Scrum the Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time Free Ebook

When I started my career as Scrum Principal I really didn't know what Scrum really is. I had just some bones definition of Scrum in mind, which in few words describes the principal idea, Scrum framework. The deeper understanding came when I decided to commencement from scratch and read a volume: „Scrum. The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time." written past Jeff Sutherland, co-creator of Scrum.

From military pilot to Scrum founder

The biography of Jeff Sutherland would exist if not jiff-taking, at least surprising to many. If I had to describe him before I've read that book, I'd say that he has to be a guy who simply devoted his life to IT business completely and having experience of thirty years in programming discovered that there are some things which could be washed easier and smoother.

Dogfights inspirations

In fact, Jeff Sutherland had his first aha moment that subsequently resulted in Scrum creation, during his service in the army. He was a war machine pilot during the Vietnam State of war and was one of the not so many soldiers who came back from the field safe and sound.

After xi years of being a pilot, he started his science career and became a master of statistics who was spending a large corporeality of fourth dimension in artificial intelligence laboratory. He also made Ph.D. studies in biometry and continued his science career in National Cancer Center.

Scrum prototyping

His fame every bit 'the good in new technologies' was really big and MidContinent Company which was at that time working on first cash dispensers offered him a job. He was hired as a vice president of advanced systems.

The commencement matter he did there was changing of the workflow. He implemented for the first time idea of work in sprints, the concept of backlog and the role of product owner. And in fact, he's 1 of those, whom we owe presence of cash dispensers all over the earth.

Later on, J. Sutherland worked as CTO and CEO in xi IT companies. In the first iv, he prototyped Scrum, in the fifth, he fully implemented the new framework he created. Nowadays, Scrum is used in 74% of Agile software companies in over 100 countries.

Scrum for FBI

What Scrum is really capable of you can easily find on pages where Sutherland writes its' implementation in one of FBI projects.

About decade and hundreds of meg dollars it took to develop a new integrated management system for FBI that in fact didn't work and didn't even had one-half of the features it suppose to have according to the initial plan. Thanks to Scrum it was „stock-still" for the budget leftovers and it engaged much less human resource than initially.

Gantt charts prevarication

The book is packed with great quotes every Scrum Master should larn by heart. Ane of my favorites is:

I knew that cascade (Waterfall) method in Easel will filibuster the project for months if non years. We had to propose completely different approach. I went to CEO and told him that we need to throw out Gantt chart. He was shocked and wanted to know why.

• How many Gantt charts accept you lot seen in your career? – I asked
• Hundreds.
• How many of them were right?

He thought for a infinitesimal.

– None of them.

Information technology's and so tempting: all work to be done in the enormous project presented in the style that all in can take a await at this. I visited many companies that were employing people whose only task was Gantt chart actualisation. The problem is that that this elegant schedule blow out in contact with reality.

But instead of waving or change approach, the management preferred to rent people to make the schedule seemed to exist working. In fact, they paid these people for presenting lies.

Besides the obvious things you already know well-nigh Scrum, you lot will read many case studies where Scrum was an antidote for all problems – none deadlines were met, none budgets were sufficient, no ane was happy virtually work that was conducted. Before the Scrum, in that location was chaos and lack of motivation.

All these stories are real-life statements how Scrum changes reality and mode of work.

New religion?

Although Sutherland mentions other methods/frameworks that are Scrum ancestor or relatives, inspirations (Toyota Production System, Lean Management, Set-Based Concurrent Engineering science) after few chapters narration similar: „I created Scrum", „I found Scrum", „I invented Scrum" started to irritate me.

I don't want to play downwardly merits of Sutherland, but many things that built the Scrum are too present in hundreds of organizations which simply don't name it as Scrum ingredients.

What'due south more than, some Scrum rules are pretty obvious when you just think about it and very intuitive. Just in few passages of the book where Scrum is presented not quite adequate (in my perception) almost equally a new religion.

For all

I wrote this last section merely to make y'all my reader intrigued and to inspire you to read the volume and approximate for yourself. I'thousand sure that this book is one of these I would have in my easily definitely more once.

It appeared that the book is a good Scrum knowledge compendium simply too an interesting and pleasant story full of places that are amusing the reader and inputting not only to scrum work environment only as well mind opening in dissimilar life dimensions.

If yous are looking for something smooth, funny and inspiring to read, that's the volume for you lot. It's written in light, amusing language far from the It jargon and then it'southward besides a great idea to requite it every bit a present to anyone. Literally anyone. Because as Sutherland proves yous tin successfully use Scrum non only in IT merely also when organizing wedding ceremony, in hospital direction, regime, churches and so on!

I hope you volition bask this volume equally much equally me. Feel free to post your comment below this postal service too, I would be delighted to read your opinion!

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