Agile Project Management: Managing for Success

By James Crowder, Shelli A. Friess, Shelli Friess

Book Overview

Management and enables them to deal with the demands and complexities of modern, agile systems/software/hardware development teams. The book examines the project/program manager beyond the concepts of leadership and aims to connect to employees' sense of identity. The text examines human psychological concepts such as "locus of control," which will help the manager understand their team members' view and how best to manage their "world" contributions. The authors cover new management tools and philosophies for agile systems/software/hardware development teams, with a specific focus on how this relates to engineering and computer science. This book also includes practical case studies.

Discusses management skills needed as they relate to the advances in software development practicesExamines how to manage an agile development team that includes teams across geographically, ethnically, and culturally diverse backgroundsEmbraces all of the aspects of modernmanagement and leadership

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319349228
• ISBN13: 9783319349220
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"