Th>The Scrum Field Guide will give you skills and confidence to adopt Scrum more rapidly more
successfully and with far less pain and fear. Long-time Scrum practitioner Mitch Lacey
identifies major challenges associated with early-stage Scrum adoption as well as deeper
issues that emerge after companies have adopted Scrum and describes how other organizations
have overcome them. You'll learn how to gain quick wins that build support and then use the
flexibility of Scrum to maximize value creation across the entire process. In 30 brief
engaging chapters Lacey guides you through everything from defining roles to setting
priorities to determining team velocity choosing a sprint length and conducting customer
reviews. Along the way he explains why Scrum can seem counterintuitive offers a solid
grounding in the core agile concepts that make it work and shows where it can (and shouldn't)
be modified. Coverage includes * Getting teams on board and bringing new team members aboard
after you've started * Creating a definition of done for the team and organization *
Implementing the strong technical practices that are indispensable for agile success *
Balancing predictability and adaptability in release planning * Keeping defects in check *
Running productive daily standup meetings * Keeping people engaged with pair programming *
Managing culture clashes on Scrum teams * Performing emergency procedures to get sprints back
on track * Establishing a pace your team can truly sustain * Accurately costing projects and
measuring the value they deliver * Documenting Scrum projects effectively * Prioritizing and
estimating large backlogs * Integrating outsourced and offshored components New coverage to
this edition includes material on Immersive Interviewing the Value of Collaborative Estimation
and Achieving Competitive Advantage with Business Alignment. Packed with real-world examples
from Lacey's own experience this book is invaluable to everyone transitioning to agile:
developers architects testers managers and project owners alike.
