Scrum Resources

Here are some resources about Scrum - the agile project management method that we use on our projects. We know that the age of static resources pages is probably long gone, but we want to share with you the ones we think are best and will get you going with Scrum on your own.

Here is our own short introduction to Scrum.

Introduction to Scrum presented by Andy Brandt.

 

If you don't have time for anything else - watch Ken Schwaber's Tech Talk on Scrum. It's one hour well invested.

History

Jeff Sutherland's lecture "The Roots of Scrum" - gives all the background and historical information about Scrum.

"The Knowledge-Creating Company: How Japanese Companies Create the Dynamics of Innovation" book by Ikujiro Nonaka and Hirotaka Takeuchi.

Books

This is a list of books we recommend if you are interested in Scrum in particular and agile in general. We have most of them in our company library.

Ken Schwaber, Mike Beedle - "Agile Software Development with SCRUM" - the basic book about Scrum.

Ken Schwaber - "Agile Project Management with Scrum",

Ken Schwaber - "The Enterprise and Scrum",

Esther Derby, Diana Larsen, Ken Schwaber - "Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great"

Mike Cohn - "Agile Estimating and Planning"

Other resources

Scrum Alliance - organization promoting Scrum, handing out certifications etc. Has some articles and other resources.

Ken Schwaber's site dedicated to Scrum - Control Chaos. 

Ken Schwaber's lecture about Scrum on Google Video.

Last but not least - when you decide to use Scrum you can also use our Scrum project management tool - the Banana Scrum. 

This page was prepared initially for Andy Brandt's "Introduction to Scrum" presentation.

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