Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products by Jim Highsmith (English

Description: Agile Project Management by Jim Highsmith Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Best practices for managing projects in agile environments-now updated with new techniques for larger projects Today, the pace of project management moves faster. Project management needs to become more flexible and far more responsive to customers. Using Agile Project Management (APM), project managers can achieve all these goals without compromising value, quality, or business discipline. In Agile Project Management, Second Edition, renowned agile pioneer Jim Highsmith thoroughly updates his classic guide to APM, extending and refining it to support even the largest projects and organizations. Writing for project leaders, managers, and executives at all levels, Highsmith integrates the best project management, product management, and software development practices into an overall framework designed to support unprecedented speed and mobility. The many topics added in this new edition include incorporating agile values, scaling agile projects, release planning, portfolio governance, and enhancing organizational agility.Project and business leaders will especially appreciate Highsmiths new coverage of promoting agility through performance measurements based on value, quality, and constraints. This editions coverage includes: * Understanding the agile revolutions impact on product development * Recognizing when agile methods will work in project management, and when they wont * Setting realistic business objectives for Agile Project Management* Promoting agile values and principles across the organization* Utilizing a proven Agile Enterprise Framework that encompasses governance, project and iteration management, and technical practices* Optimizing all five stages of the agile project: Envision, Speculate, Explore, Adapt, and Close* Organizational and product-related processes for scaling agile to the largest projects and teams* Agile project governance solutions for executives and management * The "Agile Triangle": measuring performance in ways that encourage agility instead of discouraging it* The changing role of the agile project leader Publisher Description Today, the pace of project management moves faster. Project management needs to become more flexible and far more responsive to customers. Using Agile Project Management (APM), project managers can achieve all these goals without compromising value, quality, or business discipline. In Agile Project Management renowned agile pioneer Jim Highsmith thoroughly updates his classic guide to APM, extending and refining it to support even the largest projects and organisations. Writing for project leaders, managers, and executives at all levels, Highsmith integrates the best project management, product management, and software development practices into an overall framework designed to support unprecedented speed and mobility. The many topics added in this new edition include incorporating agile values, scaling agile projects, release planning, portfolio governance, and enhancing organisational agility. Project and business leaders will especially appreciate Highsmiths new coverage of promoting agility through performance measurements based on value, quality, and constraints. This editions coverage includes: Understanding the agile revolutions impact on product development Recognising when agile methods will work in project management, and when they wont Setting realistic business objectives for Agile Project Management Promoting agile values and principles across the organisation Utilising a proven Agile Enterprise Framework that encompasses governance, project and iteration management, and technical practices Optimising all five stages of the agile project: Envision, Speculate, Explore, Adapt, and Close Organisational and product-related processes for scaling agile to the largest projects and teams Agile project governance solutions for executives and management The "Agile Triangle": measuring performance in ways that encourage agility instead of discouraging it The changing role of the agile project leader Author Biography Jim Highsmith directs Cutter Consortiums agile consulting practice. He has over 30 years experience as an IT manager, product manager, project manager, consultant, and software developer. Jim is the author of Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products, Addison Wesley 2004; Adaptive Software Development: A Collaborative Approach to Managing Complex Systems, Dorset House 2000 and winner of the prestigious Jolt Award, and Agile Software Development Ecosystems, Addison Wesley 2002. Jim is the recipient of the 2005 international Stevens Award for outstanding contributions to systems development. He is also co-editor, with Alistair Cockburn, of the Agile Software Development Series of books from Addison Wesley. Jim is a coauthor of the Agile Manifesto, a founding member of The Agile Alliance, coauthor of the Declaration Interdependence for project leaders, and cofounder and first president of the Agile Project Leadership Network. A frequent speaker at conferences worldwide, Jim has published dozens of articles in major industry publications. Jim has consulted with IT and product development organizations and software companies in the U.S., Europe, Canada, South Africa, Australia, Japan, India, and New Zealand to help them adapt to the accelerated pace of development in increasingly complex, uncertain environments. Jims areas of consulting include the areas of Agile Software Development, Project Management, and Collaboration. He has held technical and management positions with software, computer hardware, banking, and energy companies. Jim holds a B.S. in electrical engineering and an M.S. in management. Details ISBN 0321658396 ISBN-13 9780321658395 Title Agile Project Management Author Jim Highsmith Format Paperback Year 2009 Pages 432 Edition 2nd Publisher Pearson Education (US) GE_Item_ID:22020465; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 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