Agile project management : managing for success /: managing for success. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: James A. Crowder, Shelli Friess.
• Authors: Crowder, James A; Friess, Shelli
• Contents: Preface; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction: The Agile Manager; 1.1 Agile Development Demands Agile Management; 1.2 Software and Systems Engineering: Where Did They Come From?; 1.2.1 Software Engineering History; 1.2.2 System Engineering History; 1.3 The Need for New Leadership; 1.3.1 Agile Management: Leader, Manager, Facilitator; 1.4 Layout of the Book; Chapter 2: The Psychology of Agile Team Leadership; 2.1 Individuals over Process and Tools; 2.2 The Agile Manager: Establishing Agile Goals; 2.3 Independence and Interdependence: Locus of Empowerment; 2.3.1 Locus of Empowerment. 2.4 Overall, Individual, and Team Goals: Locus of Control2.5 Self-Organization: The Myths and the Realities; 2.6 Creating a Stable Team Membership: Containing Entropy; 2.7 Challenging and Questioning Sprints: Individual Responsibility; 2.8 Mentoring, Learning, and Creativity: Creating an Environment of Growth; 2.9 Keeping the Vision in Front of the Team: Ensuring System Integration; Chapter 3: Understanding the Agile Team; 3.1 Agile Team Dynamics; 3.2 Team Member Dynamics; 3.2.1 Differences Between Classical and Agile Team Dynamics; 3.2.2 Generational Differences in Team Members. 3.2.3 Cultural and Diversity Differences3.2.4 Virtual Team Dynamics; 3.2.5 Diversity and Inclusiveness; Chapter 4: Productivity Tools for the Modern Team; 4.1 Productivity Tools for the Agile Manager; 4.1.1 Agile Management Software; 4.2 Productivity Tools for the Agile Developer; 4.3 The Future of Agile Development Productivity Tools; Chapter 5: Measuring Success in an Agile World: Agile EVMS ; 5.1 Brief History of the Earned Value Management System; 5.2 Assessing Agile Development: Agile EVMS; 5.2.1 Disconnects Between Classical EVMS and Agile Development. 5.2.2 Factors That Can Derail Agile EVMS5.2.3 Agile EVMS Metrics; 5.3 Entropy as an Earned Value Metric for Agile Development; 5.3.1 Entropy Measures; 5.3.2 Volatility of Teams; 5.3.3 Volatility of Software Defects; Chapter 6: Conclusion: Modern Design Methodologies-Information and Knowledge Management; References; Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 72 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 005.1; Engineering; Agile software development; Project management; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Project Management; Agile software development; Project management; Business & Economics -- Production & Operations Management; Computers -- Software Development & Engineering -- General; Business & Economics -- Information Management; Research & development management; Software Engineering; Information architecture; Management; Software engineering; Information Systems; Science -- General; Careers guidance; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319090184; 3319090186; 3319090178; 9783319090177
• Related ISBNs: 9783319090177
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed Sept. 2, 2014).
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