Use scrum in all aspects of life
Scrum is an agile project management framework that allows for flexibility and collaboration to be a part of your workflow. Primarily used by software developers, scrum can be used across many job functions and industries. Scrum can also be used in your personal life to help you plan for retirement, a trip, or even a wedding or other big event.
Scrum provides a small set of rules that create just enough structure for teams to be able to focus their innovation on solving what might otherwise be an insurmountable challenge. Scrum For Dummies shows you how to assemble a scrum taskforce and use it to implement this popular Agile methodology to make projects in your professional and personal life run more smoothly--from start to finish.
* Discover what scrum offers project and product teams
* Integrate scrum into your agile project management strategy
* Plan your retirement or a family reunion using scrum
* Prioritize for releases with sprints
No matter your career path or job title, the principles of scrum are designed to make your life easier. Why not give it a try?
Autorentext
Mark C. Layton, "Mr. Agile®," is an executive and BoD advisor. He is the Los Angeles chair for the Agile Leadership Network, a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST), and founder of agile transformation firm Platinum Edge. Mark is also coauthor of Agile Project Management For Dummies. David Morrow is a Certified Scrum Professional (CSP), Certified Agile Coach (ICP-ACC), and an executive agile coach.
Klappentext
- Discover what scrum offers project teams
- Integrate scrum into your agile project management strategy
- Plan a party or your retirement using scrum
Scrum works for more than software!
Software developers have used scrum to add flexibility and collaboration to projects for years. While the software industry was the first to implement this business philosophy, scrum can also boost efficiency in almost any project. It doesn't matter if you're a business pro planning your next product launch or a family planning your next vacation, this book shows you how scrum can help you accomplish your goals.
Inside
- All about scrum basics
- Setting up a scrum project
- Reviewing the product roadmap
- Organizing your scrum team
- Release and sprint planning
- How to use a team task board
- Using scrum in business
- Plan your retirement with scrum
Zusammenfassung
Use scrum in all aspects of life
Scrum is an agile project management framework that allows for flexibility and collaboration to be a part of your workflow. Primarily used by software developers, scrum can be used across many job functions and industries. Scrum can also be used in your personal life to help you plan for retirement, a trip, or even a wedding or other big event.
Scrum provides a small set of rules that create just enough structure for teams to be able to focus their innovation on solving what might otherwise be an insurmountable challenge. Scrum For Dummies shows you how to assemble a scrum taskforce and use it to implement this popular Agile methodology to make projects in your professional and personal life run more smoothlyfrom start to finish.
- Discover what scrum offers project and product teams
- Integrate scrum into your agile project management strategy
- Plan your retirement or a family reunion using scrum
- Prioritize for releases with sprints
No matter your career path or job title, the principles of scrum are designed to make your life easier. Why not give it a try?
Inhalt
Introduction 1
About This Book 1
Foolish Assumptions 2
Conventions Used in This Book 2
Icons Used in This Book 3
Beyond the Book 4
Where to Go from Here 4
Part 1: Getting Started With Scrum 5
Chapter 1: The Basics of Scrum 7
The Bird's-Eye Basics 8
Roadmap to value 8
Scrum overview 10
Scrum teams 11
Governance 12
Scrum framework 12
The Feedback Feast 15
Agile Roots 16
Three pillars of improvement 16
One Agile Manifesto 17
Twelve Agile Principles 18
Three platinum principles 20
The Five Scrum Values 22
Commitment 23
Focus 23
Openness 24
Respect 24
Courage 24
Part 2: Running A Scrum Project 25
Chapter 2: The First Steps 27
Getting Your Scrum On 28
Show me the money 28
I want it now 30
I'm not sure what I want 30
Is that bug a problem? 31
Your company's culture 31
The Power in the Product Owner 32
Why Product Owners Love Scrum 34
The Company Goal and Strategy: Stage 1 35
Structuring your vision 36
Finding the crosshair 37
The Scrum Master 38
Scrum master traits 38
Scrum master as servant leader 39
Why scrum masters love scrum 40
Common Roles Outside Scrum 42
Stakeholders 42
Scrum mentors 43
Chapter 3: Planning Your Project 45
The Product Roadmap: Stage 2 46
Take the long view 46
Use simple tools 47
Create your product roadmap 48
Set your time frame 49
Breaking Down Requirements 50
Prioritization of requirements 50
Levels of decomposition 51
Seven steps of requirement building 52
Your Product Backlog 53
The dynamic to-do list 55
Product backlog refinement 55
Other possible backlog items 59
Product Backlog Common Practices 59
User stories 59
Further refinement 62
Chapter 4: The Talent and the Timing 63
The Development Team 64
The uniqueness of scrum development teams 64
Dedicated teams and cross-functionality 65
Self-organizing and self-managing 68
Co-locating or the nearest thing 69
Getting the Edge on Backlog Estimation 70
Your Definition of Done 71
Common Practices for Estimating 73
Fibonacci numbers and story points 74
Velocity 80
Chapter 5: Release and Sprint Planning 83
Release Plan Basics: Stage 3 84
Prioritize, prioritize, prioritize 86
Release goals 88
Release sprints 89
Release plan in practice 90
Sprinting to Your Goals 92
Defining sprints 92
Planning sprint length 93
Following the sprint life cycle 95
Planning Your Sprints: Stage 4 97
Sprint goals 97
Phase I 98
Phase II 98
Your Sprint Backlog 99
The burndown chart benefit 100
Setting backlog capacity 101
Working the sprint backlog 103
Prioritizing sprints 104
Chapter 6: Getting the Most Out of Sprints 107
The Daily Scrum: Stage 5 108
Defining the daily scrum 108
Scheduling a daily scrum 110
Conducting a daily scrum 110
Making daily scrums more effective 111
Team Task Board 112
Swarming 114
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