The Project Manager's Guide to Mastering Agile: Principles and Practices for an Adaptive Approach

CONTENTS

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Introduction to Agile Project Management

The Chasm in Project Management Philosophies

The Evolution of Agile and Waterfall

Definition of waterfall

Definition of agile

Comparison of plan-driven and adaptive approaches

The Evolution of the Project Management Profession

The early history of project management

Transformation of the project management profession

What's driving this change, and why now?

Agile Project Management Benefits

Summary of Key Points

Discussion Topics

Part 1 Fundamentals of Agile

Agile History and the Agile Manifesto

Agile Early History

Dr. Winston Royce and the Waterfall model (1970)

Early iterative and incremental development methods (early 1970s)

Further evolution of iterative and incremental development (mid- to late 1970s)

Early agile development methods (1980s and 1990s)

Agile Manifesto (2001)

Agile Manifesto values

Agile Manifesto principles

Summary of Key Points

Discussion Topics

Scrum Overview

Scrum Roles

Product owner role

Scrum Master role

Team role

Scrum framework

Sprint planning

Daily standup

Sprint review

Sprint retrospective

General Scrum/Agile Principles

Variability and uncertainty

Prediction and adaptation

Validated ...