Overview

Business-Driven IT-Wide Agile (Scrum) and Kanban (Lean) Implementation: An Action Guide for Business and IT Leaders explains how to increase IT delivery capabilities through the use of Agile and Kanban. Factoring in constant change, communication, a sense of urgency, clear and measurable goals, political realities, and infrastructure needs, it covers all the ingredients required for success. Using real-world examples, this practical guide illustrates how to implement Agile and Kanban in software project management and development across the entire IT department. To make things easier for busy IT leaders and executives, the text includes two case studies along with numerous templates to facilitate understanding and kick-start implementation. Explaining how IT and business management can work together to determine business goals that drive this IT-wide undertaking, the book arms you with actionable solutions that can be put to use immediately in any IT department, regardless of size.

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Author:   Andrew Thu Pham ,  David Khoi Pham
Publisher:   CRC Press Inc
Imprint:   Productivity Press
ISBN:  

9781466557499

ISBN 10:   1466557494
Pages:   196
Publication Date:   27 August 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Electronic book text
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Table of Contents

SETTING UP THE STAGE Ineffectiveness of IT Software Project Management and Development: What Can We Do about It? Why Are Command-and-Control and Waterfall Life Cycle Approaches Harmful When Used Together? What Can We Do about It? Executive Summary of Agile (Scrum) and Kanban (Lean) So, What Is Agile? Agile Manifesto Example of a Known Agile Process: Scrum Agile Practices in a Nutshell So, What Is Lean and What Is Kanban? So, What Is Lean? So, What Is Kanban? Kanban Practices in a Nutshell Similarities between Agile/Scrum and Kanban Summary Endnotes Why Agile Alone May Not Be Enough or the Right Solution, and Why Implementing Agile or Kanban without Good Business Objectives Will Normally Fail Why Agile Alone May Not Be Enough (Preliminary Case Study #1) Initial Planning Pilot Project Team Initial Project Team Training On-Site Scrum Workshop Second Sprint: Another Hit for the Team! Third Sprint: Things Started to Rumble Fourth Sprint: Things Became Worse and Worse Fifth Sprint: Project Was Cancelled! Lessons Learned From Scrum to Kanban (Preliminary Case Study #2) Context Information Technology There Is Nothing They Do Not Have Feedback from the Trenches Finally the Truth Came Out Kanban Came to the Rescue Pitfalls of New Software Processes Release and Sprint Planning Scrum Ceremonies First Month Change in Product Owner Different Understanding of Agile and Scrum Building New Expectations Nice Surprise Agile Started to Rumble Back to Waterfall and Command and Control BUSINESS GOALS-DRIVEN IT-WIDE SOFTWARE DELIVERY IMPROVEMENT FRAMEWORK Seven-Step Software Delivery Improvement Framework Description Step 1: Identify the Business Sponsor and Her or His Needs and Goals Identify the Business Sponsor Identify Business Problems and Issues Identify Business and IT Goals Identify Measurements Step 2: Perform Environment Boundary Identification and Assessment Identify the Boundary Environment Assessment Findings Summary Step 3: Envision Scenarios and Risks Step 4: Detail the Chosen Action Plan Step 5: Implement the Chosen Action Plan Step 6: Inspect the Implementation's Progress Step 7: Adapt the Chosen Action Plan (as Needed) Summary Step 1: Identify the (Business) Sponsor and Her or His Needs and Goals Identify the (Business) Sponsor(s) Identify the Sponsor(s)' Needs and Goals Summary Step 2: Perform Environment Boundary Identification and Assessment How to Identify the Environment Boundary Assess the Identified Business and IT Environment Findings Summary Summary Step 3: Envision Scenarios and Risks From Goals to Action Items (in Bypassing the Assessment) How to Identify Risks (for Different Scenarios) Scenario Consolidation Summary Step 4: Detail the Chosen Action Plan Anatomy of a Detailed Scenario (Chosen Action Plan) The Seven Characteristics of a Good Action Plan Summary Step 5: Implement the Chosen Action Plan Set Up the Implementation Structure Seven Characteristics of an Effective Plan Execution Summary Step 6: Inspecting the Implementation's Progress Why Is Regular Progress Inspection Critical? What to Inspect At the Overall Plan Level At the Action Item Level Summary Step 7: Adapt the Chosen Action Plan (as Needed) Different Types of Change Strategic Change Operational Change Examples of Adaptations Strategic Impact Operational Impact Summary RETROSPECTIVES Lessons Learned CASE STUDIES Case Study 1: Customized Agile Combined with Kanban Step 1: Identify Business Sponsor and Her or His Needs and Goals Step 2: Perform ATP's Environment Boundary Identification and Assessment ATP Process Improvement Effort's Boundary Environment Assessment Findings Summary Step 3: Envision ATP Scenarios Step 4: Develop the Detailed Action Plan for ATP Step 5: Execute the ATP Action Plan Step 6: Inspect ATP Execution's Progress Identify and Mitigate Risks Organize Effective Retrospectives and Learn from Their Lessons Inspect the Actual Budget to Watch Out for Variance Watch Out for Positive (and Less than Positive) Changes Coming from the Different Dimensions Step 7: Adapt the WTR Action Plan Changes Coming from the Action Items and the Environment Reaction to the Action Plan Organizational Process Change Due to Change in Business and/or IT Strategy Lessons Learned APPENDICES Appendix A: From the Project Management Office to the Project Delivery Office Modify the Traditional Project Manager's Job Description Project Manager's Traditional Job Description Agile/Lean Project Manager's New Job Description Change the Way the PMO Calculates Its Project Estimate Appendix B: Change Management Appendix C: Two Most Important Tools of a Good Software Development Infrastructure Continuous Integration Automated Testing Glossary Bibliography Index

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Incorporating Agile (Scrum) and Kanban (Lean) principles and practices into your software development organization on a large scale and in a creative way will go a long way toward increasing value and reducing risks. For this reason alone, you will find it-as I do-very worthwhile to spend time reading this very practical book. -Jack Bergstrand, CEO, Brand Velocity, Inc.; Former CFO of Coca-Cola Beverages and Former CIO of the Coca-Cola Company ... the authors provide an excellent overview of both Agile and Kanban practice and help us understand that a one-size-fits-all IT improvement effort is likely doomed to fail. ... On top of a very logical seven-step process for IT-wide software capability improvement, this book also includes comprehensive advice, plans, tools, and practical case studies. By reading the book, you will be well equipped to determine what's best for your IT organization. I am glad to have read it and now have it in my library. -Adam Warner, IT Management, Software Delivery Education Service Center, Richardson, Texas

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Andrew T. Pham, Author of Scrum in Action, Agile project management and software development in the real world, has trained hundreds of software professionals and coached multiple project teams throughout the world to Agile (Scrum) and Kanban (Lean). An elected senior member with the prestigious IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), Andrew Pham has held top positions in project management, enterprise architecture and software development. In addition to the above, Andrew Pham is also a PMP and PMI-ACP, the Project Management Institute's newly created certification for Agile Practitioner. David K. Pham, prolific software creator, is the author of the two Ruby on Rails case studies in the book Scrum in Action, Software Project Management and Development, and a Sun-Certified Java and Microsoft-Certified Developer. A technology entrepreneur, he was formerly the CTO of KTD Media Corp. and currently president of a web-based company in Providence, Rhode Island. David K. Pham was the invited guest speaker at the DevChatt conference for software developers in Nashville, Tennessee in 2011. He can be contacted at hello@davidkpham.com.

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