Agile: 2 Manuscripts- Agile Project Management and Scrum- Mastering Agile Scrum Project Management

AGILE

2 Manuscripts- Agile Project Management and Scrum- Mastering Agile Scrum Project Management

AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Learn the Most Important Concepts and Tools of

Agile Project Management

Table of Contents

AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT:..........................................................................1

Introduction.....................................................................................................................7

Chapter1: What Is Agile Project Management?..............................................8

Chapter2: History of agile project management.........................................11

Chapter3: Tools for Agile Project Management...........................................12

Tools for Greater Team Effectiveness.............................................................................12

The Team.........................................................................................................................12

Quick Conflict Resolution Agreement.........................................................................12

Celebrate success...........................................................................................................13

The Secret Weapon............................................................................................................13

Understanding Yourself.................................................................................................13

Confidence.......................................................................................................................14

Delegation.......................................................................................................................15

Patience...........................................................................................................................15

Adaptability and Creativity...........................................................................................15

Mentorship......................................................................................................................16

Chapter4: Difference Between Agile Project Management and Traditional Project Management?..................17

Chapter 5: How to Create an Agile Project Team........................................19

Building a Kickass Team...................................................................................................19

Who is Involved in Agile Project Management?............................................................20

Product Owner................................................................................................................20

Scrum Master..................................................................................................................20

Agile Mentor....................................................................................................................20

Small Teams....................................................................................................................21

Team Leader...................................................................................................................21

Team Members...............................................................................................................21

Stakeholder.....................................................................................................................21

Technical Experts...........................................................................................................21

Domain Experts..............................................................................................................22

Independent Tester........................................................................................................22

Large Teams....................................................................................................................22

Architecture Owner........................................................................................................22

Integrator........................................................................................................................23

Chapter6: Obstacles to Agile project management Success..................24

Failure of management to provide necessary support.................................................24

Beginning Without Alignment..........................................................................................24

External pressure to succumb to traditional ways........................................................25

Rigidity in the culture of the organization.....................................................................26

Hitches in communication across the board..................................................................26

Members of the project opposing Agile..........................................................................26

Missing out on training.....................................................................................................26

Forgetting to launch..........................................................................................................26

Losing the Vision................................................................................................................28

Chapter 7: Adopting Agile Project Management.........................................30

Chapter 8: Benefits of Agile project in an Organization.........................32

Early and optimal realization of benefits........................................................................32

Perpetual presence in the market...................................................................................32

High quality maintenance.................................................................................................32

Excellent Stakeholders’ collaboration............................................................................33

Adjustments are less costly..............................................................................................33

Flexibility in project implementation..............................................................................33

Consistency of budget and timelines..............................................................................33

Conducive and long-term working relationship............................................................34

Inclination to produce a fitting product..........................................................................34

Great working environment..............................................................................................34

Self-regulation....................................................................................................................35

Fast Turnaround.................................................................................................................35

Customer Engagement......................................................................................................35

Chapter 9: How to Lead an Agile Project Team...........................................37

The Mindset of an Agile Leader.......................................................................................37

Upgrading Management and Leadership.......................................................................38

Tips on Becoming an Agile Team.....................................................................................40

Recognize your role in the process..............................................................................40

Take your first action and keep it going.....................................................................40

Solve problems that you know about..........................................................................40

Keep the speed going.....................................................................................................41

Minimal planning is necessary.....................................................................................41

Stay motivated................................................................................................................41

Give your team the room to organize themselves.....................................................41

Review work often so it becomes a habit...................................................................41

Chapter10: Planning an Agile Project..............................................................42

Step 1: Product Vision.......................................................................................................42

Step 2: Product Roadmap.................................................................................................42

Step 3: Release Plan..........................................................................................................42

Step 4: Sprint Planning.....................................................................................................43

Step 5: Daily scrum............................................................................................................43

Step 6: Sprint Review........................................................................................................43

Step 7: Sprint Retrospective............................................................................................43

Chapter 11: How to Track the agile Project?................................................44

Vision Statement................................................................................................................44

Roadmap..............................................................................................................................44

Backlog................................................................................................................................44

Release plan........................................................................................................................44

