The Project Manager’s Guide to Mastering Agile: Principles and Practices for an Adaptive Approach, 2nd Edition by Charles 9781119931379 1119931371
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The Project Manager’s Guide to Mastering Agile
Principles and Practices for an Adaptive Approach
The Project Manager’s Guide to Mastering Agile helps project managers who are faced with the challenge of adapting their project management approach to an Agile environment, showing how these approaches can work jointly to improve project outcomes in any project, with discussion topics and real-world case studies that facilitate hands-on learning. It also provides project managers with the fundamental knowledge to take a leadership role in working with companies to develop a well-integrated, enterprise-level Agile Project Management approach to fit their business.
The original edition of this book has been very successful and is used as a graduate-level textbook in several universities. This new edition builds on the success of the original edition and includes updated content from the latest PMBOK Guide, updated sections on stakeholder management, value-driven delivery, adaptive planning, and distributed project management, with an all-new chapter on Hybrid project management. It also includes new case studies on applying an Agile Hardware Development at Tesla and Project Management in a non-software environment.
Sample topics covered in The Project Manager’s Guide to Mastering Agile include:
- Bridging the chasm in project management philosophies, impact on the project management profession, evolution of Agile and Waterfall, and learning to see Agile and traditional plan-driven project management as complementary to each other rather than competitive
- The roots of Agile and understanding Agile at a deeper level including the Agile manifesto from 2001, adapting an Agile approach to fit a business, and Scrum overview, roles, framework, principles, and values
- Time-boxing, Kanban, and theory of constraints, Agile estimation overview and estimation practices, and velocity and burn-down/burn-up charts
- Scaling Agile to an enterprise level, including challenges, obstacles to overcome, implementation considerations, management practices, and enterprise-level Agile transformations
With comprehensive, accessible, and highly practical coverage of Agile, a leading project management platform, The Project Manager’s Guide to Mastering Agile is a highly valuable resource for professional project managers, students studying project management, and those studying for PMI’s Agile Certified Practitioner Certification (PMI-ACP).
Table contents:
SECOND EDITION
1 Introduction to Agile Project Management
THE CHASM IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT PHILOSOPHIES
THE EVOLUTION OF AGILE AND WATERFALL
THE EVOLUTION OF THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSION
AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT BENEFITS
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS
DISCUSSION TOPICS
NOTES
PART 1: Fundamentals of Agile
2 Agile History and the Agile Manifesto
AGILE EARLY HISTORY
AGILE MANIFESTO (2001)
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS
DISCUSSION TOPICS
NOTES
3 Scrum Overview
SCRUM FRAMEWORK
SCRUM ROLES
SCRUM VALUES
GENERAL SCRUM / AGILE PRINCIPLES
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS
DISCUSSION TOPICS
NOTES
4 Agile Planning, Requirements, and Product Backlog
AGILE PLANNING PRACTICES
AGILE REQUIREMENTS PRACTICES
USER PERSONAS AND USER STORIES
PRODUCT BACKLOG
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS
DISCUSSION TOPICS
NOTES
PART 2: Agile Project Management Overview
5 Agile Development, Quality, and Testing Practices
AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES
AGILE QUALITY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
AGILE TESTING PRACTICES
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS
DISCUSSION TOPICS
6 Time‐Boxing, Kanban, and Theory of Constraints
THE IMPORTANCE OF FLOW
TIME ‐ BOXING
THE KANBAN PROCESS
THEORY OF CONSTRAINTS
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS
DISCUSSION TOPICS
NOTES
7 Agile Estimation
AGILE ESTIMATION OVERVIEW
AGILE ESTIMATION PRACTICES
VELOCITY AND BURN ‐ DOWN / BURN ‐ UP CHARTS
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS
DISCUSSION TOPICS
NOTES
8 Agile Project Management Role
AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT SHIFTS IN THINKING
POTENTIAL AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT ROLES
AGILE, PMI®, AND PMBOK®
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS
DISCUSSION TOPICS
NOTES
9 Agile Communications and Tools
AGILE COMMUNICATIONS PRACTICES
AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOLS
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS
DISCUSSION TOPICS
NOTES
10 Learning to See the Big Picture
SYSTEMS THINKING
COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS
DISCUSSION TOPICS
NOTES
11 The Roots of Agile
INFLUENCE OF TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT (TQM)
INFLUENCE OF LEAN MANUFACTURING
PRINCIPLES OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT FLOW
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS
DISCUSSION TOPICS
NOTES
PART 3: Agile Project Management Planning and Management
12 Hybrid Agile Models
WHY WOULD YOU USE A HYBRID AGILE APPROACH?
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF A HYBRID AGILE APPROACH?
WHAT ’S DIFFERENT ABOUT A HYBRID AGILE APPROACH?
