ELEMENTS OF SCRUM Paperback – Import, 1 February 2011

The book goes with theory of agile that you should most important feature in minimum time by prioritising and estimating. :)Good crisp book to introduce elements of scrum

It presents the complete overview, enjoyable to read, and the best part is that it covers basis doubts that arise about how much documentation, what all techniques that can be used....

I've been doing scrum for a while but this book with it's storytelling, amazing examples and great options for the application of the same principle provides a perspective that few books on this subject have been able to deliver

I am new to project management, and I am also a college programmer. This is a well-organized recipe for team-building and finding project priority. Hope the project will go well./fingercrossed

Excelente livro, leitura leve e rápida.

Il libro si apre con una efficace comparazione tra "waterfall" e sviluppo "agile". Poi passa ad un'esposizione molto interessante dei valori e dei principi agili (individui e interazioni al di sopra di processi e strumenti e così via). Dopodiché arriva la parte centrale del libro con la spiegazione dei ruoli (Product Owner, Scrum Master, Membro del team), delle cerimonie (Sprint Planning, Daily Standup, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective, Backlog Grooming, Story Time) e artefatti (Product Backlog , Sprint Backlog, Burn Charts, Task Board, Definition Of Done) che sono gli elementi portanti di Scrum. All'interno della parte centrale del libro c'è una buona spiegazione di cosa sono e come organizzare le User Story con suggerimenti pratici per crearle al meglio. A chiusura di questa parte centrale si trova una discussione su alcune strategie che aiutano a stimare le User Story.Un libro bene organizzato e facilmente leggibile per chi si vuole approcciare a Scrum.

I got this book after reading the abridged version by the same authors. Like the abridged version this book is well written and the concepts well explained. The book opens with a good comparison of "waterfall" vs "agile" development. Following this is a very enjoyable exposition of the agile values and principles (individuals and interactions over processes and tools etc etc). Following this is the core part of the book: explanations of the roles (product owner, scrum master, team member), ceremonies (sprint planning, daily standup, sprint review, sprint retrospective, backlog grooming, story time) and artifacts (product backlog, sprint backlog, burn charts, task board, definition of done) that make up scrum. Within the core part of the book is a good explanation of what user stories are and how they help with understanding what needs to be built, for who and, importantly, why. And closing out the core part of the book is a discussion on some tried and tested strategies for estimating stories.I've not read any other books on scrum so I can't compare but I'd be very very amazed to find a better one out there than this one. This book covered absolutely lots of ground whilst remaining compact and, most importantly, very readable.

This is a good handbook for team members. Whenever I am building a new team I buy a bunch of these and spread them around in the office for people to peruse if they are not that familiar with Scrum or haven't used it in a while.