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Record Nr.

UNINA9911006513703321

Autore

Davis Barbee

Titolo

Agile practices for waterfall projects : shifting processes for competitive advantage / / Barbee Davis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Plantation, FL : , : J. Ross Publishing, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

9781680154948

168015494X

9781604277326

1604277327

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (346 pages) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

658.4/04

Soggetti

Project management

Teams in the workplace

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Why agile now? -- What is agile? -- Where did agile ideas originate? -- What are agile practices and how do they work? -- What are some more new agile concepts? -- Should my projects be agile? -- How does an agile team get started? -- How do agile teams estimate? -- What agile tools are important? -- How does agile scale to the enterprise level? -- How do I work with distributed teams? -- What do I use for agile documentation? -- What needs to change in my own skill set? -- What needs to change in my business skill sets? -- What shifts in business will affect me? -- What changes are needed in my organization? -- What are Scrum, XP, and DSDM? -- What are lean, kanban, crystal, and other agile practices? -- How do I jumpstart change? -- Who has made agile work? -- Parting advice.

Sommario/riassunto

Projects in the near future will be managed with a hybrid of Agile and traditional waterfall processes to better address the speed to market, product innovation, and financial challenges that organizations face. The project managers who learn how to merge Agile with Waterfall methodologies first will gain a huge career advantage over those who lag behind. This engaging and highly instructive guide covers what



Agile is, and how and when it is appropriate to blend it into your projects. Agile Practices for Waterfall Projects will help new and experienced project managers, stakeholders, and students of the discipline to proactively prepare for and ensure their future success. This agile project management book is a valuable resource for all the terms and concepts needed for those planning to take the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) exam.