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Agile Project Management with Scrum

The rules and practices for Scruma simple process for managing complex projectsare few, straightforward, and easy to learn. But Scrum's simplicity itselfits lack of prescriptioncan be disarming, and new practitioners often find themselves reverting to old project management habits and tools and yielding lesser results. In this illuminating series of case studies, Scrum co-creator and evangelist Ken Schwaber identifies the real-world lessonsthe successes and failuresculled from his years of experience coaching companies in agile project management. Through them, you'll understand how to u
eBook, English, 2009
O'Reilly Media, Inc., New York, 2009
1 online resource
9780735637900, 0735637903
609857106
Agile Project Management with Scrum; Foreword: Why Scrum Works; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Backdrop: The Science of Scrum; Complex Software Development; The Skeleton and Heart of Scrum; Scrum Roles; Scrum Flow; Scrum Artifacts; Sprint Backlog; Increment of Potentially Shippable Product Functionality; Summary; 2. New Management Responsibilities; The ScrumMaster in Action; The ScrumMaster's Value; The Product Owner at MegaEnergy; The Product Owner in Action; The Product Owner's Value; The Team at Service1st; The Team in Action; The Team's Value; Conclusions; 3. The ScrumMaster. Lessons LearnedThe Untrained ScrumMaster at Litware; Lessons Learned; Overzealous at Contoso.com; Lessons Learned; Wolves at MegaFund; Lessons Learned; Conclusions; 4. Bringing Order from Chaos; Lessons Learned; The Situation at Tree Business Publishing; Lessons Learned; The Situation at Lapsec; Lessons Learned; Conclusions; 5. The Product Owner; Getting Service1st's Management Back in Action; Lessons Learned; Fixing the Problem of XFlow at Mega