Q&A - Which books I need to read in order to know how Scrum works?
I’ve got another interesting question from Artur Martins:
“Which books I need to read in order to know how Scrum works?”
Nowadays, there are tons of books regarding Scrum. When I started to get some information regarding Scrum, I did a very common mistake: try to get my hands in all books I could manage to. Is that useful? Not really.
IMHO, the best thing to do is read the book that started it all: “Agile Software Development with SCRUM”, by Ken Schwaber and Mike Beedle. Some approaches stated in the book are a little dated nowadays, but it’s still the best place to start.
Then, if possible, get a CSM (Certified Scrum Master) course: I can recommend you the services of Boris Gloger - not cheap, mind you, but for sure he delivers!
Next step? Three next steps, in fact: Practice, Practice, Practice.
Only after that you’ll reap benefits from reading other books about Scrum, which deal with specific parts of applying Scrum.
Hi, thanks for the kindly recomendation. BtW - if you want to read a book in German: I have written one
Cheers Boris
Boris Gloger
8 Oct 08 at 16:10
Hi Boris,
Unfortunately, my German has still a long way to go until I’m able to do that.
Cheers,
Ricardo
admin
8 Oct 08 at 18:10
I’ve recently started doing some book reviews and I’d like to encourage others to post their comments/reviews as a centralised resource for answering this question.
http://blog.viocity.com/blog/BookReviews
You can register as a user on my blog if you want to post a review - or email it to me and I’ll post it with relevant credits.
imho Mike Cohn’s Agile Estimating and Planning is a great practical book.
David McLean
18 Oct 08 at 14:10
Hi again David,
That’s a great idea! I was thinking of doing some book reviews later on - I’ll post them both here and at your blog.
Yes, “Agile Estimating and Planning” is a fantastic book - it’s difficult to beat Mike Cohn’s pragmatic and “down to earth” way of writing. If you haven’t read it yet, I strongly advise you “User Stories Applied”, also from him.
admin
18 Oct 08 at 19:10
See http://www.succeedingwithagile.com/ he’s offering his new book in draft for pdf review…
David McLean
25 Nov 08 at 18:11
Hi David,
Thanks for the heads-up, I’ll have a look at it right now.
admin
25 Nov 08 at 20:11