Agile Productivity Unleashed: Proven approaches for achieving productivity gains in any organisation
ISBN: 9781849285643
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / IT Governance Publishing
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Management & Organizational Behavior ; Technology;

Be part of the Agile revolution

In this new edition of her award-winning book, Jamie Lynn Cooke reveals the secrets of the Agile methodologies that have revolutionized the way that many of the world's most successful companies operate. Written for business professionals and managers, the book explains the core principles of Agile, shows why these approaches work, and demonstrates how to use Agile to significantly increase productivity, quality, and customer satisfaction in any industry.

Benefits of Agile for your organisation:

Proven methods for meeting every project deadline More accurate status reporting with substantially less paperwork A highly responsive adaptive management framework with minimal overheads Greater staff motivation, innovation, and value creation Significantly more efficient use of limited resources and time Strategies for leveraging internal and external changes in the organization, including changing market conditions Better customer relationships, more compelling product development and higher quality outputs through direct stakeholder engagement More effective use of available budgets to deliver real productivity gains across a range of business activities.

The key business value of 12 Agile Principles explained

Agile Productivity Unleashed presents the range of proven Agile methods including Scrum®, Kanban, Feature Driven Development(tm) (FDD(tm)) and the Dynamic Systems Development Method® (DSDM®) in clear business language. The author then devotes a chapter to explaining each of the 12 Agile Principles that make these approaches consistently successful, and details how to use these methods to tackle the core challenges faced by every organization.

Will it work for me?

The book concludes by presenting an in-depth case study that compares Agile with traditional approaches for achieving three common business objectives, followed by step-by-step guidelines to make Agile work for your organization, and a range of resources for further reading.

Buy this book and learn how to unleash the potential of Agile for your organization.

Cooke Jamie Lynn :

Jamie Lynn Cooke has 27 years of experience as a senior business analyst and solutions consultant, working with more than 130 public and private sector organisations throughout Australia, Canada, and the United States.

Her background includes business case development; strategic and operational reviews; business process modeling, mapping, and optimization; product and project management on small to multi-million-dollar initiatives; quality management; risk analysis and mitigation; developing/conducting training courses; workshop delivery; and refining e-business strategies.

She is the author of Agile Principles Unleashed, a book written specifically to explain Agile in non-technical business terms to managers and executives outside of the IT industry; Agile: An Executive Guide: Real results from IT budgets, which gives IT executives the tools and strategies needed for bottom-line business decisions on using Agile methodologies; Everything you want to know about Agile: How to get Agile results in a less-than-Agile organisation, which gives readers strategies for aligning Agile work within the reporting, budgeting, staffing, and governance constraints of their organisation; and PRINCE2 Agile(tm) An Implementation Pocket Guide: Step-by-step advice for every project type, a hands-on guide for successfully delivering projects within the PRINCE2 Agile(tm) framework.

Jamie Lynn Cooke has 25 years' experience as a senior business analyst, project manager and solutions consultant, working with over 130 public and private sector organisations throughout Australia, Canada and the United States.

She is a Certified Scrum Product Owner and Certified ScrumMaster who has worked with Agile methods since 2003, is a signatory to the Agile Manifesto, has attended numerous Agile seminars, and has worked with prominent consultants to promote Agile methods to organisations worldwide.


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