AGILE in Practice

Practical Use-cases on Project Management Methods including Agile, Kanban and Scrum (English Edition)

Sudipta Malakar

• Publisher: BPB Publications
• Year: 2021
• Topic: Computer Science
• eBook ISBN:
  9789389423440
• Subtopic: Software Development
• Index: Computer Science

Practical guidance to Implement AGILE, KANBAN, XP and SCRUM with 600+ Expert Solutions included

Key Features
? Supportive materials for PMI-ACP and SAFe exam preparation.
? Proven use-cases on implementation of Kanban, Agile and Scrum across business projects.
? 600+ interview questions, quizzes and business solutions to acquire lucrative Agile project management jobs.

Description
This book is a pragmatic guidance teaching modern IT professionals how to improvise and scale up IT delivery capabilities using leading project management methodologies including Agile and Kanban. It is equipped with use-cases and hundreds of solutions and the readers will learn to examine the strength of their project management function and how to improvise it.The book brings exclusive knowledge on several strategies to put into implementation in the event of natural disaster like Covid-19 and for future crisis management. You will be acquainted with the popular tools and technologies that your organization can make use of it for better collaboration on projects. You will learn the various project performance metrics for each of these project management methodologies. As an added advantage of this book, you can get yourself ready for one of the popular and critical professional examinations like PMP-ACP and SAFe.

What you will learn
? Gain strong hold on concepts of KANBAN, XP, FDD, DSDM, SCRUMBAN and SCRUM.
? Exclusive coverage on strategies to beat Covid-19 Pandemic and future crisis management..
? Learn to build Organizational Resilience and enterprise maturity model..
? Ready guidance to prepare for PMI-ACP and SAFe certification..
? Tricky Real-world Agile SCRUM & KANBAN Case Studies, Demos and tools.

Who this book is for
This book is for Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Developers, CXOs and professionals closely associated with Agile Scrum, Kanban, XP projects to further improve their knowledge of Agile with valuable pragmatic insights. Experienced-level professionals and Agile enthusiasts having relevant experience can also acquire an in-depth knowledge of the advanced concepts in project management.

Table of Contents
1. Key success factors for adopting Agile SCRUM Kanban in any organizations
2. Why Personal Agility matters
3. Tricky Real-world Agile SCRUM & KANBAN Case Studies, Demos and tools
4. Agile SCRUM KANBAN Maturity assessment Nuts & Bolts
5. Useful Tips & techniques for successful Agile transformation in any Organization and The Art of Agile Development
6. Common Agile SCRUM KANBAN misconceptions
7. Key Takeaways
8. Glossary
9. Quiz Session
10. Test your Knowledge

About the Authors
Sudipta Malakar is an accomplished SAP Agile Practice Area Head, Certified IT Sr. Program Manager, Agile Coach – Advanced level, Harvard Business School, USA alumnus with more than seventeen years of experience in directing SAP DEV teams in supporting many major Global fortune 500 clients in multiple large accounts.He is Certified Sr. Program Manager (MSP Practitioner), Sr. Project Manager (PRINCE2 Practitioner), PMP®, PARP®, CSP®, ICP-ACC®, ITIL(F), Certified Agile Leader(CDL), CLMM, CMM, Advanced Certified Scrum Master(A-CSM) ®, CSPO®, CSM®, KMP2, KMP1, TKP®, ISO 9001 Lead Auditor, Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, CMMi (Expert).He worked in various IT companies like IBM, Wipro, Satyam, Tech Mahindra, Patni, Syntel and played very crucial Sr. Management / Agile Coach role in various global clients like Sterlite, Lufthansa, Nestle, PMI, Suncor, IPA, Canadian Pacific railways, Sony, Volvo, Allstate, BOC Linde etc. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sudipta-malakar-csp-klmm-cdl-kmm-cspo-kmp-a-csm-icp-acc-tkp-3a794213a/

CHAPTER 1

Tricky Real-world Agile Scrum and Kanban Case Studies, Demos, and Tools

Introduction

After completing this lesson, you will be able to describe, explain and implement the following topics:

• Tricky real-world Agile, Scrum, and Kanban case studies, demos and tools to help implement better, more customer-centric practices in any workplace
• Tricky tips and traps on Agile, Scrum, Kanban, etc.
• Implementation of Agile, Scrum, and Kanban in different industries
• Agile metrics
• Kanban replenishment process and strategies
• Value stream mapping
• Distributed Agile guidance
• Demo in Jira tool
• Kanban in SAP, mainframe, Java, testing, and data-stage applications

Do you ever worry about not submitting metrics of Agile, Scrum, Kanban, XP etc. best practices in your organization(s)/project(s)? Or you/your team are always encountering major problems in your project(s) during implementation of Agile, Scrum, Kanban, XP, etc.?

