Agile project management: a quick start beginner's guide to mastering agile project management / Henry O'Brein

What is agile project management? -- What was the genesis of agile project management? -- How to execute agile project management -- How agile project management makes best use of the human resource -- Agile project management against traditional management models -- Further analysis on agile versus traditional project management -- Lessons in using scrum while implementing agile projects -- Why agile project management is the way to go -- The need for agile development in an organization -- Why you may have problems implementing agile -- The necessity to train for agile project management -- What you expect to learn in the PMI-ACP course -- Why the PMI-ACP course is great for leaders including executives -- Course on managing project portfolio through agile -- Agile in the manufacturing sector -- Merging agile with lean in construction -- Using agile in infrastructure -- The value of AMDD cycle -- 10 principles that summarize what agile is -- Weaknesses to look out for in agile -- Agile for government.

Chances are you have heard of Agile Project Management. Most people have. Unfortunately, the project management most people know about is not the flexible and efficient project management method progressive companies are adopting today. The one you know may also not be the methodology that ensures your customers are always fully satisfied with your products or services. Project management styles that people mistakenly think are effective involve having supervisors and managers on standby, to see to it that no employees raise their head or walk around during working hours. In short, some of the commonest methods of project management are fear driven, where there is a boss-junior relationship, and nothing close to people with a common goal working with mutual respect - which is what Agile project management is all about.