Agile productivity unleashed : proven approaches for achieving real productivity gains in any organization

Summary: Written for business professionals and managers, this book explains the principles of Agile, shows why these approaches work, and demonstrates how to use Agile approaches to significantly increase productivity, quality, and customer satisfaction in any industry. It presents a range of proven Agile methods including Scrum, Kanban, Feature Driven Development (FDD) and the Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM) in clear business language. The author also devotes a chapter to explaining each of the 12 Agile principles that make these approaches consistently successful, and details how to use these methods to tackle the core challenges faced by every organization. The book concludes by presenting an in-depth case study that compares Agile approaches with traditional approaches for achieving three common business objectives, followed by step-by-step guidelines to make Agile work for your organization, and a range of resources for further reading. --

Record details

ISBN: 1849280711
ISBN: 9781849280716
ISBN: 9781849285636
ISBN: 1849285632
ISBN: 1849285640
ISBN: 9781849285643
Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
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Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Ely, Cambridgeshire : IT Governance Pub., 2014.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	The most valuable meeting of allChapter 12: Immediate Status Tracking; The end of the monthly report; Measuring productivity by outputs; Tracking overall progress in the requirements backlog; Tracking day-to-day work in the delivery backlog; The power of the ''burndown'' chart; The real-time executive dashboard; Early and continuous delivery tracking; Redefining risk management; Chapter 13: Waste Management; What is waste management?; It''s what you don''t do that matters; The power and peril of the value stream; The waiting game; Movement without added value; Task-switching and time leakage.
Source of Description Note:	Online resource; title from title page (Safari, viewed July 6, 2014).