Succeeding with Agile: Software Development Using Scrum
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 agile–and then succeeding over the long haul. Leading agile consultant and practitioner Mike Cohn presents detailed recommendations, powerful tips, and real-world case studies drawn from his unparalleled experience helping hundreds of software organizations make Scrum and agile work. Succeeding with Agile is for pragmatic...
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This is the definitive, realistic, actionable guide to starting fast with Scrum and agile and then succeeding over the long haul. Leading agile consultant and practitioner Mike Cohn presents detailed recommendations, powerful tips, and real-world case studies drawn from his unparalleled experience helping hundreds of software organizations make Scrum and agile work. Succeeding with Agile is for pragmatic software professionals who want real answers to the most difficult challenges they face in implementing Scrum. Cohn covers every facet of the transition: getting started, helping individuals transition to the new roles, structuring teams, scaling up, working with a distributed team, and finally, implementing effective metrics and continuous improvement. Throughout, Cohn presents "Things to Try Now" sections based on his most successful advice. Complementary "Objection" sections reproduce typical conversations with those resisting change and offer practical guidance for addressing their concerns. Coverage includes Practical ways to get started immediately and "get good" fast Overcoming individual resistence to the changes Scrum requires Staffing Scrum projects and building effective teams Establishing "improvement communities" of people who are passionate about driving change Choosing which agile technical practice 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 challengin compliance and governance requirements Understanding Scrum's impact on HR, facilities, and project management Whether you've completed a few sprints or multiple agile projects and whatever your role manager, developer, coach, ScrumMaster, product owner, analyst, team lead, or project lead this 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.
Pt. I Getting Started 1Ch. 1 Why Becoming Agile Is Hard (But Worth It) 3Ch. 2 ADAPTing to Scrum 21Ch. 3 Patterns for Adopting Scrum 43Ch. 4 Iterating Toward Agility 61Ch. 5 Your First Projects 81Pt. II Individuals 95Ch. 6 Overcoming Resistance 97Ch. 7 New Roles 117Ch. 8 Changed Roles 137Ch. 9 Technical Practices 155Pt. III Teams 175Ch. 10 Team Structure 177Ch. 11 Teamwork 201Ch. 12 Leading a Self-Organizing Team 219Ch. 13 The Product Backlog 235Ch. 14 Sprints 257Ch. 15 Planning 285Ch. 16 Quality 307Pt. IV The Organization 325Ch. 17 Scaling Scrum 327Ch. 18 Distributed Teams 355Ch. 19 Coexisting with Other Approaches 389Ch. 20 Human Resources, Facilities, and the PMO 405Pt. V Next Steps 427Ch. 21 Seeing How Far You've Come 429Ch. 22 You're Not Done Yet 447Reference List 449Index 465
