Agile Project Management: Learn the Most Important Concepts and Tools of Agile Project Management

By Jeff Branson

Learn the most important concepts and tools for Agile project management.

• Things you will learn:
• Learn the fundamentals of Agile project management
• Learn how to use Agile for the right projects
• You will learn the key concepts of Agile development, Agile project delivery, and Agile project management
• You will understand the differences between Agile and traditional project delivery (other methodologies)
• Understand the impact that Agile and Lean are having on the project management profession
• Understand common problems that can cause an enterprise-level Agile transformation to fail and how to avoid them

This book aims to help people who are looking for successful project management strategies that they can implement with their own team.

Contrary to popular belief, Agile is not a methodology but a philosophy that anyone can subscribe to if he wants his project to succeed. Many project managers use it and swear of its effectiveness in ensuring that the whole project is a success. Although commonly used in IT projects, the Agile project management is applicable to all projects.

Why take this book?

• You will be prepared to apply Agile to your projects
• You will be able to speak about Agile with confidence
• You will understand the difference between Agile and other methodologies
• You will learn why Agile isn't only for IT or tech projects, but it's actually applied across many industries worldwide
• You will get tools and tips
• You will learn how to apply project management practices in an Agile environment

Agile project management has at its heart an aim to bring improvements in the project continuously as it proceeds, while being flexible, having complete team input and delivering high quality products or results. It has a scrum framework approach which is to build quality first and eliminate maximum wastage. Organizations can utilise the different tools and techniques available to the team to build agile management as this proves to be more effective. 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jeff Branson
• Release date: Jun 24, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393758099

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AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT:

LEARN THE MOST IMPORTANT CONCEPTS AND TOOLS OF AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Table of Contents

AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT:

Introduction

Chapter1: What Is Agile Project Management?

Chapter2: History of agile project management

Chapter3: Tools for Agile Project Management

Tools for Greater Team Effectiveness

The Team

Quick Conflict Resolution Agreement

Celebrate success

The Secret Weapon

Understanding Yourself

Confidence

Delegation

Patience

Adaptability and Creativity

Mentorship

Chapter4: Difference Between Agile Project Management and Traditional Project Management?

Chapter 5: How to Create an Agile Project Team

Building a Kickass Team

Who is Involved in Agile Project Management?

Product Owner

Scrum Master

Agile Mentor

Small Teams

Team Leader

Team Members

Product Owner

Stakeholder

Technical Experts

Domain Experts

Independent Tester

Large Teams

Architecture Owner

Integrator

Chapter6: Obstacles to Agile project management Success

Failure of management to provide necessary support

Beginning Without Alignment

External pressure to succumb to traditional ways

Rigidity in the culture of the organization

Hitches in communication across the board

Members of the project opposing Agile

Missing out on training

Forgetting to launch

Losing the Vision

Chapter 7: Adopting Agile Project Management

Chapter 8: Benefits of Agile project in an Organization

Early and optimal realization of benefits

Perpetual presence in the market

High quality maintenance

Excellent Stakeholders’ collaboration

Adjustments are less costly

Flexibility in project implementation

Consistency of budget and timelines

Conducive and long-term working relationship

Inclination to produce a fitting product

Great working environment

Self-regulation

Fast Turnaround

Customer Engagement

Chapter 9: How to Lead an Agile Project Team

The Mindset of an Agile Leader

Upgrading Management and Leadership

Tips on Becoming an Agile Team

Recognize your role in the process.

Take your first action and keep it going

Solve problems that you know about

Keep the speed going

Minimal planning is necessary

Stay motivated

Give your team the room to organize themselves

Review work often so it becomes a habit

Chapter10: Planning an Agile Project

Step 1: Product Vision

Step 2: Product Roadmap

Step 3:  Release Plan

Step 4: Sprint Planning

Step 5: Daily scrum

Step 6: Sprint Review

Step 7: Sprint Retrospective

Chapter 11: How to Track the agile Project?

Vision Statement

Roadmap

Backlog

Release plan

Increments

Chapter 12: Risks of Agile Project Management

How to Manage Risk

Identify the Risks

Classify Risks

Quantify Risks

Create a Plan

Act Based on the Plan

Chapter 13: Tips for Having Success with Agile Project Management

Trust should be an atmosphere you create for your team

Be a good listener for both stakeholders

Obstacles should be found and removed for your team

Learning is at the center

Mentor

Conclusion

Introduction 

This book aims to help people who are looking for successful project management strategies that they can implement with their own team.

Basically, in Agile Project Management, you make short-term plans as you go along; here, you do not lay out long-term plans in advance. So, your plans are in tandem with what is current at any particular time. If then, for whatever reason, you fall short of your forecast, you will be required to alter very little of your plans. Agile project management is an incremental and iterative management strategy aimed at designing and building information technology, engineering, and other business areas in order to develop a new product or service using interactive and flexible methods. For it to succeed, capable individuals must lead to search for ways to provide consistent customer satisfaction. Management must also provide support for the activities.

Contrary to popular belief, Agile is not a methodology but a philosophy that anyone can subscribe to if he wants his project to succeed. Many project managers use it and swear of its effectiveness in ensuring that the whole project is a success. Although commonly used in IT projects, the agile project management is applicable to all projects.

This book helps you learn about agile project management with the complete involvement of every person and process necessary to build an understanding of how crucial it is to follow the trends of the market, to stay up to date and retain that competitive edge needed in business. You cannot expect a huge success suddenly unless you put in the hard work and agile project management requires consistent hard work with complete focus on the project. There are ways for you to get through any project with the guidance in this book, along with the entire implementation of the agile lifecycle. After all, the effort you put into planning can provide replicable results in the future, but you want to make sure those results are the most financially and efficiently delivered. So now, get ready to learn all you need to know to guide your business toward happy customers, fuller pockets, more time free on your calendar,