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 Agile Portfolio Management

 

Published by: MICROSOFT PRESS
Author: Krebs, Jochen
Number of pages: 213
Group: SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
ISBN: 0735625670/9780735625679
User level: Intermediate/Advance
Objective: Tutorial
Date Published: July 2008
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Find out how your company’s full project portfolio can benefit from the principles of agility—from an expert on agile processes. Agile software development is now more popular than ever, but agility doesn’t need to stop there. This guide takes a big-picture look at how portfolio managers and project managers can make use of proven agile development methods to increase organizational efficiency. It can be difficult for companies to manage multiple development teams and to ensure that they are in line with evolving corporate strategies. Agile project-management methods help you build more flexible processes that invite feedback and collaboration, adapt to change, and gain better project insights. They enable project teams to execute corporate strategy and top-level managers to make sound decisions. This guide delivers practical, real-world strategies for implementing agile methods across your organization. Learn best practices for reassessing your company-wide processes; successfully coordinating multiple software teams without imposing a rigid, top-down structure; developing clear roles and responsibilities; and transitioning to an agile enterprise.