Jamie Lynn Cooke – författare

The PRINCE2 Agile® Practical Implementation Guide – Step-by-step advice for every project type, Second edition explains how the structured, management-driven PRINCE2 project governance framework can work cohesively with team-driven, quality-focused, responsive Agile methods.

This guide provides an overview of PRINCE2® and Agile before detailing the combined PRINCE2 Agile governance and project management framework. It also provides expert guidance on how to implement the PRINCE2 Agile framework in your organization, whether you have existing PRINCE2, Agile or waterfall structures in place, or you are implementing PRINCE2 Agile with no pre-existing frameworks.

The key to successfully implementing PRINCE2 Agile is understanding how it brings together PRINCE2 and Agile best practices into a cohesive framework, and how to adapt that framework to meet your organization''s specific needs. This guide is structured to provide you with the core information that you need to understand how PRINCE2 Agile works, and implementation guidelines aligned to the needs of your organization and your projects.

Ideal for PRINCE2 Agile students, project managers, IT managers, senior managers, PRINCE2 users and Agile users, this guide will help you to successfully deliver high business value outcomes within the PRINCE2 Agile framework.

PRINCE2 Agile® is a registered trade mark of the PeopleCert group. Used under licence from PeopleCert. All rights reserved.

The PRINCE2 Agile® Practical Implementation Guide – Step-by-step advice for every project type, Second edition explains how the structured, management-driven PRINCE2 project governance framework can work cohesively with team-driven, quality-focused, responsive Agile methods.

This guide provides an overview of PRINCE2® and Agile before detailing the combined PRINCE2 Agile governance and project management framework. It also provides expert guidance on how to implement the PRINCE2 Agile framework in your organization, whether you have existing PRINCE2, Agile or waterfall structures in place, or you are implementing PRINCE2 Agile with no pre-existing frameworks.

The key to successfully implementing PRINCE2 Agile is understanding how it brings together PRINCE2 and Agile best practices into a cohesive framework, and how to adapt that framework to meet your organization''s specific needs. This guide is structured to provide you with the core information that you need to understand how PRINCE2 Agile works, and implementation guidelines aligned to the needs of your organization and your projects.

Ideal for PRINCE2 Agile students, project managers, IT managers, senior managers, PRINCE2 users and Agile users, this guide will help you to successfully deliver high business value outcomes within the PRINCE2 Agile framework.

PRINCE2 Agile® is a registered trade mark of the PeopleCert group. Used under licence from PeopleCert. All rights reserved.

Everything you want to know about Agile is written specifically to address the challenges of implementing Agile within the unique structures, constraints and culture of your organization.  It provides you with the information you need to assess whether Agile is right for your department, to select the Agile methodologies and practices that are best suited to your work, to successfully implement these approaches, and to measure the outcomes.  

In this new edition of her award-winning book, Jamie Lynn Cooke explains the principles of Agile, shows why it works, and demonstrates how to use Agile to significantly increase productivity, quality, and customer satisfaction in any industry.

It shows how Agile approaches can give you:

Written for managers and business professionals, the book presents a range of proven Agile methods including Scrum®, Kanban, Feature Driven Development™ (FDD™) and the Dynamic Systems Development Method® (DSDM®) in clear business language.  The author then devotes a chapter to each of the 12 Agile principles that make these approaches consistently successful, and details how to use these methods to tackle the core challenges faced by every organization.

The book concludes with in-depth case study that compares Agile with traditional approaches for achieving three common business objectives, followed by step-by-step guidelines to making Agile work for your organization, and a range of resources for further reading.

Read this book and learn how to unleash the potential of Agile in your organization.

Agile: An Executive Guide describes Agile methods in clear business language specifically written for professionals. It will help you make realistic business-driven decisions on whether Agile methods are appropriate for your organisation; whether you are looking to reduce your IT overheads, provide better software solutions to your clients, or have more control over your IT expenditures. This guide provides practical, proven ways to introduce, incorporate and leverage Agile methods to maximise your business returns.

Agile: An Executive Guide describes Agile methods in clear business language specifically written for professionals. It will help you make realistic business-driven decisions on whether Agile methods are appropriate for your organisation; whether you are looking to reduce your IT overheads, provide better software solutions to your clients, or have more control over your IT expenditures. This guide provides practical, proven ways to introduce, incorporate and leverage Agile methods to maximise your business returns.

Now in its second edition, The Power of the Agile Business Analyst has expanded to include new Agile methods that have emerged or gained prominence since the first edition.

Support your Agile business users for better project outcomes

In The Power of the Agile Business Analyst, Jamie Lynn Cooke challenges this approach and questions whether Agile projects that are run in this way can deliver the highest-value business solutions.

Agile developers can access a wide range of resources to help achieve their project goals. In contrast, the Agile business user often has very little support despite holding key responsibilities, such as gathering requirements, managing priorities and providing business knowledge to ensure the best possible solution. The business user also usually has wider responsibilities that make it difficult to give a project their full attention.

30 ways an Agile business analyst can help

Drawing on her extensive experience, Jamie proposes a new role for Agile projects: The Agile business analyst. She details 30 achievable ways that such a role will increase relevance, quality and overall business value, and provide business users with crucial support. The Agile business analyst is also a boon to the development team, being a ready source of business knowledge and ensuring that project outcomes align with requirements.

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Jamie Lynn Cooke has 27 years of experience as a senior business analyst and solutions consultant, working with more than 130 public and private sector organisations throughout Australia, Canada, and the United States.