Chapter 1

Agile Project Management

Introduction

Agile project management is a value-driven approach that allows project managers to deliver high-priority, high-quality work on projects, particularly those of high uncertainty and high complexity.

It’s nothing like the poky, costly, and error-prone approach to project management that has delivered inconsistent results for years.

Agile project management continuously evaluates time and cost as primary constraints. Rapid feedback, continuous adaptation, and quality assurance best practices are built into the team’s committed schedules, ensuring top-quality output and proven processes.

Agile project managers look at proactive, real-time delivery metrics such as velocity, burndown and cumulative flow ...

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