Authorpreneur Dashboard – Brian Wernham
Agile Project Management for Government - Part 1
Computers & Technology
Review “a unique, insightful and readable leadership perspective of agile government” Dot Tudor Winner of Best Agile Coach Award 2011 “A forceful, evidence-based argument for the role of agile within government.” Andrew Bragg CEO, Association for Project Management (APM) “A wonderful collection of real case studies … a stream of practical advice … as broad a scope as one could hope for … A broad view sorely needed in a field long dominated by dogmatic developers and code-centric softcrafters … I found myself ‘hooked’ on this and read it cover to cover in a weekend.” - Tom Gilb, the ‘grandfather’ of evolutionary project management. “An enlightening insight into grand failures and successes in government projects.” Neil Coutts, Director, Project Management Institute (PMI) About the Author Written by change management expert Brian Wernham, who has more than 30 years experience in adaptive project management, this guide is essential reading for leaders in central, federal and local government and for senior managers in companies with government clients.
Book Bubbles from Agile Project Management for Government - Part 1
I decided to use real case studies - and in depth.
The central tenant of Agile is that we must be scientists. We must use real-world observations to justify the use of Agile and to refine what works and what does not work... I decided to avoid the classic book structure of ‘history, theory, examples’ because the first question people have been asking me when I told them about this book was “Can agile be used in governments?” Therefore I turned that classic sequence of explanation on its head. I started off the book with fully attributed examples of government success stories. These are from around the world, including the USA (where the Federal Government is in the vanguard of demonstrating success with use of agile on some huge projects) and also the UK and Australia. These are real stories and are fully referenced. The case studies in this book actually happened and are fully attributed. Real examples, not imaginary scenarios...
