Succeeding with Agile: Software Development Using Scrum by Mike Cohn



Proven, 100% Practical Guidance for Making Scrum and Agile Work in Any Organization
 
This is the definitive, realistic, actionable guide to starting fast with Scrum and agileΓÇôand then succeeding over the long haul.


Coverage includes 


Practical ways to get started immediatelyΓÇôand ΓÇ£get goodΓÇ¥ fast

Overcoming individual resistance to the changes Scrum requires

Staffing Scrum projects and building effective teams

Establishing ΓÇ£improvement communitiesΓÇ¥ of people who are passionate about driving change

Choosing which agile technical practices to use or experiment with
Leading self-organizing teams

Making the most of Scrum sprints, planning, and quality techniques

Scaling Scrum to distributed, multiteam projects

Using Scrum on projects with complex sequential processes or challenging compliance and governance requirements

Understanding ScrumΓÇÖs impact on HR, facilities, and project management

Whether you've completed a few sprints or multiple agile projects and whatever your roleΓÇômanager, developer, coach, ScrumMaster, product owner, analyst, team lead, or project leadΓÇôthis book will help you succeed with your very next project. Then, it will help you go much further: It will help you transform your entire development organization.