Lean-Agile Pocket Guide for Scrum Teams

by Alan Shalloway, James Trott

The Lean-Agile Pocket Guide for Scrum Teams collects in one spot the good practices Net Objectives has learned and observed as we have trained thousands of teams in Lean and Agile software development, including Scrum and Kanban. It is appropriate for all roles involved in a project using Scrum.

172 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 13, 2012

Reviews

[Peter · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm a big fan of Lean-Agile, and this book does have some helpful tips and reminders if something isn't going as smoothly as you might expect in your projects.

From a book perspective though, it's too big to be a "pocket guide" (it won't fit in any of my pockets -- even cargo sized ones), and it's too disjointed to be a 200-page book. It needs more narrative to connect the ideas, and perhaps less focus on the lists.

It's a good quick reference that I'll keep around, but more because I like the authors, Net Objectives, and their ideas than for the merits alone of this book.

Disclaimer: Got the book for free at the Agile 2009 conference

[Bob Schatz]

Pretty good book. I don't always agree with everything that Alan writes, but he got this pocket guide close enough to earn a recco. Why the book has about 25% of it's content made up of 3 chapters from another one of his books confusing and I felt a little cheated. Nothing new or revolutionary, just a handy reference guide.