Valuing Agile

Table of contents

1. Copyright Page
2. Contents
3. List of figures
4. List of tables
5. About this guide
6. Foreword
7. Preface
8. Acknowledgements
9. 1. Introduction to Agile
   1. 1.1 The Agile approach
   2. 1.2 Agile software development
   3. 1.3 Agile techniques and practices
   4. 1.4 Product development
   5. 1.5 Project management
   6. 1.6 Related disciplines
   7. 1.7 Financial challenges
   8. 1.8 Concluding remarks
10. 2. Requirements, estimation and contracting
    1. 2.1 Overview
    2. 2.2 Requirements
    3. 2.3 Estimation
    4. 2.4 Team velocity
    5. 2.5 Prioritized incremental delivery
    6. 2.6 Types of contracts
    7. 2.7 Agile contracting
    8. 2.8 Government contracts
    9. 2.9 Concluding remarks
11. 3. Strategy, budgeting and expenditure
    1. 3.1 Strategy, portfolios and projects
    2. 3.2 Agile budgeting
    3. 3.3 Financial statements
    4. 3.4 Capital and operational expenditure
    5. 3.5 Concluding remarks
12. 4. Profitability and Agile financial performance
    1. 4.1 Understanding profit
    2. 4.2 The significance of timing
    3. 4.3 Agile impact on ROI
    4. 4.4 Worked example
    5. 4.5 Concluding remarks
13. 5. Value and benefits realization
    1. 5.1 Understanding value
    2. 5.2 Social value
    3. 5.3 Communicating value
    4. 5.4 Earned value management
    5. 5.5 Benefits realization and assessment
    6. 5.6 Concluding remarks
14. 6. Managing uncertainty
    1. 6.1 Understanding risk
    2. 6.2 Agile risk management
    3. 6.3 Costing risk
    4. 6.4 Sensitivity analysis
    5. 6.5 Foreign exchange risk
    6. 6.6 Credit risk
    7. 6.7 Decision point analysis
    8. 6.8 Concluding remarks
15. Appendix A Analytical treatment of cash flows
16. Glossary
17. Bibliography
18. Index
19. Back Cover