile Principles; Variability and uncertainty; Prediction and adaptation; Validated learning; Work in progress; Progress; Performance; Scrum Values; Commitment and focus; Openness; Respect; Courage; Summary of Key Points; Discussion Topics; Chapter 4 Agile Planning, Requirements, and Product Backlog; Agile Planning Practices; Rolling-wave planning; Planning strategies; Spikes; Progressive elaboration; Value-based functional decomposition; Agile Requirements Practices; The role of a business analyst in an agile project; ""Just barely good enough"" Differentiating wants from needs and the ""five whys""MoSCoW technique; User Personas and Stories; User personas; User stories; Epics; Product Backlog; What is a product backlog?; Product backlog grooming; Summary of Key Points; Discussion Topics; Chapter 5 Agile Development, Quality, and Testing Practices; Agile Software Development Practices; Code refactoring; Continuous integration; Pair programming; Test-driven development; Extreme programming (XP); Agile Quality Management Practices; Key differences in agile quality management practices; Definition of ""done"" The role of QA testing in an agile project Agile Testing Practices; Concurrent testing; Acceptance test driven development; Repeatable tests and automated regression testing; Value-driven and risk-based testing; Summary of Key Points; Discussion Topics; Part 2 Agile Project Management; Chapter 6 Time-Boxing, Kanban, and Theory of Constraints; The Importance of Flow; Time-Boxing; Time-boxing advantages; Additional time-boxing productivity advantages; Kanban Process; Push and pull processes; What is a Kanban process?; Differences between Scrum and Kanban; Work-in-process limits in Kanban Kanban boards
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