Agile Development A Complete Guide - 2019 Edition


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What are the best practices for software quality assurance when using agile development methodologies? Why is large-scale agile development important now? Why is agile development important? How do you manage agile development? How do you refactor highly-coupled and monolithic systems? This astounding Agile Development self-assessment will make you the assured Agile Development domain standout by revealing just what you need to know to be fluent and ready for any Agile Development challenge. How do I reduce the effort in the Agile Development work to be done to get problems solved? How can I ensure that plans of action include every Agile Development task and that every Agile Development outcome is in place? How will I save time investigating strategic and tactical options and ensuring Agile Development costs are low? How can I deliver tailored Agile Development advice instantly with structured going-forward plans? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed best-selling author Gerard Blokdyk. Blokdyk ensures all Agile Development essentials are covered, from every angle: the Agile Development self-assessment shows succinctly and clearly that what needs to be clarified to organize the required activities and processes so that Agile Development outcomes are achieved. Contains extensive criteria grounded in past and current successful projects and activities by experienced Agile Development practitioners. Their mastery, combined with the easy elegance of the self-assessment, provides its superior value to you in knowing how to ensure the outcome of any efforts in Agile Development are maximized with professional results. Your purchase includes access details to the Agile Development self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows you exactly what to do next. Your exclusive instant access details can be found in your book. You will receive the following contents with New and Updated specific criteria: - The latest quick edition of the book in PDF - The latest complete edition of the book in PDF, which criteria correspond to the criteria in... - The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard - Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation - In-depth and specific Agile Development Checklists - Project management checklists and templates to assist with implementation INCLUDES LIFETIME SELF ASSESSMENT UPDATES Every self assessment comes with Lifetime Updates and Lifetime Free Updated Books. Lifetime Updates is an industry-first feature which allows you to receive verified self assessment updates, ensuring you always have the most accurate information at your fingertips.




The Art of Agile Development


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For those considering Extreme Programming, this book provides no-nonsense advice on agile planning, development, delivery, and management taken from the authors' many years of experience. While plenty of books address the what and why of agile development, very few offer the information users can apply directly.




Agile Software Development a Complete Guide - 2019 Edition


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What Can We Learn From a Theory of Complexity? What effect, if any, is agile software development having (or do you think it will have)? Furthermore, will you be considering one or more candidate architectures and what is your overall delivery strategy? What Is Exploratory Testing? What type of system is being developed? Defining, designing, creating, and implementing a process to solve a challenge or meet an objective is the most valuable role... In EVERY group, company, organization and department. Unless you are talking a one-time, single-use project, there should be a process. Whether that process is managed and implemented by humans, AI, or a combination of the two, it needs to be designed by someone with a complex enough perspective to ask the right questions. Someone capable of asking the right questions and step back and say, 'What are we really trying to accomplish here? And is there a different way to look at it?' This Self-Assessment empowers people to do just that - whether their title is entrepreneur, manager, consultant, (Vice-)President, CxO etc... - they are the people who rule the future. They are the person who asks the right questions to make Agile Software Development investments work better. This Agile Software Development All-Inclusive Self-Assessment enables You to be that person. All the tools you need to an in-depth Agile Software Development Self-Assessment. Featuring 902 new and updated case-based questions, organized into seven core areas of process design, this Self-Assessment will help you identify areas in which Agile Software Development improvements can be made. In using the questions you will be better able to: - diagnose Agile Software Development projects, initiatives, organizations, businesses and processes using accepted diagnostic standards and practices - implement evidence-based best practice strategies aligned with overall goals - integrate recent advances in Agile Software Development and process design strategies into practice according to best practice guidelines Using a Self-Assessment tool known as the Agile Software Development Scorecard, you will develop a clear picture of which Agile Software Development areas need attention. Your purchase includes access details to the Agile Software Development self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows your organization exactly what to do next. You will receive the following contents with New and Updated specific criteria: - The latest quick edition of the book in PDF - The latest complete edition of the book in PDF, which criteria correspond to the criteria in... - The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard - Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation - In-depth and specific Agile Software Development Checklists - Project management checklists and templates to assist with implementation INCLUDES LIFETIME SELF ASSESSMENT UPDATES Every self assessment comes with Lifetime Updates and Lifetime Free Updated Books. Lifetime Updates is an industry-first feature which allows you to receive verified self assessment updates, ensuring you always have the most accurate information at your fingertips.




