Agile Business Strategy A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition


Book Description

How do you make it meaningful in connecting Agile Business strategy with what users do day-to-day? Marketing budgets are tighter, consumers are more skeptical, and social media has changed forever the way we talk about Agile Business strategy, how do you gain traction? Why is Agile Business strategy important for you now? What are the revised rough estimates of the financial savings/opportunity for Agile Business strategy improvements? Is Agile Business strategy linked to key stakeholder goals and objectives? 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 Business Strategy investments work better. This Agile Business Strategy All-Inclusive Self-Assessment enables You to be that person. All the tools you need to an in-depth Agile Business Strategy Self-Assessment. Featuring 953 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 Business Strategy improvements can be made. In using the questions you will be better able to: - diagnose Agile Business Strategy 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 Business Strategy and process design strategies into practice according to best practice guidelines Using a Self-Assessment tool known as the Agile Business Strategy Scorecard, you will develop a clear picture of which Agile Business Strategy areas need attention. Your purchase includes access details to the Agile Business Strategy 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 Business Strategy 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 Business


Book Description

An introduction to Agile development from a business perspective. This book contains practical real-world advice from over 30 coaches, executives, developers and managers who are actively using Agile in their organizations and helping others achieve Agility.




Agile Transformation


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Thriving in today's marketplace frequently depends on making a transformation to become more agile. Those successful in the transition enjoy faster delivery speed and ROI, higher satisfaction, continuous improvement, and additional benefits. Based on actual events, Agile Transformation: A Brief Story of How an Entertainment Company Developed New Capabilities and Unlocked Business Agility to Thrive in an Era of Rapid Change provides a revealing behind-the-scenes account of a successful agile implementation at a global entertainment company. Scott M. Graffius' first book, Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions, provides readers with practical information they can use to get benefits from the most popular agile framework, Scrum. It presents top practices from successful implementations based on Scott's hands-on experience and 116 diverse sources such as the Scrum Alliance, the Project Management Institute, MIT, the IEEE, Gartner, and the Software Engineering Institute. BookAuthority named Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions "One of the Best Scrum Books of All Time." The publication garnered 17 first place awards from national and international competitions. Scott and his book have been featured in Yahoo Finance, Computer Weekly, the PM World Journal, Learning Solutions, Innovation Management, and additional media publications. In Agile Transformation: A Brief Story of How an Entertainment Company Developed New Capabilities and Unlocked Business Agility to Thrive in an Era of Rapid Change, Scott shares a behind-the-scenes account of a successful agile implementation at a global entertainment company. The story is based on actual events and it's told from Scott's perspective as an agile coach. The transformation dramatically improved the way the organization works and delivers business value. New capabilities and practices enabled the enterprise to adapt to its changing environment, move faster, and drive innovation, which made it more competitive and prosperous.







Agile Methodology A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition


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Which project management process simplifications are appropriate for your organization and which are not? How do you become more agile in responding to changes when its so risky to make a change? Do you understand the potential benefits of the agile methodology to support digital activity? What do software architects really do? Does your team use Agile Methodology? 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 Methodology investments work better. This Agile Methodology All-Inclusive Self-Assessment enables You to be that person. All the tools you need to an in-depth Agile Methodology Self-Assessment. Featuring 958 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 Methodology improvements can be made. In using the questions you will be better able to: - diagnose Agile Methodology 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 Methodology and process design strategies into practice according to best practice guidelines Using a Self-Assessment tool known as the Agile Methodology Scorecard, you will develop a clear picture of which Agile Methodology areas need attention. Your purchase includes access details to the Agile Methodology 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 Methodology 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 Methods A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition


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What are the key drivers behind the move to transfer to agile methods? How would you separate Agile methods and practices into art, craft, and engineering? Can agile methods be used effectively for evolving a system in response to customer change requests? Will agile methods be an improvement on methods currently used? Has the team performing the work used Agile methods before as a team? This astounding Agile Methods self-assessment will make you the entrusted Agile Methods domain master by revealing just what you need to know to be fluent and ready for any Agile Methods challenge. How do I reduce the effort in the Agile Methods work to be done to get problems solved? How can I ensure that plans of action include every Agile Methods task and that every Agile Methods outcome is in place? How will I save time investigating strategic and tactical options and ensuring Agile Methods costs are low? How can I deliver tailored Agile Methods 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 Methods essentials are covered, from every angle: the Agile Methods self-assessment shows succinctly and clearly that what needs to be clarified to organize the required activities and processes so that Agile Methods outcomes are achieved. Contains extensive criteria grounded in past and current successful projects and activities by experienced Agile Methods 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 Methods are maximized with professional results. Your purchase includes access details to the Agile Methods 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 Methods 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 Unified Process A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition


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On what level(s) of your organization should Agile Methods be used in order to maximize the benefits to the enterprise? What did you do since the last Scrum meeting? Are the payoffs even or not? Will the organizational culture support new values of the agile team? Do agile methods have limits? 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 Unified Process investments work better. This Agile Unified Process All-Inclusive Self-Assessment enables You to be that person. All the tools you need to an in-depth Agile Unified Process Self-Assessment. Featuring 951 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 Unified Process improvements can be made. In using the questions you will be better able to: - diagnose Agile Unified Process 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 Unified Process and process design strategies into practice according to best practice guidelines Using a Self-Assessment tool known as the Agile Unified Process Scorecard, you will develop a clear picture of which Agile Unified Process areas need attention. Your purchase includes access details to the Agile Unified Process 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 Unified Process 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


Book Description

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 A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition


Book Description

What agile and lean practices will help you achieve the already stated outcomes? What is continuous integration, and why is it important in an agile project? What is the return of investment (ROI) of agile methods? Why should agile teams do exploratory testing? Are you an agile process innovation success story? 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 investments work better. This Agile All-Inclusive Self-Assessment enables You to be that person. All the tools you need to an in-depth Agile Self-Assessment. Featuring 2195 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 improvements can be made. In using the questions you will be better able to: - diagnose Agile 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 and process design strategies into practice according to best practice guidelines Using a Self-Assessment tool known as the Agile Scorecard, you will develop a clear picture of which Agile areas need attention. Your purchase includes access details to the Agile 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 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.