The Scrum Field Guide

Thousands of organizations are adopting Scrum to transform the way they execute complex projects, in software and beyond. This guidewill give you skills and confidence to deploy Scrum more rapidly, more successfully, and with far less pain and fear. Drawing on unsurpassed firsthand experience helpin [...]
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Thousands of organizations are adopting Scrum to transform the way they execute complex projects, in software and beyond. This guidewill give you skills and confidence to deploy Scrum more rapidly, more successfully, and with far less pain and fear. Drawing on unsurpassed firsthand experience helping Scrum teams succeed, Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) Mitch Lacey helps you overcome the major challenges of early-stage Scrum adoption-and the deeper issues that emerge later. Extensively revised to reflect improved Scrum practices and tools, this edition adds an all-new section of tips from the field. Lacey covers many new topics, including immersive interviewing, collaborative estimation, and deepening business alignment. Through 35 brief, engaging chapters, you'll learn how to gain "quick wins" that build support, and then maximize value across the full project lifecycle. Now part of the renowned Mike Cohn Signature Series on agile development, this pragmatic guide addresses everything from establishing roles and priorities to determining team velocity, setting sprint length, and conducting customer reviews.Coverage includes * Bringing teams and new team members on board* Creating a workable definition of "done"* Recognizing which Scrum processes can be modified and which can't* Planning for short term wins, and removing impediments to success* Balancing predictability and adaptability in release planning* Keeping defects in check* Running productive daily standup meetings* Managing culture clashes on Scrum teams* Fixing failing sprints* Accurately costing projects, and measuring the value they deliver* Managing risks in dynamic Scrum projects* Collaborating to gain consensus on story difficulty and estimates* Prioritizing and estimating backlogs* Integrating outsourced and offshored components* Institutionalizing improvements, and extending agility throughout the organization Packed with real-world examples straight from Lacey's experience, this book will be invaluable to anyone transitioning to Scrum, seeking to improve their early results, or trying to get back on track.