The Power of Scrum In the Real World, Chapters 1 and 2: What is Scrum?

by Paul VII

AUTHOR NOTE "I write this text as a certified scrum master with experience in international blue chip companies dating back to 1999. That experience includes leading projects for the BBC, General Electric, Oracle, BSkyB, HiT Entertainment (responsible for Angelina Ballerina, Bob the builder and other titles that you love watching with your kids or siblings but won’t admit to) and Razorfish. These roles have all involved leadership on a wealth of mobile, internet TV and web software projects. I have played the role of scrum master and in the earlier years, of team lead and technical lead. I have had the privilege of running projects and rolling out working practices in market leading organisations from start to finish."

These are chapters from the book titled "The Power of Scrum in the Real World"

Introduction

Chapter 1. The World Before Agile and Scrum

The Waterfall Model
The Birth of Agile

Chapter 2. Introducing Scrum

Scrum Theory
Scrum Skeleton
Scrum Team Roles
Time-boxes (Events) and Rules
Artefacts
Monitoring the Progress of a Release – The Release Burn down
Sprint Backlog
Monitoring the Progress of a Sprint - Sprint Burn down
Shippable Product Increment

25 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 16, 2013

About the author

Paul VII is not only an author but a certified scrum master with experience in international blue chip companies dating back to 1999. That experience includes leading projects for the BBC, General Electric, Oracle, BSkyB, HiT Entertainment (responsible for Angelina Ballerina, Bob the builder and other titles that you love watching with your kids or siblings but won't admit to) and Razorfish. These roles have all involved leadership on a wealth of mobile, internet TV and web software projects. He has played the role of portfolio manager, scrum master and in the earlier years, of team lead and technical lead. He has had the privilege of running projects and rolling out working practices in market leading organisations from start to finish.

Reviews

[Fred Fanning · Rating 5 out of 5]

These two chapters do a great job of explaining the waterfall methods and its shortcomings. They also explain the need for Agile and introduce the reader to SCRUM.