Agile: An Essential Guide to Agile Project Management, The Kanban Process and Lean Thinking + A Comprehensive Guide to Scrum

by James Edge

If you want to produce faster while increasing the quality of your products, then keep reading...2 comprehensive manuscripts in 1 book A Guide to Agile Project Management with Scrum, Kanban, and Lean, Including Tips for Sprint Planning and How to Create a Hybrid Waterfall Agile Software Development How to Use the Agile Framework Called Scrum to Produce Faster While Increasing QualityThe word Agile gets thrown around a lot in software development circles but what exactly does it entail? You have probably seen whiteboards filled up with post-it notes somewhere, either in pictures or TV shows. Ever wonder what they are used for in a production setting? This book will give you an overview of Agile methodologies and how you can use them to speed up development and drive customer satisfaction. In part one of this book, you will...Get an overview of the 12 principles of Agile so you don’t have to read the Agile Manifesto to understand the methodologies.Discover why you should adopt Agile.Learn how to set up Scrum boards, organize Scrum sprints, and see them to completion.Find out how to apply Toyota’s Lean manufacturing techniques to a software development setting using Kanban.Learn about the Lean movement as it pertains to software and how to shave unnecessary costs from your software development projects.Discover how to implement Agile when your company is stuck using old methods.And much, much more!Part two of this book A succinct review of Agile project management to set the foundation of your Scrum knowledge.The history and values of Scrum methodology.A description of each Scrum team member role and how to choose the best people for the job.The extensive reasoning for why you should choose Scrum as your go-to method for completing projects.Examples of Scrum artifacts accompanied with clear definitions of what they are and how they are used.The sprint process boiled down into an understandable cycle that can fit almost any project of any size.Comparison of the traditional method of project management, Waterfall, estimation and “story Points” used in Scrum projects.Equations used to determine release dates based on the features a client requests for a Scrum project.Various forms of a project roadmap and when and how to use them best.A comprehensive discussion on the daily Scrum, including tips on the best use of the time in the stand-up.Two case studies presented along with the lessons learned from the practical application of Scrum in different industries.Additional tips and tricks on how to become the best Scrum company around.And much, much more!Get this book now to learn more about Agile and Scrum!

Genres: Audiobook

158 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 9, 2018

Reviews

[Bao Anh · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting insight

[Colin · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's quite useful to be able to read these kinds of books to get an idea of where the project managers are coming from. I am - to say the least - skeptical about management fashions and the buzzwords they engender but at least if I can see the theory behind it I can learn to contribute to the worthwhile elements of the process and recognise the difference between someone who's doing it right and someone who just likes to talk the talk.
That said, reading management books gradually chips away at the soul so it's best not to risk anything too heavy. This one definitely isn't: its a good overview that doesn't get too deep into anything and is couched in a scenario with various characters working on a software project. They have names like "Mr Agile" and the reader is called "Mr Manager" and is definitely a man, like all the senior people in the organisation, which is very um.... Reassuring? They eat curry and make puns. One of them needs to be told to "settle down" from time to time.
It's good, corporate fun, suitable for people working in an agile team but probably not detailed enough for a wannabe scrum master.

[Pierfrancesco · Rating 3 out of 5]

Discreta introduzione alla metodologia Agile con particolare focus su SCRUM e Kanban.
La prima metà del libro è più generica ma anche più interessante: il fatto che ci sia una storia che fa da sfondo alla spiegazione è utile… anche se alcune parti e alcuni nomi sono un po’ “cringe”.
La seconda parte del libro è piuttosto ridondante e sarebbe stato meglio sintetizzarla e ridurne un po’ il volume. Valido per i principianti anche se resta teorico e con pochi esempi o casi studio.

[Tadas Talaikis · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is pretty bad writing, found only one fully informational* sentence.

* Information - "facts and description of solutions provided or learned about something or someone".

[Augusto Tijerina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic introduction to Agile. Great flow and sectioning.