Agile : What You Need to Know About Agile Project Management, the Kanban Process, Lean Thinking, and Scrum
What You Need to Know About Agile Project Management, the Kanban Process, Lean Thinking, and Scrum
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Agile : What You Need to Know About Agile Project Management, the Kanban Process, Lean Thinking, and Scrum
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If you've always wanted to learn about Agile methodology but never found reliable and simple information, then keep reading...
Are you tired of not fully understanding how Agile works?
Have you read endless articles but never found reliable, simple enough practical information in one place?
Do you finally want to say goodbye to not knowing what Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and Lean are?
If so, then you've come to the right place.
Understanding the Agile methodology doesn't have to be difficult.
Even if you've read many other articles and books in the past...
In fact, it's easier than you think.
Agile thinking and Agile frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, and Lean are becoming highly popular in many industries.
An increasing number of businesses are starting to use Agile values and principles to achieve their goals.
Therefore, understanding the Agile way of working is more important than ever before.
Here's just a tiny fraction of what you'll discover:
- Understand the purpose of project management and how it has evolved over the centuries
- Get to know what Agile and the Agile Manifesto truly are
- Figure out the 4 values and 12 principles of Agile
- Identify what an Agile team looks like and different Agile roles
- Learn about the goals of Agile and whether Agile is only for software development
- Identify the difference between Agile and other methodologies
- Get to know what Scrum is and the difference between Agile and Scrum
- Find out about Scrum roles, ceremonies, and artifacts
- Understand how Scrum works from a real-life example
- Get to know about the Kanban Method and the similarities between Agile and Kanban
- Learn about the origins of Kanban
- Identify the values and philosophies behind the Kanban Method
- Understand the goals of Kanban
- Get advice on how to form Kanban teams and implement Kanban
- Find out what Lean is and a simple comparison of Lean and Agile
- Learn about the 5 Lean principles
- Get to know the 8 Wastes of Lean
- Truly understand what Lean Management is
- And much, much more!
Take a second to imagine how you'll feel once you finally understand what Agile is and how Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and Lean are related.
Imagine how your colleagues and friends will react to your newfound knowledge of the Agile methodology.
Even if you have always found Agile confusing, you can easily learn to understand and utilize it.
Get this book to apply Agile values, principles, and frameworks to your workplace or business.
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