Agile approaches on large projects in large organizations / Brian Hobbs and Yvan Petit, School of Management, University of Quebec at Montreal.
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Project Management Institute, Inc.,
[2017]
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Table of Contents:
- Intro; Ch 1 Introduction; Ch 2 Literature Review; 2.1 Agile Approaches; 2.2 Benefits of Agile; 2.3 Agile and Traditional Project Management Approaches; 2.4 Scaling Agility; 2.5 Examples of Using Agile at Scale; 2.6 Scaling Frameworks; 2.7 Challenges of Scaling Up Agile; 2.7.1 Organizational Aspects; 2.7.2 Technical Aspects and Refactoring; 2.7.3 Organizational Culture; 2.7.4 Teams; 2.8 Summary of the Literature Review; Ch 3 Methodology; 3.1 The Qualitative Case Studies; 3.2 The Survey Instrument; 3.3 Data Collection and Analysis; 3.4 The Case Study Organizations; Ch 4 Results.
- 4.1 Characteristics of Respondents, Their Organizations, and Their Projects4.1.1 Respondent Demographics; 4.1.2 Countries of Users and Producers of Software; 4.1.3 Description of the Organizational Context-Private and Public Sectors; 4.1.4 Description of the Organizational Context-Organization Size; 4.1.5 Description of the Organizational Context-Primary Activity; 4.1.6 Description of the Organizational Context-Use of Agile Approach; 4.1.7 Description of the Specific Projects; 4.2 Implementation of Agile Approaches; 4.2.1 Motives for Implementing Agile Approaches.
- 4.2.2 Disadvantages of Agile Approaches4.2.3 Conditions That Foster and Hinder the Implementation of Agile; 4.2.4 Implementation Strategies; 4.2.5 The Agile Sweet Spot; 4.2.6 Integration with Other Systems; 4.3 The Project Front End; 4.3.1 Sprint Zero; 4.3.2 System Architecture and Front-End Planning; 4.4 Project Organizations; 4.4.1 Development Teams; 4.4.2 New and Modified Organizational Roles; 4.4.3 The Role of Product Owners; 4.4.4 The Roles of ScrumMasters and Agile Coaches; 4.4.5 The Role of Project Managers; 4.4.6 The Role of Analysts; 4.4.7 The Role of Architects.
- 4.5 The Tools and Techniques Employed4.6 Scaling Frameworks; 4.7 Testing, Integration, and DevOps; 4.8 The Portrait Provided by the Results; Ch 5 Discussion; 5.1 Team Level; 5.2 Project Level; 5.3 Interaction Between the Project and the Organization; 5.4 Conflicts Between Large Traditional Organizations and Agile Principles; 5.5 A Period of Experimentation; Ch 6 Conclusion; Ch 7 Future Research; Acknowledgments; References; Appendix; About the Authors.