Agile Project Management, A Complete Beginner's Guide To Agile Project Management!

by Marcus Ries

In understanding methodologies and Agile Project Management, we look at the different techniques in which you can successfully develop management skills. As you know, it is quite important to adopt a multifaceted approach when it comes to management, to get your job done in a facile manner.

Agile methodology is a multifaceted approach that finds its application in many different fields and can be considered an umbrella concept. Right from engineering to IT to business management, there are many areas where one can effectively apply the ideologies of agile management. Once you go through the book, you will understand how easy it is for you to adopt and utilize it to enhance your business.

The agile management technique focuses on four main aspects, namely - effective communication with clients/parties, delivering a work application, collaborating with clients and changing up the scope of work.

All of these need to be controlled and managed in order to enhance productivity. That is exactly where this book comes into play.

In the course of this book, you will learn how

Understanding the iterative learning process Learning about the agile software development techniques The scope of management Meaning and features of agile manifesto Dynamic system development model and its applications The phases of the Atern project Understanding of the scrum theory Sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives Service designs and transitions Service operations Lean development principles Operational level management techniques Steps to enhance focus Agile management basically focuses on enhancing communication within the organizational structure to ensure that you remain with free flowing ideologies. It is a good way to increase your productivity while managing your work environment. The book focuses on understanding each and every element by breaking it down to the simplest form. The concepts are explained in such a way that they allow you to implement them in your work life. You can go through the concepts in detail to understand each and every aspect of it. There is no limit to its application and you can mold it into any shape or form of your choice. You can pass a copy of the book to all your employees so that they can understand what it takes to partake in agile management of business. You can also consider holding a seminar or a book reading session where everybody can interpret their ideologies in their own way.

Using the information provided in the book, you can implement agile management in your day-to-day life; whether it is work or personal life. So what are you waiting for – start reading right away! SCROLL to the top of the page and select the BUY button for instant download

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Genres: Nonfiction, Business

162 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 27, 2016

Reviews

[Simon Gianoutsos · Rating 3 out of 5]

For an overview of agile methodologies, roles and techniques I found the book to be useful. It does however lack detail, is quite disjointed and I didn't find it an easy read.

[Phillip Petersen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very high level overview of the Agile method. Good reference but don't expect to rebuild your organization runs project based on this book alone.

[Bob Wallner · Rating 2 out of 5]

Recently I have taken on a major project for my company and I wanted to learn how to be more efficient at rolling it out, so I downloaded this book on Audible. After listening to it I have very mixed reviews.

The first 1/3 of the book the authors discuss many of the principles of agile and went into depth about scrum and Scrum Master rules. I thought that part of the book was written pretty well and probably warranted a solid 3 stars. The authors do a good job of outlining what Agile and Scrum are and what the expected results should be.

I am going to skip the middle 1/3, for now, and jump into the final 1/3 of the book. I thought this section was very well written (4 stars). The authors talk at a high-level about Lean and Theory of Constraints and how they can impact your project. My favorite part of the whole book, how the narrator used Agile techniques to create this audiobook, is contained within this section. The authors conclude the book by explaining how they used Agile techniques to narrate the book. Breaking down sections into small stories and setting targets with how many stories to complete in a given period. It clearly showed how to apply the knowledge in this book. I wish there were more stories like these.

Now for the part that really killed the book for me….the middle 1/3. This section was extremely difficult to listen to on an audiobook - it was a list of lists. There was very little depth in this section, but instead the narrator read lists of rules using a lot of acronyms. I feel there are some books that shouldn't be narrated. For me books that provide lists for you or require you to follow several steps should either come with a companion PDF to follow or should not be narrated. This section may have been critical to understanding Agile Project Management, but listening to minute after minute of Section X subsection Y sent me into “La-La Land” and really distracted from the content of the book.

[Mike ATX · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ok survey of a number of approaches

This was an ok survey of a number of agile and lean approaches. It could benefit from a little more editing.

Not bad at the price point for the kindle edition