Agile Project Management (book)

{{Short description|Book by Jim Highsmith}}

{{About|the book|the software engineering framework|Agile software development}}

{{Infobox book |

| name = Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products

| image = AgileProjectManagement Highsmith.jpg

| author = Jim Highsmith

| country = United States

| language = English

| genre = Business, Agile manufacturing, Project management

| publisher = Pearson Education/Addison-Wesley

| release_date = March 2004

| media_type = Print (Paperback)

| pages = 277

| isbn = 0-321-21977-5

| dewey= 005.1/2 22

| congress= QA76.758 .H54 2004

| oclc= 54365242

}}

Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products by Jim Highsmith discusses the management of projects using the agile software development methodology. The book has been recommended by different reviewers.{{cite journal

| author = Alan Lenton

|date=August 2004

| title = Book review: Agile Project Management by Jim Highsmith

| journal = C Vu

| volume = 16

| issue = 4

| url = http://www.accu.org/bookreviews/public/reviews/a/a003662.htm

| accessdate = 2006-07-16

}}{{failed verification|date=December 2018}}{{cite web

| author = Thomas V. Kappel

| title = Agile Project Management - book review

| work = Kickstartnews

| publisher = Digital Gigs

|date=December 2004

| url = http://www.kickstartnews.com/reviews/books/agile_project_mgmnt.html

| accessdate = 2006-07-16

}}

The book starts off by stating that new challenges in product development require adaptive, not anticipatory, project management. It then introduces the reader to the basic agile values as written in the Agile Manifesto, and to the 6 guiding principles{{clarify|date=February 2023}} of agile project management. Next, the agile project management framework is broken down into five project phases and discussed in detail. Lastly, the book ends by talking about the scaling of agile project management approaches and the cultural changes required to continuously produce desired results when using agile practices. It uses a variety of examples from different industries as illustrations.{{cite journal

| last = Pichler

| first = Roman

|author2= Stefan Schulze

|date=July 2005

| title = Book Reviews: Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products by Jim Highsmith, and Agile Project Management with Scrum by Ken Schwaber

| journal = Journal of Product Innovation Management

| volume = 22

| issue = 4

| pages = 371–373

| doi = 10.1111/j.0737-6782.2005.133_3.x

}}

The book was a finalist for CMP Media's Jolt Awards in 2005,

{{cite press release

| title = CMP Media's Software Development Magazine Announces Finalists for the 15th Annual Jolt Product Excellence & Productivity Awards

| publisher = CMP Media

| date = January 19, 2005

| url = http://www.accurev.com/press-releases/version-control.html

| access-date = 2006-07-16

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060429064746/http://accurev.com/press-releases/version-control.html

| archive-date = April 29, 2006

| url-status = dead

| df = mdy-all

}}

but did not win anything.{{cite web

| title = Fresh Faces

| work = Software Development

| publisher = CMP Media

| date = May 12, 2005

| url = http://www.ddj.com/dept/architect/sdmag.jhtmldept/architect/184415340?pgno=2

| accessdate = 2006-07-16

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