Essential Scrum: A Practical Guide to the Most Popular Agile Process (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Cohn))
A Practical Guide to the Most Popular Agile Process
The Single-Source, Comprehensive Guide to Scrum for All Team Members, Managers, and Executives
If you want to use Scrum to develop innovative products and services that delight your customers, Essential Scrum is the complete, single-source reference you’ve been searching for. Leading Scrum coach and trainer Kenny Rubin illuminates the values, principles, and practices of Scrum, and describes flexible, proven approaches that can help you implement it far more effectively.
Whether you are new to Scrum or years into your use, this book will introduce, clarify, and deepen your Scrum knowledge at the team, product, and portfolio levels. Drawing from Rubin’s experience helping hundreds of organizations succeed with Scrum, this book provides easy-to-digest descriptions enhanced by more than two hundred illustrations based on an entirely new visual icon language for describing Scrum’s roles, artifacts, and activities.
Essential Scrum will provide every team member, manager, and executive with a common understanding of Scrum, a shared vocabulary they can use in applying it, and practical knowledge for deriving maximum value from it.
From the Publisher
Kenny Rubin's "Essential Scrum" - An Easy Read!
Customer Reviews
Excellent! Best book I've ever read about Agile/Scrum
"Well, written, complete and thorough. This really explains the purpose of Agile, and all the details of scrum. I've read quite a few books on this topic, but this is by far the most informative, and complete. Covers everything. And is well written, and enjoyable to read. Great book!" —The Z Man
Wanting a deeper understanding of the “why” behind some of the best Scrum practices?
"The books' easy-to-understand format, clear iconology and detailed diagrams makes complex concepts easy to digest. The basic principles that support the best Scrum practices are presented in a simple and coherent way that will enable the beginner to the Scrum expert to put into practice practical applications that drive real value." —Richard James Hoxie
Well Written
"This book covers Scrum in wonderful detail. One thing I haven't seen mentioned much - it's also very easy to read and generally extremely well-written. This is not a super dense, difficult-to-get-through-but-worth it book. It's actually just easy to read, information-dense, and super worth it." —uzair
It's the book to go agile completely, the scrum way!
"Highly illustrative and its graphics helped me to remember processes during my PMP certification exam which I passed above target in all the 3 domains." —James Ashaye
Add vlue to your teams
"This book covers BOTH the basics as well as providing you with an explanation of the framework so that you can begin applying scrum principles with your teams and projects. This is an EXCEPTIONALLY written manual on how to perform and ensure that you are adding value to your teams." —P. Caroll
This is the Scrum book to get
"I'm a professional Agile/Scrum instructor, and I've developed and teach a custom Agile/Scrum course. I use Ken's book Essential Scrum to help the topic come alive for my students. Ken's book is one of the best I've found on Scrum! His practical application and explanations help to provide much-needed context to the Scrum framework. I particularly find that his illustrations are absolutely wonderful in helping someone understand the topic - and I would expect my students would agree." —Lance Foust
Great reference book
"A very good comprehensive book for scrum and agile principles. The way it is written is so easy to follow and the examples and illustrations are very useful." —Raghda Eldessouky
Add to Cart Add to Cart Add to Cart Add to Cart Add to Cart Customer Reviews 4.6 out of 5 stars 1,177 4.5 out of 5 stars 107 4.2 out of 5 stars 239 4.4 out of 5 stars 383 4.5 out of 5 stars 382 Price $27.00$27.00 $39.76$39.76 $32.99$32.99 $28.15$28.15 $24.13$24.13 A practical guide to the most popular agile process Advice for your first year and beyond Fast, focused, practical guide Real-world lessons Proven, practical guidance to making Scrum work in any organization Kenneth Rubin Mitch Lacey Zuzana Sochova Ken Schwaber Mike Cohn "This book serves as an indispensable guide, helping teams choose among the billions of possible ways of implementing Scrum and finding one that leads to success." — Mike Cohn, author of "Succeeding with Agile", Certified Scrum Trainer "…I can definitely recommend Mitch’s book! I am confident that you will find my book and this book to be good compliments to one another, even (and especially) where the two differ on particular issues or approaches." -- Kenneth Rubin "[Sochova] fills an important gap in providing practical advice and tools for ScrumMasters who wish to improve their craft. The book is full of powerful tips sure to help any ScrumMaster." — Mike Cohn "This book is an excellent guide for anyone looking to improve how he or she delivers software, and I recommend it highly." — Mike Cohn, author of "Succeeding with Agile", Certified Scrum Trainer "By reading this book, you will find that Mike brings up issues that you never thought of, offers advice on how you might handle situations, and helps you define new roles on your team." -- Tim Lister, Principal, The Atlantic Systems Guild, IncPublisher : Addison-Wesley Professional; 1st edition (July 26, 2012)
Language : English
Paperback : 496 pages
ISBN-10 : 0137043295
ISBN-13 : 978-0137043293
Item Weight : 1.75 pounds
Dimensions : 7 x 1.03 x 9.13 inches
Price: $54.99 - $27.00
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A Practical Guide to the Most Popular Agile Process
The Single-Source, Comprehensive Guide to Scrum for All Team Members, Managers, and Executives
If you want to use Scrum to develop innovative products and services that delight your customers, Essential Scrum is the complete, single-source reference you’ve been searching for. Leading Scrum coach and trainer Kenny Rubin illuminates the values, principles, and practices of Scrum, and describes flexible, proven approaches that can help you implement it far more effectively.
