Scrum For Dummies, 3rd Edition

Scrum For Dummies, 3rd Edition

by Mark C. Layton, Steven J. Ostermiller, Dean J. Kynaston
Released November 2022
Publisher(s): For Dummies
ISBN: 9781119904663

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Book description

Learn how scrum can help in every part of your life

Scrum—an organizing approach that exposes work progress and quality —is used all over the place in software development, but it’s not just for coders. Scrum For Dummies shows you how scrum can improve performance regardless of your industry or project. You can even use scrum to get tangible results in your personal projects—prepare for retirement, organize travel, and much more. Plan goals, releases, and sprints for all aspects of business and life. With Dummies, you’ll learn how to work flexibility and collaboration into anything you’re doing. This book is packed with helpful information to empower you to set up your first scrum project, organize the scrum team, integrate scrum into your agile project management strategy, and just make things work better.

  • Learn the ins and outs of scrum—updated for the 2020 scrum guide
  • Discover how scrum can help you manage projects in any industry and even in your personal life
  • Organize your scrum team and set up your first project
  • Integrate scrum into your agile project management strategy

This updated edition of Scrum For Dummies is written to make scrum useful for everyone—especially you.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Introduction
    1. About This Book
    2. Foolish Assumptions
    3. Conventions Used in This Book
    4. Icons Used in This Book
    5. Beyond the Book
    6. Where to Go from Here
  5. Part 1: Getting Started with Scrum
    1. Chapter 1: The Basics of Scrum
      1. The Bird’s-Eye Basics
      2. The Feedback Feast
      3. Agile Roots
      4. The Five Scrum Values
    2. Chapter 2: The First Steps
      1. Getting Your Scrum On
      2. The Power in the Product Owner
      3. Why Product Owners Love Scrum
      4. The Company Goal and Strategy: Part 1
      5. The Scrum Master
      6. Common Roles Outside Scrum
  6. Part 2: Scrum Product Development
    1. Chapter 3: Planning Your Work
      1. The Product Roadmap
      2. Breaking Down Requirements
      3. Your Product Backlog
      4. Product Backlog Common Practices
    2. Chapter 4: The Talent and the Timing
      1. The Developers
      2. Getting the Edge on Backlog Estimation
      3. Your Definition of Done
      4. Common Practices for Estimating
    3. Chapter 5: Release and Sprint Planning
      1. Lean Startup
      2. Release Plan Basics
      3. Sprinting to Your Goals
      4. Planning Your Sprints
      5. Your Sprint Backlog
    4. Chapter 6: Getting the Most Out of Sprints
      1. The Daily Scrum
      2. Team Task Board
      3. The Sprint Review
      4. The Sprint Retrospective
    5. Chapter 7: Inspect and Adapt: How to Correct Your Course
      1. Need for Certainty
      2. The Feedback Loop
      3. Transparency
      4. Antipatterns
      5. External Forces
      6. In-Flight Course Correction
      7. Testing in the Feedback Loop
      8. Culture of Innovation
  7. Part 3: Scrum for Any Industry
    1. Chapter 8: Software Development
      1. Scrum and Software Development: A Natural Fit
      2. Software Flexibility and Refactoring
      3. Embracing Change
      4. Scrum Applications in Software
    2. Chapter 9: Tangible Goods Production
      1. The Fall of Waterfall
      2. Construction
      3. Scrum in Home Building
      4. Manufacturing
      5. Hardware Development
    3. Chapter 10: Services
      1. Health Care and Scrum
      2. A Worldwide Pandemic
      3. Education and Scrum
      4. Military and Law Enforcement
    4. Chapter 11: Publishing: A Shifting Landscape
      1. A Changing Landscape in Publishing
      2. News Media and Scrum
  8. Part 4: Scrum for Business Agility
    1. Chapter 12: IT Management and Operations
      1. Big Data and Large-Scale Migration
      2. Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Implementations
      3. Oracle Primavera Unifier
      4. ServiceNow
      5. Broadcom’s Clarity
      6. DevOps and Beyond
      7. Profit-and-Loss Potential
      8. Innovation versus Stability
    2. Chapter 13: Portfolio Management
      1. Portfolio Management Challenges
      2. De-scaling Scrum for Large Portfolios
      3. A Vertical Slicing Overview
      4. Scrum of Scrums
      5. Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS)
      6. Scrum@Scale
      7. Nexus
      8. Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
    3. Chapter 14: Human Resources and Finance
      1. Human Resources and Scrum
      2. Creating the Right Culture
      3. Finance
    4. Chapter 15: Business Development
      1. Marketing Evolution
      2. Scrum for Marketing
      3. Marketing Tools
      4. Scrum in Action (Marketing)
      5. The Gap Between Marketing and Sales
      6. Scrum for Sales
      7. Determining Roadmap to Value (Sales)
    5. Chapter 16: Customer Service
      1. Customers: The Most Crucial Stakeholders
      2. Scrum and Customer Service
      3. Scrum in Action in Customer Service
  9. Part 5: Scrum for Everyday Life
    1. Chapter 17: Dating and Family Life
      1. Finding Love with Scrum
      2. Families and Scrum
    2. Chapter 18: Scrum for Life Goals
      1. Getting to Retirement
      2. Achieving Fitness and Weight Goals
      3. Keeping Life Balance
      4. Planning Travel
      5. Studying
  10. Part 6: The Part of Tens
    1. Chapter 19: Ten Key Benefits of Scrum
      1. Higher Customer Satisfaction
      2. Better Product Quality
      3. Reduced Risk
      4. Improved Performance Visibility
      5. Increased Investment Control
      6. Increased Collaboration and Ownership
      7. More Relevant Metrics
      8. Improved Predictability
      9. Optimized Team Structures
      10. Higher Team Morale
    2. Chapter 20: Ten Key Factors for Enabling Scrum
      1. Dedicated Team Members
      2. Collaborative Environment
      3. Done Means Releasable
      4. Empowered Product Owner
      5. Don’t Ignore Reality
      6. Clear Product Goal and Roadmap
      7. Developer Versatility
      8. Scrum Master Clout
      9. Leadership Support for Learning
      10. Leverage Industry Experts
    3. Chapter 21: Ten Key Resources for Scrum
      1. Scrum For Dummies Cheat Sheet
      2. The Scrum Guide
      3. Scrum Alliance
      4. Agile Alliance
      5. Business Agility Institute
      6. State of Agile Report
      7. ScrumPLoP
      8. Certification Resources
      9. Scaling Scrum Resources
      10. Platinum Edge
  11. Index
  12. About the Authors
  13. Advertisement Page
  14. Connect with Dummies
  15. End User License Agreement

Product information

  • Title: Scrum For Dummies, 3rd Edition
  • Author(s): Mark C. Layton, Steven J. Ostermiller, Dean J. Kynaston
  • Release date: November 2022
  • Publisher(s): For Dummies
  • ISBN: 9781119904663