Starting Scrum
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Starting Scrum: “Pro Tips”
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Here are a few professional tips to remember when starting Scrum:
- Scrum is not an acronym for anything and Scrum is not a “Silver Bullet“.
- While the word Scrum comes from the sport Rugby, there is nothing violent in the real world of implementing Scrum on your projects.
- There is a real world difference between the words “Scrum” and “Agile.” Don’t worry about that right now.
- Scrum is not about technology or agile tool vendors trying to make you Agile.
- Do not try “Scaling Scrum at the Enterprise level” if you cannot implement Scrum with one team yet.
- Scrum sounds like a pretty funny word, huh?
- Scrum is all about communication between people. And. It starts with some difficult conversations about prioritization.
- You — or your boss and organization — cannot try “Managing Scrum.”
Starting Scrum: How to Start
- Read the AgileManifesto. This is where it all began.
- Listen to the the Scrum Guide audio book.
- View the Interactive Scrum Guide.
- Read “The New New Product Development Game” (1986, Harvard Business Review).
- Review the Implementing Scrum blog (and cartoons).
- Investigate your Certified Scrum Training options (including a new Scrum Fundamentals certificate from the Scrum Alliance).
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