The Scrum Field Guide: Agile Advice for Your First Year and Beyond (2nd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Cohn))
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| Rating | : | 4.93 (540 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0133853624 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 480 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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This is one book that will not just sit on your bookshelf or take up space in your Kindle."--James Newkirk, VP Platform Engineering,CenturyLink. "I have found The Scrum Field Guide by Mitch Lacey to be one of the best books on the market to help teams with their adoption of Scrum and agile engineering practices. Lacey's book is targeted at new Scrum adoptions, but I have found it to be a useful resource with my teams on more advanced topics such as hiring, driving to completion,and building company-wide cohesion
This guide will give you the skills and confidence needed to deploy Scrum, resulting in high-performing teams and satisfied customers. Now part of the renowned Mike Cohn Signature Series on agile development, this pragmatic guide addresses everything from establishing roles and priorities to determining team velocity, setting sprint length, and conducting customer reviews. Lacey covers many new topics, including immersive interviewing, collaborative estimation, and deepening business alignment. Drawing on years of hands-on experience helping companies succeed, Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) Mitch Lacey helps you overcome the major challenges of Scrum adoption and the deeper issues that emerge later. Coverage includesBringing teams and new team members on boardCreating a workable definition of "done"Planning for short-term wins, and removing impediments to successBalancing predictability and adaptability in release planningRunning productive daily scrumsFixing failing sprintsAccurately costing projects, and measuring the value they deliverManaging risks in dynamic Scrum projectsPrioritizing and estimating ba
"Hits the spot" according to BigNYCMike. A very well written Scrum field guide. Helped to bring me up to speed on leading the dev team. Worth its weight in gold.Thank you.. Best Scrum Book The best one so far. Jeanne Boyarsky said took a great book and improved it. I wrote the following about the first edition:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"The Scrum Field Guide" is a nice way to get started with Scrum. It covers the practices through useful stories and advice. Heavier on the advice side. The stories seem realistic and highlight important points.I liked the tables and tips provided. For example how to estimate the first time and how to map pre-Scrum roles. And I loved that there wa