Succeeding with Agile: Software Development Using Scrum

Posted on 10 March 2017 by Mike Cohn

Proven, 100% Practical Guidance for Making Scrum and Agile Work in Any Organization.This is the definitive, realistic, actionable guide to starting fast with Scrum and agile and then succeeding over the long haul Leading agile consultant and practitioner Mike Cohn presents detailed recommendations, powerful tips, and real world case studies drawn from his unparalleled experience helping hundreds of software organizations make Scrum and agile work Succeeding with Agile is for pragmatic software professionals who want real answers to the most difficult challenges they face in implementing Scrum Cohn covers every facet of the transition getting started, helping individuals transition to new roles, structuring teams, scaling up, working with a distributed team, and finally, implementing effective metrics and continuous improvement.Throughout, Cohn presents Things to Try Now sections based on his most successful advice Complementary Objection sections reproduce typical conversations with those resisting change and offer practical guidance for addressing their concerns Coverage includes Practical ways to get started immediately and get good fast Overcoming individual resistance to the changes Scrum requires Staffing Scrum projects and building effective teams Establishing improvement communities of people who are passionate about driving change Choosing which agile technical practices to use or experiment with Leading self organizing teams Making the most of Scrum sprints, planning, and quality techniques Scaling Scrum to distributed, multiteam projects Using Scrum on projects with complex sequential processes or challenging compliance and governance requirements Understanding Scrum s impact on HR, facilities, and project managementWhether you ve completed a few sprints or multiple agile projects and whatever your role manager, developer, coach, ScrumMaster, product owner, analyst, team lead, or project lead this book will help you succeed with your very next project Then, it will help you go much further It will help you transform your entire development organization. Free Read [ Succeeding with Agile: Software Development Using Scrum ] by [ Mike Cohn ] – kino-fada.fr Excellent book about the practice of implementing scrum in your organisation The theory of scrum is a relatively easy to grasp concept but the actual implementation willoften than not leave you with practical questions.You can read the book cover to cover but depending on your background and situation you can also cherry pick the chapters you need Each chapter is packed with handy tips things to try now , typical objections and counter arguments and clear diagrams.What I also like Excellent book about the practice of implementing scrum in your organisation The theory ...The book is focusing on only one thing How to adapt Agile development successfully It is business oriented book, so don t expect so much for a cut through plan for agile development process to jump working right now It is very recommended for a project manager rather than a developer or a team ...I would highly recommend this book for those who are transitioning to Agile In particular, I thought the book was well laid out to cover salient points throughout and easily could be read both sequentially or for the busy exec by jumping to a chapter of a particular topic you couldn t wait to learnabout The Things to Try Now tips throughout the chapters I found very helpful and full of immediate, practical advice The Additional Reading at the end of each chapter was also something I I would highly recommend this book for those who are transitioning to Agile In particular, I thought the book was well laid out to cover salient points throughout and easily could be read both sequentially or for the busy exec by jumping to a chapter of a particular topic you couldn t wait to learnabout The Things to Try Now tips throu...If you are looking to introduce Scrum in your organisation or to improve the way it is implemented, you should read this book and keep it close at hand If you do not already have a working knowledge of Scrum, some Certified ScrumMaster or Certified Product Owner training, say, you should get that first, and then read this book.Often when reviewing books I condense my key findings, but this is hard in this case The book is just too expansive, but in a good way It is to Scrum what Code Complete If you are looking to introduce Scrum in your organisation or to improve the way it is implemented, you should read this book and keep it close at hand If you do not already have a working knowledge of Scrum, some Certified ScrumMaster or Certified Product Owner training, say, you should get that firs...This is not a book you want to read when you want a manual about agile It s not a reference guide about Scrum either There are other books for that e.g Essential Scrum A Practical Guide to the Most Popular Agile Process which gets good reviews here on Goodreads You need some knowledge about agile and Scrum to fully appreciate this book you don t even need to read a book the basics are simple enough What makes it special and in my opinion a must have, is th This is not a book you want to read when you want a manu...A classic primer on how to adopt scrum in your organizationThis book was published in 2009 nearly ten years ago and was one of the most authoritative works on how to adopt scrum at the time I wanted to read it to see the context of one of the first mentions of the testing pyramid These approaches scrum and testing pyramid have become the bedrock of current Dev Sec Ops development techniques I rate it 3 out of 5 now because even though modern day techniques have evolved, it is still worth A classic primer on how to adopt scrum in your organizationThis book was published in 2009 nearly ten years ago and was one of the most authoritative works on how to adopt scrum at the time I wanted to read it to see the context of one of the first mentions of the testing pyramid These approaches scrum and testing pyramid have become the bedrock of current ...Mike Cohn know Scrum and this book illustrates that very clearly This is a very thorough book covering most every aspect of Scrum Probablysuitable for a coach trainer or someone who is doing some deep work with a Scrum team I didn t make it all the way through since many of the details were either familiar, or applicable to larger organizations that I was in I am glad to have a copy and can see my self referring ...Good guide to start applying the concepts of agility in the organization Although this is not a full implementation guide it shows the bottom line and the starting points that you can use in your journey I would have liked ac...The first two parts of this book were a bit too familiar, perhaps I have over read this subject However, Part III on Teams made the whole book worthwhile This entire part was golden and immediately relevant So for the scattered brilliant bits, I have overlooked the slower moments.Shift your mindset to agile development Cause you know your current process doesn t work Plenty of guidance given in the book Mike s books are great.

Succeeding with Agile: Software Development Using Scrum

English
10 March 2017

Mike Cohn