Agile Project Management for Dummies - 4th Edition by Mark C Layton & Steven J Ostermiller & Dean J Kynaston (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Put agile techniques into practice to boost your efficiency and effectiveness

Agile Project Management For Dummies introduces you to the planning and execution approaches that can help you complete projects more quickly, with higher quality and using fewer resources. For companies in any industry--not just software development--agile project management reduces waste and increases transparency, while addressing customers' ever-changing requirements. This book lays out the principles and practices of agile techniques in jargon-free language that anyone can understand. You'll learn all the important terms, tools, and concepts, so you can infuse agility into your projects right away. Create a product roadmap and prepare for product launches with ease, thanks to this Dummies guide.

• Discover why agile techniques are so popular with many of the world's most successful businesses
• Use agile principles to manage the scope, time, cost, team dynamics, quality, and risk of any project
• Learn how Inclusion makes organizations more agile, and create an agile-friendly culture of flexibility and productivity within your team and organization
• Explore how the agile world is changing with new developments like artificial intelligence

Agile Project Management For Dummies is great for project and product managers, as well as anyone in any industry who wants get up to speed on how to be more agile.

From the Back Cover

Boost your projects' efficiency and effectiveness

Looking for a resource that helps you complete projects faster, better, and cheaper? Look no further than Agile Project Management For Dummies, your handy guide to agile principles and techniques you can employ right now in your company. You'll learn to create product roadmaps, organize releases, and harness simple tools, language, and concepts to improve results and productivity. You'll also find easy ways to reduce waste and increase transparency as you establish a flexible and resilient way of doing business.

Inside...

• Plan products strategically
• Execute iteratively and incrementally
• Harness artificial intelligence tools
• Coordinate diverse teams
• Manage cost and time
• Improve product quality
• Prepare for and embrace change
• Ensure process improvement

About the Author

Mark C. Layton is an organizational strategist and past PMI chapter president with more than 20 years' experience in the agile transformation field.

Steven J Ostermiller is a business agility guide and community leader helping organizations maximize value delivery.

Dean J. Kynaston is a coach, Certified Scrum Professional, and organizational agile transformation leader.