Agile Project Management For Dummies, 2nd Edition

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.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Understanding Agile
Chapter 1: Modernizing Project Management
Chapter 2: Applying the Agile Manifesto and Principles
Chapter 3: Why Being Agile Works Better

Part 2: Being Agile
Chapter 4: Agile Approaches
Chapter 5: Agile Environments in Action
Chapter 6: Agile Behaviors in Action

Part 3: Agile Planning and Execution
Chapter 7: Defining the Product Vision and Product Roadmap
Chapter 8: Planning Releases and Sprints
Chapter 9: Working throughout the Day
Chapter 10: Showcasing Work, Inspecting, and Adapting
Chapter 11: Preparing for Release

Part 4: Agile Management
Chapter 12: Managing Scope and Procurement
Chapter 13: Managing Time and Cost
Chapter 14: Managing Team Dynamics and Communication
Chapter 15: Managing Quality and Risk

Part 5: Ensuring Agile Success
Chapter 16: Building a Foundation
Chapter 17: Scaling across Agile Teams
Chapter 18: Being a Change Agent

Part 6: The Part of Tens
Chapter 19: Ten Key Benefits of Agile Project Management
Chapter 20: Ten Key Factors for Project Success
Chapter 21: Ten Metrics for Agile Organizations
Chapter 22: Ten Valuable Resources for Agile Professionals