The Scrum Field Guide

Foreword by Jim Highsmith xix Foreword by Jeff Sutherland xxi Preface xxv Acknowledgments xxix About the Author xxxi Chapter 1: Scrum: Simple, Not Easy 1 The Story 1 Scrum 6 Keys to Success 17 References 18 Part I: Getting Prepared 19 Chapter 2: Getting People On Board 21 The Story 21 The Model 27 Change Takes Time 28 Keys to Success 31 References 32 Chapter 3: Using Team Consultants to Optimize Team Performance 33 The Story 33 The Model 37 Keys to Success 45 References 48 Works Consulted 48 Chapter 4: Determining Team Velocity 49 The Story 49 The Model 54 Keys to Success 63 References 65 Chapter 5: Implementing the Scrum Roles 67 The Story 67 The Model 70 Keys to Success 76 Chapter 6: Determining Sprint Length 77 The Story 77 The Model 80 Keys to Success 87 References 88 Chapter 7: How Do We Know When We Are Done? 89 The Story 89 The Model 91 Keys to Success 97 References 97 Chapter 8: The Case for a Full-Time ScrumMaster 99 The Story 99 The Model 102 Keys to Success 108 References 112 Work Consulted 112 Part II: Field Basics 113 Chapter 9: Why Engineering Practices Are Important in Scrum 115 The Story 115 The Practices 119 Keys to Success 126 References 129 Works Consulted 129 Chapter 10: Core Hours 131 The Story 131 The Model 134 Keys to Success 138 Chapter 11: Release Planning 139 The Story 139 The Model 142 Keys to Success 151 References 152 Chapter 12: Decomposing Stories and Tasks 153 The Story 153 The Model 155 Keys to Success 163 References 164 Works Consulted 164 Chapter 13: Keeping Defects in Check 165 The Story 165 The Model 166 Keys to Success 169 References 169 Work Consulted 170 Chapter 14: Sustained Engineering and Scrum 171 The Story 171 The Model 174 Keys to Success 177 References 178 Chapter 15: The Sprint Review 179 The Story 179 The Model 182 Keys to Success 185 Works Consulted 187 Chapter 16: Retrospectives 189 The Story 189 The Practice 191 Keys to Success 196 References 197 Part III: First Aid 199 Chapter 17: Running a Productive Daily

Mitch Lacey has been an agile practitioner and consultant and is the founder of Mitch Lacey & Associates, Inc., a software consulting and training firm. Mitch helps teams and companies realize gains in efficiency by adopting agile principles and practices such as Scrum and Extreme Programming. Mitch cut his agile teeth at Microsoft Corporation working on a variety of projects, sometimes as the product owner, other times as the ScrumMaster. Today, with more than 16 years of experience under his belt, Mitch works as an agile trainer and coach. He also continues to develop his craft by experimenting and practicing with project teams at many different organizations.Mitch is a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) and a PMI Project Management Professional (PMP). He is a frequent speaker at conferences worldwide; has served on the board of the Scrum Alliance and the Agile Alliance; and chaired the Agile 2012 conference.