Scrum—an organizing approach that exposes work progress and quality —is used all over the place in software development, but it’s not just for coders. Scrum For Dummies shows you how scrum can improve performance regardless of your industry or project. You can even use scrum to get tangible results in your personal projects—prepare for retirement, organize travel, and much more. Plan goals, releases, and sprints for all aspects of business and life. With Dummies, you’ll learn how to work flexibility and collaboration into anything you’re doing. This book is packed with helpful information to empower you to set up your first scrum project, organize the scrum team, integrate scrum into your agile project management strategy, and just make things work better.
• Learn the ins and outs of scrum—updated for the 2020 scrum guide
• Discover how scrum can help you manage projects in any industry and even in your personal life
• Organize your scrum team and set up your first project
• Integrate scrum into your agile project management strategy
This updated edition of Scrum For Dummies is written to make scrum useful for everyone—especially you.
Author(s): Mark C. Layton
Series: For Dummies (Computer/Tech)
Edition: 3
Publisher: Wiley
Year: 2022
Language: English
Commentary: Publisher's PDF
Pages: 432
City: Hoboken, NJ
Tags: Business; Agile; Scrum; Project Management; Product Management; Portfolio Management; Lifemanship; Planning; Human Resource Management; Product Ownership; Sprint Meetings
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Introduction
About This Book
Foolish Assumptions
Conventions Used in This Book
Icons Used in This Book
Beyond the Book
Where to Go from Here
Part 1 Getting Started with Scrum
Chapter 1 The Basics of Scrum
The Bird’s-Eye Basics
Roadmap to value
Scrum overview
Scrum teams
Governance
Scrum framework
The Feedback Feast
Agile Roots
Three pillars of improvement
Transparency
Inspection
Adaptation
One Agile Manifesto
Twelve Agile principles
Three Platinum Principles
Resist formality
Think and act as a team
Visualize rather than write
The Five Scrum Values
Commitment
Focus
Openness
Respect
Courage
Chapter 2 The First Steps
Getting Your Scrum On
Show me the money
I want it now
I’m not sure what I want
Is that defect a problem?
Your company’s culture
The Power in the Product Owner
Why Product Owners Love Scrum
The Company Goal and Strategy: Part 1
Structuring your goal
Finding the crosshair
The Scrum Master
Scrum master traits
Scrum master as a true leader
Why scrum masters love scrum
Common Roles Outside Scrum
Stakeholders
Scrum mentors
Part 2 Scrum Product Development
Chapter 3 Planning Your Work
The Product Roadmap
Take the long view
Use simple tools
Create your product roadmap
Set your time frame
Breaking Down Requirements
Prioritization of requirements
Levels of decomposition
Seven keys for product development
Your Product Backlog
The dynamic to-do list
Product backlog refinement
Other possible backlog items
Product Backlog Common Practices
User stories
Personas
Further refinement
Chapter 4 The Talent and the Timing
The Developers
The uniqueness of scrum developers
Dedicated teams and cross-functionality
Ownership
Team collaboration
Work as a team rather than a workgroup
Co-locating (or the nearest thing)
Collaborative tools
Getting the Edge on Backlog Estimation
Your Definition of Done
Common Practices for Estimating
Fibonacci numbers and story points
Estimation poker
Fist of five
Affinity estimating
Velocity
Chapter 5 Release and Sprint Planning
Lean Startup
Release Plan Basics
Prioritize, prioritize, prioritize
Release goals
Release sprints
Release plan in practice
Sprinting to Your Goals
Defining sprints
Planning sprint length
Following the sprint life cycle
Planning Your Sprints
Sprint goals
Topic one
Topic two
Topic three
Your Sprint Backlog
The burndown chart benefit
Setting backlog capacity
Working the sprint backlog
Prioritizing sprints
Chapter 6 Getting the Most Out of Sprints
The Daily Scrum
Defining the daily scrum
Scheduling a daily scrum
Conducting a daily scrum
Making daily scrums more effective
Team Task Board
Swarming
Dealing with rejection
Handling unfinished requirements
The Sprint Review
The sprint review process
Stakeholder feedback
Product increments
The Sprint Retrospective
The sprint retrospective in a nutshell
Engaging sprint retrospectives
Inspection and adaptation
Chapter 7 Inspect and Adapt: How to Correct Your Course
Need for Certainty
The Feedback Loop
Transparency
Antipatterns
External Forces
In-Flight Course Correction
Testing in the Feedback Loop
Culture of Innovation
Part 3 Scrum for Any Industry
Chapter 8 Software Development
Scrum and Software Development: A Natural Fit
Software Flexibility and Refactoring
Release often and on demand
Customize your release sizes
Inspect and adapt as you release
Embracing Change
Developer challenges
Business alignment with technology
Upfront engineering
Emergent architecture
Scrum Applications in Software
Video-game development
Development flow
Marketing
Art
Services
SaaS
IaaS
PaaS
Customization products
Chapter 9 Tangible Goods Production
The Fall of Waterfall
Construction
