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  • Culture & Methods

    The InfoQ eMag: Holacracy Sociocracy

    In this eMag, we explore the real-world stories of organizations that have adopted some of these new ways of working: sociocracy, Holacracy, teal organizations, self-selection, self-management, and with no managers.

    InfoQ
    on May 20, 2019
  • Culture & Methods

    Understanding Agile Values & Principles. An Examination of the Agile Manifesto

    In Understanding Agile Values and Principles, Scott Duncan analyzes each of the 12 principles and four value statements of the Agile Manifesto. Along the way, he explains the intent and importance of each. He also describes how teams may struggle to put a principle or value into practice, and offers practical, ready-to-use advice on living the principles and values of the Agile Manifesto.

    Scott Duncan
    on Mar 23, 2019
  • Culture & Methods

    Why Agile Works

    Why do some companies excel with agile and others see virtually no improvement? The difference is culture and an understanding that agile is a framework for deep cultural change instead of a process or set of practices to increase efficiency. Why Agile Works: The Values Behind the Results focuses on why and how agile works and where agile should take organizations in terms of values.

    David Benz Michael de la Maza
    on Feb 21, 2016
  • Culture & Methods

    Scrum and XP from the Trenches - 2nd Edition

    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.

    Henrik Kniberg
    on May 13, 2015
  • Culture & Methods

    Do Better Scrum

    Certified Scrum Trainer and Coach Jim York says: Scrum is Simple. Doing Scrum is Hard. One more thing remains certain: you will never become better at doing Scrum (or any Agile method) without practicing. So what are you waiting for? Just go and do it!

    Peter Hundermark
    on Feb 04, 2015

  • Confessions of a Scrum Master

    This book will help you to learn from the experiences of a seasoned scrum master. It contains confessions in the form of seven short stories. These stories center around the trials of a scrum master and his new team. They are case studies based on real life events that take place in some of the largest companies in the world. You can use this to avoid pitfalls and sharpen your skills.

    Paul VII
    on Sep 11, 2014

  • Agile with Guts - A pragmatic guide to value-driven development

    This book describes how a large organization uses techniques to focus on the right product and to deeply anchor the idea that less output can deliver more outcomes.

    Nicolas Gouy
    on Jan 27, 2014

  • Getting Value out of Agile Retrospectives, Second Edition

    This pocket book contains many exercises that you can use to do retrospectives, supported with the “what” and “why” of retrospectives, the business value and benefits that they can bring you, and advice for introducing and improving retrospectives.

    Ben Linders Luis Gonçalves
    on Dec 19, 2013

  • Scrum Checklist 2012

    Scrum, arguably the fastest-growing Agile methodology, is well described in the original Scrum books, which tend to be read once and put aside. Scrum is a framework with simple rules. This Scrum Checklist will help you to remember these simple rules in the heat of daily work and stress. It enable you to create an enjoyable and productive work environment with your Scrum-Team.

    Boris Gloger
    on Jan 14, 2013

  • The Scrum Primer

    Scrum packages proven product-development concepts in a simple framework, including real, cross-functional and self-managing teams, short iterative feedback loops, and lowering cost of change. These concepts increase agility, enable earlier ROI, and reduce risk. There are many concise descriptions of Scrum available online: This primer provides the next level of detail on the practices.

    Craig Larman Bas Vodde Gabrielle Benefield Pete Deemer
    on Dec 17, 2012

  • Real Life Scrum

    Though new Agile approaches, like “Lean startup” and Kanban, are emerging Scrum is still the most popular method used for Agile delivery and transition. "Real Life Scrum" contains the most typical problems teams and organizations encounter when adopting Agile and Scrum. It is NOT about finding THE right answer, but aims to highlight common problems, solutions and tradeoffs teams face.

    Jesper Boeg
    on Dec 04, 2012
  • Culture & Methods

    Kanban and Scrum - Making the Most of Both

    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.

    Mattias Skarin Henrik Kniberg
    on Dec 21, 2009
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