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- Your one-stop for learning Agile product and project management
- Shows you how to go from identifying a product to delivering/iterating this process, step-by-step
- Helps you understand what the right problem is and how can you build it right
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Building the Product RIGHT
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Agile delivery is becoming a mainstream project management framework, increasing demand for an understanding of modern related concepts. Agile Product and Project Management covers IT delivery and project management basics while approaching IT as a customer-centric product delivery ecosystem.
The book covers two major topics: building the RIGHT product and building the product RIGHT. Each chapter builds on the materials in the previous chapter. Terminology and exercises are introduced sequentially. The book takes you on a journey from identifying a product using Agile principles to delivering and iterating on this process, step-by-step. The final chapter providespractical advice on role-based interviews, career progression, professional certifications and affiliations, and communities of practice.
You’ll Learn
- The Objectives and Key Results (OKR) framework, which explains why every project has to align with organizational objectives and how these objectives are used to measure project success
- Agile (Scrum, Kanban, XP), Waterfall, and hybrid product and project management practices, and how to apply the "working backwards" framework from the customer to IT projects
- The Lean Startup framework of product design, based on the "build-measure-learn" feedback loop, and compared with Waterfall requirements gathering and project scope management
- Design Thinking and customer research practices
- The product backlog taxonomy (epic, user story, subtask, bug, etc.), prioritization techniques, ongoing backlog maintenance, and stakeholder communication
- Major aspects of IT delivery,including Agile teams, roles, frameworks, and success criteria
- Waterfall planning and Scrum, in detail, including its Sprint structure, artifacts, roles, and ceremonies (meetings) as well as a comparison of Agile scaling frameworks
- Case studies of modern technology leaders, from startups to FAANG
- Examples of release plans and delivery reports based on actual projects in a wide range of companies, ways to minimize technical debt, implement DevOps, and establish quality management practices for software products
- Effective ways of managing dependencies and delivering products that delight customers and made the Silicon Valley giants successful and allowed for rapid business growth
Who This Book Is For
Graduate students specializing in computer science, information systems, project management, and related management areas; practitioners seeking professional development; and project management professionals looking to growtheir careers into Agile product and project managementAuthors and Affiliations
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New York, USA
Mariya Breyter
About the author
Dr. Breyter has a PhD in Computational Linguistics from Moscow State University followed by a Post-Doctorate scholarship at Stanford University. She has built her career optimizing and improving software delivery and instilling Agile and Lean values at multitudes of companies while keeping the primary focus on the people within those processes. The list of her certifications includes CSP, SPC, CSM, PMP, PMI-ACP, ITIL 3.0, Agile Facilitation, and Agile Coaching from ACI.
Dr. Breyter is an Agile project management thought leader and a frequent presenter at Agile conferences, from the Lean IT conference in Paris to the Agile Conference in San Diego, CA, and a popular blogger. Dr. Breyter’s free educational and coaching websites were nominated for multiple Agile and Lean professional awards.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Agile Product and Project Management
Book Subtitle: A Step-by-Step Guide to Building the Right Products Right
Authors: Mariya Breyter
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8200-7
Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA
eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Apress Access Books, Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Copyright Information: Mariya Breyter 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4842-8199-4Published: 23 September 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4842-8200-7Published: 21 September 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 349
Number of Illustrations: 92 b/w illustrations, 85 illustrations in colour
Topics: Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems, Project Management, Business and Management, general