This book is a guide for managers, Scrum Masters and agile coaches who
are interested in agile organizational methods and who are planning to
introduce Scrum at their own company. Scrum is not only a product
development framework but can also be used to structure activities for
agile and lean organizational development.
Divided into six major parts, the book first introduces and defines the
Scrum Culture briefly. It explains its relevance, highlights a number of
pain points typical for first encounters with Scrum, and embeds it in an
introduction to organizational change. This is complemented with many
real-life examples that help to apply the concepts to readers' own
specific contexts. The second part describes the principles of
introducing Scrum in detail, while the third part embarks on the
practical application of these principles, drawing on a wealth of
experience gathered in many successful introduction projects. Part four
focuses on a detailed case study of a Scrum transformation before part
five provides the scientific background information and study details
that led to the findings in part one. In closing, part six offers a
number of appendices with extensive information on Scrum and its
principles.
The second edition of this book has been updated throughout and
fundamentally re-organized for better readability.