Succeeding with Agile


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Proven, 100% Practical Guidance for Making Scrum and Agile Work in Any Organization This is the definitive, realistic, actionable guide to starting fast with Scrum and agile-and then succeeding over the long haul. Leading agile consultant and practitioner Mike Cohn presents detailed recommendations, powerful tips, and real-world case studies drawn from his unparalleled experience helping hundreds of software organizations make Scrum and agile work. Succeeding with Agile is for pragmatic software professionals who want real answers to the most difficult challenges they face in implementing Scrum. Cohn covers every facet of the transition: getting started, helping individuals transition to new roles, structuring teams, scaling up, working with a distributed team, and finally, implementing effective metrics and continuous improvement. Throughout, Cohn presents "Things to Try Now" sections based on his most successful advice. Complementary "Objection" sections reproduce typical conversations with those resisting change and offer practical guidance for addressing their concerns. Coverage includes Practical ways to get started immediately-and "get good" fast Overcoming individual resistance to the changes Scrum requires Staffing Scrum projects and building effective teams Establishing "improvement communities" of people who are passionate about driving change Choosing which agile technical practices to use or experiment with Leading self-organizing teams Making the most of Scrum sprints, planning, and quality techniques Scaling Scrum to distributed, multiteam projects Using Scrum on projects with complex sequential processes or challenging compliance and governance requirements Understanding Scrum's impact on HR, facilities, and project management Whether you've completed a few sprints or multiple agile projects and whatever your role-manager, developer, coach, ScrumMaster, product owner, analyst, team lead, or project lead-this book will help you succeed with your very next project. Then, it will help you go much further: It will help you transform your entire development organization.




Agile Application Development A Complete Guide - 2019 Edition


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Where is the cost? Identify an operational issue in your organization, for example, could a particular task be done more quickly or more efficiently by Agile Application Development? Who are the people involved in developing and implementing Agile Application Development? Which of the recognised risks out of all risks can be most likely transferred? Do you recognize Agile Application Development achievements? This exclusive Agile Application Development self-assessment will make you the established Agile Application Development domain auditor by revealing just what you need to know to be fluent and ready for any Agile Application Development challenge. How do I reduce the effort in the Agile Application Development work to be done to get problems solved? How can I ensure that plans of action include every Agile Application Development task and that every Agile Application Development outcome is in place? How will I save time investigating strategic and tactical options and ensuring Agile Application Development costs are low? How can I deliver tailored Agile Application Development advice instantly with structured going-forward plans? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed best-selling author Gerard Blokdyk. Blokdyk ensures all Agile Application Development essentials are covered, from every angle: the Agile Application Development self-assessment shows succinctly and clearly that what needs to be clarified to organize the required activities and processes so that Agile Application Development outcomes are achieved. Contains extensive criteria grounded in past and current successful projects and activities by experienced Agile Application Development practitioners. Their mastery, combined with the easy elegance of the self-assessment, provides its superior value to you in knowing how to ensure the outcome of any efforts in Agile Application Development are maximized with professional results. Your purchase includes access details to the Agile Application Development self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows you exactly what to do next. Your exclusive instant access details can be found in your book. You will receive the following contents with New and Updated specific criteria: - The latest quick edition of the book in PDF - The latest complete edition of the book in PDF, which criteria correspond to the criteria in... - The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard - Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation - In-depth and specific Agile Application Development Checklists - Project management checklists and templates to assist with implementation INCLUDES LIFETIME SELF ASSESSMENT UPDATES Every self assessment comes with Lifetime Updates and Lifetime Free Updated Books. Lifetime Updates is an industry-first feature which allows you to receive verified self assessment updates, ensuring you always have the most accurate information at your fingertips.




Agile Project Management


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In understanding methodologies and agile project management, we look at the different techniques in which you can successfully develop management skills. As you know, it is quite important to adopt a multifaceted approach when it comes to management, to get your job done in a facile manner. Agile methodology is a multifaceted approach that finds its application in many different fields and can be considered an umbrella concept. Right from engineering to IT to business management, there are many areas where one can effectively apply the ideologies of agile management. Once you go through the book, you will understand how easy it is for you to adopt and utilize it to enhance your business. The agile management technique focuses on four main aspects, namely - effective communication with clients/parties, delivering a work application, collaborating with clients and changing up the scope of work. All of these need to be controlled and managed in order to enhance productivity. That is exactly where this book comes into play. In the course of this book, you will learn how to: Understanding the iterative learning process Learning about the agile software development techniques The scope of management Meaning and features of agile manifesto Dynamic system development model and its applications The phases of the Atern project Understanding of the scrum theory Sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives Service designs and transitions Service operations Lean development principles Operational level management techniques Steps to enhance focus Agile management basically focuses on enhancing communication within the organizational structure to ensure that you remain with free flowing ideologies. It is a good way to increase your productivity while managing your work environment. The book focuses on understanding each and every element by breaking it down to the simplest form. The concepts are explained in such a way that they allow you to implement them in your work life. You can go through the concepts in detail to understand each and every aspect of it. There is no limit to its application and you can mold it into any shape or form of your choice. You can pass a copy of the book to all your employees so that they can understand what it takes to partake in agile management of business. You can also consider holding a seminar or a book reading session where everybody can interpret their ideologies in their own way. Using the information provided in the book, you can implement agile management in your day-to-day life; whether it is work or personal life. So what are you waiting for - start reading right away! Buy your copy today!




