'Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions' is Required Reading for Course in Master of Information Technology and Systems Program
04 March 2024
Agile Workflows
The Victorian Institute of Technology — a registered, accredited, and internationally recognized institution of higher learning in Australia — includes Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions as required reading for the MITS5508 course in their Master of Information Technology and Systems program.
About Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions
With clear and easy to follow information, Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions (Scott M. Graffius, Author; Chris Hare and Colin Giffen, Technical Editors) helps the reader:
- Implement and use the most popular agile framework―Scrum;
- Deliver products in short cycles with rapid adaptation to change, fast time-to-market, and continuous improvement; and
- Support innovation and drive competitive advantage.
Hailed by Literary Titan as “the book highlights the versatility of Scrum beautifully” and the winner of 17 first place awards, the book is available in paperback and ebook/Kindle formats worldwide. Order your book today:
🇦🇺 Australia https://bit.ly/amzn-au
🇧🇷 Brazil https://bit.ly/amzn-br
🇨🇦 Canada https://bit.ly/az-canada
🇨🇿 Czech Republic https://bit.ly/asg-bks
🇩🇰 Denmark https://bit.ly/asg-bd
🇫🇮 Finland https://bit.ly/asg-bks
🇩🇪 Germany https://bit.ly/amz-de
🇬🇷 Greece https://bit.ly/asg-bks
🇭🇺 Hungary https://bit.ly/asg-bks
🇮🇳 India https://bit.ly/amz-in
🇮🇪 Ireland https://bit.ly/amz-uk
🇯🇵 Japan https://bit.ly/amz-jp
🇱🇺 Luxembourg https://bit.ly/asg-bks
🇲🇽 Mexico https://bit.ly/amz-mx
🇲🇨 Monaco https://bit.ly/asg-bks
🇳🇱 Netherlands https://bit.ly/amz-nl
🇳🇿 New Zealand https://bit.ly/asg-fpnd
🇪🇸 Spain https://bit.ly/amz-es
🇸🇪 Sweden https://bit.ly/adl-se
🇦🇪 UAE https://bit.ly/asg-ae
🇬🇧 United Kingdom https://bit.ly/amz-uk
🇺🇸 United States https://bit.ly/scrumone
🌏 More countries https://bit.ly/world-agile
About the MITS5508 Agile Methodology Course
The MITS5508 - Agile Methodology course in the Master of Information Technology and Systems program is described at https://www.vit.edu.au/masters as: “This unit introduces the concepts required for the construction of software solutions using agile methodologies. It discusses the nature, categories and the different software life cycle models used in agile software engineering. The unit elaborates various agile aspects in phases such as requirements engineering, management, design, modeling development, testing and continuous delivery. The unit discusses ‘Agile’ engineering practices to foster collaboration, feedback, and continuous improvement for producing business value.”
Prescribed texts (required reading) for the course includes three titles:
- Bishop, D. (2019). Metagility: Managing Agile Development for Competitive Advantage. Plantation, Florida, United States: J. Ross Publishing.
- Flewelling, P. (2018). The Agile Developer's Handbook. Birmingham, United Kingdom: Packt Publishing.
- Graffius, S. M. (2016). Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions. North Charleston, South Carolina, United States: CreateSpace.
About the Victorian Institute of Technology
The Victorian Institute of Technology (VIT) is a registered, accredited, and internationally recognized institution of higher learning with eight campuses in Australia. It offers a Master of Information Technology and Systems (MITS), Master of Business Administration (MBA), and other programs. VIT is committed to providing students with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to become creative and self-motivated professionals with specialist knowledge and skills for their chosen careers. Visit https://www.vit.edu.au to learn more.
About Scott M. Graffius
Scott M. Graffius, PMP, SA, CSP-SM, CSP-PO, CSM, CSPO, ITIL, LSSGB is an agile project management practitioner, consultant, multi-award-winning author, and international keynote speaker. He is the Founder of Exceptional PPM and PMO Solutions™ and subsidiary Exceptional Agility™. He has generated over $1.9 billion of business value in aggregate for Global Fortune 500 businesses and other organizations he has served. Graffius and content from his books (Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions and Agile Transformation: A Brief Story of How an Entertainment Company Developed New Capabilities and Unlocked Business Agility to Thrive in an Era of Rapid Change), talks, workshops, and more have been featured and used by businesses, professional associations, governments, and universities. Examples include Microsoft, Oracle, Broadcom, Cisco, Gartner, Project Management Institute, IEEE, Qantas, National Academy of Sciences, United States Department of Energy, New Zealand Ministry of Education, Yale University, Tufts University, and others. He has delighted audiences with dynamic and engaging talks and workshops on agile, project management, and technology leadership at 89 conferences and other events across 25 countries.
Connect with Scott on:
About Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions
Shifting customer needs are common in today's marketplace. Businesses must be adaptive and responsive to change while delivering an exceptional customer experience to be competitive.
There are a variety of frameworks supporting the development of products and services, and most approaches fall into one of two broad categories: traditional or agile. Traditional practices such as waterfall engage sequential development, while agile involves iterative and incremental deliverables. Organizations are increasingly embracing agile to manage projects, and best meet their business needs of rapid response to change, fast delivery speed, and more.
With clear and easy to follow step-by-step instructions, Scott M. Graffius's award-winning Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions helps the reader:
- Implement and use the most popular agile framework―Scrum;
- Deliver products in short cycles with rapid adaptation to change, fast time-to-market, and continuous improvement; and
- Support innovation and drive competitive advantage.
Hailed by Literary Titan as “the book highlights the versatility of Scrum beautifully.”
Winner of 17 first place awards.
Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions is available in paperback and ebook/Kindle worldwide. Some links by country follow.
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- 🇦🇹 Austria
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- 🇫🇮 Finland
- 🇫🇷 France
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- 🇬🇷 Greece
- 🇭🇺 Hungary
- 🇮🇳 India
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- 🇮🇱 Israel
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
- 🇲🇽 Mexico
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- 🇦🇪 UAE
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- 🇺🇸 United States
- 🌏 More countries
About Agile Transformation: A Brief Story of How an Entertainment Company Developed New Capabilities and Unlocked Business Agility to Thrive in an Era of Rapid Change
Thriving in today's marketplace frequently depends on making a transformation to become more agile. Those successful in the transition enjoy faster delivery speed and ROI, higher satisfaction, continuous improvement, and additional benefits.
Based on actual events, Agile Transformation: A Brief Story of How an Entertainment Company Developed New Capabilities and Unlocked Business Agility to Thrive in an Era of Rapid Change provides a quick (60-90 minute) read about a successful agile transformation at a multinational entertainment and media company, told from the author's perspective as an agile coach.
The award-winning book by Scott M. Graffius is available in paperback and ebook/Kindle worldwide. Some links by country follow.
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- 🇦🇹 Austria
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- 🇫🇮 Finland
- 🇫🇷 France
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- 🇬🇷 Greece
- 🇮🇳 India
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
- 🇲🇽 Mexico
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- 🇺🇸 United States
- 🌏 More countries
Let's Connect
Connect with AgileScrumGuide.com on:
The short link for this article is: https://bit.ly/mits5508
© Copyright 2024 Scott M. Graffius, AgileScrumGuide.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the express written permission of Scott M. Graffius/AgileScrumGuide.com.
