Scrum Insights for Practitioners: The Scrum Guide Companion

by Hiren Doshi

Hiren Doshi , Scrum.org Professional Scrum Trainer & Coach in his book, Scrum Insights for The Scrum Guide Companion helps the practitioners master the Scrum framework by gaining in-depth practical insights and helps answer questions

















Recommendations for the book from the Scrum champions
Take advantage of Hiren’s vast experience and avoid making the common errors people make as they begin their journey. This book contains a wealth of practical information that will be useful to readers as they work to implement the basic theory found in The Scrum Guide — Steve Porter, team member, Scrum.org
In his book Scrum Insights for Practitioners, Hiren has extended the core rules of The Scrum Guide with practices he has found useful. Hiren answers questions regarding Scrum that potentially remain unanswered even after one reads The Scrum Guide. Hiren dismantles common misconceptions about Scrum, regardless of the source of such misconceptions. Hiren elaborates on basic information provided in The Scrum Guide, as well as on the principles underlying Scrum — Gunther Verheyen, Author of “Scrum — A Pocket Guide, a Smart Travel Companion”
Hiren Doshi has written a fine companion to The Scrum Guide , filling in some of the intentional gaps left in the Scrum framework. Using this companion along with The Scrum Guide will undoubtedly improve the outlook for those teams that internalize its teachings.” — Charles Bradley, ScrumCrazy.com
This book will help you understand the nuances of Scrum. It takes a very practical approach toward implementing Scrum without compromising on its values and principles. A useful and handy reference for Scrum practitioners!— Gopinath R, Agile coach and practitioner

Genres: Nonfiction

108 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 26, 2016

Reviews

[Nariman · Rating 4 out of 5]

مفاهیم اولیه اسکرام رو خیلی خوب شرح داده و به چرایی وجود هر کدومشون پرداخته

نحوه استفاده از اسکرام رو از صفر توضیح نمیده، بابت همین به درد افرادی می‌خوره که از قبل با کلیت کار و چرایی مدل ذهنی چابک آشنا باشند

[Alexander Teibrich · Rating 4 out of 5]

A wonderful small book about Scrum and a great reminder of the details. I wonder when we will see an updated version that takes into account the Scrum 2020 changes.

[Nathalie Karasek · Rating 5 out of 5]

very good book, providing a lot of insights ... as the title suggests :-) ... must read for every Scrum Master and also highly recommended for POs and Dev Team members

[Inna Nechaeva · Rating 5 out of 5]

Suggest to everyone who works with Scrum
Short book about most important things, answer to all questions appeared in Team

[Esuabom Dijemeni · Rating 5 out of 5]

a good introduction to practicing scrum in the real world

Scrum insights for practitioners is an excellent read for people new to scrum who are seeking to understand scrum from a practical view - how do scrum work in the real world? Also, it serves as a great reference material for experienced scrum practitioner to deepening their practical implementation of scrum. I enjoy the discussions around the imperfections of scrum for example can I person be a product owner and a developer in a scrum team? The book got the balance behind the theory and practice of scrum. One area of improvement will be to make the book more visual. Overall, this is a 5 star book on scrum

[Vishal Prasad · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautifully written

The simplicity of scrum is captured in the most beautiful way and this book complements the scrum guide perfectly. When read in conjunction with the scrum guide it clarifies a lot of misconceptions and misunderstandings that the light nature of scrum guide might add for a reader. Although the scrum guide is clear enough, Hiren's book adds a perspective that's valuable to any Scrum practitioner.

[Sandeep · Rating 5 out of 5]

There are hundreds of books out there on agile and scrum, but this one has struck me as the simplest and the easiest to understand book that I have ever read on the topic. Hiren's wealth of experience in agile projects comes through, along with his skills as a trainer in this volume that I would rate as a must read for any agile practitioner.

[Udaykiran Joshi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simple and crisp! A quick Handbook to start with your Scrum journey. Hiren captures the myths and misconceptions of Scrum implementation very nicely in this book. If you are planning to start your Scrum journey or recently started on it, I highly recommend it. Definitely a good companion for Scrum Guide. A good refresher for me!

[Aditya Kulkarni · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has some really great insights about what it takes to actually "do" Scrum. Hiten Doshi has actually "read between the lines" when going through The Scrum Guide and has made his key takeaways available to all of us!

Highly recommended to those who are getting started with PSM Certification Path!

[Hugo Vázquez · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was okay, but I wouldn't read it again. It has several good insights and examples, but it is based on an older Scrum Guide and not the 2020 Scrum Guide. I recommend reading it only if you are already familiar with the 2020 SG because it has different rules and terminology. All in all, read for the examples and cases and not for studying for the exam.

[Dávid Molnár · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short, concise, but not too boring. Little bit less abstract and more practical. It answers some real-world practical questions about Scrum, but don't expect too much.

Just skim it through on a lazy Sunday afternoon.

[FERNANDO D SANTOS JR · Rating 4 out of 5]

Easy to read and good insights

I lke the reading. It is objective, clear and easy to understand. Really recommend for those that are not familiar with scrum and are planning to take PSM I exam.

[Dr. Tathagat Varma · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hiren has compiled a good book for agile newbies who are looking to understand the spirit of Scrum beyond the Scrum Guide. It is a slim book, and can help practitioners get a good perspective in just a couple hours.

[Rampal Singh · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good read for everyone want to learn Agile

The book explains the agile way to software development in very clearly. The case study at the end reinforces all the learning in the book.

[Dattatray D · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has detailed explanation of everything that is briefly mentioned in Scrum guide. Reading scrum guide, as recommended in the book, has helped. The simplistic language and emphasis put on explaining each Scrum concept make this book a good read for beginners.

[Modestus Lorence · Rating 5 out of 5]

Must read for Agile Scrum Professionals

It's one of the best books I have read on Agile Scrum. Please, at least read once. It is well written and still can be used for any Scrum certifications.

[Nat Miletic · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great preparation book for the Scrum Certification level 1 PSPO and PSM exams.

[Dante Peralta · Rating 5 out of 5]

A MUST in your PSM training

A really simple but powerful approach to go deeper into Scrum. Any person looking forward PSM certification must read this book.

[Luis Guimaraes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice book! It helped me to get approved in PSM II.

[Wilson Gov]

Basics of scrum well explored, good guide for the PSM

This book provides a good overview of the basics of scrum. I wish I had read this before my PSM and PSPO.

[Smrita · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very informative book for aspiring Scrum Masters.

[Buddy2Blogger · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short read and very informative.

[Reshu · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of the best book i have come across on Agile. Anyone trying to move into agile mindset .. this is the perfect book.. Must read and highly recommended .

[Rose]

Great study resource for those studying for Scrum.org certifications

[Dzmitry Yashyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good for beginners. But too high-level, lack of examples.

[Guillaume Bailly · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice refresher of some of the guidelines of Scrum and techniques that can be used to master the framework. Nothing new for people having a bit of practical experience with Scrum though.

[Paige · Rating 4 out of 5]

Studying for a certification is never fun, really, but this was written well and not insufferable like the Sutherland book.

[VIPUL R SARDAL · Rating 5 out of 5]

SCRUM Well explained.

Great - Simplicity in writing and explaining.
Could have added more practical cases as 2 in the end.Overall a very good book.

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