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Latest featured content about Scrum

- Java
- Topics
- Agile Techniques,
- Tools,
- Web Servers
SpringSource CTO Adrian Colyer talks to InfoQ about AspectJ. The interview explores how products such as Spring Roo are using AspectJ, and how ideas from AspectJ helped SpringSource improve the Groovy compiler inside Eclipse. Colyer also discusses SpringSource's two server offerings, dm Server and tc Server, OSGi and Scrum.
News about Scrum
- Agile
- Topics
- Training / Certification
Scrum Certification is one debate that refuses to die down. First, it was about the hollow nature of certification for which there was a comment “Pay the tuition, sit through a couple days of class, and you're in”. Subsequently a new format was devised, which too failed to enthuse the Agilists who were against this certification philosophy. Is there another makeover on the anvil?
- Agile
- Topics
- Agile Techniques
Scrum and Kanban are two flavours of Agile software development - two deceptively simple but surprisingly powerful approaches to software development. So how do they relate to each other? The new InfoQ minibook by Henrik Kniberg and Mattias Skarin, Kanban and Scrum - making the most of both, clears up the fog so you can figure out how Kanban and Scrum might be useful in your environment.
Articles about Scrum

- Agile
- Topics
- Agile in the Enterprise,
- Adopting Agile
This is a book excerpt from Mike Cohn's new book "Succeeding with Agile: Software Development Using Scrum".
This article describes the primary adjustments individuals must make as they transition from traditional roles to Scrum. The focus is on how these roles change, rather than on a thorough description of each role.

- Agile
- Topics
- Agile in the Enterprise,
- Agile Techniques
If Scrum is all about short term, how then do the strategy folks work in such an ecosystem? More importantly, how does it help business leaders make and live up to important commitments? Good questions, but there aren’t easy enough answers. Doesn’t all this make strategy and Scrum look like the two poles of a magnet, or even further – the two extremes of the planet?
Presentations about Scrum

- Agile
- Topics
- Agile Techniques
Agile and distributed development seem to be at odds with each other. One is about close communication and short feedback loops, the other is about being effective with people in a different location.
This talk discusses a number of patterns common for setting up Agile Distributed Development and will show the results that can be achieved once you get into a good Fully Distributed Scrum.

- Agile
- Topics
- Adopting Agile
This presentation explores how the role of managers changes in Scrum. It helps managers to lead the introduction of Scrum acting as role models. It presents leadership principles that provide concrete guidance such as servant-leadership, empirical management, empowerment and respect, quality-first and continuous improvement.
Interviews about Scrum

- Agile
- Topics
- Agile Techniques
Henrik Kniberg discusses the differences among different Agile processes such as Scrum, XP, and Kanban. He shares the thought that processes wars are meaningless and we need to see each process as a tool; there are no bad tools; just tools used for the wrong purpose.

- Agile
- Topics
- Scrum Gathering
Tobias Mayer talks about the philosophy behind WelfareCSM, unbounded vs bounded creativity, the application of Scrum outside of software development, Kanban vs Scrum, the benefits of fast-failing, software development as an artitistic endeavour, software craftsmanship and XP, test-driven development, and the done state.
Books about Scrum

- Agile
- Topics
- Agile Techniques
Scrum and Kanban are two flavours of Agile software development. So how do they relate to each other? Part I illustrates the similarities and differences between Kanban and Scrum, comparing for understanding, not for judgement.Part II is a case study illustrating how a Scrum-based development organization implemented Kanban in their operations and support teams.

- Agile
- Topics
- Stories & Case Studies,
- Agile Techniques
For those getting started with Agile, this book offers a detailed first-person account of how one Swedish company implemented Scrum and XP with a distributed team of 40 people, and how they continuously improved their process over a year’s time.

- Agile
- Topics
- Methodologies,
- Training / Certification
Scrum, arguably the fastest-growing Agile methodology, is well described in the original Scrum books, which tend to be read once and put aside. The SPRiNT-iT coaches have abstracted the basics to produce a compact reference to help teams facilitate all Scrum meetings and create the Scrum artifacts. The book doesn't teach Scrum, but offers trained teams confidence to run their first successful Sprints - successes that will increase the acceptance of Scrum in their organization.