Agile Essentials You Always Wanted To Know - (Self-Learning Management) by Kalpesh Ashar & Vibrant Publishers (Paperback)

About the Book

The book is a complete, compact and easily understandable guide for anyone wanting to learn the fundamentals of Agile.

Book Synopsis

This Agile book is packed with the following concepts:

• Agile Manifesto Principles and Values
• Scrum Pillars, Roles, and Artifacts
• Agile Planning and Execution
• Agile Project Management

Agile Essentials You Always Wanted To Know is a complete, compact and easily understandable guide for anyone wanting to learn the fundamentals of Agile.

Agile methodology can be greatly beneficial for many projects and organizations. But what exactly is Agile and is it always beneficial? Agile Essentials You Always Wanted To Know provides a primary understanding of the Agile development methodology, when it is appropriate to use it, and the commonly used Agile practices.By understanding Agile through this book, you will be able to adapt to the changing project requirements and complete your projects faster. If you want to optimize the workflow and learn to efficiently manage the various stages of a project, this book is the resource you need.

You will gain an understanding of the following concepts from this book:

• An overall understanding of Agile, its methodologies and common practices
• An introduction to Scrum, a key Agile methodology
• The various aspects of Agile planning as well as execution
• The applicability of Agile in development and operations
• The concepts and practices in Agile tracking and reporting
• An overview of Agile leadership and team practices

About the Series

The Self-Learning Management Series is designed to help students, new managers, career switchers and entrepreneurs learn essential management lessons. This series covers the essential aspects of business, including HR, Finance, Marketing, and Operations. Each book includes basic fundamentals, important concepts, standard and well-known principles as well as practical ways of application of the subject matter. The distinctiveness of the series lies in that all the relevant information is bun

Review Quotes

In this book, Ashar distills Agile concepts into easy-to-read chunks that can be quickly implemented. This book empowers managers to organize their team's work more effectively so that customers can benefit more readily.

--Scott J.

Pearson Software Developer

Agile Essentials is an excellent book to learn the foundational elements of Agile project management. Agile Essentials effectively outlines the key concepts that all Agile project leader, Scrum Master or Product Owner must know and master to become an effective manager of Agile projects.

--Tim Mills,

MBA, MS, CPL, ITIL, SS-GB, CSM, PMP Lead Instructor, Agile Project Management Harvard Extension School Harvard University, Cambridge, MA USA Short: Tim Mills, PMP Lead Instructor, Harvard Extension School

Well written, it is a fast read if you are knowledgeable on Agile yet it provides a lot of information to learn from.

--Jose Solera

PMP, CSM, CSPO, CSP and Agile practitioner since the 1990s Short: Jose Solera, PMP, CSM, CSPO, CSP and Agile practitioner

I am really enjoying Agile Essentials by Kalpesh Ashar as a supplement text in my Introduction to Project Management course. My students find the information easy to apply and compliment traditional project management concepts.--Paul W. Harp, FedEx Freight, Manager- Facility Design Solution & Projects