Scrum Shortcuts without Cutting Corners: Agile Tactics, Tools, Tips [Paperback]

• 50 practical and proven techniques for taking Scrum skills to the next level
• Links Scrum theory to action with concise, actionable, step-by-step Scrum techniques for improving process, action, and outcome
• Walks the reader through real-world, in-the-trenches techniques for solving the problems formal Scrum training never mentioned
• Covers project warm-ups, kick-offs, roles, role models, sustainable Scrum environments, product(ive) backlogs, estimating, planning, proving, quality, retros, reviews, and more

Practical, Step-by-Step Scrum Techniques for Improving Processes, Actions, and Outcomes

The widespread adoption and success of Scrum can be attributed in large part to its perceived intuitiveness and simplicity. But when new Scrum practitioners attempt to apply Scrum theory and high-level approaches in actual projects, they often find it surprisingly difficult. In Scrum Shortcuts without Cutting Corners, Scrum expert Ilan Goldstein helps you translate the Scrum framework into reality to meet the Scrum challenges your formal training never warned you about.

Drawing on his extensive agile experience in a wide range of projects and environments, Goldstein presents thirty proven, flexible shortcuts for optimizing Scrum processes, actions, and outcomes. Each shortcut walks you through applying a Scrum approach to achieve a tangible output. These easy-to-digest, actionable patterns address a broad range of topics including getting started, quality and metrics, team members and roles, managing stakeholders, estimation, continuous improvement and much more.