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Agile Project Management with Scrum
by
Ken Schwaber
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...more
Paperback, 188 pages
Published
February 18th 2004
by Microsoft Press
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"Agile Project Management with Scrum" is a series of case studies to make points about using Scrum properly.
The book begins with an overview of Scrum. The majority of it is introducing a company and showing how they (mis) used Scrum. It's an excellent example of learning from the mistakes of others rather than repeating them on your own.
This really gets called out in the lessons learned section for each case study. I would have liked some tips on how project managers should deal with "insulati...more
The book begins with an overview of Scrum. The majority of it is introducing a company and showing how they (mis) used Scrum. It's an excellent example of learning from the mistakes of others rather than repeating them on your own.
This really gets called out in the lessons learned section for each case study. I would have liked some tips on how project managers should deal with "insulati...more
You do not find engineering practices in this book. It doesn't contain much theory, but enough to make the reader, which is unfamiliar with Scrum, understand its basics.
This book contains real life examples which one can face during transition to Scrum or running the project using Scrum. Author carefully describes of different situations and their traits, so it will be possible to spot the problem, and then he shows the reader the way it was solved.
However, this book is not a cookbook which cont...more
This book contains real life examples which one can face during transition to Scrum or running the project using Scrum. Author carefully describes of different situations and their traits, so it will be possible to spot the problem, and then he shows the reader the way it was solved.
However, this book is not a cookbook which cont...more
I didn't find this book to be very useful. It's entirely case studies, with way too much time spent on the technical details of the specific projects described (irrelevant to my understanding and application of scrum in my job), and not enough time spent addressing the hard questions that I've come across in trying to apply scrum. For example, the book mentions frequently that teams should be "self-organizing" but doesn't give much advice for how to help this process. It also doesn't address spe...more
May 10, 2009
Ruth
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Recommends it for:
Software Developers, Project Managers, Group leaders, and bosses of any kind
Recommended to Ruth by:
Lars Trieloff
Agile makes software development a human activity, instead of the stressful, pressured, life-eating occupation it often turns into. Agile and Scrum allow us to act as whole people in our professions, responsible, creative, fulfilled, respected.. and still actually have decent mental health and time for a social life. Agile streamlines projects into creating what is actually needed, and reduces risk by building in lots of inspect-and-give-feedback opportunities and reprioritizing work as changes...more
An excellent, readable, brief introduction to Scrum. Only Chapter 1 is devoted to the theory of Scrum; the rest of the book respects the author's strong view that Scrum can't be learned by studying the theory--a team must apply it to a practical situation in order to truly get a handle on Scrum. Schwaber accepts the limitations of the book format by turning quickly to case studies, showing how Scrum has been applied in various complex situations, including how Scrum has been mangled in its appli...more
Didn't enjoy this book quite so much as the other Agile books I have read. It seems lighter on the details and more simplified. However the case studies are probably the most valuable part of the book, so it makes a good companion to any other books you might read on Agile.
I'm still not quite sure exactly what Agile project management without Scrum is, they seem to be one in the same to me, perhaps I need to read a few more books. It may also be the case that Scrum has become a default technique...more
I'm still not quite sure exactly what Agile project management without Scrum is, they seem to be one in the same to me, perhaps I need to read a few more books. It may also be the case that Scrum has become a default technique...more
This book, written by one of the founders of Scrum, gives a rich variety of anecdotes on applications of Scrum to various scenarios. It is best suited as a sequel to introductory courses/readings that define the basic Scrum processes, since it concentrates mainly on ways of implementing Scrum principles in various circumstances. There are some enlightening boundary cases (e.g., the time he had to stealth-implement Scrum without letting anyone find out). The stories are not entirely seen through...more
Awesome book! It's pleasant to read, concise and full of real world examples.
Some books say "Iterations are the heartbeat of Agile", this one tells you why through some nice real life stories.
Some takeaways:
- not necessary to call it Scrum to make your customer benefit from the process
- iterations are a way of creating a sense of urgency(i.e. small deadline once in a while)
Some books say "Iterations are the heartbeat of Agile", this one tells you why through some nice real life stories.
Some takeaways:
- not necessary to call it Scrum to make your customer benefit from the process
- iterations are a way of creating a sense of urgency(i.e. small deadline once in a while)
I am sure that if I had not done any Scrum work before I would have found this book to be better. Unfortunately that's not the case, so I found this book outdated and lacking in specifics. Also, the writing was not spectacular, and the book could have used a good editor - it is always a bad thing to refer to a concept (e.g. shashimi) in a case story before actually introducing the concept.
Learning about SCRUM via case studies is a great way to do it. I would have liked the book to touch on extreme programming more, or discuss the advantages and disadvantages of 2 week, 3 week, or 4 week sprints. It also didn't discuss estimating backlog in story points.
It's good to read examples of Scrum being followed. It's also good to see examples where the rules need to be broken. On the down side this book has some pretty poor editing where the author refers to content that is defined in later chapters. The author also refers to "the principle of common sense" and says it is a Scrum principle. It seems like the author might claim anything that is good in the world as Scrum.
This is Schwaber's second book on Scrum and follows more of a case study approach than his first book (our bible). It also contains an appendix with 'The Rules' for running a scrum process, which will be the basis for our process.
Provides very useful insights and guidance to avoid the common pitfalls in Scrum implementation.
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The book offers scrum theory and situational case examples for addressing the day-to-day issues faced by a project manager in Scrum projects.
Scrum can be explained pretty quickly... you don't need a whole book. What this book provides is lots of case studies, organized by topic, so you have the "feel" of Scrum. Now I feel more able to talk with my new team about our process (they're already using Scrum).
Like the approach with using real-life stories to present challenges and how Scrum addresses them - rather than taking the more common textbook approach.
I've read a lot of books on agile and scrum; this is the only one that I have kept. Short, clear and concise guide to Scrum.
A little old by now, but there are many interesting case studies that are just as valid when implementing scrum today
This is a collection of project management war stories. I love war stories, thus I couldn't help but like this book.
Not a textbook on Scrum, but a collection of real life stories of different companies doing it right and wrong.
Very nice description of the Scrum concepts through real-life usecases
Mar 10, 2010
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Im Prinzip eine Sammlung von Berichten über Erfahrungen in Projekten.
Great first starter book for people who want to explore scrum
Good intro to Scrum.
a good book about scrum basic and had allot stories - it sometimes it get boring and couldnt get the essence behind some stories -
Classic book of Ken Schawaber about Scrum. If you work/intend to work with Scrum this is a must-have book.
Livro clássico de Ken Schawaber sobre Scrum. Se você trabalha/pretende trabalhar com Scrum esse é um livro que você tem que ter.
Livro clássico de Ken Schawaber sobre Scrum. Se você trabalha/pretende trabalhar com Scrum esse é um livro que você tem que ter.
Decent book, didn't blow my socks off.
Would have like to seen more detail on estimation.
Would have like to seen more detail on estimation.
Not really an explanation of scrum, but a series of case studies. I think it would be very difficult to someone who hasn't used scrum before to start working from this book however if you have used scrum its very useful for getting insight into where you may slip up, or to help get better adoption within the business.
Dec 30, 2012
Cristen Boorman
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Over the last year I have interested in learning more about Agile project management in particular SCRUM practices. So I borrowed this book from the library, to gain more information on SCRUM, to see if I would make a good SCRUM master and what SCRUM actually is.
The book is good as it doesn't just tell you about SCRUM but has real world examples of how SCRUM was used in different companies.
The book is good as it doesn't just tell you about SCRUM but has real world examples of how SCRUM was used in different companies.
The information is a bit dated.
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