Agile Project A Complete Guide - 2019 Edition


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Is there a role for QA in Agile projects? What happens to the function of the business analysis in user story development? Which individual role is responsible for all aspects of the delivery of the solution? What is the role of the business analyst in an agile project? How do you and your team feel about Scrum today? This instant Agile Project self-assessment will make you the principal Agile Project domain standout by revealing just what you need to know to be fluent and ready for any Agile Project challenge. How do I reduce the effort in the Agile Project work to be done to get problems solved? How can I ensure that plans of action include every Agile Project task and that every Agile Project outcome is in place? How will I save time investigating strategic and tactical options and ensuring Agile Project costs are low? How can I deliver tailored Agile Project advice instantly with structured going-forward plans? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed best-selling author Gerard Blokdyk. Blokdyk ensures all Agile Project essentials are covered, from every angle: the Agile Project self-assessment shows succinctly and clearly that what needs to be clarified to organize the required activities and processes so that Agile Project outcomes are achieved. Contains extensive criteria grounded in past and current successful projects and activities by experienced Agile Project practitioners. Their mastery, combined with the easy elegance of the self-assessment, provides its superior value to you in knowing how to ensure the outcome of any efforts in Agile Project are maximized with professional results. Your purchase includes access details to the Agile Project self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows you exactly what to do next. Your exclusive instant access details can be found in your book. You will receive the following contents with New and Updated specific criteria: - The latest quick edition of the book in PDF - The latest complete edition of the book in PDF, which criteria correspond to the criteria in... - The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard - Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation - In-depth and specific Agile Project Checklists - Project management checklists and templates to assist with implementation INCLUDES LIFETIME SELF ASSESSMENT UPDATES Every self assessment comes with Lifetime Updates and Lifetime Free Updated Books. Lifetime Updates is an industry-first feature which allows you to receive verified self assessment updates, ensuring you always have the most accurate information at your fingertips.




Agile Framework a Complete Guide - 2019 Edition


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What methods are feasible and acceptable to estimate the impact of reforms? To what extent are you knowledgeable of the new 6th P in the marketing mix, Poise? What management system can we use to leverage the Agile Framework experience, ideas, and concerns of the people closest to the work to be done? How can agile software development be utilised when the development is done in several different locations instead of one site? Which graphic tool should I use? This breakthrough Agile Framework self-assessment will make you the credible Agile Framework domain expert by revealing just what you need to know to be fluent and ready for any Agile Framework challenge. How do I reduce the effort in the Agile Framework work to be done to get problems solved? How can I ensure that plans of action include every Agile Framework task and that every Agile Framework outcome is in place? How will I save time investigating strategic and tactical options and ensuring Agile Framework costs are low? How can I deliver tailored Agile Framework advice instantly with structured going-forward plans? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed best-selling author Gerard Blokdyk. Blokdyk ensures all Agile Framework essentials are covered, from every angle: the Agile Framework self-assessment shows succinctly and clearly that what needs to be clarified to organize the required activities and processes so that Agile Framework outcomes are achieved. Contains extensive criteria grounded in past and current successful projects and activities by experienced Agile Framework practitioners. Their mastery, combined with the easy elegance of the self-assessment, provides its superior value to you in knowing how to ensure the outcome of any efforts in Agile Framework are maximized with professional results. Your purchase includes access details to the Agile Framework self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows you exactly what to do next. Your exclusive instant access details can be found in your book. You will receive the following contents with New and Updated specific criteria: - The latest quick edition of the book in PDF - The latest complete edition of the book in PDF, which criteria correspond to the criteria in... - The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard - Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation - In-depth and specific Agile Framework Checklists - Project management checklists and templates to assist with implementation INCLUDES LIFETIME SELF ASSESSMENT UPDATES Every self assessment comes with Lifetime Updates and Lifetime Free Updated Books. Lifetime Updates is an industry-first feature which allows you to receive verified self assessment updates, ensuring you always have the most accurate information at your fingertips.




Agile Excellence for Product Managers


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"Agile Excellence for Product Managers" is a plain-speaking guide on how to work with Agile development teams to achieve phenomenal product success. It covers the why and how of agile development (including Scrum, XP, and Lean, ) the role of product management, release planning, and more.




Software Design


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This book is perhaps the first attempt to give full treatment to the topic of Software Design. It will facilitate the academia as well as the industry. This book covers all the topics of software design including the ancillary ones.