This book aims to give you a head start by providing a detailed down-to-earth account of how one Swedish company implemented Scrum and XP with a team of approximately 40 people and how they continuously improved their process over a year's time. Under the leadership of Henrik Kniberg they experimented with different team sizes, different sprint lengths, different ways of defining "done", different formats for product backlogs and sprint backlogs, different testing strategies, different ways of doing demos, different ways of synchronizing multiple Scrum teams, etc. They also experimented with XP practices - different ways of doing continuous build, pair programming, test driven development, etc, and how to combine this with Scrum.
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An immensely practical guide to getting started with agile.
Henrik's book is a starter kit of basic practices that help teams move beyond trying to do Scrum to executing Scrum well.
Henrik goes on to describe some of the more difficult - and rarely covered - aspects of working in an agile organization, including coordinating the efforts of multiple Scrum teams.
A great contribution to the body of Agile knowledge, and a fun read!
The most useful book on agile development that I've read, and I've read lots of them!
- Mary Poppendieck, Author of Lean Software Development Series
Henrik's book is a starter kit of basic practices that help teams move beyond trying to do Scrum to executing Scrum well.
- Jeff Sutherland, Co-creator of Scrum
Henrik goes on to describe some of the more difficult - and rarely covered - aspects of working in an agile organization, including coordinating the efforts of multiple Scrum teams.
- InfoQ.com
A great contribution to the body of Agile knowledge, and a fun read!
- ExtremePlanner.com
The most useful book on agile development that I've read, and I've read lots of them!
- Lisa Crispin, Author of Agile Testing
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The tricky part to agile software development is that there is no manual telling you exactly how to do it. You have to experiment and continuously adapt the process until it suits your specific situation.
This book aims to give you a head start by providing a detailed down-to-earth account of how one Swedish company implemented Scrum and XP with a team of approximately 40 people and how they continuously improved their process over a year's time.
Under the leadership of Henrik Kniberg they experimented with different team sizes, different sprint lengths, different ways of defining "done", different formats for product backlogs and sprint backlogs, different testing strategies, different ways of doing demos, different ways of synchronizing multiple Scrum teams, etc. They also experimented with XP practices - different ways of doing continuous build, pair programming, test driven development, etc, and how to combine this with Scrum.
This book includes:
This book aims to give you a head start by providing a detailed down-to-earth account of how one Swedish company implemented Scrum and XP with a team of approximately 40 people and how they continuously improved their process over a year's time.
Under the leadership of Henrik Kniberg they experimented with different team sizes, different sprint lengths, different ways of defining "done", different formats for product backlogs and sprint backlogs, different testing strategies, different ways of doing demos, different ways of synchronizing multiple Scrum teams, etc. They also experimented with XP practices - different ways of doing continuous build, pair programming, test driven development, etc, and how to combine this with Scrum.
This book includes:
- Practical tips and tricks for most Scrum and XP practices
- Typical pitfalls and how they were addressed
- Diagrams and photos illustrating day-to-day work
- Testing and test-driven development
- Scaling and coordinating multiple teams
- Dealing with resistance from inside and outside the team
- Planning and time estimation techniques
- Forwards by Jeff Sutherland and Mike Cohn
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Henrik Kniberg is a coach and consultant at Crisp in Stockholm. Henrik's background is a mix of development and management, and his passion is applying Lean and Agile principles to help IT companies improve. Henrik is the author of "Scrum and XP from the Trenches", "Kanban & Scrum, making the most of both", and "Lean from the Trenches", and he is a popular keynote speaker at conferences worldwide. Henrik lives in Stockholm with his wife and four kids, and in his "spare time" plays bass and keyboard with two local bands.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
By Lisa Crispin
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I've worked on agile teams since 2000, and have talked to many teams making the transition to agile. I've found that most people learn best through examples and hearing about other peoples' real life experiences. This book of "war stories from the trenches" is exactly what agile newbies need. I've read lots of books on agile development, and this is one of the most useful. It's superbly organized, written and illustrated. The author relates his team's experiences simply and clearly. Larger organizations with multiple teams will find valuable ideas on how to organize.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By A. Karnik
Format:Paperback
I started learning about Scrum just like anyone else, by reading Ken Schwaber's Scrum books and started to implement Scrum in my company. However, as you go along this process, you soon realize that you have more questions about Scrum than you started! You begin to hunt for info and answers to "how do others do this?" kind of questions. Thats when you read Henrik's book which is an account of how his team applied Scrum to their own group and how they solved their problems!
