Agile Software Development with Scrum (Series in Agile Software Development)

Agile Software Development with Scrum (Series in Agile Software Development) | Ken Schwaber, Mike Beedle | An Excellent Intro to Scrum

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	Agile Software Development with Scrum (Series in Agile Software Development) Ken Schwaber, Mike Beedle Prentice Hall, 2001 - 158 pages average customer review:based on 39 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

The SCRUM bible

This is the one book you buy everyone on your team and tell them to read as the first step to implementing scrum. It's well written, clear, and consise. Most people only need to read chapters 2-4, 5-7 are on control theory, etc that is interesting but not required.

This is good stuff 'straight from the horses mouth'.

An Excellent Intro to Scrum

This book gives a great introduction for those of you looking to learn more about Scrum. It has it's annoying copy errors, but it's definitely a must read.

My husband likes it so far

Little weird to review a book before actually reading it. My husband is learning English with it. I observed that it has an accessible language for those who are first exploring SCRUM.

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Good, but Probably Not the Best for You

ASDS is a very good book, but only for the few who want to be Scrum experts. The material is thorough, and not necessarily easy to get through, in part because the Schwaber and Beedle walk through every part of Scrum in detail, as well as cover situations that likely don't apply to most, and they even go through philosophical views that some may care little about. To be sure, there are gems in the book, and I learned a few important points, but I have been to ScrumMaster certification training, read two other agile books, and been mentored by a CSM/PMP. I feel the book only moved me from 80% comfort level with Scrum to 85%. If you are a consultant managing projects, or you want to teach, coach or train in this area, read the book. If you a internal project manager,product manager, or IT manager, I recommend you get Agile and Iterative Development: A Manager's Guide (The Agile Software Development Series)and read the section on Scrum. It's simpler, cleaner, and the rest of the book gives good background to agile and options you may want to consider. If you are a team or development lead, or the senior developer, get Agile Project Management with Scrum (Microsoft Professional). It's an even easier read, focussed solely on Scrum and gives lots of enjoyable stories of real situations the author went through, good and bad.

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