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The Software Project Manager's Bridge to Agility: Chapter 5, Scope Management


Michele Sliger and Stacia Broderick
06.02.2008
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As a registered member of SearchSoftwareQuality.com, you're entitled to a complimentary copy of Chapter 5 of The Software Project Manager's Bridge to Agility written by Michele Sliger and Stacia Broderick and published by Addison-Wesley Professional. "Scope Management" discusses the agile approach to scope creep, which is quite different from waterfall scope management.


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When software development teams move to agile methods, experienced project managers often struggle -- doubtful about the new approach and uncertain about their new roles and responsibilities. In this book, two long-time certified Project Management Professionals (PMPRs) and Scrum trainers have built a bridge to this dynamic new paradigm. They show experienced project managers how to successfully transition to agile by refocusing on facilitation and collaboration, not "command and control."

The authors begin by explaining how agile works: how it differs from traditional "plan-driven" methodologies, the bene


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fits it promises, and the real-world results it delivers. Next, they systematically map the Project Management Institute's classic, methodology-independent techniques and terminology to agile practices. They cover both process and project lifecycles and carefully address vital issues ranging from scope and time to cost management and stakeholder communication. Finally, drawing on their own extensive personal experience, they put a human face on your personal transition to agile -- covering the emotional challenges, personal values, and key leadership traits you'll need to succeed.

Coverage includes: For every project manager who wants to become more agile.

>> Read Chapter 5: Scope Management.

>> Buy the book




This chapter is an excerpt from the new book, "The Software Project Manager's Bridge to Agility" by Michele Sliger and Stacia Broderick, published by Addison-Wesley Professional, May 2008, ISBN 0321502752, Copyright 2008. Available at http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0321502752 or for Safari Books Online subscribers, http://safari.informit.com/9780321572783.

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