Scrum Basics: A Very Quick Guide to Agile Project Management

by Tycho Press

The Elements of Agile and Scrum in a Nutshell Whether you’re new to agile software development or considering Scrum for general project management, Scrum Basics compiles all of the essentials into one handy little guide. Learn how agile teams use Scrum, • A simple summary of agile project management basics like the Agile Manifesto and 12 Agile Principles • A concise overview of Scrum roles, artifacts, and activities • A well-organized breakdown of Scrum practices with helpful illustrations and advice • A troubleshooting FAQ and 5 case studies to help you visualize Scrum in action

102 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 17, 2015

Reviews

[Ishan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Level of reading: Easy
Technical language: moderate

The author tries to define terminologies around agile and scrum to a certain extent but not detailed, keeps it as per the expectation of the buyer. short and sweet !
Books covers the basic definitions around scrum and it’s operating framework. Describes various roles within the scrum practice.
Case studies are not so great but good to go through and see that some of the biggies are always relying on scrum as an approach.
The responsibilities of each role in scrum is defined well and again kept short to sweet.

Author also presents some negative thoughts about agile and how one should carefully pick either agile or scrum and be readily mature from organization perspective and not just a local team ambition.

It’s worth a read for people started working or associated with scrum but have not been trained or not much awareness from the organization as a subject.

[Gary · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy read

High level overview and vocabulary for scrum development methodology . Good place to start and figure out where to go next.

[Jay Best · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good quick intro to Agile / scrum.

Read in library in 40 mins. 107 pages.

[Bookish In Orlando · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an interesting read. I had never hear of Scrum or Agile product management until reading this book. Basically this is a system of organization for projects and time management -- which as a supervisor of several employees I found to be really informative. This guide provided a lot of information to help all employees feel like they are a part of the team instead of feeling like they don't matter. This book also has a really nice Q&A section which can help you sort through any questions you may have after reading the material.

Pretty neat book -- if you run a business or supervisor employees it is worth check out. I received this ebook at a discounted price in exchange for an honest, unbiased opinion.

[Crystal Robertson · Rating 4 out of 5]

First I will start by saying I'm neither a software developer or project manager, but enjoyed reading this short informative book. Scrum basics discusses the history and principles of Agile project management in a simplified enough way for even those with no experience in the field to understand. It breaks down the differences in traditional offices compared to Agile ones and takes time to explain the terminology used in both the field as well as Scrum practice. My favorite part is the case studies in the last section because you can see, by example, the practice in action. 
I received this in exchange for a fair and honest review.

[Richard Hill · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Plus - This book was written to address agile methods of software development, but I think tit is very applicable to the other processes including writing. At least parts of it are. It is geared towards a team approach so a solo author might not be able to make use of all of the principles, but many of them would work. If you break down almost any endeavor there are always others involved in the creation process and that means it really does become a team process after all.