In this chapter, you should be able to:

• Understand numerous tricky real-world Agile, Scrum, and Kanban case studies, demos, and tools to help implement better, more customer-centric practices in any workplace
• Understand the tricky tips and traps on Agile, Scrum, Kanban, etc.

Happy learning!

Structure

In this chapter we will discuss the following topics:

• Implementing Agile for Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs)
  • Agile best practices for LEA customers
• Agile methods adoption on software development - A pilot review
• Agile metrics
• Applying Agile principles to our software insurance implementation project
  • Applying Agile principles to our insurance software implementation project
  • Conclusion
• From non-IT standpoints, applying Agile principles in industries across technologies
  • Generalizing Agile principles
  • Summary
• Human resource management and agility
• Demo in Jira tool
  • How to create an issue in Jira
  • How to create a sprint in Jira
  • How to create issue types in Jira
  • How to generate reports in Jira
  • Kanban replenishment process with process orders and MRP
• Kanban – In-house production
  • Introduction to the Kanban concept
  • Kanban card
  • Push principle/pull principle comparison
  • Advantages of Kanban
  • Kanban in SAP
  • Master data for Kanban
  • Kanban – With in-house production
  • Master data
  • Production supply area setup (PK05)
  • Kanban – Control cycle creation
  • Kanban board – Display (PK13n)
  • Kanban status changes
  • Kanban – Status EMPTY to FULL
  • Kanban – Status FULL to EMPTY
  • Status changes and following functions
• Transaction list
• Configuration
• Distributed Agile and Kanban implementation in a large multinational aviation organization – a case study
  • Kanban deployment framework
  • Why adopt Kanban - Daily management system?
  • The Kanban boards
  • Kanban in mainframe, Java, testing and data-stage applications
  • The journey so far
  • Kanban card template used
  • Kanban daily mantra
  • Kanban explicit policies implemented
  • Kanban key benefits
  • Kanban value stream mapping (example)
• Scrum implementation in a large multinational tobacco organization – a case study
• Difference between Kanban and MRP
• Kanban procedure
  • Classic Kanban
  • Classic Kanban process
  • Master data for Kanban
  • BOM
  • Routing
  • Production version
  • Supply area
  • Control cycle
  • Demo - Creation of a control cycle for classic Kanban
  • Replenishment strategies
• Demo - IMG setup for in-house production
• Demo - IMG setup for external procurement
• Demo - IMG setup for stock transfer
• Demo - External Kanban with scheduling agreements
• Demo - Internal Kanban with repetitive manufacturing
• Demo - Kanban with stock transfer
• Status of Kanban signals
• Kanban corrections from Kanban board in SAP
• Printing and circulating Kanbans in SAP
• Distributed Agile guidance

Objectives

After studying this unit, you should be able to:

• Understand numerous tricky real-world Agile, Scrum, and Kanban case studies, demos and tools to help implement better, more customer-centric practices in any workplace
• Understand the tricky tips and traps on Agile, Scrum, Kanban, etc.

Happy learning!

1.1 Implementing Agile for Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs)

You might think that implementing Agile for Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) is easy, but let me challenge that thinking. It's not easy for a Product Owner (PO) implementing Agile for an organization that deals with LEAs. I am a lead business analyst for an IT firm, and we have a variety of products for India's LEAs.

Because law enforcement agents are the smartest and the most talented in our country, they are also the most difficult to tackle. In most cases, the released working software after a sprint does not meet their demands. Though we have the three pillars of Scrum, namely transparency, inspection, and adaptation, a fourth pillar — communication — is a must for LEAs.

This article is not about the principles of Agile/Scrum and how to apply them to LEAs; rather, it's about my six years of experience working in this industry. To implement Agile for LEAs, you must focus on the four common best practices, which I believe are also the most important ones.

1.1.1 Agile best practices for LEA customers

Follow these best practices to facilitate your Agile implementation for LEAs:

• Be specific: Being too vocal could skew stakeholders' perspectives. However, a PO can't be too specific, as that can consume more of the stakeholders' time than necessary to elicit c...

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication Page
• About the Author
• About the Reviewer
• Acknowledgement
• Preface
• Errata
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• 1. Tricky Real-world Agile Scrum and Kanban Case Studies, Demos, and Tools
• 2. Agile Scrum KANBAN Maturity Assessment Nuts and Bolts
• 3. Useful Tips and Techniques for Successful Agile Transformation in any Organization and the Art of Agile Development
• 4. Common Agile, Scrum, Kanban Misconceptions
• 5. Key Takeaways
• 6. Test Your Knowledge
• Index