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December 9, 2019Agile Project Management, Books, Certification, Leadership, Personal Agility, PMI-ACP, Teams, Visual Learning

Agile Illustrated – Sample #3

This is the third sample from my new Kindle book “Agile Illustrated: A Visual Learner’s Guide to Agility”. The book is a graphical introduction to the agile mindset and servant leadership behaviors for working with agile teams. If you missed the first two samples you can find them here and here. Also, just in time for Christmas, Agile Illustrated is now available as a physical paperback book. So if you prefer to hold a physical book rather than read a Kindle book you can now get your hands on a copy. Or, if you would like to give a copy to a manager or executive who is unlikely to read a normal length book on the agile mindset and how to […]

November 7, 2019Agile Project Management, Books, Certification, Leadership, PMI-ACP, Visual Learning

Agile Illustrated – Sample #2

Here is the second sample from my new Kindle book “Agile Illustrated: A Visual Learner’s Guide to Agility”. The book is a graphical introduction to the agile mindset and servant leadership behaviors for working with agile teams. If you missed the first sample on the Agile Manifesto, you can find it here. Today we will revisit the Declaration of Interdependence. A lesser-known cousin to the Agile Manifesto, the Declaration of Interdependence was created in a few years after the Agile Manifesto to describe how to achieve an Agile Mindset in product and project leadership. It describes six principles essential to agile project teams. We will review them one by one. 1 – We increase return on investment by […]

October 9, 2019Agile Project Management, Books, Leadership, PMI-ACP, Teams, Visual Learning

Agile Illustrated – Sample #1

Over the next few weeks, I will be featuring samples from my new Kindle book “Agile Illustrated: A Visual Learner’s Guide to Agility”. The book is a graphical introduction to the agile mindset and servant leadership behaviors for supporting agile teams. Let’s start with the Agile Manifesto: The Agile Manifesto was created during a meeting in February 2001 that brought together a number of software and methodology experts who were at the forefront of the emerging agile methods. Let’s look at the values one by one. Value 1 – Individuals and Interactions over processes and tools While processes and tools will likely be necessary, we should try to focus attention on the individuals and interactions involved. This is because […]

September 27, 2019Agile Project Management, Books, Certification, Leadership, PMI-ACP, Visual Learning

“Agile Illustrated” – Update

Thanks to everyone who downloaded my new eBook “Agile Illustrated: A Visual Learner's Guide to Agility” you made it #1 Amazon Hot New Releases for “Technical Project Management”, along with #1 Amazon Best Seller in “Computers and Technology Short Reads”, and even #1 Amazon Best Seller in “PMP Exam” – which is odd because it is not even about the PMP exam.

September 24, 2019Agile Project Management, Books, Certification, Leadership, PMI-ACP, Visual Learning

Announcing “Agile Illustrated” Book

I am excited to announce a new eBook “Agile Illustrated: A Visual Learners Guide to Agility”. It is a short, graphical overview of agile and agile team leadership published as an Amazon Kindle eBook. Using mind-maps, cartoons, and short summaries it covers the agile manifesto, the declaration of interdependence for agile project management, and each of the 7 Domains and 60 Tasks covered in the PMI-ACP exam. It is short and light read but a powerful study aid for anyone preparing for the PMI-ACP exam. It also serves as a great executive summary for instilling an agile mindset and teaching the leadership behaviors to serve agile teams. With over 70 illustrations, mind-maps and cartoons it engages spatial and visual […]