Managing an Agile team

Wow, it's been a while. Hopefully, I can get back into the swing of posting now that things have calmed down a little at the new job.

Speaking of the new job...

One of the biggest challenges I face daily is finding a practical methodology for executing on 'Agile' projects. I'm not talking about whether I choose SCRUM or Extreme or some other developer-focused methodology but rather a link between the 'project' side of software development and the 'code' side. Most of my reading and experience with Agile leans heavily toward the developers and writing code. However, there is much more to a software project than writing code. How does a Project Manager manage an agile project? How does he monitor progess and stay on budget?

I mean to dive into this over the next few months and I'll be marking my findings here.