Scrum Field Guide, The: Agile Advice for Your First Year and Beyond (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Cohn)) - Softcover

Lacey, Mitch

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0133853624 ISBN 13: 9780133853629

Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional, 2015

Synopsis

Thousands of organizations are adopting Scrum to transform the way they execute complex projects, in software and beyond. This guide will give you the skills and confidence needed to deploy Scrum, resulting in high-performing teams and satisfied customers. Drawing on years of hands-on experience helping companies succeed, Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) Mitch Lacey helps you overcome the major challenges of Scrum adoption and the deeper issues that emerge later.

 

Extensively revised to reflect improved Scrum practices and tools, this edition adds an all-new section of tips from the field.

 

Lacey covers many new topics, including immersive interviewing, collaborative estimation, and deepening business alignment. In 35 engaging chapters, you’ll learn how to build support and maximize value across your company.

 

Now part of the renowned Mike Cohn Signature Series on agile development, this pragmatic guide addresses everything from establishing roles and priorities to determining team velocity, setting sprint length, and conducting customer reviews.

 

Coverage includes

• Bringing teams and new team members on board
• Creating a workable definition of “done”
• Planning for short-term wins, and removing impediments to success
• Balancing predictability and adaptability in release planning
• Running productive daily scrums
• Fixing failing sprints
• Accurately costing projects, and measuring the value they deliver
• Managing risks in dynamic Scrum projects
• Prioritizing and estimating backlogs
• Working with distributed and offshore teams
• Institutionalizing improvements, and extending agility throughout the organization

 

Packed with real-world examples straight from Lacey’s experience, this book will be invaluable to anyone transitioning to Scrum, seeking to improve their early results, or trying to get back on track.

 

About this title

About the Author

Mitch Lacey, founder of Mitch Lacey & Associates, Inc., helps companies reach their maximum potential by building high-performing organizations through the adoption of agile practices, including Scrum and XP. Mitch’s rich, practical experience and his pragmatic approach are trusted by many companies including Adobe Systems, Aera Energy, Bio-Rad, EchoStar, Microsoft, Oracle, Qualcomm, Salem Hospital, SAP, Sony, and more. He is a CST, a PMI Project Management Professional (PMP), and an Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP). Mitch has served on the board of directors for the Agile Alliance and the Scrum Alliance. Learn more at www.MitchLacey.com.

 

Edition details

• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0133853624
• ISBN 13: 9780133853629
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 480