Agile Project Management with Scrum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schwaber, Ken.

Series:

Safari tech books online.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Sebastopol : Microsoft Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The rules and practices for Scrum-a simple process for managing complex projects-are few, straightforward, and easy to learn. But Scrum's simplicity itself-its lack of prescription-can be disarming, and new practitioners often find themselves reverting to old project management habits and tools and yielding lesser results. In this illuminating series of case studies, Scrum co-creator and evangelist Ken Schwaber identifies the real-world lessons-the successes and failures-culled from his years of experience coaching companies in agile project management. Through them, you'll understand

Contents:

Agile Project Management with Scrum; Foreword: Why Scrum Works; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Backdrop: The Science of Scrum; Complex Software Development; The Skeleton and Heart of Scrum; Scrum Roles; Scrum Flow; Scrum Artifacts; Sprint Backlog; Increment of Potentially Shippable Product Functionality; Summary; 2. New Management Responsibilities; The ScrumMaster in Action; The ScrumMaster's Value; The Product Owner at MegaEnergy; The Product Owner in Action; The Product Owner's Value; The Team at Service1st; The Team in Action; The Team's Value; Conclusions; 3. The ScrumMaster

Lessons LearnedThe Untrained ScrumMaster at Litware; Lessons Learned; Overzealous at Contoso.com; Lessons Learned; Wolves at MegaFund; Lessons Learned; Conclusions; 4. Bringing Order from Chaos; Lessons Learned; The Situation at Tree Business Publishing; Lessons Learned; The Situation at Lapsec; Lessons Learned; Conclusions; 5. The Product Owner; Getting Service1st's Management Back in Action; Lessons Learned; Fixing the Problem of XFlow at MegaFund; Lessons Learned; Company Goals at TechCore; Lessons Learned; Company Goals at MegaBank Funds Transfer System; Lessons Learned; Conclusions

6. Planning a Scrum ProjectWhat Does ""Done"" Mean?; How Hard It Is to Change; Lessons Learned; Certified ScrumMasters Take on Return on Investment (ROI); Product Backlog; The Project; Uh-Oh!; What Advice Should You Provide?; How the Teams Respond to This Exercise; Team 2's Advice; Team 3's Advice; Team 4's Advice; Lessons Learned; Conclusions; 7. Project Reporting-Keeping Everything Visible; Lessons Learned; Getting More Information at MegaBank; Lessons Learned; Not Everything Is Visible at Service1st; Lessons Learned; Conclusions; 8. The Team; Learning to Engineer Better: The Transition

Learning to Self-Organize: The TransitionEstimating Workload: The Transition; What Happens If Actuals Are Compared to Estimates; Lessons Learned; Learning to Have Fun While Working: The Transition; Giving the Team a Chance at WebNewSite; Lessons Learned; Conclusions; 9. Scaling Projects Using Scrum; Lessons Learned; Scrum Scaling; Scaling at Medcinsoft; Bug Fixing; Lessons Learned; Conclusions; A. Rules; Daily Scrum Meeting; Sprint; Sprint Review Meeting; Sprint Retrospective Meeting; B. Definitions; C. Resources; D. Fixed-Price, Fixed-Date Contracts; How to Ignore Competitive Advantage

E. Capability Maturity Model (CMM)SEI, CMM, and Scrum; Ken Schwaber; Index

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ISBN:

9780735636002

0735636001

OCLC:

609857106