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A review by kshane1298
Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time by J. J. Sutherland, Jeff Sutherland
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.