Название: Agile Adoption & Transformation: Principles, Challenges, Pitfalls Автор: Brian Will Издательство: Paroxys, LLC ISBN: 1983000574 Год: 2018 Страниц: 412 Язык: английский Формат: epub Размер: 10.1 MB
Understand what Agile can and cannot do for you.
Virtually all companies and organizations of various sizes nowadays are either using Agile processes or are currently adopting them. Many organization are transforming their processes from previous methodologies into Agile. Whereas just several years ago Agile might have been considered leading edge and a competitive advantage for companies, today following Agile processes is a must – hence “Agile Adoption and Transformation” describes key challenges faced by many. Regardless of industry, every company is trying to do more with less – becoming leaner, faster, and more responsive to market feedback has become a success imperative. This book represents a unique perspective in that it does not simply show how Agile should work, but highlights common challenges and pitfalls many companies face. Focused on anyone involved in an effort to either adopt an Agile process or take their organization from an existing process through to a successful Agile transformation, this book highlights the problems and provides guidance through clear and simple solutions.
Chapter 2 Agile and Scrum does not solve your problems
Chapter 3 Agile Overview What is Scrum? Scrum is Simple Scrum Teams are Efficient Agile has Underlying Values Core Agile Values Scrum in the Context of the Real World Recap of Scrum Roles Recap of Scrum Artifacts Recap of Scrum Events Recap of Product / Project Development Phases
Chapter 4 Enterprise Scaling Scrum of Scrums LeSS – Large Scale Scrum SAFe® for Lean Enterprises Enterprise Scaling – What to do
Chapter 5 Agile Execution Focus
Chapter 6 Scrum vs. Kanban High Level Differences between Scrum and Kanban
Chapter 7 Agile Release Planning What is a Vision Statement? What is a Product or Project? The Product Backlog Agile Release Planning is based on a Product Roadmap Agile Estimation is based on Empirical Data – Not Guesswork! Agile Release Planning Sample Common Issues and Challenges
Chapter 8 Managing the Product and Sprint Backlogs Prerequisites Product – Release – Sprint Backlogs Common Issues and Challenges
Chapter 9 Delivering Good Product Increments The Importance of Fundamentals or Basic Principles How to Deliver Good Product Increments Three Main Focus Areas What if You Cannot Do it All? Things Keep Changing – Stay Focused on Basics
Chapter 10 Agile Estimation How To Estimation Uncertainty Cone of Uncertainty Long- and Short-Term Planning Horizons Planning and Estimation Differences between Waterfall and Agile / Scrum Common Estimation Approaches Common Resolution Approaches Estimation Team Size What is Velocity? Estimate Accuracy and Velocity over Time
Chapter 11 Why #NoEstimates gets it #AllWrong The World We Live In Software Development Myths
Chapter 12 Quick & Dirty Guide to Writing Good User Stories Splitting User Stories with Generic Words Splitting User Stories by Acceptance Criteria Splitting User Stories with Conjunctions and Connectors
Chapter 13 Definition of Ready (DoR) vs. Definition of Done (DoD) The Big Picture Definition of Ready vs. Definition of Done
Chapter 14 Effective Daily Scrum Meetings (aka Daily Standups) Simple Rules Common Challenges and How to Deal with Them
Chapter 15 Effective Sprint Review Meetings Simple Rules Common Challenges and How to Deal with Them
Chapter 16 Effective Sprint Retrospectives Simple Rules Managing Process Improvements over Time Common Challenges and How to Deal with Them
Chapter 17 Agile Test Automation Open Ended Challenges: The Need for Risk Management and Prioritization Will We Still Need Manual Testing? Implementing Automated Tests = Coding Application Functionality What to Automate Combinatorial Explosions – Why to Automate What Tool to Automate With Standards and What Automation Language to Use… What about Regression Testing? When to Automate Functional Testing How Unit and Functional Automation Builds Up Over Time We have a Large Code Base with NO Unit Tests System Instability and Automation Who Should Automate What? Code Coverage Test Automation ROI Calculations
Part II Agile Adoption Challenges
Chapter 18 Agile Assessments – How to Assess and Evaluate Agile / Scrum Projects Roles & Responsibilities Planning and Estimation Artifacts Process – For example, Scrum Process – Engineering Best Practices Delivery Effectiveness Organizational Support Assessing Multiple Projects Small Assessments versus Enterprise Assessments
Chapter 19 The Persistent Myth of Multitasking and Why Multitasking Does Not Work
Chapter 20 Product Owners – What Makes a Good One?
Chapter 21 Scrum Masters - What Makes a Good One?
Chapter 22 Agile Development Teams - What Makes a Good One? Soft vs. Hard Technical Skills How to Interview Technical Team Members Interpersonal Skills Oral Communications Teamwork Problem-solving Team Composition Single Points of Failure (SPoFs), Redundancy, and Cross-Training Team Composition Anti-Patterns A Word about Maintaining Good Teams...
Great Big Agile: An OS for Agile Leaders Название: Great Big Agile: An OS for Agile Leaders Автор: Jeff Dalton Издательство: Apress Год: 2019 Страниц: 335 Формат: PDF, EPUB Размер: 23 Mb...
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