The best in bids
Scrum roles in construction
Customer involvement
The subcontractor dilemma
Worker safety
Scrum in Home Building
Manufacturing
Survival of the fastest to market
Shareholder value
Strategic capacity management
Hardware Development
Early identification of high-risk requirements
Live hardware development
Johns Hopkins CubeSat
Wikispeed modular car
Telefonica Digital
Saab jet fighter
Chapter 10 Services
Health Care and Scrum
Speed to market
Reduced mistakes, increased quality
Cost cutting
Adhering to regulations
Medical device manufacturing and safety
A Worldwide Pandemic
Dutch government responds to COVID-19 pandemic using scrum
Education and Scrum
Challenges in education
Preparing students for the future
Increasing curriculum scope
Moving low-performing students upward
Increasing student-to-teacher ratios
An example approach using scrum
Blueprint & Hope High School
EduScrum
Military and Law Enforcement
Turning the ship around
Special forces
Scrum and the FBI
Chapter 11 Publishing: A Shifting Landscape
A Changing Landscape in Publishing
Inspecting, adapting, and refactoring
Changing readers
Changing writers
Changing products
Applying scrum
News Media and Scrum
Defining done for content
The news-media scrum team
Sprint flexibility
Part 4 Scrum for Business Agility
Chapter 12 IT Management and Operations
Big Data and Large-Scale Migration
Data warehouse management
Enterprise resource planning
Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Implementations
Oracle Primavera Unifier
ServiceNow
Broadcom’s Clarity
DevOps and Beyond
Security challenges
Maintenance
Kanban within a scrum structure
Profit-and-Loss Potential
Innovation versus Stability
Chapter 13 Portfolio Management
Portfolio Management Challenges
People allocation and prioritization
Dependencies and fragmentation
Disconnect between projects and business objectives
Displaced accountability
Scrum solutions
De-scaling Scrum for Large Portfolios
A Vertical Slicing Overview
Scrum of Scrums
Developer scrum of scrums
Scrum master scrum of scrums
Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS)
LeSS framework
LeSS Huge framework
Scrum@Scale
The scrum master cycle
The product owner cycle
Synchronizing in one hour a day
Nexus
Nexus integration team
Nexus artifacts
Nexus events
Nexus sprint planning
Nexus daily scrum
Nexus sprint review
Nexus sprint retrospective
Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
ARTs
PI planning
Empowerment
Complexity
Organizational change
Chapter 14 Human Resources and Finance
Human Resources and Scrum
Creating the Right Culture
HR and existing organization structures
Incentivizing
Compensation
Underperforming team members
HR and scrum in hiring
Performance reviews
Finance
Incremental funding
Scrum and budgets
CapEx and OpEx
Agile CapEx approaches
Chapter 15 Business Development
Marketing Evolution
Scrum for Marketing
Determining the roadmap to value
Setting goals
Marketing Tools
Product canvas
Customer map
Personas
Scrum in Action (Marketing)
CA Technologies
The Gap Between Marketing and Sales
Scrum for Sales
The scrum sales process
Determining Roadmap to Value (Sales)
Scrum in Action (Sales)
Chapter 16 Customer Service
Customers: The Most Crucial Stakeholders
The service conundrum
Information overload
Scrum and Customer Service
Inspect and adapt through feedback
Customer service product backlog
Customer service definition of done
Look inward
Scrum in Action in Customer Service
Part 5 Scrum for Everyday Life
Chapter 17 Dating and Family Life
Finding Love with Scrum
Setting an end goal
Dating in layers
Discovering companionship and scrum
Dating with scrum
Winning as a team
Focusing versus multitasking
Planning your wedding with scrum
Families and Scrum
Setting family strategy and goals
Planning and setting priorities
Project planning
Release planning
Sprint planning
Daily scrums
Communicating with scrum
Inspecting and adapting for families
Making chores fun and easy
Chapter 18 Scrum for Life Goals
Getting to Retirement
Saving for emergencies
Building retirement
Securing financial freedom
Reducing debt
A holistic approach to your financial goal
Achieving Fitness and Weight Goals
Keeping Life Balance
Planning Travel
Studying
Learning early
Graduating from high school
Achieving in college
Part 6 The Part of Tens
Chapter 19 Ten Key Benefits of Scrum
Higher Customer Satisfaction
Better Product Quality
Reduced Risk
Improved Performance Visibility
Increased Investment Control
Increased Collaboration and Ownership
More Relevant Metrics
Improved Predictability
Optimized Team Structures
Higher Team Morale
Chapter 20 Ten Key Factors for Enabling Scrum
Dedicated Team Members
Collaborative Environment
Done Means Releasable
Empowered Product Owner
Don’t Ignore Reality
Clear Product Goal and Roadmap
Developer Versatility
Scrum Master Clout
Leadership Support for Learning
Leverage Industry Experts
Chapter 23 Ten Key Resources for Scrum
Scrum For Dummies Cheat Sheet
The Scrum Guide
Scrum Alliance
Agile Alliance
Business Agility Institute
State of Agile Report
ScrumPLoP
Certification Resources
Scaling Scrum Resources
Platinum Edge
Index
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