Everything you want to know about Agile: How to get Agile results in a less-than-agile organization

by Jamie Lynn Cooke BSc Engineering Psychology

Overview

Everything you want to know about Agile is written specifically to address the challenges of implementing Agile within the unique structures, constraints and culture of your organization.  It provides you with the information you need to assess whether Agile is right for your department, to select the Agile methodologies and practices that are best suited to your work, to successfully implement these approaches, and to measure the outcomes.  

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781849283366
Publisher:	IT Governance Publishing
Publication date:	04/04/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	704 KB

About the Author

Jamie Lynn Cooke has over 25 years’ experience as a senior business analyst and solutions consultant, and has worked with over 125 public and private sector organizations to deliver successful results throughout Australia, Canada and the US. She has been working hands-on with Agile methodologies since 2003, and has written several other books on Agile, including Agile Productivity Unleashed and Agile: An Executive Guide: Real results from IT budgets.

Jamie Lynn Cooke has 27 years of experience as a senior business analyst and solutions consultant, working with more than 130 public and private sector organisations throughout Australia, Canada, and the United States.

Her background includes business case development; strategic and operational reviews; business process modeling, mapping, and optimization; product and project management on small to multi-million-dollar initiatives; quality management; risk analysis and mitigation; developing/conducting training courses; workshop delivery; and refining e-business strategies.

She is the author of Agile Principles Unleashed, a book written specifically to explain Agile in non-technical business terms to managers and executives outside of the IT industry; Agile: An Executive Guide: Real results from IT budgets, which gives IT executives the tools and strategies needed for bottom-line business decisions on using Agile methodologies; Everything you want to know about Agile: How to get Agile results in a less-than-Agile organisation, which gives readers strategies for aligning Agile work within the reporting, budgeting, staffing, and governance constraints of their organisation; and PRINCE2 Agile™ An Implementation Pocket Guide: Step-by-step advice for every project type, a hands-on guide for successfully delivering projects within the PRINCE2 Agile™ framework.

Table of Contents

1: What is Agile?

2: A Five-Minute History of Agile

3: The Core Business Benefits of Agile

4: Common Agile Methodologies at a Glance

5: Who Uses Agile?

6: Why Don't More Organizations Use Agile?

7: Is Agile Right for My Department

8: Delivering Agile

9: Selecting the Right Agile Approach for Your Needs

10: Using Agile Tools

11: Measuring Agile Success

12: Aligning Agile with Your Corporate Culture

13: Managing Agile within Your Existing Project Frameworks

14: Budgeting for Agile Work

15: Reporting on Agile Projects

16: Establishing Agile Contracts

17: Building the Right Agile Team

18: Conducting Performance Reviews for Agile Teams

19: Avoiding Common Agile Traps

20: Expanding Agile

21: More Information on Agile

Editorial Reviews

“... it does a great job of including real world insights, experiences and lessons learned while provided a professional (but still easy to read) insight into the world of Agile ... I found this book excellent and would not hesitate in recommending this ...”

Jared Carstensen