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- Learn how to use an agile Light Touch to manage your project team more effectively
- The concept of agile project management pivots on the idea that assignments and work flow should be determined by the highly skilled
- Tags: team, Managing, Prentice Hall Inc., Managing Agile Projects, assignment, autonomy, workflow, Light Touch, project management, Sanjiv Augustine, Web, Web site, decision-making, Value at Risk
- Download resources 2005-08-12
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- Architectural Manifesto: Adopting Agile Development, Part 1 - Is Agile Development Right for Your Organization?
- As agile development has grown in popularity over the past few years, many companies are considering how to take advantage of agile development processes and techniques. Though the author is not an agile evangelist, agile development techniques have proven to be beneficial in certain types of organizations and projects. Agile...
- Tags: Development, Agile Development, Productivity
- White papers 2008-03-18
- Quality parameters selection for Agile projects
- Which quality parameters are best for Agile Projects in Software industry.In Agile, quality is intrinsicAgile processes, like Extreme Programming, have quality as a major driver or force. In Agile, everything you do is done with quality in mi
- Tags: software, derive ametrics to track agile project performance, Agile, amulay@...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-10
- The Need for Agile Project Management
- One of the common misperceptions about agile processes is that there is no need for project management, and that agile projects run themselves. It is easy to see how an agile process' use of self-organizing teams, its rapid pace, and the decreased emphasis on detailed plans lead to this perception....
- Tags: Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Learn how to use an agile Light Touch to manage your project team more effectively
- Most project managers work in a hierarchical organization where assignments come from the top down. In an agile project management environment this hierarchy is counterproductive. The concept of agile project management pivots on the idea that assignments and work flow should be determined by the highly skilled...
- Tags: Team, Prentice Hall Inc., Team Management, Management
- Book chapters 2005-08-12
- Optimizing Agile for Your Organization
- Many organizations are interested in becoming Agile but wonder where to start. They want to ensure that their Agile adoption will achieve the desired benefits, goals, and objectives. This white paper outlines the major organization, cultural, and project considerations that are critical to a successful Agile adoption. It provides a...
- Tags: Construx, Organization, Benefits, Human Resources
- White papers 2008-09-02
- Project Management in Agile Development Environments
- The fundamentals of good project management remain the same whatever methodology and approach is being used to develop a software product: communicating, building effective teams, planning and monitoring progress. There are however some aspects of the "Agile Mindset" which are important when using Agile methods to deliver the product. Agile...
- Tags: Software, Team, Agile Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Team Management, Software Development, Project Management, Management, Software/Web Development, It Operations, It service Management
- White papers 2004-04-01
- Just Enough Agile: Understand the Principles of Agile Development From the Executive Viewpoint
- The goal of this white paper is to explain and demystify agile development from an executive viewpoint. It explores the benefits of agile development, debunks the misconceptions that have grown around the approach, provides a primer on key agile terms and concepts and illustrates how agile can work in an...
- Tags: Development, Compuware Corp., Viewpoint Corp., Benefits, Human Resources
- White papers 2007-01-01
- Adopting Agile Development, Part 4: Using User Stories to Define Project Requirements
- In Part 4 of this series, learn about how to define requirements in an agile environment. In all software development projects, everything is based on requirements. Because agile development emphasizes spoken communication over written documents and welcomes changes late in development, traditional methods of writing requirements might not be adequate....
- Tags: Requirement, Software Development, Development Tools, Software/Web Development
- White papers 2008-07-01
- Develop an agile approach to IT project management
- This sample chapter, taken from Agile Estimating and Planning, discusses the importance of agile teams to your organization. This sample chapter, taken from Agile Estimating and Planning, discusses the importance of agile teams to your organization. Learn about the three levels of planning encorporated by agile teams:...
- Tags: Team, Information Technology, Prentice Hall Inc., IT Project Management, Team Management, Management
- Book chapters 2006-04-28
- Agile Work Uses Lean Thinking
- Lean and Agile are both methods of improving the effectiveness and performance of work processes. Lean comes primarily from manufacturing and in particular the Toyota Production System. Agile comes primarily from Agile Software Development and Project Management. Agile Work has borrowed heavily from Lean thinking and practices. There are three...
