Agile Project Management

by Guharaman Janakiraman

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Theoretical frameworks are only as valuable as your ability to execute them in the real world. I wrote this book to bridge the gap between academic methodology and practical, ground level execution.

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Publisher
De Anza College
Subjects
Engineering
Licence
CC BY 4.0, as LibreTexts states it
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Tweens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. Program Page
  7. AI Use
  8. Accessibility Statement
  9. About the Book
  10. About the Contributors
  11. 1: Agile Mindset, PMI-ACP Orientation, and Agile vs Waterfall
  12. 1.1: Mapping to Exam Content Outline
  13. 1.2: Agile Mindset and Foundations
  14. 1.2.1: Agile Manifesto and Agile Principles
  15. 1.2.2: Agile Principles
  16. 1.2.3: Agile vs Waterfall
  17. 1.2.4: Defined Process vs Empirical Process
  18. 1.2.5: Doing Agile vs Being Agile
  19. 1.2.6: Case Study- The Agile Theater
  20. 1.2.7: When Agile Is Appropriate and When It Is Not
  21. 1.2.8: Case Study- Choosing Agile for the Right Reason
  22. 1.3: Chapter Summary
  23. 1.4: PMI-ACP Style Sample Questions
  24. 1.5: Accessible Text Descriptions
  25. 2: Value-Driven Delivery and Customer Collaboration
  26. 2.1: Mapping to Exam Content Outline
  27. 2.2: Value Delivery Guide
  28. 2.2.1: Case Study- The $2 Million Gamble
  29. 2.2.2: Delivering Value Early and Continuously
  30. 2.2.3: Collaborating with Customers to Validate Value
  31. 2.2.4: Case Study- The $8 Million Launch That Nobody Used
  32. 2.3: Chapter Summary
  33. 2.4: PMI-ACP Style Sample Questions
  34. 3: Agile Methodologies and Delivery Approaches
  35. 3.1: Mapping to Exam Content Outline
  36. 3.2: Guide to Various Methodologies
  37. 3.2.1: Iteration-Based Agile Frameworks
  38. 3.2.2: Flow-Based and Lean Methods
  39. 3.2.3: Governance, Hybrid, and Scaling Approaches
  40. 3.2.4: Choosing the Right Agile Approach
  41. 3.2.5: Case Study- One Size Fits Nobody
  42. 3.3: Chapter Summary
  43. 3.4: PMI-ACP Style Sample Questions
  44. 4: SCRUM Deep Dive
  45. 4.1: Mapping to Exam Content Outline
  46. 4.2: SCRUM Guide
  47. 4.2.1: Scrum Roles, Responsibilities, and Stakeholder Involvement
  48. 4.2.2: Scrum Timeboxes and Events
  49. 4.2.3: Scrum Artifacts, Stories, and Backlogs
  50. 4.2.4: Agile Planning, Estimation, and Forecasting in Scrum
  51. 4.2.5: Information Radiators and Scrum Performance
  52. 4.2.6: Case Study- It is SCRUM, But!
  53. 4.3: Chapter Summary
  54. 4.4: PMI-ACP Style Sample Questions
  55. 5: Kanban, Flow, and Visual Management
  56. 5.1: Mapping to Exam Content Outline
  57. 5.2: Kanban and Flow Guide
  58. 5.2.1: Visualizing Work and Making Policies Explicit
  59. 5.2.2: Seeing Muda- Waste Hiding in Normal Work
  60. 5.2.3: Kanban as a Flow-Based Method
  61. 5.2.4: Visualizing Work, Limiting WIP, and Managing Flow
  62. 5.2.5: The Kanban Pizza Game and Choosing the Right Flow Approach
  63. 5.2.6: Case Study- FinTech Systems
  64. 5.3: Chapter Summary
  65. 5.4: PMI-ACP Style Sample Questions
  66. 6: Agile Teams, Servant Leadership, and Collaboration
  67. 6.1: Mapping to Exam Content Outline
  68. 6.2: Agile Leadership and Team Performance Guide
  69. 6.2.1: Servant Leadership in Practice
  70. 6.2.2: Psychological Safety, Trust, and Conflict
  71. 6.2.3: Working Agreements, Team Norms, and Distributed Teams
  72. 6.2.4: Team Performance Pitfalls
  73. 6.2.5: Case Study- The Culture Nobody Named
  74. 6.3: Chapter Summary
  75. 6.4: PMI-ACP Style Sample Questions
  76. 7: Agile Metrics, Risk, and Delivery Discipline
  77. 7.1: Mapping to Exam Content Outline
  78. 7.2: Agile Delivery Discipline Guide
  79. 7.2.1: Delivery Metrics- Velocity, Throughput, Lead Time, and Cycle Time
  80. 7.2.2: Visual Metrics- Burndown, Burnup, and Cumulative Flow
  81. 7.2.3: Managing Impediments, Risks, Spikes, and Dependencies
  82. 7.2.4: Quality, Technical Debt, and Sustainable Delivery
  83. 7.2.5: Case Study- The Dashboard That Lied
  84. 7.3: Chapter Summary
  85. 7.4: PMI-ACP Style Sample Questions
  86. 8: Agile Transformation, Change Management, and Scaling
  87. 8.1: Mapping to Exam Content Outline
  88. 8.2: Agile Transformation Guide
  89. 8.2.1: Change Management- Moving from Current State to Future State
  90. 8.2.2: Kotter’s 8-Step Change Model and Agile Adoption
  91. 8.2.3: Choosing the Right Way of Working- Scrum, Kanban, Lean, Hybrid, or Scaling
  92. 8.2.4: Governance, Funding, Compliance, and Organizational Alignment
  93. 8.2.5: Scaling Agile- Scrum of Scrums, Nexus, LeSS, SAFe, and Disciplined Agile
  94. 8.2.6: Case Study- The Transformation That Started with Tools Instead of Mindset
  95. 8.3: Chapter Summary
  96. 8.4: PMI ACP Style Sample Questions
  97. 9: PMI-ACP Final Review and Scenario-Based Exam Strategy
  98. 9.1: Mapping the Whole Book to the PMI-ACP Exam
  99. 9.2: PMI-ACP Mindset and Answering Strategy Guide
  100. 9.2.1: Common PMI-ACP Answer Patterns
  101. 9.2.2: Common PMI-ACP Traps and Distractors
  102. 9.2.3: Scenario-Based Question Strategy
  103. 9.2.4: Final Review by Topic Area
  104. 9.3: The Champion Who Was Right About Everything... Almost!
  105. 9.4: Final Chapter Summary
  106. 9.5: Full-Length PMI-ACP Style Practice Questions
  107. Back Matter
  108. Index
  109. Glossary
  110. Detailed Licensing
  111. Detailed Licensing