This book aims to give you a head start by providing a detailed down-to-earth account of how one Swedish company implemented Scrum and XP with a team of approximately 40 people and how they continuously improved their process over a year's time. Under the leadership of Henrik Kniberg they experimented with different team sizes, different sprint lengths, different ways of defining "done", different formats for product backlogs and sprint backlogs, different testing strategies, different ways of doing demos, different ways of synchronizing multiple Scrum teams, etc. They also experimented with XP practices - different ways of doing continuous build, pair programming, test driven development, etc, and how to combine this with Scrum.
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By Martyn Oswin
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This is a short but very informative book that describes how the author has implemented and used Scrum and XP. Don't buy this book if you want to learn in detail the process behind Scrum or XP. Do buy this book if you understand the basics of agile and are looking for details of a real world Scrum and XP implementation that tells it as it is, 'warts n' all'.
This is a short book but that doesn't mean that it is lacking in value. There are lots of useful nuggets in it; though some may seem very obvious. Everything is obvious once you know about it ;-). There is also a very good example about determining and using your teams focus factor.
In summary, I recommend you buy this book!
This is a short book but that doesn't mean that it is lacking in value. There are lots of useful nuggets in it; though some may seem very obvious. Everything is obvious once you know about it ;-). There is also a very good example about determining and using your teams focus factor.
In summary, I recommend you buy this book!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Having just completed a large Enterprise development project using Scrum it's nice to see that some of the issues we encountered have been mirrored in other organisations. If you want to get an idea of what it's like to use Scrum in the real world, then you should read this little book.
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By antom
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If you are looking for an introduction to Scrum or agile development methods in general, it might be better to start with another book, such as Agile and iterative development or Agile Project Management with Scrum (Microsoft Professional). However, if you are implementing Scrum or similar, and want practical advice about what approach to take, or perhaps reassurance that you are on the right track, then this book is well worth reading.
In chapters that are brief and to the point, Kniberg explains how his organisation uses Scrum; what problems they encounter; which solutions they've found to work, and which haven't. He doesn't claim to have all the answers, or to offer solutions that will work for all readers, but anyone involved in software development teams will find much that is helpful.
In chapters that are brief and to the point, Kniberg explains how his organisation uses Scrum; what problems they encounter; which solutions they've found to work, and which haven't. He doesn't claim to have all the answers, or to offer solutions that will work for all readers, but anyone involved in software development teams will find much that is helpful.
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100% recommended. Although he provides feedback from his experience (and it is clearly stated from time to time), he also provides useful explanations about why he decided to do it... Read more
Published on 23 Aug 2010 by Sergio M
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Excellent book! Easy to read, and it will give you a profound insight into how you could do Scrum.
It started a lot of ideas in my head, and with the real life and daily... Read more
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Practical, concise, a great real-world introduction
This book only takes a couple of hours to read, which means that it actually gets read, rather than sitting on the shelf. Read more
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