- Tags: Team, Agile Software, Agile Work, Team Management, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Management, It Operations, It service Management
- White papers 2006-02-22
- Change is inevitable, respond to it positively through agile project management
- Agile Development and Management Exposes RealityThe biggest shock that comes from adopting agile methods is that it exposes the true nature of project work.Projects do not neatly progress from phase to phase; it is not similar to climbing stairs or going down the famous waterfall. A lot of project...
- Tags: Agile Development, agile management, agile project management, it management, project management, team, Wayne M.
- Discussion threads 2005-08-26
- Avoiding the Four Roadblocks to Agile Adoption
- This webcast will describe Rally's on-demand Web service for managing all aspects of Agile software development. The secure, subscription-based service helps in-house, distributed and outsourced teams more efficiently define, develop and deliver software releases. The webcast will demonstrate how Rally combines Agile project management with an integrated workflow for requirements,...
- Tags: Team, Webcast, Team Management, Digital Media, Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts
- Agile Project Management of Non-Collocated Teams
- This paper will highlight and present some of the best practices that have evolved due to the authors experience with applying agile methodologies for non-collocational software development. Software development projects in Verizon are implemented using the Global Delivery Model, with software developers required to collaborate with each other. These projects...
- Tags: Project Management, Software, Team, Verizon Communications Inc., Software Development, Tools & Techniques, Development Tools, Software/Web Development, Management
- White papers 2004-05-01
- Successful Project Management Using Agile Methodology
- A methodology is a set of guidelines or principles that can be tailored and applied to a specific situation. In a project environment, these guidelines might be a list of things to do. A methodology could also be a specific approach, templates, forms, and even checklists used over the project...
- Tags: Methodology, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Team Management, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management
- White papers 2004-05-01
- Overview of Agile Management & Development Methods
- This paper presents an overview of Agile Project Management & Development Methods. The paper will describe the deficiency of normal project development processes, who started Agile Management & development method, what is it made up of and who should use it, differences between Agile development processes and normal development processes,...
- Tags: Method, Project Development, Development Method, Project Management, It Operations, It service Management
- White papers 2005-06-27
- AgileTrack (exe)
- AgileTrack is an Java based application for tracking software development in agile development or extreme programming XP teams. It includes support for managing stories and other issues, sub-tasks, tracking time, managing multiple projects, planning iterations, and providing iteration reports. It provides a unique interface that is simple to use and...
- Tags: Software, AgileTrack Software, Software Development, Tools & Techniques, Development Tools, Software/Web Development, Management
- Software downloads 2007-12-28
- Adopting Agile Development, Part 2: Understanding the Different Facets
- Part 1 of the agile development series introduced agile processes, the benefits of using them, and the requirements placed on the organization that uses them. This paper discusses how different types of organizations, such as start-ups, product companies, and small and large organizations, adapt to agile development. One will also...
- Tags: Organization, IBM Corp., Pricing, Marketing Research, Benefits, Marketing, Human Resources
- White papers 2008-04-22
- Develop an agile approach to IT project management
- This sample chapter, taken from Agile Estimating and Planning, discusses the importance of agile teams to your organization. Learn about the three levels of planning encorporated by agile teams: release planning, iteration planning, and daily planning.Title: Agile Estimating and PlanningISBN: 0131479415Published: November 2005Author: Mike CohnChapter: Chapter 3: An Agile ApproachPublished...
- Tags: team, iteration, Planning, Prentice Hall Inc., Agile Estimating, information technology, IT project management, Published
- Download resources 2006-04-28
- Agile SWF Video Converter (exe)
- Agile SWF Video Converter is a useful video software in converting video to SWF. With Agile SWF Video Converter, you can convert video files of all popular formats such as AVI, MPEG, MP4, WMV, DivX, Xvid, ASF, MOV, VOB, to SWF rapidly with a few clicks. Only 3 steps is...
- Tags: Video, Agile SWF Video Converter, Corporate Communications, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-01-17
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