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“Our job as Scrum professionals is to continually improve our ability to use Scrum to deliver products and services that help customers achieve valuable outcomes. This book will help you to improve your ability to apply Scrum.”
—From the Foreword by Ken Schwaber, co-author of Scrum

Mastering Professional Scrum is for anyone who wants to deliver increased value by using Scrum more effectively. Leading Scrum practitioners Stephanie Ockerman and Simon Reindl draw on years of Scrum training and coaching to help you return to first principles and apply Scrum with the professionalism required to achieve its transformative potential.

The authors aim to help you focus on proven Scrum approaches for improving quality, getting and using fast feedback, and becoming more adaptable, instead of “going through the motions” and settling for only modest improvements.

Whether you’re a Scrum Master, Development Team member, or Product Owner, you’ll find practical advice for facing challenges with transparency and courage, overcoming a wide array of common challenges, and continually improving your Scrum practice.

Realistically assess your current Scrum practice, and identify areas for improvement
Recognize what a great Scrum Team looks like and get there
Focus on “Done”—not “sort-of-Done” or “almost-Done”
Measure and optimize the value delivered by every Product Increment
Improve the way you plan, develop, and grow
Clear away wider organizational impediments to agility and professionalism
Overcome common misconceptions that stand in the way of progress

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Stephanie Ockerman has more than a decade of experience in both traditional waterfall and agile delivery approaches and has worked with implementations in leading large-scale technology programs, acting as a Scrum Master, and coaching Scrum Teams and organizations. She is also a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) through PMI and a Co-Active Coach trained by the Coach Training Institute. Stephanie is an active blogger and frequently speaks at agile and leadership conferences around the world.

Simon Reindl is an experienced developer, trainer, coach, and technologist. He has more than 20 years’ experience helping organizations in the private and public sectors and all industries adopt new technology and improve the value delivered. He is qualified to lead the full range of Professional Scrum Training courses (PSF, PSD .NET, PSM, PSPO and SPS) as well as coach people at all levels—whether in technical or managerial roles. Simon is a qualified teacher and Certified Agile Coach. He is also an active blogger and speaker at agile and technical conferences around the world.

Introduction

The Scrum Framework, Actually

Self-Organizing Cross-Functional Teams

Professionalism and Unprofessionalism

Enabling Scrum in the Organization

Mastering Scrum with Servant Leadership

A Scrum Decision-Making Cheat Sheet

Glossary

References and recommended reading

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Mastering Professional Scrum A Practitioners Guide to Overcoming Challenges and Maximizing the Benefits of Agility

Mastering Professional Scrum A Practitioners Guide to Overcoming Challenges and Maximizing the Benefits of Agility

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