Best practices for managing projects in agile environments—now updated with new techniques for larger projectsToday, the pace of project management moves faster. Project management needs to become more flexible and far more responsive to customers. Using Agile Project Management (APM), project managers can achieve all these goals without compromising value, quality, or business discipline. In Agile Project Management, Second Edition, renowned agile pioneer Jim Highsmith thoroughly ...

Lessons from Agile’s First Decade…Leadership for Agile’s Next DecadeThe agile software movement has now been around for a full decade. As coauthor of the original Agile Manifesto, Jim Highsmith has been at its heart since the beginning. He’s spent the past decade helping hundreds of organizations transition to agile/lean. When it comes to agile, he’s seen it all–in a variety of industries, worldwide.Now, in Adaptive Leadership

Wild West to Agile: The evolution and revolution of software development, drawn from personal experience, from the Apollo moon mission to digital transformations.In 2023, "technology is your business--no matter what your business." But how did we get here and how could a historical perspective prepare us for the future?Jim Highsmith tackles the evolution and revolution of software development, embellishes them with personal experiences, from the Ap...

Please note - there is now a second edition of this book available, with the ISBN of 0321658396.“Jim Highsmith is one of a few modern writers who are helping us understand the new nature of work in the knowledge economy.”—Rob Austin, Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School“This is the project management book we’ve all been waiting for—the book that effectively combines Agile methods and rigorous project management. Not only does this book help ...

EDGE: The Agile Operating Model That Will Help You Successfully Execute Your Digital Transformation“[The authors’] passion for technology allows them to recognize that for most enterprises in the 21st century, technology is THE business. This is what really separates the EDGE approach. It is a comprehensive operating model with technology at its core.”—From the Foreword by Heidi Musser, Executive Vice President and Principal Consultant, Lead...