Everything you want to know about Agile

Deliver exceptional results using Agile approaches.

Everything you want to know about Agile addresses the issues that IT departments face when they try to implement Agile approaches within the constraints of their traditional organisations. It provides essential guidance for anyone who wants to deliver successful Agile results, even in the most challenging environments.

The book is written specifically to address the challenges of implementing Agile within the unique structures, constraints and culture of your organisation. It describes Agile methodologies in clear business language specifically for business professionals. Most importantly, this book gives you a range of strategies for aligning Agile work within the reporting, budgeting, staffing and governance constraints of your organisation, which is arguably the biggest challenge. This approach helps to show that Agile methodologies can work well within the business practices and constraints of any organisation.

Contents

1. What is Agile?
2. A Five-Minute History of Agile
3. The Core Business Benefits of Agile
4. Common Agile Methodologies at a Glance
5. Who Uses Agile?
6. Why Don't More Organizations Use Agile?
7. Is Agile Right for My Department
8. Delivering Agile
9. Selecting the Right Agile Approach for Your Needs
10. Using Agile Tools
11. Measuring Agile Success
12. Aligning Agile with Your Corporate Culture
13. Managing Agile within Your Existing Project Frameworks
14. Budgeting for Agile Work
15. Reporting on Agile Projects
16. Establishing Agile Contracts
17. Building the Right Agile Team
18. Conducting Performance Reviews for Agile Teams
19. Avoiding Common Agile Traps
20. Expanding Agile
21. More Information on Agile