Overview
SCRUM IN ACTION: AGILE SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT is a practical how-to guide for software project teams on how to successfully deploy an Agile software framework with Scrum. It is clearly and concisely written and is the first practical guide with real world situations written by corporate practitioners. This book describes many good project management techniques on how to get the most from project teams and bridges the gaps between many Scrum and project management books by addressing how to communicate with executives using financial terms, how to use an objective estimation technique, and where software architecture fits into Scrum.
Full Product Details
Author: Andrew Pham (Agile Enterprise Consulting, LLC) ,
Phuong-Van Pham
Publisher: Cengage Learning, Inc
Imprint: Cengage Learning, Inc
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 18.70cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 23.10cm
Weight: 0.646kg
ISBN: 9781435459137
ISBN 10: 143545913
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 21 January 2011
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Language: Spanish
Reviews
Andrew Pham's book is a very concise reference for Agile and Scrum and is written more on a practical term than just academics. It is an easy read for the novice and advance project managers alike. The language of the book lends itself to showing the fact that the Agile and Scrum are absolutely a more natural way of looking at project management. As Andrew Pham and I had successfully led the first successful Peoplesoft package implementation at Computer City many years ago, I can recognize in this book many Scrum elements he was using then. Essentially, they were to build a good and frequent collaboration with the users, to empower the team while ensuring that they deliver on short demonstrable increments. The book definitely puts this natural progression in a more formal framework while highlighting the building flexibilities in the process. As a Senior Software Specialist having worked on small and large projects, I feel that this book is a great asset to the projects managers regardless of the size and extent of the projects. - Anwar Bardai, Senior Software Specialist, Compucom, Inc.
What Is This Book About? Who Should Read This Book? 1. It Is All About Agile and Scrum - Setting The Stage. 2. Finance Speak. 3. Secure Top Management Support but Make Sure to Obtain Middle Management Buy-in. 4. A Visual Requirements Gathering for the Product Backlog. 5. Making the Story Point Estimate Comparable for Scrum Enterprise-Wide Implementation. 6. The Influence of Architecture Vision on Team Velocity and Software Quality. 7. From Architecture Vision to Release and Sprints Planning to Parallel Software Development. 8. Did You Say Product Owner? 9. The Importance of Automated, Regression and Integration Tests. 10. The Importance of Teamwork. 11. The New Nature of Management and Leadership On a Scrum Project. 12. How to Adapt Scrum (Without Destroying Its Agile Foundations). 13. Scrum Project Readiness Self-Assessment. 14. Parting Thoughts. References. Index.
Author Information
Andrew Pham is a Certified Scrum Master (CSM), a Certified Product Owner (CSPO), and a Certified Scrum Professional (CSP). In addition to this, he is also a PMP (Project Management Professional), a longtime Architect for Java Technologies certified by Sun Microsystems, and an early OOAD (Object-Oriented Analysis and Design) UML professional certified by IBM. An elect-senior member with IEEE and member of the PMI, Andrew Pham has held top positions in project management, enterprise architecture, and software development in start-up, mid-sized and multi-billion-dollar corporations. An experienced Agile and Lean coach, Andrew has helped numerous companies successfully use Agile (Scrum) and Lean (kanban) on real-world projects as well as taught development teams both in the USA and abroad. An entrepreneur at heart, Andrew Pham is also President of Agile Enterprise Consulting, LLC, a consulting, training, and software development company. Phuong-Van Pham is currently project manager in a multi-billion-dollar company. Phuong-Van is also a PMP (Project Management Professional), a Certified Scrum Master (CSM), a Certified Scrum Practitioner (CSP), and a Certified Project Manager for Technology (Project+) by the Computer Technology Industry Association (CompTIA). In addition to her responsibility at work, she is also an active member with the Association of University Women (AUA), the Project Management Institute (PMI), the PMI New York Chapter, the New York Scrum User Group, the Agile Project Leadership Network (APLN), and the Women in Project Management Special Interest Group (SIG).
