{"product_id":"9781484216781","title":"Agile Development in the Real World","description":"\u003ch1\u003eAgile Development in the Real World\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eCline, Alan\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a practical guide for new agile practitioners and contains\n everything a new project manager needs to know to get up to speed with \nagile practices quickly and sort out the hype and dogma of pseudo-agile \npractices.The author lays out the general guidelines for running an \nagile project with the assumption that the project team may be working \nin a traditional environment (using the waterfall model, or something \nsimilar).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAgile Development in the Real World\u003c\/em\u003e conveys valuable insights to multiple audiences: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor\n new-to-agile project managers, this book provides a distinctive \napproach that Alan Cline has used with great success, while showing the \ndecision points and perspectives as the agile project moves forward from\n one step to the next. This allows new agile project managers or agile \ncoaches to choose between the benefits of agile and the benefits of \nother methods.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor the agile technical team member, this book contains\n templates and sample project artifacts to assist in learning agile \ntechniques and to be used as exemplars for the new practitioner’s own \nproject.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor the Project Management Office (PMO), the first \nthree chapters focus on portfolio management. They explain, for the \nagilists’ benefit, how projects are selected and approved, and why \nprojects have an inherent \"shelf-life\" that results in hard deadlines \nthat may seem arbitrary to traditional technical teams.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat You Will Learn:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow and why the evolution of project management, from PM-1 (prescriptive) to PM-2 (adaptive) affects modern 21st century project management. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow sociology (stakeholder management), psychology (team dynamics), and anthropology (organizational culture) affect the way software is developed today, and why it is far more effective \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA clear delineation of what must to be accomplished by all the roles (PM, BA, APM, Developer, and Tester),why those roles are needed, and what they must do\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStep-by-step guide for a successful project based on studies and the author’s own experiences.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpecific techniques for each role on the development team, both in the pre-iteration and iteration cycles, of product development. The appendices contain templates that the team could use or modify to tailor their own agile processes specific to the team, project, and organization.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Apress\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2015-12-19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781484216781\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-1-4842-1679-8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 254cm x178cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 297\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Apress","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47513715409036,"sku":"9781484216781","price":40.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781484216781.jpg?v=1775962421","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781484216781","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}