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5+ YearsPublisher | IT Governance Publishing |
ISBN 13 | 9781849280570 |
ISBN 10 | 1849280576 |
Book Subtitle | Proven Approaches For Achieving Real Productivity Gains In Any Organisation |
Book Description | Agile approaches are business practices with a proven track record for helping organisations achieve greater efficiency, higher quality outputs and increased customer satisfaction. They enable organisations to avoid the trappings of extensive up-front planning and up-front budget commitments by encouraging staff to regularly produce high quality business outputs; and by basing ongoing financial and resource commitments on the delivered outcomes. This focus on responsive planning based on tangible outputs is why Agile approaches have been successfully used in selected industries for over two decades, including the Information Technology (IT) industry. Agile Principles Unleashed: Proven approaches for achieving real productivity gains in any organisation introduces every industry sector to the Agile approaches that have dramatically improved the IT, product development and manufacturing sectors over the past two decades. Agile Principles Unleashed clearly explains how the key principles of Agile approaches can be used to significantly increase productivity, quality and customer satisfaction in any organisation. Written in non-technical language specifically for business professionals, this book is an essential tool for anyone whose job it is to deliver high quality results on time and to budget. Jamie Lynn Cooke has 19 years of experience as a senior business analyst and solutions consultant, and has worked with more than 120 public and private sector organisations in Australia and North America. She has been working hands on with Agile methods since 2003. |
Editorial Review | ...it is an excellent guide; well structured, well written... It should light many fires in senior management's minds when they think of the problems their projects have had using traditional development methods.' |
About the Author | Jamie Lynn Cooke has 19 years of experience as a senior business analyst and solutions consultant, working with over 120 public and private sector organisations throughout Australia, Canada and the United States. Her background includes business case development; strategic and operational reviews; business process modelling, mapping and optimisation; product and project management on small to multi-million dollar initiatives; quality management; risk analysis and mitigation; developing/conducting training courses; workshop delivery; and refining e-business strategies. She is a well-regarded speaker on both business and technology topics, most recently presenting at the Business Process Modelling world conference in Brisbane, Australia and at the AgileCanberra professional forums. Jamie has been working hands-on with Agile methods and practices since 2003, and has researched hundreds of books and articles on Agile topics. She is a signatory on the Agile Manifesto, has attended numerous Agile seminars and has worked with prominent consultants to promote Agile practices to large organisations. Jamie has a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Psychology (Human Factors Engineering) from Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, and a Graduate Certificate in E-Business/Business Informatics from the University of Canberra in Australia. |
Language | English |
Author | Jamie Lynn Cooke |
Publication Date | 27-Jul-10 |
Number of Pages | 392 |
Agile Principles Unleashed Paperback English by Jamie Lynn Cooke - 27-Jul-10