Scrum Project Management

ISBN-13: 9780367383688 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 198 str.

Kim H. Pries; Jon M. Quigley

Opis

Originally created for software development, scrum provides project managers with the flexibility needed to meet ever-changing consumer demands. Presenting a modified version of the agile software development framework, Scrum Project Management introduces Scrum basics and explains how to apply this adaptive technique to effectively manage a range of programs and complex projects. It supplies proven planning methods for controlling project scope, includes scrum tracking methods, and also explains how to use earned value management, critical path, and PERT in the context of Scrum.

Spis treści

Why Scrum? Scrum Basics. Scrum and Conventional Project Management. Complex Program Management. Scrum and Line Management. Scrum and the Waterfall Method. Scrum and Education. Scrum and Six Sigma. Scrum and Systems Engineering Defense-Style. Scrum and Service Industry. Scrum and Hospitals. Outsourced Scrum. The New Age.

O autorze

Kim H. (“Vajramanas’’) Pries has four college degrees: BA History from the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), BS Metallurgical Engineering from  UTEP, MS Metallurgical Engineering from UTEP, and MS in Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science from Carnegie Mellon University. In addition to the degrees, he has the following certifications:

–APICS

• Certified Production and Inventory Manager (CPIM)

– American Society for Quality (ASQ)

• Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE)



• Certified Quality Engineer (CQE)



• Certified Software Quality Engineer (CSQE)



• Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB)



• Certified Manager of Quality/Operational Excellence (CMQ/OE)



• Certified Quality Auditor (CQA)

Mr. Pries worked as a computer systems manager (“IT”), a software engineer for an electrical utility, and a scientific programmer on defense contract. For Stoneridge, Incorporated (SRI), he has worked as:

• Software manager



• Engineering services manager



• Reliability section manager



• Product integrity and reliability director

In addition to this, Mr. Pries provides Six Sigma training for bothUTEPand SRI, cost reduction initiatives for SRI. Mr. Pries is also a founding faculty member of Practical Project Management. Additionally, in concert with Mr. Quigley, Mr. Pries is the co-founder and principal with Value Transformation, LLC, a training, testing, cost improvement, and product development consultancy. Mr. Pries is also a lay monk in the Soto tradition of Zen Buddhism and functions as an Ino for the Zen Center of Las Cruces.

Mr.Pries’s first book was Six Sigma for the Next Millennium: A CSSBB Guidebook, now in a second edition as Six Sigma for the New Millennium: A CSSBB Guidebook, Second Edition (ASQ Quality Press). E-mail Mr. Pries at kim.pries@valuetransform.com

Jon M.