Increments..........................................................................................................................44

Chapter 12: Risks of Agile Project Management.........................................46

How to Manage Risk..........................................................................................................46

Identify the Risks................................................................................................................46

Classify Risks......................................................................................................................47

Quantify Risks.....................................................................................................................47

Create a Plan......................................................................................................................47

Act Based on the Plan........................................................................................................48

Chapter 13: Tips for Having Success with Agile Project Management49

Trust should be an atmosphere you create for your team...........................................49

Be a good listener for both stakeholders........................................................................49

Obstacles should be found and removed for your team...............................................49

Learning is at the center...................................................................................................49

Mentor.................................................................................................................................49

Conclusion......................................................................................................................51

Introduction...................................................................................................................57

Chapter 1: What is Scrum?.....................................................................................58

Chapter 2: Elements of Scrum..............................................................................62

Sprint Planning...................................................................................................................63

Daily Scrum.........................................................................................................................64

Sprint Review......................................................................................................................64

Chapter3: Agile Estimation Techniques..........................................................65

Affinity Mapping.................................................................................................................65

Ordering Protocol...............................................................................................................65

Chapter 4: Scrum in action....................................................................................67

Building the Team..............................................................................................................67

The Individual's Mindset...................................................................................................68

Creating and Managing The Team...............................................................................69

Team Dynamics..................................................................................................................70

Chapter 5: Sprinting in Stages.............................................................................71

The Norming Stage............................................................................................................72

The Performing Stage........................................................................................................73

Adjourning Stage................................................................................................................74

Chapter 6: Why Use Scrum....................................................................................76

Chapter 7: Scrum and Extreme Programming (XP)...................................82

Simplicity.............................................................................................................................82

Courage...............................................................................................................................82

Respect................................................................................................................................82

Practices..............................................................................................................................82

Remain Together................................................................................................................83

Complete Team...................................................................................................................83

Useful Workspace..............................................................................................................83

Revived Work......................................................................................................................83

Pair Programming..............................................................................................................83

Stories..................................................................................................................................84

Weekly Cycle.......................................................................................................................84

Quarterly Cycle...................................................................................................................84

Slack.....................................................................................................................................84

Ten-Minute Build................................................................................................................85

Constant Integration..........................................................................................................85

Incremental Design............................................................................................................85

Roles.....................................................................................................................................86

Customer.............................................................................................................................86

The Developer.....................................................................................................................86

The Tracker.........................................................................................................................86

The Coach............................................................................................................................87

Lifecycle...............................................................................................................................87

Origins.................................................................................................................................88

Main Contributions............................................................................................................88

Chapter 8: Scrum in Project Management.....................................................89

Key features of Scrum Management...............................................................................89

Benefits of Employing Scrum Management...................................................................89

Using Scrum Enhances Client Perception......................................................................90

Employ Scrum Management for Better Product Lifecycle..........................................90

Chapter 9: The Scrum Framework......................................................................92

Scrum Teams.....................................................................................................................92

Scrum Roles.......................................................................................................................93

Scrum Events.....................................................................................................................95

Scrum Artifacts..................................................................................................................97

Chapter 10: Scaling Scrum..................................................................................100

Chapter 11: How to Put a Scrum Team in Place.......................................102

Scrum Master...................................................................................................................102

Non Core Roles in Scrum................................................................................................104

Chapter 12: Successful Scrum Tips.................................................................105

Get Educated....................................................................................................................105

Get The Right Sponsor....................................................................................................105

Attack Low-hanging Fruit First......................................................................................105

Be Realistic.......................................................................................................................106

Co-locate Teams...............................................................................................................106

Start Low-tech..................................................................................................................106

Celebrate Success............................................................................................................106

Chapter 13: Professional scrum........................................................................107

Certified Scrum Developer.............................................................................................107

Certified Scrum Professional.........................................................................................107

Certified Scrum Trainer..................................................................................................107

Certified Scrum Coach....................................................................................................107

Conclusion..................................................................................................................109

Introduction 

This book aims to help people who are looking for successful project management strategies that they can implement with their own team.

