Agile Project Management: Learn the Most Important Concepts and Tools of Agile Project Management

By: Jeff Branson

Narrated by: Russell Newton

Length: 1 hr and 48 mins

Publisher's Summary

Learn the most important concepts and tools of Agile project management.

Things you will learn:

• Learn the fundamentals of Agile project panagement
• Learn how to use Agile for the right projects
• You will learn the key concepts of Agile development, Agile project delivery, and Agile project management
• You will understand the differences between Agile and traditional project delivery (other methodologies)
• Understand the impact that Agile and Lean are having on the project management profession
• Understand common problems that can cause an enterprise-level Agile transformation to fail and how to avoid them

This book aims to help people who are looking for successful project management strategies that they can implement with their own team.

Contrary to popular belief, Agile is not a methodology but a philosophy that anyone can subscribe to if he wants his project to succeed. Many project managers use it and swear of its effectiveness in ensuring that the whole project is a success. Although commonly used in IT projects, the Agile project management is applicable to all projects.

Why take this book?

• You will be prepared to apply Agile to your projects
• You will be able to speak about Agile with confidence
• You will understand the difference between Agile and other methodologies
• You will learn why Agile isn't only for IT or tech projects, but it's actually applied across many industries worldwide
• You will get tools and tips
• You will learn how to apply project management practices in an Agile environment

Agile project management has at its heart an aim to bring improvements in the project continuously as it proceeds, while being flexible, having complete team input and delivering high quality products or results. It has a scrum framework approach which is to build quality first and eliminate maximum wastage. Organizations can utilise the different tools and techniques available to the team to build agile management as this proves to be more effective. 

This book covers:

• What Agile project management is
• The scope of Agile project management life cycles
• Principles of Agile project management
• Difference between Agile project management and traditional project management
• How to create an Agile project team
• Planning an Agile project
• Scrum meetings and procedures
• Teamwork in Agile project management
• Agile project management in today’s market
• Benefits of Agile project in an organization
• How to lead an Agile project team
• And much more

©2018 Jeff Branson (P)2018 Jeff Branson

i finished this in one sitting.

I still can't believe the project-specific benefits Agile Project Management provides. The in-depth presentation provided no room for confusion. Listened to this thrice already and I never get bored of it

Great intro to Agile project management.

Outstanding piece here! Now I understand how Agile Project methodology can increase a project's productivity to sucess. This comprehensive piece will take you from its fundamentals to the advance topics.

It educated me well.

The approach that I'll be happy to incorporate. I am no longer ignorant on the subject. This meaningful audiobook made it possible for me to grasp everything in one sitting.

Extensive Agile Project Management audio

Need a book to understand Agile and what it can do. Think this is one of the best out there. Comprehensive enough to be understood in spite of the technical terms. I don’t mind investing my fortunes and time in it if it means increased performance visibility and project predictability.

Jeff nailed it

It dives into adjusting the outlook and spotlights on executing Agile practices from the phase of initiation of the thought till conveying persistent incentive to the client.

Plenty of opportunities here.

I'm thrilled I downloaded this information-packed guide. It cuts straight to the chase. I no longer have doubts when it comes to Agile.

Quite short, but suits me fine.

This one makes a good study aid. Excellent piece. Suitable for veterans or beginners alike. For 1 hour and 48 minutes, I heard everything I need to know about Agile.

Quite a good one.

The narrator is also good, too. His diction doesn't constantly shift, unlike some I knew.

I like the topics covered.

The thorough comparison of Agile Project Management to the traditional methods' very useful! It has convinced me more.

Mixed Bag, but helpful nonetheless

Very basic, but helpful. Could've probably been half the length. A lot of filler for a short book. Skip to the sections about learning and tracking. Here's my summary:

Predict and plan (traditional) versus sense and respond (agile)
Team roles and responsibilities


Planning Agile Steps
• Product vision
• Product roadmap (timelines, iterative)
• Releases (deliverables)
• Sprints planning (iterations)
• Daily scrum (15 minutes) - roadblocks, new info, completed and outstanding work)
• Sprint review
• Sprint retrospective- lessons learned

Tracking progress
• Vision statement
• Roadmap (project plan)
• Backlog (checklist of what's due)
• Release plan
• Increments (lessons learned at end of each sprint)

It's exactly what i was looking for.

Makes a good reference. A brilliant piece, indeed. Appropriate for veterans or learners alike. For 1 hour and 48 minutes, I heard all that I have to know about Agile Project Management.

From an excellent author.

I dreamed of possessing the PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner certification and I decided to make this audio book my formal reviewer. I like the audio book form because of its versatility. I get to listen to it even when I am on the road. It has impressed me much that I decided to consult on this book alone.

You wouldn't miss this for the world.

Some ground-breaking discussion here that you wouldn’t really want to miss. What a comprehensive book this is for beginners! With this audio book alone, my agile principles and skill with agile techniques have significantly increased.

Absorbing!

It has summarized the different roles in agile. It is updated with new techniques for larger projects. Thanks for presenting the core values of agile project management and thanks for the abundant guidance. This book has pointed us in the right direction.

Grateful for this.It's valuable to my team.

Steering towards success, this Agile project guide makes an excellent resource material. This book covers and addresses to all the people in a software company. This has to be one of the few simple books out there. It sure didn't leave any room for confusion.

I appreciate the simplified overview.

A comprehensive beginner’s guide. Even a non-code wizards could understand this perfectly. It’s nice to know about the framework. I am already tired of the current project methods now; this came in at the right time!

Awesome coaching strategies.

High quality of audiobook here! This met my standards. The Agile coaching strategies here is awesome!

suits me fine

I find the narrator’s voice kind of dull. But the content is 100% handy and accurate.

Aiming for the paperback version.

Cool! I now have the slightest idea how Agile is used in managing projects. I was completely blown away by the information shared by this piece. Planning to get the copy of its paperback. You better, too.

I hope Jeff Branson will have future works.

Awesome advice! I discovered the innovative way of using Agile. The exciting discussion made me crave for more ideas. I am on the lookout for the author's second series.