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Real World Agility: Practical Guidance for Agile Practitioners

by Daniel James Gullo

July 2016

Beginner to intermediate

256 pages

7h 29m

English

Addison-Wesley Professional

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Waterfall Versus AgileAn “Agile” ExperimentDifferences Between Agile, Lean, Six Sigma, PMP, and Other MethodologiesAgile Is NOT for You ...Marketability of Scrum Certification and Consistency of EmploymentCertify THIS ...Getting the Most Value from Gatherings, Conferences, and Other EventsI’m Certified—So, NOW What?Goodbye, My FriendClosing

How Can Scrum Scale to Work Successfully with Large Teams?SAFe SPC Training: A ReflectionOverviewSPC ClassConclusionWhat Is the Biggest Hurdle for a Company Transitioning from Waterfall to Scrum Methodology?The SledgehammerThe ShotgunThe Bottom LinerThe RebellionPigs in ZenHow Do You Overcome the Culture of a Company That Is Not Conducive to the Scrum Ideology?How Do We Get Our Leaders Agile Trained?Closing
Do We Have the Insights We Need to Know What Customers Want Most/Next?Breaking Down Requirements to Epics and User StoriesNordstrom’s Knows What I WantBreaking Down the Product Backlog into SprintsWhy Does Every Increment Need to Be Shippable/Valuable to an End User?What Is the Difference Between a Product Backlog and a Sprint Backlog?What Goes into Sprint Planning?What Is the Typical Duration for Sprints?What Is the Measure of Progress on Product Delivery/Approximate Completion Date?What’s Done Is Done: User StoriesStory Points and the BurndownPsssst! I Can Get You Fixed Cost AND Fixed Dates!!What Are Some Trends of Burndown Charts and What Do the Patterns Indicate?UptickFlat LineSharp DropPerfect LineShould We Make a Big Change Between Sprints?Closing
What Are Some Tips on Self-Organization?How Does the ScrumMaster Fit in with the PO/PM in Terms of Ability to Drive Process?How to Ask a QuestionShould the Quality Assurance Team Be Inside or Outside?What One Skill Is Most Important to Being a ScrumMaster?How Can Scrum and Kanban Teams Work Together Effectively?Happiness Is YOUR ResponsibilityDo More by Doing LessYou Are Required to Be JoyfulCan a Team Member (Dev) Be an Effective ScrumMaster?How Do Teams Get True Autonomy from Management?What Can I Immediately Apply from a Training Course, Conference, or Seminar?Where Should You Place User Experience/User Interface (UX/UI) in a Scrum Team?In Scrum, Why All the Meetings?Release Planning MeetingSprint Planning MeetingDaily ScrumSprint Review MeetingSprint RetrospectiveProduct Backlog RefinementOverallWhat Is the Most Useful Way to Make People Accept Self-Management?Closing
My Agile JourneyMy Agile JourneyMy Agile JourneyMy Agile JourneyStartups Are Inherently AgileMigrating the Startups to the Agile Way of WorkingRequirement ManagementAssigning Multiple Agile Roles to a Single PersonPessimism of ClientsMy Agile JourneyMy Agile JourneyMy Agile JourneySketch Using Personal KanbanCoaching with a Modified Daily ScrumPeer-workingHack YourselfMy Agile JourneyHow I Got Started Doing What I DoMy First Conversation About AgileMy First Agile TransformationThe Agile InterventionA Long WalkA Parting Word of CautionMy Agile JourneyMy Agile JourneyMy Agile JourneyMy Agile JourneyMy Agile JourneyMy Agile Journey

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