Kevin Aguanno: Free Stuff

During Kevin Aguanno's speeches, and in his books and articles, he often offers templates, examples, booklets, or articles that support what he is presenting, or delve into more detail on some topics. Below is the current list of these free offers.

Books in Print by Kevin Aguanno:

101 Ways to Reward Team Members for $20 (or Less!) - How to select and give out appropriate awards to maximize the benefit to the recipient, and over 100 inexpensive reward ideas. [Paperback and eBook formats]

S-T-R-E-T-C-H Your Rewards Budget: Maximize the Return on your Employee Recognition Investment - How to get the most out of your employee recongition budget by choosing the right reward for the situation and the recipient, and then giving the reward in a manner that will give you leverage with other employees. [Audiobook]

Managing Agile Projects - The business benefits behind agile development methods and the insider secrets of how to manage such projects from those who developed the methods. [Paperback and eBook formats]

An Introduction to Agile - The reasons why agile methods emerged, and the business benefits behind using them. Covers the elements common to all agile methods. [Palm Reader eBook]

Stealth Methodology Adoption - How to package agile methods so that they can be introduced into an organization without attracting the ire of the "process police." [Palm Reader eBook]

Agile Project Management Using Scrum - Background on the Scrum methodology and how it can be applied on development projects to reduce risk, improve quality, and improve stakeholder satisfaction. [Audiobook]

Managing in the Face of Ever-Changing Requirements - How to manage your way through projects where requirements are constantly changing and where it is difficult (if not impossible) to set a baseline. [Audiobook]

So, You Think You're Done? - The key to project closeout is half getting final agreement that the project is done, and half completing all of those often-missed tasks that keep a project from dragging on and on. Includes financial closeout, administrative closeout, legal closeout, and other tasks. [Audiobook]

File	Description
Critical Path: An Extended Definition	An article by Kevin Aguanno providing an introductory description of the Critical Path Method for beginners. (Adobe PDF document)
Beyond the PMP: Advanced Project Management Certification	A reprinted article by Kevin Aguanno . (Adobe PDF document)
"Business Value" as a Factor in Software Design Projects	A reprinted article by Kevin Aguanno. (Adobe PDF document)
Understanding Overtime Scheduling Impacts Using the Critical Resource Path	A reprinted article by Kevin Aguanno. (Adobe PDF document)
Scrum Sample Sprint Burndown Chart	A sample spreadsheet with Visual Basic programming to assist you in preparing a Sprint Burndown Chart from the remaining effort estimates you capture in your daily Scrum meetings. (MS Excel workbook)
Project Financial Summary (for Customer) template	A sample file used on project closeout to report the final project financial summary to the customer. From Kevin's upcoming book Project Closeout Best Practices. (MS Word document)
Project Closeout Checklist	A checklist to be used at project closeout for ensuring that all key project closeout activities have been completed. From Kevin's upcoming book Project Closeout Best Practices. (MS Word document)
Project Completion Report template	A sample template to use used at project closeout for reporting the final project status summary. From Kevin's upcoming book Project Closeout Best Practices. (MS Word document)
The "Dirty Harry" Change Control System	A bit of humour showing one way you can control change on a project. (Not recommended for real project use.) (JPEG graphic.)