Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products
by Jim Highsmith
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Please note - there is now a second edition of this book available, with the ISBN of 0321658396. “Jim Highsmith is one of a few modern writers who are helping us understand the new nature of work in the knowledge economy.” —Rob Austin, Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School “This is the project management book we’ve all been waiting for—the book that effectively combines Agile methods and rigorous project management. Not only does this book help us make sense of project show more management in this current world of iterative, incremental Agile methods, but it’s an all-around good read!” —Lynne Ellen, Sr. VP & CIO, DTE Energy “Finally a book that reconciles the passion of the Agile Software movement with the needed disciplines of project management. Jim’s book has provided a service to all of us.” —Neville R(oy) Singham, CEO, ThoughtWorks, Inc. “The world of product development is becoming more dynamic and uncertain. Many managers cope by reinforcing processes, adding documentation, or further honing costs. This isn’t working. Highsmith brilliantly guides us into an alternative that fits the times.” —Preston G. Smith, principal, New Product Dynamics/coauthor, Developing Products in Half the Time One of the field’s leading experts brings together all the knowledge and resources you need to use APM in your next project. Jim Highsmith shows why APM should be in every manager’s toolkit, thoroughly addressing the questions project managers raise about Agile approaches. He systematically introduces the five-phase APM framework, then presents specific, proven tools for every project participant. Coverage includes: Six principles of Agile Project Management How to capitalize on emerging new product development technologies Putting customers at the center of your project, where they belong Creating adaptive teams that respond quickly to changes in your project’s “ecosystem” Which projects will benefit from APM—and which won’t APM’s five phases: Envision, Speculate, Explore, Adapt, Close APM practices, including the Product Vision Box and Project Data Sheet Leveraging your PMI skills in Agile environments Scaling APM to larger projects and teams For every project manager, team leader, and team member show lessTags
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This edition’s coverage includes: Understanding the agile revolution’s impact on product development ; Recognizing when agile methods will work in project management, and when they won’t ; Setting realistic business objectives for Agile Project Management ; Promoting agile values and principles across the organization ; Utilizing a proven Agile Enterprise Framework that encompasses governance, project and iteration management, and technical practices ; Optimizing all five stages of the agile project: Envision, Speculate, Explore, Adapt, and Close ; Organizational and product-related processes for scaling agile to the largest projects and teams ; Agile project governance solutions for executives and management ; The “Agile show more Triangle”: measuring performance in ways that encourage agility instead of discouraging it ; The changing role of the agile project leader." product description
Contents:
The agile revolution
Value over constraints
Teams over tasks
Adapting over conforming
An agile project management model
The envision phase
The speculate phase
Advanced release planning
The explore phase
The adapt and close phases
Scaling agile projects
Governing agile projects
Beyond scope, schedule, and cost : measuring agile performance
Reliable innovation show less
Contents:
The agile revolution
Value over constraints
Teams over tasks
Adapting over conforming
An agile project management model
The envision phase
The speculate phase
Advanced release planning
The explore phase
The adapt and close phases
Scaling agile projects
Governing agile projects
Beyond scope, schedule, and cost : measuring agile performance
Reliable innovation show less
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Jim Highsmith is Director, Agile Project Management Practice, and Fellow, Business Technology Council, at Cutter Consortium
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- Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products
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- Nonfiction, Technology, Business
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- 005.1 — Computer science, information & general works Computer science, knowledge & systems Artificial Intelligence/Virtual Reality Software development
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- QA76.758 .H54 — Science Mathematics Mathematics Instruments and machines Calculating machines Electronic computers. Computer science Computer software
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