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Mastering Professional Scrum:A Practitioners Guide to Overcoming Challenges and Maximizing the Benefits of Agility (The Professional Scrum Series)
by: Stephanie Ockerman (Author), Simon Reindl (Author)
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Edition: 1st
Publication Date: 2019-10-07
Language: English
Print Length: 224 pages
ISBN-10: 0134841522
ISBN-13: 9780134841526
Book Description
“Our job as Scrum professionals is to continually improve our ability to use Scrum to deliver products and services that help customers achieve valuable outcomes. This book will help you to improve your ability to apply Scrum.” ―From the Foreword by Ken Schwaber, co-author of Scrum Mastering Professional Scrum is for anyone who wants to deliver increased value by using Scrum more effectively. Leading Scrum practitioners Stephanie Ockerman and Simon Reindl draw on years of Scrum training and coaching to help you return to first principles and apply Scrum with the professionalism required to achieve its transformative potential. The authors aim to help you focus on proven Scrum approaches for improving quality, getting and using fast feedback, and becoming more adaptable, instead of “going through the motions” and settling for only modest improvements. Whether you’re a Scrum Master, Development Team member, or Product Owner, you’ll find practical advice for facing challenges with transparency and courage, overcoming a wide array of common challenges, and continually improving your Scrum practice. Realistically assess your current Scrum practice, and identify areas for improvementRecognize what a great Scrum Team looks like and get thereFocus on “Done”―not “sort-of-Done” or “almost-Done”Measure and optimize the value delivered by every Product IncrementImprove the way you plan, develop, and growClear away wider organizational impediments to agility and professionalismOvercome common misconceptions that stand in the way of progressRegister your book for convenient access to downloads, updates, and/or corrections as they become available. See inside book for details.
Editorial Reviews
“Our job as Scrum professionals is to continually improve our ability to use Scrum to deliver products and services that help customers achieve valuable outcomes. This book will help you to improve your ability to apply Scrum.” ―From the Foreword by Ken Schwaber, co-author of Scrum Mastering Professional Scrum is for anyone who wants to deliver increased value by using Scrum more effectively. Leading Scrum practitioners Stephanie Ockerman and Simon Reindl draw on years of Scrum training and coaching to help you return to first principles and apply Scrum with the professionalism required to achieve its transformative potential. The authors aim to help you focus on proven Scrum approaches for improving quality, getting and using fast feedback, and becoming more adaptable, instead of “going through the motions” and settling for only modest improvements. Whether you’re a Scrum Master, Development Team member, or Product Owner, you’ll find practical advice for facing challenges with transparency and courage, overcoming a wide array of common challenges, and continually improving your Scrum practice. Realistically assess your current Scrum practice, and identify areas for improvementRecognize what a great Scrum Team looks like and get thereFocus on “Done”―not “sort-of-Done” or “almost-Done”Measure and optimize the value delivered by every Product IncrementImprove the way you plan, develop, and growClear away wider organizational impediments to agility and professionalismOvercome common misconceptions that stand in the way of progressRegister your book for convenient access to downloads, updates, and/or corrections as they become available. See inside book for details.
