The Agile Self-Assessment Game is used by teams and organizations to self-assess their agility. Playing the game enables teams to reflect on their own team interworking, discover how agile they are and decide what they can do to increase their agility to deliver more value to their customers and stakeholders. This is the first book specifically about Agile Self-assessments. In this book, Ben Linders explains what self-assessments are and why you would do them, and explores how to do them using the Agile Self-assessment Game. He's also sharing experience stories from people who played the game. This book is based on his experience as a developer, tester, team leader, project manager, quality manager, process manager, consultant, coach, trainer, and adviser in Agile, Lean, Quality and Continuous Improvement. It takes a deep dive into self-assessments, viewing them from different perspectives and provides ideas, suggestions, practices, and experiences that will help you to do effective agile self-assessments with your teams. The book is aimed at Scrum masters, agile coaches, consultants leading agile transformations, developers and testers, project managers, line managers, and CxOs; basically for anyone who is looking for an effective way to help their agile teams improve and to increase the agility of their organization. With plenty of ideas, suggestions, and practical cases on Agile Self-assessments, this book will help you to apply assessments and help teams to improve. Note: The agile coaching cards needed to play the games described in the book can be downloaded for a nominal fee at benlinders.com/downloads.
The rules and practices for Scrum—a simple process for managing complex projects—are few, straightforward, and easy to learn. But Scrum’s simplicity itself—its lack of prescription—can be disarming, and new practitioners often find themselves reverting to old project management habits and tools and yielding lesser results. In this illuminating series of case studies, Scrum co-creator and evangelist Ken Schwaber identifies the real-world lessons—the successes and failures—culled from his years of experience coaching companies in agile project management. Through them, you’ll understand how to use Scrum to solve complex problems and drive better results—delivering more valuable software faster. Gain the foundation in Scrum theory—and practice—you need to: Rein in even the most complex, unwieldy projects Effectively manage unknown or changing product requirements Simplify the chain of command with self-managing development teams Receive clearer specifications—and feedback—from customers Greatly reduce project planning time and required tools Build—and release—products in 30-day cycles so clients get deliverables earlier Avoid missteps by regularly inspecting, reporting on, and fine-tuning projects Support multiple teams working on a large-scale project from many geographic locations Maximize return on investment!
For decades, technology and business leaders have struggled to balance agility, reliability, automation and security, and the consequences of failure are always significant. The effective management of technology is critical for business competitiveness. High-performing organizations are 2.5 times more likely to exceed profitability, market share, and productivity goals. The Agile & DevOps handbook shows leaders how to create the cultural norms and the technical best practices necessary to maximize organizational learning, increase employee satisfaction, win in the marketplace, enhance Customer / business delight and capture new business.The book has been written in such a way that the concepts are explained in detail, giving adequate emphasis on real-life examples. All the tools you need to an in-depth Agile and DevOps Self-Assessment Maturity model. Featuring 500 PLUS new and updated case-based questions, organized into seven core areas of process design, this Self-Assessment will help you identify areas in which DevOps improvements can be made.The real-time examples are discussed in detail from simple to complex taking into consideration the requirement of IT consultants. Various sample projects are included in the book and are written in simple language so as to give IT consultants the basic idea of developing projects in Agile & DevOps. The examples given in book are user-focused and have been highly updated including topics, figures, strategies, best practices and real-life examples, demos and case studies.You will explore DevOps process maturity frameworks and progression models with checklist templates for each phase of DevOps. This Self-aAssessment empowers people to do just that - whether their title is entrepreneur, Coach, Leader, manager, consultant, (Vice-) President, CEO, CTO, COO, CIO etc... - They are the people who rule the future. They are the peoplerson who asks the right questions to make DevOps investments work better. KEY FEATURES - The book is divided into the following sections: -600 PLUS Real-time Agile & DevOps interview questions and answers-Numerous Tricky Real-time Agile & DevOps Case Studies and Demos-Agile & DevOps all-Inclusive Self-Assessment Checklist for Maturity Model featuring 400 PLUS new and updated case-based questions-The state of agility-Different Agile frameworks (extreme programming, SCRUM, Kanban, crystal methodologies, SAFe, dynamic software development methods, feature driven development, lean software development)-Common Agile Product Development & Test Automation Myths-Dictionary of Tools & techniques of Agile and DevOps-Different Types of Agile Certifications - Tips & Tricks-Estimation techniques used in Agile and DevOps-DevOps, Lean, ITSM, Agile value stream examples-DevOps Implementation - Approach & Guidelines-Change Management Process - DevOps-Quality Management Process - DevOps-Get to know what are continuous integration, continuous delivery, and continuous deployment-DevOps - Continuous Business Planning-DevOps - Continuous Integration & Continuous Testing-DevOps - Continuous Deployment & Release Management-DevOps - Continuous Release & Deployment Automation-DevOps - Continuous Testing-DevOps - Continuous Monitoring-DevOps - Continuous Customer Feedback And Optimization-DevOps - DevOps "Continuous Delivery" With In-Built "Quality Assurance"-Continuous Improvement - Agile and DevOps-Agile & DevOps main goal and challenges-Integrate recent advances in DevOps and process design strategies into practice according to best practice guidelines-Diagnose Agile & DevOps projects, initiatives, organizations, businesses and processes using accepted diagnostic standards and practices-Technical best practices
Revised Version 2016. Passing the Project Management Institutes Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) certification examination wont be easy, but youll boost your chances for success when you consult this study guide. Vivek Vaishampayan, an information technology expert who holds several certifications, including the PMI-ACP designation, introduces you to the exam process, Agile Project Management principles, and dozens of knowledge and skill areas that you must master to succeed in the field. Youll also get: handy tips for taking the exam; sample exam questions with answers; chapter summaries to review key concepts. Current references to Agile concepts are explained throughout the book in a simple manner so youll be better equipped to pass the test. Just as important, youll find tips throughout the book that will help you succeed after you pass the test. This latest entry to Certification Prep handbooks explicitly follows the PMIs ACP Certification Examination content outline and addresses each topic to the exact the level PMI-ACP test takers need. The PMI-ACP certification is an important facet of a practitioners development, so improve your chances of advancing your career with the PMI-ACP Exam Prep Study Guide.
The Project Management Office (PMO) is a rapidly emerging concept in project management that has evolved in terms of its application, sophistication, and proven results. Most literature on the subject focuses on a specific facet or purpose of PMO. The Advanced Project Management Office: A Comprehensive Look at Function and Implementation provides a
Getting Value out of Agile Retrospectives helps you and your teams to do retrospectives effectively and efficiently. It's a toolbox with many exercises for facilitating retrospectives, supported with the "what" and "why" of retrospectives, the business value and benefits that they bring, and advice for introducing and improving retrospectives. If you are a Scrum master, agile coach, project manager, product manager or facilitator then this book helps you to discover and apply new ways to do Valuable Agile Retrospectives with your teams. With plenty of exercises you can develop your own personal Retrospectives Toolbox to become more proficient in doing retrospectives and get more out of them.
