Scrum - A Pocket Guide: A Pocket Guide (A Smart Travel Companion) (Best Practice (Van Haren Publishing))

Scrum - A Pocket Guide: A Pocket Guide (A Smart Travel Companion) (Best Practice (Van Haren Publishing))

This pocket guide is the one book to read for everyone who wants to learn about Scrum.<br /><br />The book covers all roles, rules and the main principles underpinning Scrum, and is based on the Scrum Guide Edition 2013. A broader context to this fundamental description of Scrum is given by describing the past and the future of Scrum.<br /><br />The author, Gunther Verheyen, has created a concise, yet complete and passionate reference about Scrum. The book demonstrates his core view that Scrum is about a journey, a journey of discovery and fun. He designed the book to be a helpful guide on that journey.<br /><br />Ken Schwaber, Scrum co-creator says that this book currently is the best available description of Scrum around. The book combines some rare characteristics:<br />•It describes Scrum in its entirety, yet places it in a broader context (of past and future).<br />•The author focuses on the subject, Scrum, in a way that it truly supports the reader. The book has a language and style in line with the philosophy of Scrum.<br />•The book shows the playfulness of Scrum.<br /><br />David Starr and Ralph Jocham, Professional Scrum trainers and early agile adopters, say that this is the ultimate book to be advised as follow-up book to the students they teach Scrum to and to teams and managers of organizations that they coach Scrum to.