The Project Manager's Guide to Mastering Agile (PDF)

Streamline project workflow with expert agile implementation

The Project Management Profession is beginning to go through
rapid and profound transformation due to the widespread adoption of
agile methodologies. Those changes are likely to dramatically
change the role of project managers in many environments as we have
known them and raise the bar for the entire project management
profession; however, we are in the early stages of that
transformation and there is a lot of confusion about the impact it
has on project managers:

* There are many stereotypes and misconceptions that exist about
both Agile and traditional plan-driven project management,

* Agile and traditional project management principles and
practices are treated as separate and independent domains of
knowledge with little or no integration between the two and
sometimes seen as in conflict with each other

* Agile and "Waterfall" are thought of as two binary,
mutually-exclusive choices and companies sometimes try to force-fit
their business and projects to one of those extremes when the right
solution is to fit the approach to the project

It's no wonder that many Project Managers might be
confused by all of this! This book will help project managers
unravel a lot of the confusion that exists; develop a totally new
perspective to see Agile and traditional plan-driven project
management principles and practices in a new light as complementary
to each other rather than competitive; and learn to develop an
adaptive approach to blend those principles and practices together
in the right proportions to fit any situation.

There are many books on Agile and many books on traditional
project management but what's very unique about this book is
that it takes an objective approach to help you understand the
strengths and weaknesses of both of those areas to see how they can
work synergistically to improve project outcomes in any
project. The book includes discussion topics, real world case
studies, and sample enterprise-level agile frameworks that
facilitate hands-on learning as well as an in-depth discussion of
the principles behind both Agile and traditional plan-driven
project management practices to provide a more thorough level of
understanding.