Agile Toolkits

Your Resources from 2012 PMI Global Congress

As a Project Manager, you have many questions about your role in an Agile environment. We’ve got lots of resources lined up to help you in your journey whether your organization is...

Toolkit Resources: 
Scale Agile SAFely with Rally
Rally Guide for Implementing the Scaled Agile Framework®
Calling Project Managers
PMP? Your Toughest Agile Questions Answered
Become an Effective Agile Project Manager with PMI's ACP
Agile Portfolio Management Toolkit
Where strategy meets execution

It’s time to stop “creating hilarious roadmaps that are never true.” Agile Portfolio Management links development and business strategy so that you...

Toolkit Resources: 
Rally Portfolio Manager Demo
Rally Portfolio Manager Demo
Geoffrey Moore: Escape Velocity
Dave West presents Lean PPM, Smashing the Barrier between Planning & Development
Dean Leffingwell presents Agile Portfolio Management in the Scaled Agile Framework®
Scale, customize and collaborate with the Rally community

Rally is more than a tool; it’s a platform. It scales up to thousands of users, is completely customizable, and helps you manage meaningful data across your software planning and development...

Toolkit Resources: 
Rally App SDK 2.0 Documentation
App Development Starter Kit
Rally Developer Portal
GitHub - Rally Product Apps
Scaled Agile Partner
Make the highest value things first, to make money faster.

You have to focus on the highest value work, not on just maximizing utilization. That wastes time and chokes up the system with too many half-finished projects. Get teams delivering on coordinated...

Toolkit Resources: 
Scale Agile SAFely with Rally
Rally Guide for Implementing the Scaled Agile Framework®
GXS - Rolling Out Agile Across the Enterprise
How BMC is Scaling Agile Development
Lean Startup at Scale for the Enterprise

Learn more about how you can acquire the skills to become effective and disciplined explorers who know how to bring new features, products and services to market inside the context of a large...

Toolkit Resources: 
Enterprise Lean Startup Customer Testimonials
Evolving Your Business with The Lean Canvas
Discovering Customer Pain
Problem Validation Interviews
Problem Validation Interview Template
User Stories Toolkit
Define Customer Value

User Stories are designed to keep teams laser-focused on customer needs, and serve as the driving force behind delivering valuable, high quality features, fast. Use the resources in this toolkit to learn the nuts and bolts of writing, sizing, breaking down, prioritizing, tasking and accepting user stories.

Toolkit Resources: 
User Stories Webinar
Chalk Talk: Writing Good User Stories
User Stories with Rally
User Stories - Screen Tour
User Stories Guide
Kanban
Focus Energy on the Most Important Work

Kanban, or "signboard," is a flexible system for managing your flow of work. At Rally, we offer Kanban features for managing team development and execution work, and also for managing...

Toolkit Resources: 
Portfolio Kanban Guide
IDC Case Study: Getty Images Gains Alignment with Kanban Portfolios
Product Blog Post: Rally's Portfolio Kanban Board
Enter Kanban
Kanban Portfolio Management - Kevin Ryan Presentation
Chalk Talk: Kanban and Scrum
Deliver Working Software Every 1 to 4 Weeks

Agile teams deliver tested, fully working software every 1 to 4 weeks. Use the resources in this toolkit to prioritize the most important work, improve visibility and predictability, and collaborate between business, development and QA.

Toolkit Resources: 
Iteration Planning Webinar
Chalk Talk: Iteration Planning
Iteration Planning with Rally
Iteration Planning - Screen Tour
Iteration Planning Guide
Define Customer Value

This toolkit will teach you how to define "done" at different planning levels to better make and meet commitments and establish priorities.

Toolkit Resources: 
Definition of Done Webinar
Defining Done Guide
"What is done?" Podcast
Team Approach to Quality
The Team Approach to Quality

The role for the Quality Professional often takes center stage. These guides leverage Rally’s real world experience to help you quickly grasp the basic practices of Agile Quality.

Toolkit Resources: 
A Whole Team Approach to Quality
Testing in the Iteration
Build and Test Automation
Leading Agile Transitions

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