Balancing Agility and Discipline: A Guide for the Perplexed | Book Series

Overview: The author of this book is a certified Bibliophile and a professional geek, having owned books on software methods that any average human can possess. The author says that “Balancing Agility and Discipline has a very prominent place on shelves of my library because it has helped me sort out the noise and confusions with the current methods.” This is an incredible book portraying the emotionally complicated topic and the authors deserve huge applause for the care they have handled and for the tremendous job in identifying the five critical factors that every business professional faces in his entire career for creating the right balance of flexibility and structure.

  • Personnel
  • Criticality
  • Size
  • Culture and
  • Dynamism

These thoughtful analyses by the authors of this book will help developers, Managers and IT professionals who have to sort through the agile-disciplined debate, while also giving them the guidance to create the right mix for their projects.

Authors:

Barry Boehm,‎ Richard Turner

Published In:

2009

 

Scrum – Agiles Projektmanagement erfolgreich einsetzen | Book Series

Overview: The author of this book is Roman Pichler, who is an expert in product management and specialized in digital products. This book is recommended for anyone who is new to Scrum and they shall understand the Scrum principles and start applying them.

You will learn:

  • The Scrum roles including Product Owner, ScrumMaster, and development team
  • How to work with the product backlog, and writing user stories
  • Tips and tricks for estimating, planning, and tracking the overall progress of teams
  • Understanding the Sprint meetings and Sprint progress

Authors:

Roman Pichler

Published In:

2007