The Scrum Field Guide: Practical Advice for Your First Year

Foreword by Jim Highsmith

“Scrum is elegantly deceptive. It is one of the easiest frameworks to understand yet one of the hardest frameworks to implement well.” So begins Chapter 1 of this thought-provoking and valuable guide to Scrum. I’ve seen too many organizations get caught up in the assumed simplicity of Scrum—they never seem to make it past Scrum 101 to a mature view of Scrum. They practice “rule-based” agility and don’t appear to see the irony. They don’t understand that change, particularly in larger organizations, will be difficult—the path bumpy—no matter how devoted they are to implementation—and that a few simple rules just aren’t enough. This guide helps you move beyond Scrum 101 to a mature, realistic implementation. It isn’t about ...