Basically, in Agile Project Management, you make short-term plans as you go along; here, you do not lay out long-term plans in advance. So, your plans are in tandem with what is current at any particular time. If then, for whatever reason, you fall short of your forecast, you will be required to alter very little of your plans. Agile project management is an incremental and iterative management strategy aimed at designing and building information technology, engineering, and other business areas in order to develop a new product or service using interactive and flexible methods. For it to succeed, capable individuals must lead to search for ways to provide consistent customer satisfaction. Management must also provide support for the activities.

Contrary to popular belief, Agile is not a methodology but a philosophy that anyone can subscribe to if he wants his project to succeed. Many project managers use it and swear of its effectiveness in ensuring that the whole project is a success. Although commonly used in IT projects, the agile project management is applicable to all projects.

This book helps you learn about agile project management with the complete involvement of every person and process necessary to build an understanding of how crucial it is to follow the trends of the market, to stay up to date and retain that competitive edge needed in business. You cannot expect a huge success suddenly unless you put in the hard work and agile project management requires consistent hard work with complete focus on the project. There are ways for you to get through any project with the guidance in this book, along with the entire implementation of the agile lifecycle. After all, the effort you put into planning can provide replicable results in the future, but you want to make sure those results are the most financially and efficiently delivered. So now, get ready to learn all you need to know to guide your business toward happy customers, fuller pockets, more time free on your calendar, and less stress in the effort!

Happy reading and best wishes for your project management success!

Chapter1: What Is Agile Project Management?

Agile is more than a daily stand-up meeting. You cannot say your team is agile until you truly understand what agile is and what roles are required. Accepting change, providing high-quality work, giving current updates, controlling the budget, managing the timeline, and keeping the scope in perspective are all benefits of agile. This is drastically different than the older project management process that can end up being cumbersome, pricey, and prone to error. Previously, project management produced unreliable results, until agile.

Agile management builds upon the success of Scrum techniques and concepts to more generalized and broadened business activities. Its success depends on consensus and links to kaizen, lean manufacturing, and the Six Sigma. The Agile Manifesto focuses on communication, delivery, collaboration, and openness to change.

Agile project management involves the activities and features of delivering added value work while keeping the three important factors of any project that is scope, time and cost. These three factors are managed in real time to ensure that value is created in the project. It reduces complex situations, by breaking the project lifecycle into separate portions, so that every portion can be completed before the deadline. It highlights critical segments and then tests the processes which need to be done for these to be achieved within a time frame of two to four-week cycles.Agile project management has at its heart an aim to bring improvements in the project continuously as it proceeds, while being flexible, having complete team input and delivering high quality products or results. It has a scrum framework approach which is to build quality first and eliminate maximum wastage. Organizations can utilize the different tools and techniques available to the team to build agile management as this proves to be more effective. There are twelve basic principles which should be applied as a base for agile management delivering the information regarding the product, team, communication, and flexibility. These principles are known as the core values for agile project management which give the most effective implementation of any project.

Using agile management concepts in non-software products can produce a product or service that meets customer requirements with minimal time, waste, and cost. Agile management provides a simple framework that reflects and communicates past work with the other members of the team. Agile coaches can help the teams through push-based or pull-based coaching strategies.

Before you get started with a project, it is necessary that you have a proper understanding of what is involved so that you can deliver high quality work, full of content. Agile project management is a popular phenomenon developed by software project managers. It aims to deliver on projects at a lower cost and producing more effective results over a period of time. Due to the high pace of technological change in the market, software projects need updating rapidly to take advantage of any new developments, which makes the customers reach high in their demands. Customers are asked to plan ahead, indicating future needs before they wish to start the project so that there is a minimum delay in adapting to these. Agile project management helps in making such changes easier for the projects, even if there are some new requirements in the later stages.

Agile project management involves the activities and features of delivering added value work while keeping the three important factors of any project that is scope, time and cost. These three factors are managed in real time to ensure that value is created in the project. It reduces complex situations, by breaking the project lifecycle into separate portions, so that every portion can be completed before the deadline. It highlights critical segments and then tests the processes which need to be done for these to be achieved within a time frame of two to four-week cycles.

Agile project management has at its heart an aim to bring improvements in the project continuously as it proceeds, while being