Books like Get Agile! by Pieter Jongerius

Gain the foundation in Scrum theory—and practice—you need to rein in even the most complex, unwieldy projects, effectively manage unknown or changing product requirements, simplify the chain of command with self-managing development teams, receive clearer specifications—and feedback—from customers, greatly reduce project planning time and required tools, build—and release—products in 30-day cycles so clients get deliverables earlier, avoid missteps by regularly inspecting, reporting on, and fine-tuning projects, support multiple teams working on a large-scale project from many geographic locations, maximize return on investment!

A practical guide by the Project Management Institute and Agile Alliance that equips project teams with a shared language, tools, and adaptable agile methods for successful delivery across industries.

From a leader in the agile process movement—learn best practices for moving agile development with Scrum from small teams to the enterprise. You get case studies and practical advice for managing change processes for applying Scrum to the enterprise. It's time to extend the benefits of Scrum—greater agility, higher-quality products, and lower costs—from individual teams to your entire enterprise. However, with Scrum's lack of prescribed rules, the friction of change can be challenging as people struggle to break from old project management habits. In this book, agile-process revolution leader Ken Schwaber takes you through change management—for you organizational and interpersonal processes—explaining how to successfully adopt Scrum across your entire organization.A cofounder of Scrum, Ken draws from decades of experience, answering your questions through case studies of proven practices and processes. With them, you'll learn how to adopt—and adapt—Scrum in the enterprise. And gain profound levels of transparency into your development processes.Discover how to: Evaluate the benefits of adopting Scrum in any size organizationInitiate an enterprise transition projectImplement a single, prioritized Product BacklogOrganize effective Scrum teams using a top-down approachAdapt and apply solutions for integrating engineering practices across multiple teamsShorten release times by managing high-value incrementsRefine your Scrum practices and help reduce the length of Sprints

Agile is both a structured method for rapid and effective software development and a philosophy of approaching product development and project management with innovative and Lean thinking. This paper examines the agile approach in three parts. First is a description of agile with history of its origin and information about a specific agile method, called SCRUM. Next is support for agile use for innovative software development, contrasting agile with traditional methods in process steps of definition, ideation, teamwork, product lifecycle, technology changes, implementation, and deployment. Finally agile is discussed within the realm of process improvement methodologies and put forth as an innovative approach for product development and general project management in applications with high levels of uncertainty and rapid rates of change.

A practical guide to applying the Scrum framework for agile project management in software, business, or personal projects.