LibGuides: TIM-6615 V1: Week 2 Resources

Week 2 Resources

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Scrum Fundamentals and Advanced
Norman, T. (2015). Scrum fundamentals and advanced. Addison-Wesley Professional 2015.
Watch Lesson 3: Scrum Overview.
This video provides an overview of the basic roles, artifacts, and events that make up the Scrum framework.
Watch Lesson 4: Getting a Scrum Project Started.
This video demonstrates how to create a project vision for the Scrum team to follow. The Product Backlog, User Stories, and prioritization of each item are discussed as related to the creation of a release plan.
Watch Lesson 5: Executing the Sprint.
This video demonstrates how to effectively plan the development of a product or process using the Sprint goals, Backlog, and Daily Scrum.
Mastering Professional Scrum: A Practitioner's Guide to Overcoming Challenges and Maximizing the Benefits of Agility
Reindl, S., & Ockerman, S. (2019). Mastering professional scrum: A practitioner's guide to overcoming challenges and maximizing the benefits of agility. Addison-Wesley Professional.
Read Chapter 1: Continuously Improving Your Scrum Practice.
This chapter details the seven key areas to improve the Scrum practice to achieve a successful Scrum adoption. Also, the three pillars of the empirical process (transparency, inspection, and adaptation) as related to Scrum are explained.
The Professional Product Owner: Leveraging Scrum as a Competitive Advantage, First Edition
McGreal, D., & Jocham, R. (2018). The professional product owner: Leveraging scrum as a competitive advantage (1st ed.). Addison-Wesley Professional.
Read Chapter 5 – Empiricism.
This chapter discusses how to approach complex problems using transparency, inspection, and adaptation. Also, the chapter explains the theory behind Scrum and in general, the agile movement.
Professional Scrum Development with Azure DevOps
Hundhausen, R. (2021). Professional scrum development with azure devops. Microsoft Press.
Read Chapter 1 – Professional Scrum.
This chapter describes the fundamentals of the scrum framework, including the pillars of Scrum and Scrum values.

The resources below are highly suggested, optional readings that will help you with this week’s assignments.

The Scrum Guide – The Definitive Guide to Scrum: The Rules of the Game
Schwaber, K., & Sutherland, J. (2020). The scrum guide – The definitive guide to scrum: The rules of the game. Scrumguides.org
This guide is a valuable resource for the Scrum framework.
Professional Coaching for Agilists: Accelerating Agile Adoption
Poole, D.B., & Lee, G. (2021). Professional coaching for agilest: Accelerating agile adoption. Addison-Wesley Professional.
This book is a valuable resource for individuals serving as consultants to teams and organizations seeking greater success in agile adoption.