Agile Project Management For Dummies

I've purchased many "...for Dummies" books in the past but this is the first one I've actually read cover-to-cover. If you are familiar with the "...for Dummies" series, you know what you're going to get: a nuts and bolts, start with the basics, type of book. Having knowledge of and experience in the traditional waterfall project methodology for software development and delivery, I wanted to learn more about Agile Project Methodology but I wanted to make sure I started with a solid foundation. If your plan is the same as mine, this book fits the bill. It begins with background information (Ch. 1), then the Agile Manifesto and the 12 Agile Principles (Ch. 2) and builds on that each chapter thereafter. Besides the key terms, definitions, project team roles, Agile in practice, etc.... this book delves into topics such as procurement, working with vendors, and project cost and budget considerations specific to Agile projects. If you read from cover-to-cover, you will notice some repetition in the book; intended for those who use the book as a reference - read a section here, chapter there, skip ahead. I didn't mind it. In fact, I used it to my learning advantage. I feel confident in what I have learned here, so much so, I feel I am ready to move on and tackle heftier Agile-specific topics

IMHO this is very nice intro into Agile development techniques with very strong focus on scrum. If you're going to read the book from start to end, there are lot of repeating notes / pickups / highlights, so closely to the end of the book you're going to simply skip few pages, cause you've read them 100 pages ago. But this is a way the book was written, best way to read it is to impersonate yourself into one of the roles described at the beginning of the book and then jump directly to proper chapter.Alter all I liked this book. There is a small glitch reading it on Kindle, the tables, images, etc. aren't so much readble...

Every other book for dummies i have read starts from scratch giving you good knowledge of the subject in hand. In this particular case you must have some knowledge of project managment or have read the project managment for dummies. It is not enterily necesary but there are a lot of concepts that you understand better if you know what the starting point for this metodology is.I suggest this boook to any Project manager who wishes to learn something different and way more agile in their pmanagment!

While I am generally against the idiots guide series, I really found this helpful in explaning project management to people who have never used it. I love the diagrams and the callout sections. I recommend this to everyone who needs to become more organized and produce deliverables more efficiently. This will work with any Team Based Project that requires SOMETHING to be produced. Not just for web designers and programmers any more.

Although the book describes agile in a thorough manner, the author repeatedly harps on how Agile should not and cannot be mixed with other project management tools. I disagree. There are aspects of Agile that can help projects being managed via other methods. I also felt the book could have been presented in about 2/3 the volume. The author repeated himself. Most of the information he presented here I found on Wikipedia before I read this book.

This book certainly covers the basics (and more) of the Agile Methodology. In true "for dummies" format, it does repeat concepts with slightly different wording quite a few times. This is not necessarily a bad thing, as the most important concepts are hammered home throughout the book. After the overview, the author gives a clear "how to" picture, enabling a structured start with Agile. I definitely recommend this book for those considering Agile (and Scrum) for development.

I was able to attend one of Mark's Certified Scrum Master classes through his company, Platinum Edge, and it was such a great course I had to buy this Agile Project Management book to follow. Similar to Mark's in-person teaching style, this book was extremely informative and easy to understand. I also bought Scrum for Dummies and am excited to read that too!

I have not had a chance to read through this book yet, but my purchase through Amazon.com was easy, the book looked better than I expected, the sellers details and ratings affected my choice and was well worth it! Saved $ and received a book that looks like new. I look forward to reading it (after I finish a few others I have purchased and am reading now).

Having listened to the audio book, we found the content to be useful, hence the decision to get a hard copy for future reference.

Very well explained. Thanks Mark.

Great introduction to agile, easy to read and full of examples. Nice external references too for further learning. Very adviseable for rookies or to bring stakeholders onboard.

There is so much 'stuff' out there wfitten about agile, especially since the Government Digital Service made it the sexy civil service shibboleth for 2012. I have had to read so much rubbish from born again civil service project managers who now have to drop the words scrum and sprint into every highlight report so that the suits upstairs can feel good about our cutting edge. Anyways this is an excellent summary and will save you reading hundreds of rubbish powerpoint slides from desperate training organisations offering 'insight' into the new way of working. Beautifully structured which enables you to get to relevant and useful facts real fast. I use this all the time...but I don't tell anybody about it...so they think I'm really clever...the fools! Get it and save time and effort.

A good book to start and familiarize yourself with the terminology. The book is clear and helps highlighting pitfalls and most common practices