Recent Blog Posts

  • Competition and Knowledge-Sharing
    By Johanna Rothman - Wednesday Aug, 27
    In Knowledge Management Needs to be Agile, Too, I said If you put people in competition with each other *in any way*, they will have dis-incentives to share their knowledge. John, in his comment on ... more »
  • Test Automation Class in Virginia
    By Jared Richardson - Monday Aug, 25
    The first scheduled class for the NFJS One venture is now official! And we don't even have the website live yet. :) This class will be a good mix of the "Why" as well as the "How". The goal is for yo... more »
  • ReadWriteWeb on Dirty Data
    By Michael Nygard - Sunday Aug, 24
    A short while back, I did a brief series on the value of "dirty data"---copious amounts of unstructured, non-relational data created by the many interactions user have with your site and eac... more »
  • rspec_validation_expectations gem released
    By Matthew Bass - Friday Aug, 22
    I just released a new gem on GitHub that provides some common validation expectations to rspec. Instead of writing specs to verify that your models are handling validation correctly, these expectation... more »
  • “Seeing Your Work” Podcast Posted
    By Johanna Rothman - Friday Aug, 22
    I’ve posted my “Seeing Your Work” podcast. It’s available on libsyn and through iTunes. If you’d like me to interview you or you interview me, lemme know. ... more »

In the Spotlight - Sanjiv Augustine

Sanjiv Augustine

President, LitheSpeed

Sanjiv Augustine is the President of LitheSpeed, an Agile consulting, development and training firm, a co-founder and advisory board member of the Agile Project Leadership Network (APLN), the author of several publications and the book Managing Agile Projects (Prentice Hall 2005); and the founder and moderator of the Yahoo! Agile Project Management discussion group. He presents regularly at several agile conferences worldwide, and project management conferences including Project World and Project Summit. Sanjiv has assisted clients in deploying agile and lean methodologies at many institutions large and small. As a management coach and consultant, he has advised executives in the enterprise rollout and adoption of Agile at several Fortune 250 companies. As an in-the-trenches practitioner, he has personally managed Agile projects varying in size from five to over one hundred people and coached numerous project teams. For more information, see http://www.lithespeed.com or Sanjiv’s website: http://www.sanjivaugustine.com.

















Presentations by Sanjiv Augustine

Transitioning to Agile Project Management

How should managers transition from PMBOK-style management to Agile? As more organizations adopt Agile project delivery methods, the concern for management has shifted from whether to adopt them to how. Switching to Agile often brings about significant change, but ensuring that this transition is positive in nature requires an informed, pragmatic approach. "










Books by Sanjiv Augustine

by Sanjiv Augustine

  • Your Hands-On, "In-the-Trenches" Guide to Successfully Leading Agile Projects

    Agile methods promise to infuse development with unprecedented flexibility, speed, and value—and these promises are attracting IT organizations worldwide. However, agile methods often fail to clearly define the manager's role, and many managers have been reluctant to buy in. Now, expert project manager Sanjiv Augustine introduces a proven management framework that addresses everything from team building to project control. Sanjiv bridges the disconnect between the assumptions and techniques of traditional and agile management, demonstrating why agility is better aligned with today's project realities, and how to simplify your transition:

    -- Customizing agile methods to your unique environment implementing full-life-cycle agility: from planning and coding to maintenance and knowledge transfer

    -- Learning how agile methods can scale to succeed in even the largest projects through a case study

    -- Managing the flow of customer value from one creative stage to the next

    -- Defining a high-value role for the manager in agile project environments

    -- Refocusing on outcomes—not rigid plans, processes, or controls

    -- Structuring and building adaptive, self-organizing "organic teams"

    -- Forming a guiding vision that aligns your team behind a common purpose

    -- Empowering your team with the information it needs to succeed

    Whether you're a technical or business manager, Managing Agile Projects gives you all the tools you need to implement agility in your environment—and reap its full benefits.

  • Available At: http://www.amazon.com/Managing-Agile-Projects-Robert-Martin/..