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Sinopsis

Did you know that over 8,462 project management methodologies exist?

With so many to choose from, it can be incredibly overwhelming for budding project managers to determine which one is exactly right for their team. To make things even more complicated, each methodology follows its own set of principles, rules, lists, acronyms, and nuances.

But because no two projects are ever the same, especially when you take into account goals, KPIs, industries, and several other factors, a one-size-fits-all approach would never work.

However, in the realm of software development, there’s one style of project management that has helped guide numerous teams to successfully creating quality apps and software while keeping both their personnel and their customers happy.

Get to know the ins and outs of the Agile with the help of Is That Agile?: Common Processes for Development Teams!

Agile project management was born out of a need for software developers to adjust and adapt to ever-changing requirements and poor time estimates throughout the project. At its core, Agile is customer-focused, collaborative, flexible, data-driven, and fast.

This is why many teams see it as the be-all and end-all to their project management woes. However, when they don’t see the results they expect, they often wonder where they went wrong in their implementation. Was going Agile the wrong move? Often, this is due to having a poor understanding of Agile and the different rituals that it requires.

This confusion is what led author Christopher Axthelm to write this book. In the hopes of demystifying Agile and making it easier for teams to apply it to their current project management system, he clearly defines what Agile is and what it isn’t, and carefully reviews items and processes that teams often overlook.

These include key areas such as team and customer communication, ticketing systems, workflow and testing, documentation, personnel problems, and even office politics. Axthelm also scrutinizes project management methodologies like Scrum and Kanban, revealing their weaknesses and the pitfalls that teams commonly fall victim to.

About the author:

A self-proclaimed “Agile Philosopher”, Christopher “Ax” Axthelm spends most of his days leading a development team and a system administration team working with satellites at NASA’s Goddard campus. When he’s not working, Ax takes every opportunity to champion Agile as a philosophy to anyone who’ll listen, hoping to help make the lives of software developers, testers, system admins, and project managers much easier.

Here’s more to look forward to in “Is That Agile?”:

- Valuable insights from the author’s personal experiences
- Short, easy-to-digest TLDR boxes at the end of each chapter
- Written in a manner that’s friendly, concise, and easy to understand
- Guiding questions that help you get into the Agile mindset
- Understand how to effectively communicate to your team, customers, and stakeholders
- Identify common roadblocks and how to get past them the Agile way
- Learn how to determine whether your project can be Agile or not

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