The Art of Agile Practice - A Composite Approach for Projects and Organizations (Hardcover)


The Art of Agile Practice: A Composite Approach for Projects and Organizations" "presents a consistent, integrated, and strategic approach to achieving "Agility" in your business. Transcending beyond Agile as a software development method, it covers the gamut of methods in an organization including business processes, governance standards, project management, quality management, and business analysis to show you how to use this composite approach to enhance your ability to adapt and respond to evolving business requirements. The book is divided into three parts:

  • Introduces Agility and identifies the challenges facing organizations in terms of development and maintenance approaches
  • Presents Composite Agile Method and Strategy (CAMS) as a carefully constructed combination of process elements and illustrates its application to development, business management, business analysis, project management, and quality
  • Includes two Agile case studies, a comprehensive index, definitions of key acronyms, and appendices with a current list of Agile methods and interview summaries
  • The book describes relevant metrics for the entire CAMS lifecycle and explains how to embed Agile practices within formal process-maps in projects. Filled with figures, case studies, and tables that illustrate key concepts, the text is ideal for a two- or three-day training course or workshop. It is also suitable for a 13-week education course for higher degree students that includes process discussions and consideration of Agile values at both software and business levels. The chapters are organized to correspond roughly to such lectures with an option to choose from the case study chapters.


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    The Art of Agile Practice: A Composite Approach for Projects and Organizations" "presents a consistent, integrated, and strategic approach to achieving "Agility" in your business. Transcending beyond Agile as a software development method, it covers the gamut of methods in an organization including business processes, governance standards, project management, quality management, and business analysis to show you how to use this composite approach to enhance your ability to adapt and respond to evolving business requirements. The book is divided into three parts:

  • Introduces Agility and identifies the challenges facing organizations in terms of development and maintenance approaches
  • Presents Composite Agile Method and Strategy (CAMS) as a carefully constructed combination of process elements and illustrates its application to development, business management, business analysis, project management, and quality
  • Includes two Agile case studies, a comprehensive index, definitions of key acronyms, and appendices with a current list of Agile methods and interview summaries
  • The book describes relevant metrics for the entire CAMS lifecycle and explains how to embed Agile practices within formal process-maps in projects. Filled with figures, case studies, and tables that illustrate key concepts, the text is ideal for a two- or three-day training course or workshop. It is also suitable for a 13-week education course for higher degree students that includes process discussions and consideration of Agile values at both software and business levels. The chapters are organized to correspond roughly to such lectures with an option to choose from the case study chapters.

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    Product Details

    General

    Imprint

    Taylor & Francis

    Country of origin

    United States

    Series

    Advanced & Emerging Communications Technologies

    Release date

    November 2012

    Availability

    Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

    First published

    2013

    Authors

    Dimensions

    254 x 178 x 28mm (L x W x T)

    Format

    Hardcover

    Pages

    527

    ISBN-13

    978-1-4398-5118-0

    Barcode

    9781439851180

    Categories

    LSN

    1-4398-5118-2



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