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The Elements of Scrum by Hillary Louise Johnson, Chris Sims

sustainably_lucia's review against another edition

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4.75

An easy to read introduction to Scrum that was both helpful and humorous. I just became the Scrum Master at my organization so I picked this up to learn a bit more about how to improve the day to day functioning of my team. I read over a few days and learned a lot. I'm looking forward to implementing some new things over the next few sprints!

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4.0

Very readable, particularly for someone with no programming experience. This book provides a great overview of the concepts of Scrum and straightforward examples of those concepts in practice. Probably too simplistic for most programmers, who are likely exposed to different ways to work during their education, but a must-read for anyone else working in the tech industry.

It would be interesting to see a follow-up from these authors with examples of Scrum being used as a general management tool.

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informative fast-paced

3.0

mantaq10's review against another edition

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5.0

The book to evanvelize scrum with

I use to recommend the pocket book by varheyen to anyone starting out with scum but recently got briefed to go through this book at a project orientation. Sims book is very well written, very easy to read, quick and focuses on the crux of scrum and related tool sets.
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