Succeeding with Agile Hybrids: Project Delivery Using Hybrid Methodologies

Contents
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Agile Hybrids
	Chapter 1: Defining Agile Hybrids
		Hybrid Examples
			AgileFall
			ScrumBan
			Waterfall Plan – Agile Execution
			Mixed Environments
			Case Studies
				Practical Desperation – Trying Agile
				The Health Insurance Company
				SAP and Ecommerce in Biopharma and Cement
				Salesforce
		Summary
	Chapter 2: The Continuum Revisited
		Where Are You?
		Assessing Projects
		Assessing the Organization
		Critical Success Factors
			Tips for Successful Implementation
			Practical Examples
		Typical Impediments
		Summary
	Chapter 3: Building Your Agile Hybrid
		What Do You Know?
			Example – Technology Consulting Firm
			Example – Biopharma Company
			Example – State Investment Board
			Example – Marketing Software Company
		What Do You Have?
			Example – The Biopharma Corporation
			Example – Technical Consulting Firm
			Example – Marketing Software Company
		What Do You Need?
			Example – Technical Consulting Firm
			Example – Biopharma Corporation
			Example – A Technical College
		Who Do You Need?
			Example – Biopharma Company
			Example – Technical Consulting Firm
		Where Do You Start?
			Example – Financial Insurance Company
			Example – Biopharma
		What Next?
Part II: Learning Agile
	Chapter 4: Agile History
		Roots of Agile Frameworks: Scrum
		Formation and Emergence
		Kanban and Lean
		2001 – The Manifesto
			2010–2020
		Summary
	Chapter 5: Agile Values and Practices
		Agile Life Cycle Models
		Scrum – Basic Practices
		Agile Practices
			Backlog Grooming
			Agile Estimating
				Sizing and Story Points
				Estimating with Planning Poker
			Iteration or Sprint Planning
				Potentially Releasable Increments
				Sprint Planning Steps
				Demos
				Retrospectives
				Release Planning
			Summary
	Chapter 6: Agile Teams and Challenges
		Challenge – Dedicated Teams
		Challenge – Cross-Functional Teams
		Challenge – Co-location
			Avoid the War Room Mentality
				Practical Examples
		Challenge – People
		Summary
	Chapter 7: Agile Servant- Leaders
		The Scrum Master
		The Agile Project Manager
		Servant-Leadership
		Practical Examples
			Helping Teams Self-Organize
				Facilitating Agile Processes
				Rigorous Definition of Done and Avoiding Technical Debt
				Technical Debt
				Technical Debt and the Case for Demos
				Teams That Demo Ship
				Facilitating the Daily Stand-Up
				Identifying and Removing Impediments
			Working with Product Owners
				Release Planning, Sprint Planning, and Prioritization
				Protecting Teams
			Using Agile Metrics, Artifacts, and Reporting
			Practicing Servant-Leadership
			Summary
	Chapter 8: The Product Owner in Agile
		Product Owner Responsibilities
			Project Inception
			Backlog Grooming
			Sprint Planning and Sprint Review
			Value Realization
		Product Owner Relationships
			The Team, Sprint Planning, and Value Realization
			Product Owner Relationship Issues
		Impacts of Product Owner Performance
			Common Product Owner Failures
			Effective and Ineffective Product Owner Behaviors
			How Ineffective Product Owners Impact Agile Projects
		Summary
	Chapter 9: The Agile Coach
		Coaching New Teams – Sink or Swim
		A First Release and Sprint Planning Scenario
			Coaching During Sprints
			Coaching in Sprint Reviews
				Coaching at Releases
		Summary
Part III: Advanced Topics in Agile
	Chapter 10: Design Thinking with Agile
		What Is Design Thinking?
		Shared Concepts – Agile and Design Thinking
			User-Focused Design
			Problem-Solving
			Cross-Functional Teams
			Rapid Prototyping with Customer Feedback
			Failing Fast Revisited
		Alignment – Agile and Design Thinking
			Design Thinking Phases
				Design Thinking Activities
		Outcomes
		Practical Examples – Design Thinking with Agile
			Promega and STR Normalization Manager
			CloudCraze and Coca-Cola
		Summary
	Chapter 11: The Executive Leader in Agile
		Leadership Misconceptions of Agile
		Leadership Mistakes with Agile
		How Executive Leadership Can Influence Agile’s Benefits
			Don’t Create Impediments – Remove Them
			Ruthless Prioritization
		Agile Governance
			Using Metrics for Agile Governance
			Making Leadership Decisions in Agile Environments
		Executive Servant-Leadership in Agile
			Impacts of Missing Servant-Leadership
		Summary
	Chapter 12: Implementing Agile
		Assessing Projects
		Assessing the Organization
		Critical Success Factors
			Practical Examples
		Typical Impediments
		Summary
	Chapter 13: Approaches to Scaling Agile
		Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS)
			Key Practices of LeSS
			Product and Process Focus
			Practices That Are Important to Success with LeSS
			When to Use LeSS
		Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
			Key Practices of SAFe
			Core Competencies of SAFe
			How to Determine If SAFe Fits
		Scrum@Scale
			Scrum@Scale Practices
			Key Practices of Scrum@Scale
			How to Determine If S@S Fits
		Determining If Your Organization Is Ready to Scale Agile
			Readiness to Change and Other Factors
			Assessing Organizational Fit
		Summary
Bibliography
Index