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Resource Index > Agile Project Management
A newbie's notes on Agile tools and services - I attended the Agile 2008 conference in August to find out more about the full landscape for agile development and project management. What are people doing? How are they getting started? Why did they decide to move to Agile?
Barely Sufficient Documentation - In a previous post I mentioned “yeah-buts” those objections people come up with when they are resistant of some sort of change. One of the most common yeah-buts I run into when helping teams adopt agile is the idea of documentation...
Story prioritization at the "Blink" of an eye - I was sitting through yet another agonizing prioritization meeting. The sounds of debating product stakeholders filled the air, each weighing in on his or her pet feature’s relative merit, desperately trying to inch it toward the beginning of the development queue. I was physically present but my mind was elsewhere, thinking about how ridiculous the act of prioritization was...
Integrating Agile Development in the Real World, Peter Schuh, Charles River Media, ISBN 1584503645
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Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products, Jim Highsmith, Addison-Wesley Professional , 2004, ISBN 0-321-21977-5
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Agile Estimating and Planning, Mike Cohn, Prentice Hall PTR, 2005, ISBN 0131479415
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Crystal Clear: A Human-Powered Methodology for Small Teams, Alistair Cockburn, 2004, Addison-Wesley Professional, ISBN 0-201-69947-8
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Agile Project Management
Our Agile Project Management resources help you understand and apply agile principles, practices, and techniques to your projects.
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Honey, I Shrunk the Methodology – Agile Method Brief – Scrum 
If you're used to using a waterfall tome, agile methodologies will look a lot, lot smaller. Perhaps the quintessential Agile methodology, Scrum focuses on incremental, iterative development with a small, collaborative team. It's a simple but effective approach to product development, with a framework and set of simple rules that won't give paperwork-allergic developers a case of hives. But contrary to popular myth, Scrum teams still maintain control over their work, manage and monitor risks, and resolve issues without hitting panic buttons, using just this simple framework (and a lot of discipline). Just because it's small, doesn't mean it's dainty. Read about Scrum and how to implement it »
Don't Try This at Home, Kids! – Agile Method Brief: Extreme Programming (XP)
The name might seem a little Gen-Y for some, but Extreme Programming is serious business. This agile methodology focuses on specific, minimal engineering practices designed to provide higher quality software for the customer, and a higher quality of life for the development team. Rather than a set methodology, XP provides a collection of good development practices and encourages the team to identify their own trouble spots and apply the practices that make the most sense for them. Read about XP and how to try it out »
If you're used to using a waterfall tome, agile methodologies will look a lot, lot smaller. Perhaps the quintessential Agile methodology, Scrum focuses on incremental, iterative development with a small, collaborative team. It's a simple but effective approach to product development, with a framework and set of simple rules that won't give paperwork-allergic developers a case of hives. But contrary to popular myth, Scrum teams still maintain control over their work, manage and monitor risks, and resolve issues without hitting panic buttons, using just this simple framework (and a lot of discipline). Just because it's small, doesn't mean it's dainty. Read about Scrum and how to implement it »
Don't Try This at Home, Kids! – Agile Method Brief: Extreme Programming (XP)
The name might seem a little Gen-Y for some, but Extreme Programming is serious business. This agile methodology focuses on specific, minimal engineering practices designed to provide higher quality software for the customer, and a higher quality of life for the development team. Rather than a set methodology, XP provides a collection of good development practices and encourages the team to identify their own trouble spots and apply the practices that make the most sense for them. Read about XP and how to try it out »
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Self-organizing Commute - I was on my morning commute a couple of months back when I approached a rather busy intersection. I normally don't think too much about traffic but this time was different, what struck me was the fact that this intersection was a great example of a self-organizing team in action.
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A newbie's notes on Agile tools and services - I attended the Agile 2008 conference in August to find out more about the full landscape for agile development and project management. What are people doing? How are they getting started? Why did they decide to move to Agile?
Read additional postings on Agile Conference Observations »
Barely Sufficient Documentation - In a previous post I mentioned “yeah-buts” those objections people come up with when they are resistant of some sort of change. One of the most common yeah-buts I run into when helping teams adopt agile is the idea of documentation...
Read additional postings on Practically Agile »
Story prioritization at the "Blink" of an eye - I was sitting through yet another agonizing prioritization meeting. The sounds of debating product stakeholders filled the air, each weighing in on his or her pet feature’s relative merit, desperately trying to inch it toward the beginning of the development queue. I was physically present but my mind was elsewhere, thinking about how ridiculous the act of prioritization was...
Read additional postings on Practically Agile »
Agile Books
Integrating Agile Development in the Real World, Peter Schuh, Charles River Media, ISBN 1584503645Buy the book at Amazon
Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products, Jim Highsmith, Addison-Wesley Professional , 2004, ISBN 0-321-21977-5Buy the book at Amazon
Agile Estimating and Planning, Mike Cohn, Prentice Hall PTR, 2005, ISBN 0131479415Buy the book at Amazon
Crystal Clear: A Human-Powered Methodology for Small Teams, Alistair Cockburn, 2004, Addison-Wesley Professional, ISBN 0-201-69947-8Buy the book at Amazon
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