This book is an extremely well written (almost narrated) account of the issues they encountered and how they overcame those. You will immediately relate to those and will find yourselves saying ..."ahh thats it!" This book is very well written and is very easy and quick to read.
Because the book is a narrative of someone's efforts, it is also easily read by people who dont really know Scrum. I have given copies of this book to people who i want to get excited about Scrum, so that they themselves will realize that there are alternatives out there to doing software development, rather than the traditional waterfall process.
This book is an extremely well written (almost narrated) account of the issues they encountered and how they overcame those. You will immediately relate to those and will find yourselves saying ..."ahh thats it!" This book is very well written and is very easy and quick to read.
Because the book is a narrative of someone's efforts, it is also easily read by people who dont really know Scrum. I have given copies of this book to people who i want to get excited about Scrum, so that they themselves will realize that there are alternatives out there to doing software development, rather than the traditional waterfall process.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Answered my "yeah but" questions about implementing Scrum in the real world
December 18, 2007
Format:Paperback
I am familiar with this book from the online PDF version from InfoQ. Like most who are new to Scrum -having come from other frameworks- I was filled with questions that started with "yeah but..." and "what about". None of them were answered satisfactorily by any Scrum book (even those by Schwaber or Cohn) until I read Henrik's.
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And that's how it's done...
My software friends are talking about Scrum, Agile, Pair Programming and I knew nothing about it. I have a friend who even suggested that Agile could be extended to general... Read more
Published 3 months ago by L. David Marquet
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Read this
It's just one guy's story, and he says pretty clearly that your mileage may vary. But, if you're trying to get your mind around Scrum & XP and how it would look/feel to work on a... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Todd Trimble
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Great, Short book on practical Scrum
I make it a point to give out this book for all new team members. Great, short and engaging reading with practical, real-life examples.
Published 23 months ago by S. Chatterjee
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Real Scrum
If you are new to Scrum, you need to read this book. It's not introductory, you have to learn before the basis of Scrum, but after that, take this book and read it completely. Read more
Published on May 4, 2011 by José M. Blázquez
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Handful book to establish SCRUM development process
We started to use this book a year ago. Looking backward, it helps a lot to establish simple, effective and successful development process. Smart and humble. Highly recomended.
Published on February 27, 2010 by Dorian Averbuch
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Fast Read on Practical Implementation
Scrum and XP from the Trenches describes the author's experiences in an open, succinct, informal manner. Read more
Published on February 11, 2010 by R. A. Stryker Jr.
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Excellent Scrum how-to
I'm using this book in a university graduate course I'm teaching on Agile. The book provides a great case-study for Scrum and provides practical how-to details that are missing in... Read more
Published on December 28, 2009 by a reader
5.0 out of 5 stars
Most useful book ever
I read this book in one sitting. The next day I began searching for a Scrum mentoring company, to move our own processes to Scrum, strongly supported by the senior team member who... Read more
Published on September 29, 2009 by Matthew Pollock
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Excellent Case Studies
This book is full of great case studies for Scrum & XP.
Strongly recommended reading for all scrum masters
Strongly recommended reading for all scrum masters
Published on June 18, 2009 by Steven Koh
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Great book
I have seen this book on InfoQ website long time before but I have never read it until now. I am going to start a new project next month and one friend of mine recommended this... Read more
Published on February 7, 2009 by Tien Do
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