Essential Scrum: A Practical Guide to the Most Popular Agile Process

Essential Scrum: A Practical Guide to the Most Popular Agile Process by Kenneth S Rubin


ISBN
9780137043293
Published
Released
03 / 09 / 2012
Binding
Paperback
Pages
496
Dimensions
181 x 232 x 25mm

This easy-to-read, easy-to-use book brings together all the non-technical information managers and practitioners need to evaluate and get started with Scrum, today's #1 Agile process. Filling a major gap in the marketplace, it demystifies Scrum and Agile with simple, fast-paced explanations, more than 100 easy-to-follow illustrations, and quick paragraph summaries that deliver instant insights on key issues, techniques, pitfalls, and solutions. Kenny Rubin draws on more than a decade of experience implementing Scrum and training more than 3,000 Scrum practitioners at all levels. He delivers fasttrack familiarity with all aspects for Scrum for every technically savvy practitioner and manager who hasn't worked with agile methods before.

Coverage includes:

* Why so many organizations are adopting Scrum, and how it has evolved.
* Essential Scrum/Agile concepts and roles.
* How to start a Scrum project or product.
* How to manage product backlogs.
* Sprints, sprint meetings, and Scrum 'by the numbers'
* Scaling and distributing Scrum.
* Using Scrum on diverse types of development projects.
* Choosing the right Scrum tools

The book also includes a detailed glossary that can help every new Scrum participant 'get on the same page' with Scrum's terminology, as well as an up to-date bibliography for further exploration.
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