Scrum Field Guide, The: Agile Advice for Your First Year and Beyond, 2nd edition

Foreword by Kenneth S. Rubin           xxiii

Preface           xxv

Acknowledgments           xxix

About the Author           xxxi

Chapter 1: Scrum: Simple, Not Easy           1

The Story   1

Scrum   6

Keys to Success   17

References   18

Part I: Getting Prepared           21

Chapter 2: Getting People on Board           23

The Story   23

The Model   29

Change Takes Time   30

Keys to Success   33

References   34

Work Consulted   34

Chapter 3: Using Team Consultants to Optimize Team Performance           35

The Story   35

The Model   39

Keys to Success   47

Reference   50

Works Consulted   50

Chapter 4: Predicting Team Velocity           51

The Story   51

The Model   56

Keys to Success   65

References   67

Chapter 5: Implementing the Scrum Roles           69

The Story   69

The Model   73

Keys to Success   78

Chapter 6: Determining Sprint Length           81

The Story   81

The Model   84

Keys to Success   91

Reference   92

Chapter 7: How Do You Know You’re Done?           93

The Story   93

The Model   95

Keys to Success   101

References   102

Chapter 8: The Case for a Full-Time ScrumMaster           103

The Story   103

The Model   106

Keys to Success   112

References   116

Work Consulted   116

Part II: Field Basics            117

Chapter 9: Why Engineering Practices Are Important in Scrum           119

The Story   119

The Practices   123

Keys to Success   131

References   133

Works Consulted   134

Chapter 10: Core Hours           135

The Story   135

The Model   138

Keys to Success   142

Chapter 11: Release Planning           143

The Story   143

The Model   147

Keys to Success   154

Reference   156

Chapter 12: Decomposing Stories and Tasks           157

The Story   157

The Model   159

Keys to Success   167

References   168

Works Consulted   168

Chapter 13: Keeping Defects in Check           169

The Story   169

The Model   170

Keys to Success   172

References   173

Work Consulted   174

Chapter 14: Sustained Engineering and Scrum           175

The Story   175

The Model   178

Keys to Success   181

References   182

Chapter 15: The Sprint Review           183

The Story   183

The Model   186

Keys to Success   188

Works Consulted   191

Chapter 16: Retrospectives           193

The Story   193

The Practice   196

Keys to Success   200

References   202

Part III: First Aid            203

Chapter 17: Facilitating a Productive Daily Scrum           205

The Story   205

The Model   208

Keys to Success   213

Chapter 18: The Fourth Question in Scrum           217

The Story   217

The Model   220

Keys to Success   221

Reference   221

Chapter 19: Keeping People Engaged with Pair Programming           223

The Story   223

The Model   225

Keys to Success   230

References   231

Chapter 20: Adding New Team Members           233

The Story   233

The Model  235

Keys to Success   238

References   239

Chapter 21: When Cultures Collide           241

The Story   241

The Model   246

Keys to Success   251

References   254

Works Consulted   254

Chapter 22: Sprint Emergency Procedures           255

The Story   255

The Model   257

Keys to Success   260

References   261

Part IV: Advanced Survival Techniques            263

Chapter 23: Sustainable Pace           265

The Story   265

The Model   269

Keys to Success   274

References   276

Chapter 24: Delivering Working Software           277

The Story   277

The Model   281

Keys to Success   284

Work Consulted   287

Chapter 25: Optimizing and Measuring Value           289

The Story   289

The Model   292

Keys to Success   297

Reference   299

Works Consulted   299

Chapter 26: Up-Front Project Costing            301

The Story   301

The Model   306

Keys to Success   310

References   311

Chapter 27: Documentation in Scrum Projects           313

The Story   313

The Model   316

Keys to Success   323

References   324

Chapter 28: Outsourcing and Offshoring           325

The Story   325

The Model   328

Keys to Success   332

References   337

Work Consulted   337

Chapter 29: Prioritizing and Estimating Large Backlogs–The Big Wall           339

The Story   339

The Model   342

Keys to Success   346

References   348

Chapter 30: Writing Contracts           349

The Story   349

The Model   353

Keys to Success   361

References   363

Part V: Wilderness Essentials           365

Chapter 31: Driving to Done through Collaboration           367

The Story   367

The Model   371

Keys to Success   380

References   382

Chapter 32: How Story Points Relate to Hours           383

The Story   383

The Model   386

Keys to Success   391

References   394

Chapter 33: Immersive Interviewing and Hiring            395

The Story   395

The Model   398

Keys to Success   404

References   406

Work Consulted   407

Chapter 34: Aligning Incentives with Outcomes           409

The Story   409

The Model   412

Keys to Success   415

Reference   417

Chapter 35: Risk Management in Scrum           419

The Story   419

The Model   420

Keys to Success   424

Works Consulted   425

Appendix: Scrum Framework           427

The Roles   428

The Artifacts   429

The Meetings   431

Putting It All Together   434

Index             435