Liftoff: Launching Agile Teams & Projects | Book Series

Overview: Before going to Agile practice and the author explains the similarities between the rocket launching and to kick-start an Agile project. Just like a rocket testing launch is done to test the entire system before the takeoff, similarly, the author gives a comparison on how to start a test project or a sprint in Agile software development to assess individual capabilities and support required to deliver the value. In this way, the roadmap to deliver a quality product becomes clearly visible.

The author explains:

  • How to lift up the team’s performance
  • Discover what is important in a list of backlogs
  • How to charter growth in individual performance through Agile

Authors:

Diana Larsen

Ainsley Nies

Published In:

2011

Scrum Mastery: From Good To Great Servant-Leadership | Book Series

Overview:  The book explains the crux of being a Scrum Master straightforwardly, and what a Scrum Master needs to do in a professional setup which requires improvements and what attributes he needs to follow. What The Scrum Master has to do, to facilitate the Scrum process to remove the hindrances that affect the performance of the team, and how can the Scrum Master can help team’s become high-performing teams at organization-level and team-level.

Topics covered in this book include:

  • Roles and responsibilities of a Scrum Master
  • How to build a fully engaged team
  • Increase the effectiveness of implementing Scrum
  • Importance of Scrum Meetings, and Retrospectives.

Authors:

Geoff Watts

Published In:

2013