The Power of Scrum by Jeffrey V Sutherland Phd

by Jeff Sutherland

The Power of Scrum tells the inspiring story of Mark Resting, CTO of a software company struggling with a major client and a project with more problems than solutions and a marriage in crisis. But, when he meets Jerry, a West-coast expert in Scrum, light at the end of the tunnel begins to appear, Mark begins to reluctantly hope things will work out. The road is bumpy, but Jerry skillfully brings Mark’s developers from a world of project crisis into a revolutionary approach that can save the day. Authors Jeff Sutherland, Rini van Solinger, and Eelco Rustenburg have written a fictional narrative that masterfully weaves a compelling human story around the teaching moments of a software, project management how-to, and in the process tell an engaging story of personal growth and triumph, while demonstrating the power of a revolutionary and mission-critical approach to project management. The Power of Scrum is a must read for project managers, software developers, and product developers, as well as for anyone who loves a great story well told.

Genres: Business, Nonfiction, Management

Paperback

First published November 10, 2011

About the author

Sutherland is a Graduate of the United States Military Academy, a Top Gun of his USAF RF-4C Aircraft Commander class[citation needed]. He flew more than one hundred missions over North Vietnam[citation needed]. After 11 years in the military, he became a doctor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine[citation needed]. Here he got involved in data collection and IT systems development.

Dr. Jeff Sutherland is one of the inventors of the Scrum software development process. Together with Ken Schwaber, he created Scrum as a formal process at OOPSLA'95. Sutherland helped to write the Agile Manifesto in 2001. He is the writer of The Scrum Guide.

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It's professional profile on LinkedIn is :
linkedin.com/in/jeffsutherland

Reviews

[Frederico Borelli · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book... Instead of explaining details of Scrum in a strictly technical way, the authors created a novel, where all the process overview and details are shown by real life examples, including personal problems, misunderstanding, and all the stuff you've got when you bring something to real life.

It's about a company having serious problems to finish a software project, with employees seeing their jobs fading away..... And how this company recovered from complete failure to success by deploying Scrum into the process with the help of a consultant.

A really really good point of view for those people who are studying the feasibility of starting Scrum in their companies or projects.

[Simon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quite interesting appraisal of a value-driven mindset, and an outline of how to implement such a thing. Told as a novel so sometimes dreadfully serious and other times light reading.

You won't like it if Scrum is not for you.

[Evelyn and Roberto Carrasquillo · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book provides an in depth insight into the application of the scrum framework. The application process is wrapped inside a story of a corporate environment, which enhanced the content. The book is brief and a good read.

[Xapphirea]

Dnf but didnt need to, i got the message

+ a well entertaining story about a dusty subject
+ i wish our team worked like that
+ educational
- no female strong women
- a bit idealistic, not realistic sadly
- no dragons

[Rebel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyable read for people who have never had anything to do with Scrum, short 'user stories' wrapped in a fun-to-read case study.
More for motivation and the presentation of ideas than something more.
Perfect for a self-dev task with 1 sprint point for your team ^^

[Pieter Bas · Rating 1 out of 5]

Powerless book.

[Robert · Rating 4 out of 5]

Recommended to any IT manager facing serious project challenges.

[Amelia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very dorky writing, but it did help me to understand what scrum actually means.

[Cassius Duarte · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good book, although it's a little too short. Some parts could have been more elaborated in other to mimic better a "real" fiction book.

[Iolanda Ciobanu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book about the Scrum framework implementation. If you never worked with it is easy understandable, but if you work it highlights the best parts. Recommend it not only to software developers ☺️

[Ines · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick and easy book to read on scrum - also well presented as it is written in story format with a sample scenario of how scrum can be/is applied.

[Martine · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book teaches what scrum is in a very easy, accessible way. I highly recommend it.

[Agile Kindergarten · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very readable novelesque description of how to rapidly transform a traditional team to a Scrum team. Beginning with a serendipitous meeting in an airport bar between an Agile Coach and a CTO whose client just made it painfully clear that they were on thin ice, the story includes many real world happenstances and the appropriate responses. See cute tongue in cheek YouTube promotional ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6v-I9...

[Anurag · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent introduction and run through of what scrum stands for. The novel like approach to the whole explanation makes the content easier to digest. A book tailor made for mid and upper management looking to align their teams to the biggest management buzzword in town currently. Gives a good idea of how to go about adopting scrum. I would have liked a little more detail on the retrospective aspect, but still a good overall book on agile in general and scrum in particular.

[Dave Applegate · Rating 4 out of 5]

I use The Power Of SCRUM as a training resource for teaching people about the SCRUM process at a high level. It's easy to read story form does a stellar job getting the key concepts of SCRUM across in an easy to read and relate to fashion. People finish the book saying "This makes sense and I'm excited to try it."

[Bob Schatz]

I like the story format of the book, brings back great memories of my own transition. There are a few things where I don't necessarily agree with a few things in the implementation, but that's what makes this stuff so great.

[void *ptr · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great starting point to hook up business and senior management on Scrum. Not a big fan of the story-like narrative personally but I did actually enjoy this one more than I did "The Five Dysfunctions of a Team" or "Leadership and Self-Deception".

[Dave Bolton · Rating 2 out of 5]

In terms of enlightenment through story, it's no "One Minute Manager" or "Fish". I think you'd be better off just going to a regular Scrum book.

[Zalihe Çetin · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good / fast introduction if you are going to work with SCRUM methodology.

[Ken · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very engaging story of the value Scrum adds. Throwing a laptop into a wall was a nice touch.

[Adam Gross · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good, light introduction to scrum. Quick read with a nice focus on the main topics. Enough detail to understand each topic, but does not get bogged down.

[Rochelle March · Rating 5 out of 5]

amaaaaazing. never think of my life organization the same again. a great read for anyone trying to increase their productivity and effectiveness in life.

[Christophe Addinquy · Rating 1 out of 5]

ma note de lecture en français ici

[Risto Kärkkäinen · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Power of Scrum was a quick read, but it lacked in-depth psychological analysis of why Scrum works.

[Matt]

Good stuff. An overview of scrum methodologies with somewhat of an indepth look at how to run meetings and certain time boxed scenarios. Certainly not a definitive reference.

[Ryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Change or die. Embrace scrum. Great foundation of how this world changing concept came to be - and why waterfall had to die.

[Jared · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great example of the application of Scrum.

[TC Young · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fable-style explanation of Scrum and the Agile methodology. Most accessible treatment of the topic I've read so far.

[Coloradobetta · Rating 3 out of 5]

Re-read to refresh my knowledge.

[Carolyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Super simple read for work and upcoming Scrum Master Training (by the author).