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kshane1298's review against another edition
5.0
Key Takeaway:
1. Planning is useful, but do not follow blindly, inspect and adapt.
2. Shu Ha Ri - (Sha) learn the rules first, (Ha) then make innovations, (Ri) discard the forms internalizing the rules, and make decisions almost unconsciously.
3. Teams - Groups should at maximum have 7 members. They should have 3 characteristics: Purpose, Autonomy, Cross-functionality
4. Time - Break down tasks into sprints, review the plan at the end of each sprint, and make adjustments
5. Waste - Do not multitask, do right the first time and work efficiently
6. Plan - Plans do not always do as planned, make adjustments and iterations. Use "planning poker" to quickly estimate work that needs to be done
7. Happiness - Happier people are more productive. Create a happiness metric, and keep everything transparent
8. Prioritise - Create a backlog first, listing all the things you want to add to the project, decide which will yield the highest result, and deploy your product as fast as possible so as to take in feedback and make adjustments. Charge a fee for the product so as to understand if people are willing to pay for the product
9. Change the World - Scrum can be used in all aspects of life, in education, poverty, government, etc.
- One main takeaway I realized after reading this book is that you can make your goals dynamic, in the sense that you can make a goal, build systems or small steps towards that goal, and also change or adapt the system according to what the present situation requires.
1. Planning is useful, but do not follow blindly, inspect and adapt.
2. Shu Ha Ri - (Sha) learn the rules first, (Ha) then make innovations, (Ri) discard the forms internalizing the rules, and make decisions almost unconsciously.
3. Teams - Groups should at maximum have 7 members. They should have 3 characteristics: Purpose, Autonomy, Cross-functionality
4. Time - Break down tasks into sprints, review the plan at the end of each sprint, and make adjustments
5. Waste - Do not multitask, do right the first time and work efficiently
6. Plan - Plans do not always do as planned, make adjustments and iterations. Use "planning poker" to quickly estimate work that needs to be done
7. Happiness - Happier people are more productive. Create a happiness metric, and keep everything transparent
8. Prioritise - Create a backlog first, listing all the things you want to add to the project, decide which will yield the highest result, and deploy your product as fast as possible so as to take in feedback and make adjustments. Charge a fee for the product so as to understand if people are willing to pay for the product
9. Change the World - Scrum can be used in all aspects of life, in education, poverty, government, etc.
- One main takeaway I realized after reading this book is that you can make your goals dynamic, in the sense that you can make a goal, build systems or small steps towards that goal, and also change or adapt the system according to what the present situation requires.
jess_mango's review against another edition
4.0
My work life is pretty much scrum, scrum , scrum. I've been using scrum at work for around 5 years now and received my scrum master and product owner training from this book's author Jeff Sutherland and his colleagues.
I received a copy of this book a couple of months ago and finally got to read it in the past few days. It is a pretty quick read so would make a great introduction to the history and basics of scrum. Since I've been scrumming for around half a decade I was already familiar with the concepts but was able to glean a few new ideas to try to implement with my teams. I recommend this book to anyone looking to make their projects run more efficiently.
I received a copy of this book a couple of months ago and finally got to read it in the past few days. It is a pretty quick read so would make a great introduction to the history and basics of scrum. Since I've been scrumming for around half a decade I was already familiar with the concepts but was able to glean a few new ideas to try to implement with my teams. I recommend this book to anyone looking to make their projects run more efficiently.
voodoo_dexter's review against another edition
4.0
A great book to understand how to put in the human efforts for better results. Scrum as described by the author has served to solve many problems other than just in software development companies. This book has a lasting effect on the ways you would do your work. I would recommend everyone, irrespective of the sector they work in, to read this book.
jessiehulena's review against another edition
5.0
Easy and engaging listening, great examples of scrum succeeding and failing (and why), with actionable steps to implement.
ryanwriter's review against another edition
5.0
Loved the book! Great introduction to using Scrum with teams beyond software development.