Nexus czyli skalowalny Scrum

The Professional Scrum Series #1

by Kurt Bittner

Today, organizations want to scale Scrum to ever larger and more complex projects, driving the benefits of agility throughout the enterprise. But most conventional solutions to scaling agility have added complexity and deviated from the principles that make Scrum so attractive. Scaling Scrum with Nexus introduces a better approach, reflecting the authors' many years of applying and scaling Scrum in multiple industries. Four leading Scrum.org experts introduce the Nexus Framework, showing how it enables smooth integration among multiple Scrum teams, as well as highly-effective collaboration with non-Scrum teams working on the same project. Drawing on their immense experience, they explain what Nexus is, how it works, and how it solves agile scalability problems that have bedeviled organizations for years. Next, they offer start-to-finish guidance for applying Nexus Framework principles throughout your own organization. You'll walk through forming a Nexus, organizing work in a Nexus environment, managing and enabling a Nexus, and much more -- all you need to succeed with Scrum in even the most challenging global projects.

Genres: Nonfiction, Technical, Business

Paperback

Published January 1, 2018

Reviews

[Francois D’Agostini · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is more on how to scale agile and what skills/tools/mindset to use rather than a set of fixed rules about the nexus framework
The nexus framework is so simple it could be seen as "common sense" and yet, its simplicity allows us to get back at the root of agile and scrums and think about inspection and adaptation.

This is what enables not to loose ourselves into a collection of practices (who said "safe"? :) ) that makes us forgetting the agile values

The best part for me was the case study, as the authors are going through bad situations and figuring out how to improve

Nexus and scrum are nothing without people willing to transparently talk and act upon problems which are raised. This is the most important message. the rest is "common sense" :)

[Luis Guimaraes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome book! This is a must-read, even if you are not using Nexus! This is an agile book for a scaled agile environment.

[Jesse Houwing · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nexus, the scaling framework from scrum.org and Ken Schwaber and his team of Professional Trainers has had an extensive 2 day workshop as well as a thin scrum guide style definition.

This book takes the content and practices from the Scaled Professional Scrum course, embeds then in the Nexus framework and ties all the elements together.

It's a great Handbook for teams and scrum masters starting with scrum in multiple teams.

[Dominik "Dodo" Dopplinger · Rating 5 out of 5]

Before I read that book, Nexus was a vague concept to me. Now I have a deeper understanding of the guiding principles and how it might look like. I'll have a hard time implementing it in my current project, but its elements inspired me for some potential changes :)

[Amit · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Nexus™ Framework for Scaling Scrum : Continuously Delivering an Integrated Product with Multiple Scrum Teams.
This Book is a text book for understanding Scaling SCRUM via Scrum.org's Scaling framework - Nexus.
I used it for primarily understanding Nexus in detail and prepare for SPS Certification.
The book is very detailed in clarifying the nexus Framework and interlinking various aspect of changes to standard SCRUM in terms of new artifacts, roles, new ceremonies associated with Nexus Integration Team - NIT.
The Book does well in illustrating how scaling would work by addressing all areas of software delivery that get impacted due to scaling and introducing a new Framework having a central NIT .
Specifically it provides clarity on how to form a Nexus Team, Planning a Sprint in Nexus, Running a Sprint in Nexus & Nexus Retrospective.
Thus, to quote from Ken Schwaber, the book is an excellant Guide as it begins with a simple application of Nexus. It then describes its application in increasingly complex situations. The authors lay out the complexities, the problems they cause, and how one can apply Nexus
to address them. They thread the ideas together with a case study. This is
backed up by The Nexus Guide, the definitive body of knowledge.

[Stephen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Scrum, done right, can be an excellent approach for quickly delivering customer value. The things that make Scrum work -- collaboration and feedback among Scrum team members and between the team and stakeholders -- can be hard to do well as a project and team grows beyond a certain size. This book describes a framework (Nexus) that applies the principals of values of Scrum to an approach that integrates a number of teams. Case studies to introduce problems, combined with descriptions, makes for a very approachable, readable book. Since the challenges of Scrum at scale are similar to the challenges a single Scrum team can face, there are still things to learn, and technique to apply, to Scrum teams at any size.

While this _is_ and introduction to Nexus, anyone working with multiple Scrum Teams (especially when they are geographically distributed) can find something to learn. You may not finish this book with expert knowledge about how to scale your Scrum team, but you will have a good sense of what the framework can do to help you. Most importantly, you will understand why an effective "scaled" Scrum team relies on the individual teams working effectively as well.

[Veverka · Rating 3 out of 5]

I appreciate the pragmatic/practical attempt of the Nexus (Scrum of scrums/ Scrum Program Management). Several practical tools and illustrations. I would have split the book in two parts, a theory summary and the case study with a bit better introduction in the situation and more precise structure. In this format, the learning is a bit unstructured and difficult to derive the points/learnings applicable for my own cases.
Anyway, I have enjoyed the book and find some useful hints.

[Nathaniel Inman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Beyond the primer, the rest of the book was mostly common sense. Sprinkled throughout are a variety of tools to help teams within the Nexus with integrating and planning interdependent work or describing a few common problems with utilizing the framework. I have page tabs on pages 8 and 115.

[Bogdan · Rating 3 out of 5]

To me, this book was a bit too short and repetitive. The Nexus guide is enough to get it and this book isn't bringing enough extras.

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[Joe Caputo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice introduction to Nexus

A short, easy introduction to Nexus. Following some of the recommendations in this book should help when you’re trying or thinking about scaling scrum.

[Veronica Labolida · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book is quite good, at first it does an overview of the framework and then it gives you a case of a team starting to scale scrum. It is interesting.

[Daniel Noventa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good concepts to pick and choose in a scrum team, but feels a bit forced as a framework.

[Huong Nguyen · Rating 5 out of 5]

The first time I read the Nexus Guide, I had a lot of questions in my mind. And, this book provides me with clear guidelines on how to apply it.

[Stefania Corbini · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very clear and organized.
I would have loved a bit more indept in some of the cited pattern, but it's certainly a good starti g point

[Vernon Stinebaker · Rating 4 out of 5]

An easy read, the book covers the basics of Nexus using a case study call out format. The descaling/scrumbling topics were interesting; I'd be facilitated to know how often this actually happens.