Whether you are new to Scrum or years into your use, this book will introduce, clarify, and deepen your Scrum knowledge at the team, product, and portfolio levels. Drawing from Rubin’s experience helping hundreds of organizations succeed with Scrum, this book provides easy-to-digest descriptions enhanced by more than two hundred illustrations based on an entirely new visual icon language for describing Scrum’s roles, artifacts, and activities.
Essential Scrum will provide every team member, manager, and executive with a common understanding of Scrum, a shared vocabulary they can use in applying it, and practical knowledge for deriving maximum value from it.
From the Publisher
Kenny Rubin’s “Essential Scrum” – An Easy Read!
Customer Reviews
Excellent! Best book I’ve ever read about Agile/Scrum
“Well, written, complete and thorough. This really explains the purpose of Agile, and all the details of scrum. I’ve read quite a few books on this topic, but this is by far the most informative, and complete. Covers everything. And is well written, and enjoyable to read. Great book!” —The Z Man
Wanting a deeper understanding of the “why” behind some of the best Scrum practices?
“The books’ easy-to-understand format, clear iconology and detailed diagrams makes complex concepts easy to digest. The basic principles that support the best Scrum practices are presented in a simple and coherent way that will enable the beginner to the Scrum expert to put into practice practical applications that drive real value.” —Richard James Hoxie
Well Written
“This book covers Scrum in wonderful detail. One thing I haven’t seen mentioned much – it’s also very easy to read and generally extremely well-written. This is not a super dense, difficult-to-get-through-but-worth it book. It’s actually just easy to read, information-dense, and super worth it.” —uzair
It’s the book to go agile completely, the scrum way!
“Highly illustrative and its graphics helped me to remember processes during my PMP certification exam which I passed above target in all the 3 domains.” —James Ashaye
Add vlue to your teams
“This book covers BOTH the basics as well as providing you with an explanation of the framework so that you can begin applying scrum principles with your teams and projects. This is an EXCEPTIONALLY written manual on how to perform and ensure that you are adding value to your teams.” —P. Caroll
This is the Scrum book to get
“I’m a professional Agile/Scrum instructor, and I’ve developed and teach a custom Agile/Scrum course. I use Ken’s book Essential Scrum to help the topic come alive for my students. Ken’s book is one of the best I’ve found on Scrum! His practical application and explanations help to provide much-needed context to the Scrum framework. I particularly find that his illustrations are absolutely wonderful in helping someone understand the topic – and I would expect my students would agree.” —Lance Foust
Great reference book
“A very good comprehensive book for scrum and agile principles. The way it is written is so easy to follow and the examples and illustrations are very useful.” —Raghda Eldessouky
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A practical guide to the most popular agile process
Advice for your first year and beyond
Fast, focused, practical guide
Real-world lessons
Proven, practical guidance to making Scrum work in any organization
Kenneth Rubin
Mitch Lacey
Zuzana Sochova
Ken Schwaber
Mike Cohn
“This book serves as an indispensable guide, helping teams choose among the billions of possible ways of implementing Scrum and finding one that leads to success.” — Mike Cohn, author of “Succeeding with Agile”, Certified Scrum Trainer
“…I can definitely recommend Mitch’s book! I am confident that you will find my book and this book to be good compliments to one another, even (and especially) where the two differ on particular issues or approaches.” — Kenneth Rubin
“[Sochova] fills an important gap in providing practical advice and tools for ScrumMasters who wish to improve their craft. The book is full of powerful tips sure to help any ScrumMaster.” — Mike Cohn
“This book is an excellent guide for anyone looking to improve how he or she delivers software, and I recommend it highly.” — Mike Cohn, author of “Succeeding with Agile”, Certified Scrum Trainer
“By reading this book, you will find that Mike brings up issues that you never thought of, offers advice on how you might handle situations, and helps you define new roles on your team.” — Tim Lister, Principal, The Atlantic Systems Guild, Inc
Publisher : Addison-Wesley Professional; 1st edition (July 26, 2012)
Language : English
Paperback : 496 pages
ISBN-10 : 0137043295
ISBN-13 : 978-0137043293
Item Weight : 1.75 pounds
Dimensions : 7 x 1.03 x 9.13 inches
Customers say
Customers find the book provides a thorough overview of Scrum with helpful diagrams and real-life scenarios. They appreciate the clear writing style and easy-to-follow examples. The principles of Agile are explained in an aligned manner, making them more understandable. The coverage is comprehensive, covering all aspects of Scrum, including integration with other areas like product and project management. The visual style is well-organized, with good graphics and pictures that illustrate key concepts. Customers appreciate the thorough exploration of the various roles and how they work in real situations.
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