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100 1 Cooke, Jamie Lynn.
245 10 Agile productivity unleashed :|bproven approaches for
achieving real productivity gains in any organization /
|cJamie Lynn Cooke.
250 2nd ed.
264 1 Ely, Cambridgeshire :|bIT Governance Pub.,|c2014.
300 1 online resource (1 volume) :|billustrations
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 computer|bc|2rdamedia
338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier
504 Includes bibliographical references.
505 0 FOREWORD; PREFACE; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS;
CONTENTS; Introduction; Agile: an executive summary; The
path forward; SECTION 1: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
AGILE; Chapter 1: Agile in a Nutshell; Understanding Agile
principles; Agile in action; Popular Agile methods; Who
uses Agile?; Chapter 2: Why is Agile So Effective?;
Management of controllable risk; Minimal start-up costs;
Initial and ongoing returns; Chapter 3: Why Don''t More
Organizations Use Agile?; Chapter 4: Agile Sounds Good,
But; SECTION 2: 12 AGILE PRINCIPLES THAT WILL
REVOLUTIONIZE YOUR ORGANIZATION.
505 8 Chapter 5: Responsive PlanningWhy every upfront plan
fails; Apply, Inspect, Adapt; Defining (and refining) your
goals; Empowering the delivery team; The critical decision
points; Paving the pathway; When to walk away; Publicizing
your success; Chapter 6: Business-value-driven Work; Real
productivity; Dancing around the budget bonfire; Over-
delivery is wasted money; Measuring cost/benefit;
Communicating actionable goals and priorities; Drawing the
line; When priorities change; It''s more than the baton;
Chapter 7: Hands-on Business Outputs; The ''try before you
buy'' power position.
505 8 There is no substitute for realityMitigating risk;
Continuous delivery of valuable outputs; When the end does
not justify the means; Chapter 8: Real-time Customer
Feedback; Every audience is a customer; The false security
of market testing; Intrinsic customer satisfaction; The
''expert by proxy'' myth; Hiring a customer; Using the
customer to manage your budget; Chapter 9: Immovable
Deadlines; Why you should never move a deadline; The power
of imminent timeframes; Early delivery means early
payback; Setting the next deadline; Chapter 10: Management
by Self-motivation.
505 8 ''I''m not going to do it -- and you can''t make me''The
top-down and bottom-up management myths; The power of self
-organized teams; Giving the team a higher purpose; In my
estimation; Trusting the team; Why shorter deadlines lead
to happier employees; The end of overtime; Success breeds
motivation; Chapter 11: ''Just-in-time'' Communication;
When was the last time you attended a valuable meeting?;
Redefining the corporate meeting; What can you do in five
minutes?; Knowledge transfer through pairing, co-location
and cross-training; Documentation is no substitute.
505 8 The most valuable meeting of allChapter 12: Immediate
Status Tracking; The end of the monthly report; Measuring
productivity by outputs; Tracking overall progress in the
requirements backlog; Tracking day-to-day work in the
delivery backlog; The power of the ''burndown'' chart; The
real-time executive dashboard; Early and continuous
delivery tracking; Redefining risk management; Chapter 13:
Waste Management; What is waste management?; It''s what
you don''t do that matters; The power and peril of the
value stream; The waiting game; Movement without added
value; Task-switching and time leakage.
520 Written for business professionals and managers, this book
explains the principles of Agile, shows why these
approaches work, and demonstrates how to use Agile
approaches to significantly increase productivity, quality,
and customer satisfaction in any industry. It presents a
range of proven Agile methods including Scrum, Kanban,
Feature Driven Development (FDD) and the Dynamic Systems
Development Method (DSDM) in clear business language. The
author also devotes a chapter to explaining each of the 12
Agile principles that make these approaches consistently
successful, and details how to use these methods to tackle
the core challenges faced by every organization. The book
concludes by presenting an in-depth case study that
compares Agile approaches with traditional approaches for
achieving three common business objectives, followed by
step-by-step guidelines to make Agile work for your
organization, and a range of resources for further
reading. --|cEdited summary from book.
588 0 Online resource; title from title page (Safari, viewed
July 6, 2014).
650 0 Agile software development.
650 0 Business intelligence|xComputer programs.
650 0 Business intelligence|xData processing.
650 0 Data warehousing.
650 7 COMPUTERS|xDesktop Applications|xProject Management
Software.|2bisacsh
650 7 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS|xIndustrial Management.|2bisacsh
650 7 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS|xManagement.|2bisacsh
650 7 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS|xManagement Science.|2bisacsh
650 7 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS|xOrganizational Behavior.|2bisacsh
650 7 Agile software development.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01743753
650 7 Agile software development.|2local
776 08 |iPrint version:|aCooke, Jamie Lynn.|tAgile productivity
unleashed : proven approaches for achieving real
productivity gains in any organization.|bSecond edition.
|dCambridgeshire, [England] : IT Governance Publishing,
©2014|h390 pages|z9781849285636
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