The Basics of SCRUM

by Aditi Agarwal

Scrum is widely defined as an iterative and incremental Agile Framework to build complex products of the highest possible value. It is an incremental approach to develop a product through successive and relentless improvements. In this book, Aditi explains the Scrum roles, artifacts, ceremonies, and principles, along with advanced concepts such as managing technical debt, writing good user stories, publishing scrum charts, and more.

If you want to beat the competition, deliver incremental value at a sustainable pace, create a high-performing team, and respond to changing market needs, you need Scrum.

With The Basics Of Scrum, you will learn all Scrum concepts, including:
- Differences between the traditional plan-driven approach and Scrum
- Different Scrum roles and their responsibilities
- Scrum ceremonies and how to facilitate them?
- Product Backlog and Sprint Backlog
- Potentially shippable product increment
- The Agile Manifesto
- Benefits of short and consistent duration Sprints
- Importance of Sprint goals or objectives
- Definition of Done
- Writing good User Stories
- Technical Debt, its consequences, and how do you manage the same?
- Estimation, Units, Techniques, and Velocity
- Differences between velocity and productivity
- Release Burndown and Burnup Charts with practical examples
- Sprint Burndown and Burnup Charts? with practical examples
- Understanding a Velocity Chart
- Applying a Kanban Board

The Basics Of Scrum will be useful to those who want to learn Scrum and expand their career opportunities, or those who don’t have time to read bulky books and thus need a simple reference book on Scrum.

Grab your copy today. Learn and master Scrum to achieve better outcomes.

This is Book #2 in the series titled 'The Basics Of Customer-First Product Management'.
Other books include:
The Basics Of Agile and Lean (Book #1)
The Basics Of Kanban (Book #3)

Kindle Edition

Published May 1, 2017

About the author

Aditi Agarwal is an experienced leader who leverages an outcome-driven approach to help teams innovate, embrace change, continuously improve, and deliver valuable experiences. She is an empathic, agile, and resilient leader with 22+ years of unparalleled excellence in driving strategic initiatives. She lives in Phoenix, Arizona, with her loving family. Her mission is to share her knowledge and accelerate learning for others.

Reviews

[Hayden Tomlins · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book. The author needs to be applauded for such a concise yet precise definition of all this Scrum, how it works and its relation to Agile.

As someone who has worked in an Agile environment (and thrived in it), reading a book like this on Scrum and how it should work was a very welcome refresher. Agile is NOT Waterfall Project Management split into 2 week increments, which is the battle I'm having at the moment. Kill me now!

Highlights for me was the chapter on responsibilities for the Scrum team. A lot of folks do not get the responsibilities of the Product Owner. This was articulated brilliantly.

Overall, highly recommended to all IT pros as a potential better was of doing things. If you are in the Agile/Scrum space, this book is a must.

[Fred · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an excellent intro to SCRUM for people that are new to Agile and are struggling with some of the terms, ceremonies and roles of the process. It's a simple but comprehensive overview and even provides some real world examples. The benefits and differences between Agile and waterfall are clearly described. I plan to recommend this to new team members as they come onboard to agile projects.

[Lucretia · Rating 5 out of 5]

There is a lot packed into this compact guide. It will be useful for those who are beginners to the concepts as well as a great way or anyone familiar with SCRUM and agile methodology to brush up or organize their plan. It goes over all of the key concepts and when to use them. There are handy summaries and useful exercises at the end of each chapter as well as diagrams and charts that make it easy to understand.. The language used is clear and concise. A very good guide.

[Dr. Saman Asawapoom · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simple written, easily to understand. Thank you. It could be applied to any kinds of organizations. Ok

I shall apply it to my own organization l, too. Any results shall I realize should be shared again some other time.

[chandra prakash dhanariya · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome book on Agile and Scrum

Excellent book which has good details on the Agile and Scrum. Sweet and Simple to start with to get overall idea on Agile and Scrum. Thanks a lot for the excellent book.

[Bibek Satapathy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Complete Solution for Agile Implementation

Very nice way of presenting Agile methodology in words.Great learning for me as agile team member and I can use each step in my organization to make a successful scrum team.

[Ryan Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

This short book provides a clear, concise guide to the key elements of running a Scrum including structure, process, roles, and tracking. It's a good quick reference for anyone unfamiliar with Scrum.

[Winston · Rating 4 out of 5]

Easy to Read. Short and Sharp.

Contain a lot of useful explanation to provide a clearer understanding of the methodology and artifacts of Scrum