Ilan Goldstein: Scrum Shortcuts without Cutting Corners: Agile Tactics, Tools, & Tips, Kartoniert / Broschiert

Beschreibung

Practical, Step-by-Step Scrum Techniques for Improving Processes, Actions, and Outcomes
Scrum's success is based in large part on its perceived intuitiveness and simplicity. But when new Scrum practitioners attempt to apply Scrum theory and high-level approaches in actual projects, they often find it surprisingly difficult. In Scrum Shortcuts without Cutting Corners , leading Scrum manager Ilan Goldstein helps you translate the Scrum framework into reality and meet the Scrum challenges that your formal training never warned you about.
Drawing on his extensive agile experience in a wide range of projects and environments, Goldstein presents nearly fifty proven, flexible "cookbook recipes" for optimizing Scrum processes, actions, and outcomes. Each recipe walks you through applying one Scrum shortcut for achieving one tangible output. These easy-to-digest, actionable shortcuts address project warm-ups and kick-offs; roles and role models; sustainable Scrum environments; product(ive) backlogs; estimating, planning, and proving; quality; retros and reviews; and much more.
Whatever your role, Scrum Shortcuts without Cutting Corners will help you take your Scrum skills and expertise to the next level and to achieve better results in every Scrum project you participate in.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Part 1: Warming Up
Part 2: Roles and Role Models
Part 3: Sustainable Environment
Part 4: Project Kick-Off
Part 5: Product(ive) Backlogs
Part 6: Scoring Points by Estimating
Part 7: Planning and Proving
Part 8: Questioning Quality
Part 9: Retros and Reviews
Part 10: Wrapping Up
Index

Klappentext

In Scrum Shortcuts without Cutting Corners, Scrum expert Ilan Goldstein helps the reader translate the Scrum framework into reality to meet the Scrum challenges formal training never warned about. Drawing on his extensive agile experience in a wide range of projects and environments, Goldstein presents thirty proven, flexible shortcuts for optimizing Scrum processes, actions, and outcomes. Each shortcut walks the reader through applying a Scrum approach to achieve a tangible output. These easy-to-digest, actionable patterns address a broad range of topics including getting started, quality and metrics, team members and roles, managing stakeholders, estimation, continuous improvement and much more.