Scrum - by Greg Caldwell (Paperback)

About the Book

Book Synopsis

The Lean and Agile frameworks have been misapplied for two decades. Most teams that "do Agile" are running Waterfall with stand-ups.

Scrum - Mastery - The Essential Guide to Scrum and Agile Project Management (Lean Guides with Scrum, Spri explains what they're actually for. Single-volume guide written to be read straight through. Concrete, applicable, and built for the reader who wants results faster than theory.

Inside:

- The principles, in their original form, before consultants softened them.
- The practices that produce the results everyone wants from these methods.
- When Lean is the wrong answer. Honest cases where waterfall is faster.
- How to introduce these frameworks to teams that have heard the buzzwords too many times.
- The cultural and organizational patterns that determine success or theater.
- Real-world examples - both wins and the kind of failures that get hidden in case studies.

Read this if you're tired of doing the rituals without the results.

Review Quotes

★★★★★ "Great book to get an initial understanding of Scrum. The book was concise and informative. It provides what you need to know when starting projects using Agile and how the Scrum process works. Great and quick read." - Edgar Poe