The Project Manager's Guide to Mastering Agile: Principles and Practices for an Adaptive Approach

by Charles G. Cobb

Streamline project workflow with expert agile implementation The Project Management Profession is beginning to go through rapid and profound transformation due to the widespread adoption of agile methodologies. Those changes are likely to dramatically change the role of project managers in many environments as we have known them and raise the bar for the entire project management profession; however, we are in the early stages of that transformation and there is a lot of confusion about the impact it has on project It’s no wonder that many Project Managers might be confused by all of this!  This book will help project managers unravel a lot of the confusion that exists; develop a totally new perspective to see Agile and traditional plan-driven project management principles and practices in a new light as complementary to each other rather than competitive; and learn to develop an adaptive approach to blend those principles and practices together in the right proportions to fit any situation. There are many books on Agile and many books on traditional project management but what’s very unique about this book is that it takes an objective approach to help you understand the strengths and weaknesses of both of those areas to see how they can work synergistically to improve project outcomes in any project.  The book includes discussion topics, real world case studies, and sample enterprise-level agile frameworks that facilitate hands-on learning as well as an in-depth discussion of the principles behind both Agile and traditional plan-driven project management practices to provide a more thorough level of understanding.  

Genres: Business, Textbooks

431 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 5, 2015

Reviews

[K]

One criticism that could be made by critics of this book is that it has a tendency towards redundancy and repeating itself. However, in truth it merely reiterates and repeats its points in a manner that is not at all sleep-inducing and soporific. Some critics or reviewers may say that it is filled with hollow management jargon, buzzwords, and synonyms that obfuscate and obscure the meaning and message. However, these words are merely proactively synergizing their paradigm in the reader's understanding and comprehension of the text and the material.

[Liza · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this last year, while it was being written. This book is focused on helping traditional project managers understand Agile practices. It does a good job of connecting the dots and starting project managers on their Agile journey.