If release planning is the tuning fork, then sprint planning is the fine-tuning that a musician does before and during play. Since an instrument's tune is affected by its age and damage throughout the years, external factors such as the weather, and by the musician and his playing style, tuning is the way the musician brings the instrument back to the desired sound, matching usually an external source such as a tuning fork or digital tuner. In our Agile concerto, sprint planning is like fine-tuning the deliverables in the product backlog to the overarching pitch—or goals—set forth in the release plan. Just as instruments will get out of tune, so will a plan. But an Agile plan will never get too far out of sync since the product owner maintains a product backlog with the latest priorities and engages with the team in sprint planning. Sprinting allows the team and customer to readjust, or tune short-term deliverables to meet the...
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A natural and difficult tension exists between a project team (supply) and its customer (demand); a professional ScrumMaster relaxes this tension using the Scrum framework so that the team arrives at the best possible outcome."The Professional ScrumMaster's Handbook" is a practical, no-nonsense guide to helping you become an inspiring and effective ScrumMaster known for getting results.This book goes into great detail about why it seems like you're fighting traditional management culture every step of the way. You will explore the three roles of Scrum and how, working in harmony, they can deliver a product in the leanest way possible. You'll understand that even though there is no room for a project manager in Scrum, there are certain “management” aspects you should be familiar with to help you along the way. Getting a team to manage itself and take responsibility is no easy feat; this book will show you how to earn trust by displaying it and inspiring courage in a team every day."The Professional ScrumMaster's Handbook" will challenge you to dig deep within yourself to improve your mindset, practices, and values in order to build and support the very best agile teams.
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Table of Contents (22 chapters)
The Professional ScrumMaster's Handbook
Credits
Foreword
About the Author
Acknowledgment
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Free Chapter
Scrum – A Brief Review of the Basics (and a Few Interesting Tidbits)
Release Planning – Tuning Product Development
Sprint Planning – Fine-tune the Sprint Commitment
Sprint! Visible, Collaborative, and Meaningful Work
The End? Improving Product and Process One Bite at a Time
The Criticality of Real-time Information
Scrum Values Expose Fear, Dysfunction, and Waste
Everyday Leadership for the ScrumMaster and Team
Shaping the Agile Organization
Scrum – Large and Small
Scrum and the Future
The ScrumMaster's Responsibilities
ScrumMaster's Workshop
Index
Customer Reviews