CONTENTS

List of figures and tables

About the authors

Foreword

Abbreviations

Glossary

Preface

1. THE IMPORTANCE OF AGILE TODAY

Why are we here?

The dominance of Agile

Simple to understand, difficult to master

Summary

2 THE ORIGINS OF AGILE

The established approach to development

Influences on Agile

The Manifesto story

Summary

3 PROJECTS AND PRODUCTS IN AGILE

What is a project?

Iterative and incremental

The importance of the product

Summary

4 UNDERSTANDING THE MANIFESTO FOR AGILE

The Manifesto for Agile software development

The values

Summary

5 UNDERSTANDING THE AGILE PRINCIPLES

The 12 principles behind the Agile Manifesto

Principles slanted towards customers

Principles slanted towards managers

Principles slanted towards the team

Summary

6 FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS IN AGILE

Fundamental concepts of Agile

Summary

7 AGILE DELIVERY

How does Agile delivery work?

Getting started

The first delivery

Continuous improvement

The iteration

Agile backlogs

Agile team behaviours

Agile roles

T-shaped professionals

Summary

8 AGILE PRACTICES

What do we mean by ‘practice’?

A toolkit of practices

Leadership

Ways of working

Requirements

Estimation

Prioritisation

Software development

Measuring success

Scrum

The Kanban Method

Summary

9 AGILE LEADERSHIP

Evolution of leadership

What is Agile leadership?

Mindset shifts for leaders

Six leadership outcomes

Creating high-performing teams

The importance of culture

Leadership in Agile teams

Agile coaching

Summary

10 MANAGING THE PRODUCT

Understanding and managing stakeholders

Roadmaps in Agile delivery

Agile requirements

Requirement techniques

Managing the backlog

Summary

11 BEYOND THE BASICS

How not to scale Agile

But I really want to scale

Tailoring your approach

The case for specialists

Common Agile methods and frameworks

Summary

Index

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