Agile Project Management with Scrum (Microsoft Professional) | 
 enlarge | Author: Ken Schwaber
Publisher: Microsoft Press
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Pages: 192
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Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 7 x 0.5
ISBN: 073561993X
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.1
EAN: 9780735619937
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Publication Date: March 10, 2004
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Apply the principles of Scrum, one of the most popular agile programming methods, to software project management#151;and focus your team on delivering real business value. Author Ken Schwaber, a leader in the agile process movement and a co-creator of Scrum, brings his vast expertise to helping you guide the product and software development process more effectively and efficiently. Help eliminate the ambiguity into which so many software projects are borne, where vision and planning documents are essentially thrown over the wall to developers. This high-level reference describes how to use Scrum to manage complex technology projects in detail, combining expert insights with examples and case studies based on Scrum. Emphasizing practice over theory, this book explores every aspect of using Scrum, focusing on driving projects for maximum return on investment.
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 Good intro to Scrum May 3, 2008
Scott A. Tsugita (Pleasanton, CA)
Great introduction to Scrum, what situations are ripe for Scrum and examples of where it has been successful - I heartly recommend.
Our new project really benefited from this book May 3, 2008
Ryan Sullivan (Salt Lake City, UT)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've been doing .NET programming for 5 and a half years now, and have practiced Agile in various degrees - all well short of what I believe Agile methodologies recommend. I have wanted to implement many more Agile methodologies, but not yet been in a manager/CTO position to ensure that these practices would be implemented.
Recently, I have been hired to do just that with a startup company. I turned to this book to help me understand the roles, meetings and project artifacts that I need to introduce to truly have an agile development environment (Scrum in particular) as our team grows.
This book really helped me to do just that, and also did it in a way that I found to be very intuitive. By relating past experiences, Ken showed me how using Scrum - in the various positions and responsibilites - moved projects forward in positive and very visible ways. I am still reading the later chapters, and still loving it.
 Helps get the grasp of what scrum is March 9, 2008
Muanis (Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've read this book short after taking Boris Gloger training of Certified ScrumMaster. It has numerous case studies of Ken's role as ScrumMaster in several companies. I don't know if it's a good book for someone that was not trained or studied scrum at all, but for someone that already has some small background on the topic it's a very good book.
Complete overview of Scrum process March 8, 2008
Alexander Koval (Boca Raton, FL United States)
I have enjoyed reading this book. The overview of Scrum is based on analysis of case studies and provides a complete vision on how to manage the software development using "art of possible". The book targets beginner as well as intermediate experienced Scrum practitioners. Being not new to the Scrum process I had several practical "How to?" questions. While answering some of them, some questions remain unanswered. The questions remaining were:
* would Scrum work when requirements are complex, and code is complex?
* Is Scrum the best method for developing complex products which comply to complex industry standards and regulations?
* What to do with defects encountered during the SPRINT? Write them into Backlog List? Etc.
* Usability of Scrum approach: The overlapping nature of Team member role implies that he analyzes requirements, architects and designs the software, tests the software, writes documentation. It is hard to find people with skills all-in-one.
I decided to take a ScrumMaster Certification Course from www.scrumalliance.org. Co-incidentally Ken Schwaber will be the speaker :D
 sales pitch not information February 8, 2008
dugfromthearth
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book is a sales pitch for agile project management, not a book on how to use it. There is chapter after chapter with the same format. 1) describe long list of problems company has, 2) implement agile 3) magic happens. There is a small amount of information on agile and how to use it.
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