Succeeding with Agile
Software Development Using Scrum
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Publisher Description
Proven, 100% Practical Guidance for Making Scrum and Agile Work in Any Organization
This is the definitive, realistic, actionable guide to starting fast with Scrum and agile–and then succeeding over the long haul. Leading agile consultant and practitioner Mike Cohn presents detailed recommendations, powerful tips, and real-world case studies drawn from his unparalleled experience helping hundreds of software organizations make Scrum and agile work.
Succeeding with Agile is for pragmatic software professionals who want real answers to the most difficult challenges they face in implementing Scrum. Cohn covers every facet of the transition: getting started, helping individuals transition to new roles, structuring teams, scaling up, working with a distributed team, and finally, implementing effective metrics and continuous improvement.
Throughout, Cohn presents “Things to Try Now” sections based on his most successful advice. Complementary “Objection” sections reproduce typical conversations with those resisting change and offer practical guidance for addressing their concerns. Coverage includes
Practical ways to get started immediately–and “get good” fast Overcoming individual resistance to the changes Scrum requires Staffing Scrum projects and building effective teams Establishing “improvement communities” of people who are passionate about driving change Choosing which agile technical practices to use or experiment with Leading self-organizing teams Making the most of Scrum sprints, planning, and quality techniques Scaling Scrum to distributed, multiteam projects Using Scrum on projects with complex sequential processes or challenging compliance and governance requirements Understanding Scrum’s impact on HR, facilities, and project management
Whether you've completed a few sprints or multiple agile projects and whatever your role–manager, developer, coach, ScrumMaster, product owner, analyst, team lead, or project lead–this book will help you succeed with your very next project. Then, it will help you go much further: It will help you transform your entire development organization.
Customer Reviews
Read it, and Keep it Close at Hand
If you are looking to introduce Scrum in your organisation or to improve the way it is implemented, you should read this book and keep it close at hand. If you do not already have a working knowledge of Scrum, some Certified ScrumMaster or Certified Product Owner training, say, you should get that first, and then read this book.
Often when reviewing books I condense my key findings, but this is hard in this case. The book is just too expansive, but in a good way. It is to Scrum what Code Complete by Steve McConnell is to programming. Neither are introductory texts, but they are excellent companions for anyone having advanced past that stage.
The first part of the book is about how to introduce Scrum. if you are not about to do this, I think you'll find it a little boring, and despite what Cohn writes in the introduction, it probably can be safely skipped. The next three parts form concentric circles starting with the individual, followed by the team and then the entire organisation. I found the topics covered here to be very illuminating and well-explained, though I still have unresolved questions on topics such as what should before launching a project (business case, initial product log, feasibility) and how to effectively manage an organisation using a lot of Scrum. The book is centred on Scrum the process with a clear bias to software engineering, but it only touches on the software engineering practices that are necessary to succeeding with agile.
Cohn's style is more journalistic than academic. He uses a mix of anecdote, theory and hard data from research and even quotes from agile practitioners. This makes the book very readable. It is also very practical with concrete tips on practices you can try today and ways to handle common objections to Scrum and agile (of which there are many).