Successfully delivering projects at an organization can happen with the careful utilization of a variety of methods and practices. The best approach is a hybrid framework that adapts in real time to your team and its needs. **This book addresses the practical realities of project delivery in the 21st century. The agile method is well-known and well-covered. Author Shawn Belling dives deeper with his expertise into organizational management and investigates how to best execute a graceful mix of waterfall methods, agile, and phase-based approaches. Each business and goal requires flexibility for a unique journey to success, and Belling provides the practitioner with practical, real-world examples and patterns of these methodologies.

Succeeding with Agile Hybrids is the answer to the diversity of needs within your team. Whether you are an aspiring or current project manager, scrum master, or mid-level manager, this book will greatly benefit you and your goals for project delivery. Hybrid agile is the future, and you will be well-equipped to tackle it with Succeeding with Agile Hybrids on your shelf.

What You'll Learn

• See how hybrid agile is a common de facto approach to project management
• Review common, practical and real-world examples and patterns of hybrid agile project management

• Evaluate projects and organizations for using hybrid agile or agile project management
  Who This Book is For**
  **Aspiring or current project managers, scrum masters, or mid-level managers with responsibility for projects or professional services delivery in a technical field. Executive leaders, academic and training programs may also pick this book as a text.

  Shawn Belling is a globally-experienced technology executive and project management speaker and instructor. In a career spanning 30 years, he has held executive and leadership roles in higher education, software, consulting, bio-pharma, manufacturing, and regulatory compliance, and is currently the Chief Information Officer at a large regional technical college.

  As a member of the Project Management Institute, he has spoken regularly at conferences and seminars since 2008, including multiple presentations at PMI Global Conferences in the US and APAC. Shawn teaches at the University of Wisconsin - Madison in Engineering Professional Development and the Center for Executive and Professional Development, at University of Wisconsin-Platteville in the Master of Science - Project Management program, and at the University of Southern California in the Master of Science - Project Management program.

Shawn is certified by PMI as a Project Management Professional and Agile Certified Practitioner, is a Certified Scrum Professional and Certified Scrum @ Scale Practitioner, and is certified in Organizational Change Leadership from University of Wisconsin - Platteville.

Autorentext
Shawn Belling is a globally-experienced technology executive and project management speaker and instructor. In a career spanning 30 years, he has held executive and leadership roles in higher education, software, consulting, bio-pharma, manufacturing, and regulatory compliance, and is currently the Chief Information Officer at a large regional technical college.

As a member of the Project Management Institute, he has spoken regularly at conferences and seminars since 2008, including multiple presentations at PMI Global Conferences in the US and APAC. Shawn teaches at the University of Wisconsin Madison in Engineering Professional Development and the Center for Executive and Professional Development, at University of Wisconsin-Platteville in the Master of Science - Project Management program, and at the University of Southern California in the Master of Science - Project Management program. Shawn is certified by PMI as a Project Management Professional and Agile Certified Practitioner, is a Certified Scrum Professional and Certified Scrum @ Scale Practitioner, and is certified in Organizational Change Leadership from University of Wisconsin Platteville.

Inhalt

Part One Agile Hybrids
Chapter 1 Defining Agile Hybrids•The continuum where we really work•Hybrid examplesoAgileFalloScrumBanoWaterfall plan Agile executionoMixed environments•Case studiesoPractical desperation trying agileoThe health insurance companyoSAP and ecommerce bio-pharma and cementoDNA softwareoThe beverage companiesoSalesforce
Chapter 2 The Continuum Revisited•The continuum revisited where are you?•Evaluating hybrid models•Assessing projects•Assessing the organization•Assessing the culture•Identifying roadblocks
Chapter 3 Building Your Agile Hybrid•What do you know?•What do you have?•What do you need?•Where do you start?
Part Two Learning Agile
Chapter 4 Agile History•Roots of Agile•Roots of Scrum•Formation and Emergence•The Manifesto•Adoption and Expansion
Chapter 5 Agile Values and Practices•Agile Values•Agile Lifecycles•Agile Practices
Chapter 6 Agile Teams and Challenges•Dedicated Agile Teams•Cross-functional Teams•Co-location and Remote Team Scenarios
Chapter 7 Agile Servant-Leaders•The Scrum Master•The Agile Project Manager•Servant Leadership Defined
Chapter 8 The Product Owner in Agile•Product Owner Responsibilities•Product Owner Relationships and Issues•Impacts of Product Owner Performance
Chapter 9 The Agile Coach•Coaching New Teams•Coaching During Sprints•Coaching In Sprint Reviews•Coaching at Releases
Part Three Advanced Topics In Agile
Chapter 10 - Design Thinking with Agile•Defining Design Thinking •Shared Concepts Agile and Design Thinking•Alignment Design Thinking and Agile•Practical Examples
Chapter 11 - The Executive Leader in Agile•Misconceptions and Mistakes•How Leaders Influence Agile Benefits•Impediments Remove, Don't Create•Ruthless Prioritization•Agile Governance•Agile Decisions•Executive Servant-Leadership in Agile
Chapter 12 - Implementing Agile•Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS)•Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)•Scrum @ Scale•Scaling in Hybrid Environments•Are You Ready to Scale?
Chapter 13 - Approaches to Scaling Agile
•Scrum Master/Agile Project Manager•Story Sizing and Estimating•Product Owners•Senior Leaders•Agile Coaching•Agile Teams•Demos