Agile Practice Guide Goes Global
From the Agile in Practice Blog
by Kristin Jones,
Becky Hartman, Johanna Rothman, Betsy Kauffman, Edivandro Conforto, Ph.D., Jesse Fewell, Mike Griffiths, Stephen Townsend, Horia Slusanschi, Karl Best, Stephen Matola
Practice Guide Translations Available
Thanks to the efforts of 40 volunteers who supported the translation validation process, the Agile Practice Guide is now available in 11 languages in addition to English: Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Spanish. PMI members can download the translated Practice Guide, which is bundled with the corresponding PMBOK® Guide – Sixth Edition translation, at no charge as part of their PMI membership benefits. To access the electronic file, visit pmi.org and log in using your PMI membership credentials (if you need help, contact PMI’s Customer Care Center for support). Once you have logged in, click on the PMBOK® Guide & Standards tab at the top of the page. On the right hand side, click on the link next to the PMBOK® Guide cover, and the next page should provide a link for downloading the file for each available language.
The Agile Alliance will be posting the Agile Practice Guide files for access by its members shortly.
Updated PMI-ACP® Certification Examination
On 26 March, PMI transitioned to an updated version of the Agile Certified Professional (PMI-ACP)® certification examination. While exam questions must be answered in English, exam candidates can now opt to use translation aids available in Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Spanish. The Japanese translation aid will be available beginning 11 June 2018. Additionally, the Agile Practice Guide is now one of the study resources for the examination and the certification exam has been updated to match the terminology in the practice guide.
So both the Agile Practice Guide and the PMI-ACP certification are more accessible to the global project management community!
Business Analysis & Agile
In December, we published The PMI Guide to Business Analysis. This standard and guide provides a foundation for growing business analysis practices. It is adaptable for any organization in any industry, and across the continuum of project delivery methods, including agile. PMI members can download electronic copies of The PMI Guide to Business Analysis and the Business Analysis for Practitioners: A Practice Guide at no charge from pmi.org (see Agile Practice Guide section above for instructions).
Still Seeking Feedback!
I continue to encourage you to share feedback and thoughts on the practice guide with us. Please post your comments on this blog where we are capturing inputs for future updates and enhancements.
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Brian Kelly
Senior Programme and Project Manager | Contract
London, United Kingdom
Section 4.10 is referred to twice in this joint PMI / Agile Alliance book on pages 55 and 60. Hoping this is a dumb question, because I can't for the life of me find section 4.10 in the book! (There's a section 4.1, but unrelated to the above.) If anyone can confirm what page that is, it will be very much appreciated! Thanks
Brian Kelly
Senior Programme and Project Manager | Contract
London, United Kingdom
In the new PMI Agile Practice Guide, on p 61 it states, "Reflect the estimate variability with hurricane-style charts, or some other variability measure that the sponsors will understand." I tried looking up what a "hurricane-style" chart was, but couldn't find anything useful. Is this the same as Tornado Chart (higher value items at the top of the chart)?
Stephen Townsend
Networks Engagement Facilitator| Project Management Institute
Pa, United States
Dear Brian: Thanks for the question. The concept of hurricane style charts comes from the Cone of Uncertainty which describes the evolution of the amount of best case uncertainty during a project. Hurricane forecasters use a similar concept and visual to show the possible path and impact areas for hurricanes. For more on the Cone of Uncertainty and hurricane style graphics in agile, visit: https://envoc.com/think/the-envoc-agile-glossary.
Stephen Townsend
Networks Engagement Facilitator| Project Management Institute
Pa, United States
Dear Brian - With regard to the reference for Section 4.10, I apologize for that error. The correct reference should be to Section 5.4.1 - Agile Teams Measure Results. I will make sure that the erroneous reference is included in the next errata sheet.
Brian Kelly
Senior Programme and Project Manager | Contract
London, United Kingdom
Hopefully my last bit of feedback, nevertheless it's in the spirit of A Call To Action - (Inspection without adaptation is futile). The guide appears to both Work in Process and Work in Progress interchangeably. I've tried to research further, but unable to understand the difference between these Agile terms. Please enlighten me. Thanks
Brian Kelly
Senior Programme and Project Manager | Contract
London, United Kingdom
Thanks Stephen Townsend for your instant response referencing the Cone of Uncertainty. Now I can connect the dots. Much appreciated
Paphatpisit Klinklan
Regional Sourcing and Operation Manager| Krones (Thailand) Co., Ltd
Samutprakan, Thailand
Appreciated for all of your efforts and thanks for sharing information.
The Agile guide does not explain how story points are calculated. It is mentioned in the documents and is even part of various calculations and graphs, but they do not explain how to get from the characteristics to the user stories and finally to the story points.
I have not found section 4.10 in the agile guide mentioned on page 55. "Teams estimate what they can complete, which is a metric of ability."
Ruth Hunter
Project Manager, Divestitures and Aquisitions| Johnson & Johnson
Inverness, Highlands, United Kingdom
I came across this document today and I must say a huge thank you for this document and I've only reached page 20!!. I have had my PMP certification for a number of years so when I saw that they had brought out an agile hybrid pro microcredential I decided to explore agile seriously for the first time. The course provided by PMI was great but the practice exam bore little relation to the course content and was a disaster!! So I came in search of agile resources that might help me and I think I've found a crucial one. The careful exploration of the different approaches and the tips and examples are just what I needed. Thank you!
Thanks to the guide,help us touch the SM.
Thank you to the team for their hard work!
I wonder if it might be worth revisiting the sentence on page 98:
"Simplicity - the art of maximizing the amount of work not done is essential."
and considering a slight modification to:
"Simplicity - the art of maximizing the amount of work not needed. An essential way of thinking."
With sincere respect to all contributors,
GV
Great initiative! Am sure it shall strengthen the community and several shall benefit from these contributions!
Keep it up! Best wishes!
- Vishal
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