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Assignment 4: How to Become a Leader in Agile Projects
The following resources may be helpful when completing this assignment:
- Adaptive Leadership (http://www.thoughtworks.com/sites/www.thoughtworks...)
- Agile Leadership and Coaching (Development Manager’s Need to grow up!) (http://lostechies.com/joeocampo/2007/05/15/agile-l...)
- Agile Project Management (http://www.ccpace.com/resources/documents/agilepro...)
- Situational Leadership for Agile Software Development. (http://www.luca.minudel.it/freestaff/situationalle...)
- Team Empowerment (http://www.agile-process.org/team.html)
- The Agile Leader: Adaptability (http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newLDR_49.h...)
Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:
- Explain how to handle the documentation needs in this project using the Agile concepts.
- Determine the necessary success factors one would need to become an Agile leader in this project which contains a complex scope and extended timeline.
- Recommend the approach to manage offshore resources in this project, and determine the associated challenges and mitigation strategies to ensure the success of the project.
- Suggest strategies on measuring the performance and quality of the products and services of this organization and provide the approach to accelerate the testing process.
- Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
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Assignment 4: How to Become a Leader in Agile Projects
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Introduction
For the success of an agile delivery framework, the project documentation must be
regarded as the most significant part of the project management process. Documentation needs
will be implemented in line with the agile concept to ensure that it meets the requirements of the
project. The agile concept also requires that an agile leader identifies the project progress and its
current state in terms of what has been done. In particular, the agile leader will identify the
personnel who implement each project deliverable and the duration the project took to achieve
certain deliverables.
Agile leadership is based on the agile concept that projects should lay the framework of
achieving high-quality outcomes. The history and identification of the project and personal
documentation are equally significant for the success of an agile project delivery framework.
This paper provides an overview of how to handle the project needs and documentation process
and the various factors that an agile leader needs to consider. It will identify the associated
challenges and then provide recommendations on the approaches that can be used to mitigate the
challenges. Finally, the paper will outline the strategies for measuring the quality of the agile
project to ensure the success of the project.
How to Handle the Documentation Needs In This Project Using the Agile Concepts
Documentation in an agile delivery framework is handled from the perspective of
identification of project needs and requirements and then monitoring the progress of the project.
The premise of implementing documentation in agile projects is to eliminate instances of
experiencing misunderstanding from the project deliverables that fail to meet the objectives and
goals of an organization. Consequently, documentation in agile projects must be handled in line
with the fundamental goals and aims of the project and the general stakeholder expectation. The
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documentation is used to communicate with the stakeholders on the progress of the project and
highlight any changes that may be faced in the course of project implementation.
The concepts of the agile delivery framework used to handle documentation of agile
projects include whether there is a need to have executable specifications for the project
implementation. In addition, the documentation will provide stories and ...