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Audiobooks Narrated by Kevin Aguanno
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Agile methods are quickly growing in popularity, and recent statistics on agile adoption show that more and more organizations have already tried agile methods on their projects. As this wave of agile use spreads, those adopting these methods are less connected to the top experts in the field: early adopters learned the techniques from the experts who invented these methods, but now people are learning from those whose knowledge and expertise may be questionable. As a result, lots of conflicting information has been released in recent years, and many teams have said that they are 'doing agile' when, in fact, they were just using the agile label as an excuse for not following sound practices.In this recording of a live teleseminar, learn some of the most common misconceptions about agile methods and hear the real story about the agile techniques. Join host Kevin Aguanno as he dispels the myths about agile and gives you a better understanding of these methods.Agenda includes the following:The latest statistics on agile adoption in today's organizations.How do misunderstandings about agile methods arise?Common misunderstandings and what to do about them
Let's face it, the co-located teams mentioned in all of the agile methods just don't happen on many of our real-world projects. Sometimes, we just have no choice -- we have to work with team members in different cities, different time zones, or even on the other side of the world. How do agile methods fare under these circumstances?In this 60-minute interview with Scott Ambler, a noted author and speaker on agile methods, he discusses the latest statistics and some interesting examples of how large, distributed teams are adapting the agile methods to work in a globally-distributed team environment. Learn how to lower the communication barriers and improve project performance under these most difficult of circumstances.Theory is one thing, but practical application is another. Listen to this recording to learn how large companies are using agile methods successfully with distributed, virtual teams.
Agenda includes the following:
Recent statistics on the use of agile in distributed teams
Distributed agile success (and failure) stories
Critical Success Factors for using agile methods in a virtual team environment
Best Practices for initiating a distributed agile project
Using technology to minimize risk
Governing distributed agile teams
How should we scale Scrum beyond individual projects? How can PMOs avoid being process police and instead truly support Scrum teams, enable enterprise rollout of Scrum, and sustain long-term Scrum adoption?
Listen to this recording as agile project management expert Kevin Aguanno interviews agile guru Sanjiv Augustine. Learn how industry leaders are scaling Scrum with Agile PMOs that:
Support and empower agile teams through training, coaching, and organizational obstacle removal,Track project portfolios using Agile tracking techniques, Bring lean discipline to project prioritization, Move towards a stable teams model of resource management
Sanjiv will share principles and techniques for the Agile PMO, and discuss how those concepts are being applied in the industry to scale Scrum through adaptive governance of programs and portfolios.
Learn how to make the most out of your agile transformation by leveraging an agile PMO.
With the widespread growth of agile project management and agile development methods, we face challenges when these projects don't (or can't) provide us with our standard performance metrics for project health assessment and project portfolio management. Join Kevin Aguanno, a well-known expert on the agile methodologies, as he explains how project managers can adapt existing control systems (and incorporate the metrics provided by the agile methods themselves) to better track and control projects using these methods.
During requirements gathering and solution design, one of the most common techniques used to create a shared vision is modeling. Over the years, many tools and techniques have emerged for modeling in different fields that take in to account the various complexities of the solutions involved; however, one drawback that most share in common is the need to understand a modeling language (or notation technique) to create or even read and understand the models.The agile management movement has turned its attention to modeling in an effort to streamline the process and to more efficiently deliver needed stakeholder value during the modeling process. The result is a practice called agile modeling that focuses on creating models tailored to the specific information needs of their consumers, using language and techniques shared by both creator and consumer, and employing collaborative modeling strategies.
In this short recording of a teleseminar, learn the underlying principles of agile modeling, some practical techniques that are used, and how you can get started today.
Tired of wasting time creating documents that no one will ever read? Spending hours fussing with documents to make them “perfect” only to find out that they didn’t include the right content? Spinning your wheels updating documents to keep them current?Modern agile management practices propose techniques to operate our businesses more efficiently, to be responsive to changing needs, and to greatly improve our throughput. Agile Documentation is composed of a set of practices that will help you document only the necessary things, in the most efficient way, for exactly the right audience, and in a way that minimizes ongoing updates.This recording will teach you how to save time and money while still producing quality documents, the agile way.
Are you trying to adopt agile methods into your organization? Are you facing significant resistance from your teams or business management? Don't try to find your own way -- learn from those who have gone before you and take the easy road to agile adoption.In this live recording of a one-hour seminar on agile adoption, agile project management expert Kevin Aguanno shows you how to slowly phase in agile techniques into your organization and make them appear as if they are compatible with your current processes. In this recording, he advocates not pulling in a whole new methodology in one massive change, but rather adopting specific agile techniques, one-by-one to into your projects until the team members and stakeholders are using agile methods without realizing it. He suggests specific agile techniques that you should phase in early in your transformation, and how to 'package' them to avoid objections from the business stakeholders. Full of real-life stories, he brings the subject to life and turns abstract concepts into practical next steps.
Facing resistance when implementing new development process changes within an organization? Sometimes big changes need to be packaged to make them appear to be minor adjustments to the current process. This recording shows you how!This audio recording includes specific tips on introducing new development methods to your team and to your organization. It includes specific examples of introducing software development processes such as Extreme Programming (XP), Scrum, and other agile methods. The Stealth Methodology Adoption approach, however, is applicable to more than just software development projects -- you can use these techniques for most development process changes.
Think you've heard it all? How about this one: a high-risk application development and systems integration project where the team is being asked to pull off something that has never been done before -- anywhere. The team is made up of over 200 people in 17 cities in four countries. With only five months to complete the seemingly impossible task, how did they do it?Kevin Aguanno, the Executive Project Manager in charge of this amazing project will tell you how the team shocked the experts and delivered over 1 million lines of code (and 23 patent filings!) on time and under budget. He will share with you the pros and the cons of trying to be agile in this large, distributed team environment. Who says that agile cannot scale?
In recent years, the Internet revolution has caused a shift in how fast technology is developed and marketed. We have seen the appearance of “Web Years” as a measure of time, and the widespread adoption of Rapid Application Development (RAD) as a standard software development method used in even our largest organizations. There has been a parallel shift in how projects are managed. First appearing in software development projects, Agile Development methods are now a very hot topic in software development conferences and magazines. These are methods that stress the speed of development and close interaction with the customer over traditional, more bureaucratic, practices.This recording will outline the underlying principles of Agile Development and details of how it differs from traditional development projects. Then, using an agile project management method called Scrum, it will illustrate how agile management methods used in software development may be extended to projects from other application areas outside of I/T. Listeners will come away from the session with a high-level understanding of the Agile Development philosophy and how it differs from traditional development approaches, enough of an understanding of Scrum to be able to determine if and how it could be implemented on a project, and a list of resources for further information on Agile Development and Scrum.
