Scrum in Action

Scrum in Action, 9781435459137 (143545913X), Course Technology PTR, 2011

While there are some good books on Scrum out there, we believe none of them deal with all the essentials a software project team needs to know in order to begin and complete a Scrum software project within corporate constraints (by corporate constraints, we mean in companies where Scrum or Agile has not been successfully deployed enterprise-wide).

In order to help these teams succeed, sometimes in navigating treacherous corporate constraints, we set out to write a practical book on Scrum using the knowledge we essentially acquired from the trenches.

To this end, the 15 chapters of this book will provide you with all the knowledge you need as if an experienced ScrumMaster were advising you in person. In addition to this, you will also find in Appendix A two case studies for two software products that had been successfully built and deployed using the techniques and advice outlined in this book.

SCRUM IN ACTION: AGILE SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT is a practical how-to guide for software project teams on how to successfully deploy an Agile software framework with Scrum. It is clearly and concisely written and is the first practical guide with real world situations written by corporate practitioners. This book describes many good project management techniques on how to get the most from project teams and bridges the gaps between many Scrum and project management books by addressing how to communicate with executives using financial terms, how to use an objective estimation technique, and where software architecture fits into Scrum.

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