{"product_id":"9781430258407","title":"Being Agile: Your Roadmap to Successful Adoption of Agile","description":"\u003cp\u003e    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeing Agile \u003c\/em\u003eis your roadmap to successfully transforming your organization to an Agile culture. Veteran agile coach Mario Moreira teaches new adopters how to implement a robust Agile framework to derive from it the maximum business benefit in terms of customer value, revenue, and employee engagement.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAgile \u003c\/em\u003eis a ubiquitous watchword in the corporate world, but only a minority of companies understand and practice what they pay lip service to. Too many content themselves with half-baked approximations such as Fragile (fragile Agile), ScrumBut (Scrum but not the practices), and Scrum Fall (mini-waterfalls in the sprints). Moreira shows maturing early adopters how to bridge the chasm between going through the motions of \u003cem\u003edoing \u003c\/em\u003eAgile and genuinely \u003cem\u003ebeing \u003c\/em\u003eAgile.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter a high-level synopsis of Agile’s values and principles, methodologies (including Scrum, Kanban, DSDM, Leam, VFQ, and XP), and roles, Moreira plunges into the nitty-gritty of how to apply the\u003cem\u003e ready, implement, coach, and hone\u003c\/em\u003e (RICH) deployment model to all phases of a project in such a way as to embody and inculcate agile values and principles at the team level and promote agile transformation across your organization's culture.\u003c\/p\u003e         What you’ll learn\u003cp\u003eAgile professionals, project managers, and middle, senior, and executive management in software engineering and development divisions and enterprises who read this book will learn how to:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eEvaluate team candidates for traits, skills, behavior, and attitudes diagnostic of an Agile mindset  \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSet up Agile planning tools and framework \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMap stakeholder engagement  \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eValidate ongoing application of Agile best practices \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAdapt Scrum teams and techniques for various needs and conditions \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eWho this book is for      \u003cp\u003e     \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe primary readership for this book comprises Agile professionals, product managers, and middle, senior, and executive management in software engineering and development divisions and enterprises. The secondary readership includes business analysts agile and software configuration managers.\u003c\/p\u003e           Table of Contents\u003col\u003e \u003cli\u003eGetting Started \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCrossing the Agile Chasm \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBusiness Benefits of Being Agile \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eImportance of Customer Engagement \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eImportance of Employee Engagement \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFoundations of Agile \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReady, Implement, Coach, Hone (RICH) Deployment Framework \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMotivations for Moving to an Agile Culture \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAchieving an Agile Mindset \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEvaluating Executive Support and Team Willingness \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTreating Agile as a Transformation Project  \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAdapting to Agile Roles and Responsibilities \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEvaluating Agile, Engineering, and Team Capability \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEstablishing Agile Measures of Success \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConstructing a Scalable Agile Framework \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEstablishing an Agile Education Program \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCreating a Customer Validation Vision \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWriting User Stories and Grooming the Backlog \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWorking with Story Points, Velocity, and Burndowns \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConstructing Done Criteria to Promote Quality \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsidering Agile Tools within an ALM Framework \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eImplementing, Coaching, and Honing Activities \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAdapting Governance and Performance Reviews \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThree Case Studies in Adopting Agile \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Apress","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47122443796720,"sku":"9781430258407","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781430258407_p0.jpg?v=1763753429","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781430258407","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}