Scrum Field Guide, The: Practical Advice for Your First Year, Rough Cuts

Description

• Copyright 2012
• Dimensions: 7" x 9-1/8"
• Pages: 416
• Edition: 1st

• Rough Cuts
• ISBN-10: 0-321-67039-6
• ISBN-13: 978-0-321-67039-7

This is the Rough Cut version of the printed book.

Thousands of IT professionals are being asked to make Scrum succeed in their organizations–including many who weren’t involved in the decision to adopt it. If you’re one of them, The Scrum Field Guide will give you skills and confidence to adopt Scrum more rapidly, more successfully, and with far less pain and fear. Long-time Scrum practitioner Mitch Lacey identifies major challenges associated with early-stage Scrum adoption, as well as deeper issues that emerge after companies have adopted Scrum, and describes how other organizations have overcome them. You’ll learn how to gain “quick wins” that build support, and then use the flexibility of Scrum to maximize value creation across the entire process.

In 30 brief, engaging chapters, Lacey guides you through everything from defining roles to setting priorities to determining team velocity, choosing a sprint length, and conducting customer reviews. Along the way, he explains why Scrum can seem counterintuitive, offers a solid grounding in the core agile concepts that make it work, and shows where it can (and shouldn’t) be modified. Coverage includes

• Getting teams on board, and bringing new team members aboard after you’ve started
  
• Creating a “definition of done” for the team and organization
• Implementing the strong technical practices that are indispensable for agile success
• Balancing predictability and adaptability in release planning
• Keeping defects in check
• Running productive daily standup meetings
• Keeping people engaged with pair programming
• Managing culture clashes on Scrum teams
• Performing “emergency procedures” to get sprints back on track
• Establishing a pace your team can truly sustain
• Accurately costing projects, and measuring the value they deliver
• Documenting Scrum projects effectively
• Prioritizing and estimating large backlogs
• Integrating outsourced and offshored components

Packed with real-world examples from Lacey’s own experience, this book is invaluable to everyone transitioning to agile: developers, architects, testers, managers, and project owners alike.

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Sample Content

Table of Contents

Foreword by Jim Highsmith          xix

Foreword by Jeff Sutherland          xxi

Preface          xxv

Acknowledgments          xxix

About the Author          xxxi

Chapter 1: Scrum: Simple, Not Easy         1

The Story   1

Scrum   6

Keys to Success   17

References   18

Part I: Getting Prepared          19

Chapter 2: Getting People On Board          21

The Story   21

The Model   27

Change Takes Time   28

Keys to Success   31

References   32

Chapter 3: Using Team Consultants to Optimize Team Performance         33

The Story   33

The Model   37

Keys to Success   45

References   48

Works Consulted   48

Chapter 4: Determining Team Velocity         49

The Story   49

The Model   54

Keys to Success   63

References   65

Chapter 5: Implementing the Scrum Roles           67

The Story   67

The Model   70

Keys to Success   76

Chapter 6: Determining Sprint Length         77

The Story   77

The Model   80

Keys to Success   87

References   88

Chapter 7: How Do We Know When We Are Done?          89

The Story   89

The Model   91

Keys to Success   97

References   97

Chapter 8: The Case for a Full-Time ScrumMaster          99

The Story   99

The Model   102

Keys to Success   108

References   112

Work Consulted   112

Part II: Field Basics      &nbs

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