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  <title><![CDATA[Agile Project Management with Scrum (Microsoft Professional)]]></title>
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  <default-description>Apply the principles of Scrum, one of the most popular agile programming methods, to software project management&amp;#151;and focus your team on delivering real business value. Author Ken Schwaber, a leader in the agile process movement and a co-creator of Scrum, brings his vast expertise to helping you guide the product and software development process more effectively and efficiently. Help eliminate the ambiguity into which so many software projects are borne, where vision and planning documents are essentially thrown over the wall to developers. This high-level reference describes how to use Scrum to manage complex technology projects in detail, combining expert insights with examples and case studies based on Scrum. Emphasizing practice over theory, this book explores every aspect of using Scrum, focusing on driving projects for maximum return on investment.</default-description>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">2004</original-publication-year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Ken Schwaber]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Software Developers, Project Managers, Group leaders, and bosses of any kind]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Lars Trieloff]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun May 10 14:16:45 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Apr 11 10:06:09 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Agile makes software development a <em>human</em> 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...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52298218">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Aug 29 05:18:39 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[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 princi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64291179">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[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.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[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.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Found this a good overview of the SCRUM process. Wanted some more in depth material about how to manage/create the product backlog, manage the sprint back log and generate burndown charts.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A good review of Scrum with examples on how to actually apply it in less than ideal settings (which is usually the case).  Because of the wealth of examples the book moves quickly and there are some good ideas in there to apply to software project management.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a great addition to learning Scrum, containing just the examples of Scrum usage. If you are not familiar with Scrum a good look at Wikipedia is suggested before reading.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an excellent introduction to the Scrum process.  Highly recommended if you are considering switching to Scrum or just beginning.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good examples of the application of Scrum, but not really a practical guide with &quot;how to&quot; detail.  Examples are high level.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent book about how to run projects using SCRUM.]]></body>
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