CHOOSING THE RIGHT APPROACH
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS
DISCUSSION TOPICS
NOTES
13 Value‐Driven Delivery
VALUE ‐ DRIVEN DELIVERY OVERVIEW
PRINCIPLES OF VALUE ‐ DRIVEN DELIVERY
CUSTOMER ‐ VALUE PRIORITIZATION OVERVIEW
VALUE ‐ DRIVEN DELIVERY TOOLS
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS
DISCUSSION TOPICS
NOTES
14 Adaptive Planning
ROLLING ‐ WAVE PLANNING
PROGRESSIVE ELABORATION AND MULTILEVEL PLANNING
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS
DISCUSSION TOPICS
NOTES
15 Agile Planning Practices and Tools
PRODUCT/PROJECTVISION
PRODUCT ROADMAPS
EXPLORATORY 360 ASSESSMENT
AGILE FUNCTIONAL DECOMPOSITION
PROJECT CHARTER
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS
DISCUSSION TOPICS
NOTES
16 Agile Stakeholder Management and Agile Contracts
WHAT IS A STAKEHOLDER?
WHY IS STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT IMPORTANT ?
STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT PROCESS
WHAT’S DIFFERENT ABOUT AGILE STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT?
AGILE CONTRACTS
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS
DISCUSSION TOPICS
NOTES
17 Distributed Project Management in Agile
WHAT IS DISTRIBUTED PROJECT MANAGEMENT ?
DISTRIBUTED PROJECT MANAGEMENT ROLES
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS
DISCUSSION TOPICS
NOTE
PART 4: Making Agile Work for a Business
18 Scaling Agile to an Enterprise Level
ENTERPRISE ‐ LEVEL AGILE CHALLENGES
ENTERPRISE ‐ LEVEL OBSTACLES TO OVERCOME
ENTERPRISE ‐ LEVEL IMPLEMENTATION CONSIDERATIONS
ENTERPRISE ‐ LEVEL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS
DISCUSSION TOPICS
NOTES
19 Scaling Agile for Multiple‐Team Projects
SCRUM ‐ OF ‐ SCRUMS APPROACH
LARGE ‐ SCALE SCRUM (LeSS)
NEXUS
SCRUM AT SCALE
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS
DISCUSSION TOPICS
NOTES
20 Adapting an Agile Approach to Fit a Business
THE IMPACT OF DIFFERENT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS ON AGILE
TYPICAL LEVELS OF MANAGEMENT
CORPORATE CULTURE AND VALUES
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS
DISCUSSION TOPICS
NOTES
21 Enterprise‐Level Agile Transformations
PLANNING AN AGILE TRANSFORMATION
ADAPTIVE PROJECT GOVERNANCE MODEL
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS
DISCUSSION TOPICS
NOTES
PART 5: Enterprise‐Level Agile Frameworks
22 Scaled Agile Framework®
SAFe® COMPETENCY AREAS
SAFe® CORE VALUES
LEAN AGILE MINDSET IN SAFe®
SAFe® ARTIFACTS AND SUPPORTING CAPABILITIES
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS
DISCUSSION TOPICS
NOTES
23 Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD®)
DA® LIFE CYCLES
DA® ROLES
DA® MINDSET
DA® TOOL KIT
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS
DISCUSSION TOPICS
NOTES
24 Managed Agile Development Framework
MANAGED AGILE DEVELOPMENT OVERVIEW
OBJECTIVES OF MANAGED AGILE DEVELOPMENT
FRAMEWORK DESCRIPTION
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS
DISCUSSION TOPICS
25 Summary of Enterprise‐Level Frameworks
HIGH ‐ LEVEL COMPARISON
HOW THESE FRAMEWORKS HAVE EVOLVED
DISCUSSION TOPICS
PART 6: Case Studies
26 “Not‐So‐Successful” Case Studies
COMPANY A
COMPANY B
COMPANY C
DISCUSSION TOPICS
NOTES
27 Case Study: Valpak
BACKGROUND
VALPAK STAKEHOLDERS
THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY AT VALPAK
OVERVIEW
PROJECT MANAGEMENT APPROACH
CHALLENGES
OVERALL SUMMARY
RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS
LESSONS LEARNED
DISCUSSION TOPICS
NOTES
28 Case Study: Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
BACKGROUND
OVERVIEW
PROJECT MANAGEMENT APPROACH
CHALLENGES
KEY SUCCESS FACTORS
CONCLUSIONS
LESSONS LEARNED
DISCUSSION TOPICS
NOTES
29 Case Study: General Dynamics, UK
BACKGROUND
OVERVIEW
PROJECT MANAGEMENT APPROACH
CHALLENGES
OVERALL SUMMARY
CONCLUSIONS
LESSONS LEARNED
DISCUSSION TOPICS
NOTES
30 Agile Hardware Development
AGILE HARDWARE DEVELOPMENT OVERVIEW
HOWIT’S DONEAT TESLA
OVERALL SUMMARY
DISCUSSION TOPICS
NOTES
31 Non‐Software Case Studies
AGILE HOME REMODELING
AGILE BOOK PUBLISHING
DISCUSSION TOPICS
32 Overall Summary
EVOLUTION OF THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSION
WHAT TO DO DIFFERENTLY
GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS
Appendices
A Additional Reading and Resources
ADDITIONAL READING
ADDITIONAL SOURCES FOR CASE STUDIES AND PAPERS
B Glossary of Terms
NOTES
C Example Project/Program Charter Template
PROJECT OVERVIEW
PROJECT PLAN
CONSTRAINTS, ASSUMPTIONS, AND RISKS
D Suggested Course Outline
COURSE OVERVIEW
COURSE OBJECTIVES
COURSE OUTLINE
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