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Agile Project Management with Scrum describes the process of managing a Scrum software development project. It uses a mixture of definitions and case studies to educate a would-be Scrum manager (aka ScrumMaster^TM) on Scrum, the major players in a Scrum project and the ScrumMaster's role. Both success and failure case studies are provided.

Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products introduces the reader to agile project methodology by defining the role of the project manager and to a lessor degree the product manager in relation to the development team, the customer and the stakeholders. It spends significant time explaining the philosophy of agile projects using lean principles and the resulting changes in mindset and style that my be needed for a project manager. Counter arguments are presented for a number of myths that have developed as people have tried to refute agile as a legitimate project management process. The book explains the reasons for this approach to projects and enumerates eighteen suggested practices and associated reports.

This book is currently under review, more details will be added when available

The publisher says:
A new eBook by the author of the best selling Critical Chain Project Management, Lean Project Management takes you through the key steps to project success. Written for project managers taking on more challenging projects, or wanting to complete projects faster and with less team stress, Lean Project Management helps you identify and deploy the keys to project success. I consider some of these secrets as hiding in plain sight, because the project literature discusses some of them in one form or another. The first problem is that they are hidden in thousand page books with many things that aren't going to help your project. The second problem is that most project managers don't do them, leading to the high rate of project failure and dissatisfaction. Lean Project Management (LPM) is a simple path to overcome both problems.

Womack is often considered the father of writing on lean manufacturing. Nearly all books on this subject use his books as reference material.

The publisher says:
"Expanded, updated, and more relevant than ever, this best selling business classic by two internationally renowned management analysts describes a business system for the twenty-first century that supersedes the mass production system of Ford, the financial control system of Sloan, and the strategic system of Welch and GE. It is based on the Toyota (lean) model, which combines operational excellence with value-based strategies to produce steady growth through a wide range of economic conditions.