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Scrum: The Art Of Doing Twice The Work In Half The Time (2014)

by Jeff Sutherland(Favorite Author)

4.27 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

038534645X (ISBN13: 9780385346450)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Crown Business

review 1: I enjoyed this, and found it intriguing, but also frustrating. Where I work, the basis of our work used to be routine work that more or less literally came in the mail. It had definite ebbs and flows, but it was fairly steady and predictable. Now, that traditional stream of work is drying up, and more of our work is focused around projects, driven by this grant or that, this inquiry by a donor, that passion of a dean. I think Scrum MIGHT be helpful in giving our staff a way to manage these sudden and finite projects. The challenge, I think, would be creating these teams in an institution so in love with hierarchy and process. The staff I know best seem really to crave being given very explicit direction, and Scrum expects team members to be highly self-directing. Still, in... moreteresting food for thought here.
review 2: Scrum pioneer Jeff Sutherland responded to the suggestion his son, J.J. Sutherland did to collaborate on a book on the truly remarkable journey Scrum has taken them on since 1993. The shippable product, Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time is challenging critics and cynics alike. More can be done faster and cheaper. Other than presenting just another text book on Scrum, Sutherland's narrative emphasizes the backgrounds and reasons for assembling what we now know as Scrum.From Toyota Production System, Lean Manufacturing, professors Takeuchi and Nonaka, the first endeavors of Sutherland and co-creator Ken Schwaber to Deming's Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle and the problems with Gannt charts. It's good to know the origins and the initial stages of implementation. Scrum nowadays not only is used for software development. The book highlights great examples of eduScrum at Dutch schools (makes me proud as Dutch reviewer), micro credit enterprises in Uganda, as well as churches (thanks to Jeff's wife Arline) and journalism in the Middle-East (J.J. Sutherland). Scrum is not wishing for a better world, or surrendering to the existing. It's a actionable way to implement change. Change or die. Since humans want to be great, not only pursuit happiness, but be successful, Scrum is provided as efficient way to get things done faster and cheaper than using waterfall, gate-phased approaches, or having specialists working in silos. You'll learn why Japanese cars are built more efficiently than German cars. Sutherland draws from his own 30+ years experience as a West Point-educated fighter pilot, robotics, engineering, and martial arts to contemporary companies like Valve and his own Scrum Inc. From Toyota Prius to wedding planners. And of course, all elements of Scrum are woven into the story line. Too good to be true? Still not convinced? Read first this book, reflect on your current production process and figure out what you're missing. less

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