Scrum Project Management

by Kim H. Pries

Originally created for agile software development, scrum provides project managers with the flexibility needed to meet ever-changing consumer demands. Presenting a modified version of the agile software development framework, Scrum Project Management introduces Scrum basics and explains how to apply this adaptive technique to effectively manage a wide range of programs and complex projects.The book provides proven planning methods for controlling project scope and ensuring your project stays on schedule. It includes scrum tracking methods to help your team maintain a focus on improving throughput and streamlining communications. It also demonstrates how traditional project management methods with scrum Adapt the familiar work breakdown structure to create scrum backlogs and sprintsUse a scrum of scrums to manage programsApply earned value management, critical path, and PERT in the context of scrumHaving successfully deployed and implemented scrum across multiple companies and departments, the authors provide valuable insight into how they achieved their past successes and how they overcame the trials involved with the deployment of a scrum environment. Throughout the text they discuss improvisation, creative problem solving, and emergent phenomena―detailing the methods needed to ensure your team achieves project success.

198 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 17, 2010

About the author

Mr. Jon Quigley works for Volvo 3P as the manager of the Electrical and Electronics Verification and Test group in North America. He is also a principal in Value Transformation, LLC--a consultancy providing value engineering, project management, test engineering, and training primarily in new product development.

Jon has experience as an embedded product developer (hardware and software) for industrial applications, as well for the heavy vehicle industry. He has had roles as a test engineer for projects, both for automotive and heavy vehicle applications. He is experienced in software engineering, software testing, embedded product engineering, test engineering (production and product testing), book writing, Product Development training, automotive quality, and real-time programming.

Jon is the coauthor, with Kim H. Pries, of Project Management of Complex and Embedded Systems (CRC Press, 2008), as well as more then a dozen magazine and e-magazine articles. These articles are in Automotive Design Line, EDN, Embedded Systems Design, Product Design & Development, Software Magazine, Software Development Times, Software Test and Performance, Quality Magazine, and Project Magazine on line. Additionally, Jon is co-authoring two other books with Kim Pries that are under contract. The books are tentatively titled: "Scrum Project Management" and "Testing of Complex and Embedded Systems" both will be available middle to late 2010.

Jon has a bachelor's degree in electronics engineering from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and masters of business administration in marketing as well as a masters of science in project management from City University of Seattle. He has five US patents, with another three in various stages of the patent process. Additionally, he was part of the team that received the North American Volvo Technical award in 2005 going on to win the Volvo Global Technology Award in 2006. He is a member of SAE, SAVE, and PMI, and is the holder of Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. He lives in Lexington, North Carolina with his wife Nancy, and son Jackson a cat and a dog."

Reviews

[Memduh Er · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kitap, Scrum yaklaşımının ileri seviye uygulamalarını tartışıyor: özellikle sektör bazlı kullanımını (eğitim, askeriye, servis, vs.) ve diğer bazı metodolojilerle (geleneksel, şelale, sistem mühendisliği) ilişkisini...

Bu anlamda oldukça spesifik bir bağlamı var. Dolayısıyla (bence!) Scrum deneyimi ve/veya bilgisi yetersiz olan biri için uygun bir kitap değil. Hatta, kitabı tamamıyla kavrayabilmek için, sadece Scrum değil, bir çok kavramla tanışık olmak gerekiyor. Örnek:

PFMEA (Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis)
Risk Management
Configuration Management
SEMS (Systems Engineering Master Schedule)
Six Sigma
Verification and validation
Variance against overall project metrics
PRICE
White Book
Earned value
Functional configuration audit
Preliminary design review
Critical design review

Kısacası kolay kitap değil; en azından benim için olmadı. Ama ihtiyaç duyulduğunda eşsiz bir kaynak.

[Hajar · Rating 4 out of 5]

a great straight to the point book with ideas that can be adapted easily to any management style. excellent!

[Dave Jacques · Rating 1 out of 5]

Didn't like the way it was written.