July 2025
Beginner
496 pages
13h 12m
English
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Agile Project Management For Dummies, 4th Edition
by Mark C. Layton, Steven J. Ostermiller, Dean J. Kynaston
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Introduction
Welcome to Agile Project Management For Dummies, 4th Edition. Agile project management has grown to be as common as any management technique for product development — and not only software product development. For two and a half decades, we have trained and coached companies big and small, all over the world, about how to become more nimble, adaptive, and responsive in both the development of their products and their organizations — in other words, how to become more agile. Through this work, we found there was a need to write a digestible guide that anyone, regardless of experience, could understand.
About This Book
Agile Project Management For Dummies, 4th Edition is more than just an introduction to agile practices and approaches; you also discover the steps to become more agile in mindset and behavior. The material here goes beyond theory and is meant to be a field guide for all experience levels, giving you the tools and information you need to be successful with agile techniques in the trenches of product development.
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This book was written as a reference guide for anyone wanting to learn more about business agility. If you strive to be more agile in responding to customer needs and problems — whether or not you're an organizational leader, a project manager, a product manager, a member of a product team, an agile enthusiast, or a product stakeholder — this book will help you on your journey.
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