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Scrum

Written by: Jeff Sutherland, J.J. Sutherland
Narrated by: J.J. Sutherland
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By the man who helped invent the red-hot management process known as "Scrum", Scrum unveils what is wrong with the way we currently do work, and how a simple set of principles, applied in exactly the right sequence, can accelerate productivity and quality as much as 1,200 percent.

Scrum (which gets its name from the formation in rugby in which the whole team locks its arms to gain control of the ball) is the reason that Amazon can launch a new feature on its website every day. It's why the Red River Army Depot in Texas was able to roll out armored Humvees 39 times faster than before. It's how the FBI finally created a massive terrorist-tracking database.

The reason for the rapid embrace of Scrum across so many disciplines is simple: organizations that implement Scrum typically double productivity and quality - and sometimes the increase can be as much as 12-fold. But the promise of Scrum as a project management tool extends far beyond business. Much as Atul Gawande did in The Checklist Manifesto, Sutherland shows how this unique approach to problem solving and team optimization has nearly universal application.

At bottom, Scrum is about coming together with your team, looking at what you're doing, and course correcting. It may be the key to solving some of this era's most intractable problems.

Please note: The author has intentionally omitted three consecutive pages of the 256-page print edition from this audiobook.

©2014 Jeff Sutherland (P)2014 Random House Audio

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  • 2019-02-23

Pep talk for setting up scrum/agile Toyota way

Not really much detail, more of a sales pitch for the benefits of a transparent company. Seems to take credit for a lot of things, including solving proverty and Egypt's uprising. General argument was Project A was successful was because they used scrum, project b failed because they didn't. Some ideas would hardly fly such as sharing everyone's salary. Book pitches the idea of putting out a working product, which works for rapid development or prototyping, but how will that work for say building a house. Cant keep changing every sprint. Need a fixed schedule. Only will work for things that require investigation, such as when Git by Linus was created. Ideas include using sticky notes as a to do list of sorts, where everyone can see. There's is better technology out there. Liked the idea of 15 minute stand up meeting to make sure everyone is focused on the project. But it's hardly original. The takeaway, don't let people go out on their own planning without sharing. Everyone needs to know everyone's work. Might work in a software company, not sure about construction industry. or a company where management wants their employees to know little as possible.

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Super ! Très complet!

Un livre très complet. J’ai particulièrement aimé les explications. #Audible1 Accessible par un non initié!

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Amazing book

It walks you through the why of scrum, how it started and that helps you understand it and hopefully apply it in the best way possible

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Scrum in a nutshell

Really impressed with the quality of the examples and overview of Scrum’s value at work.

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A mind blowing, a chef-d’oeuvre

Here we focus on the most important, the why. If you want to understand the scrum philosophy this is definitely the book you were looking for. By knowing the why, the how will find it’s way.
Enjoy! As I enjoy every time I take a moment to get inspired by this chef-d’oeuvre

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A life-changing book hampered by an unhappy narrator

Don’t get me wrong - this is a book that has the potential to change the world.
You should read it, and we should all start doing agile Scrum. It is my goal to do so!
Listening to this book back-to-back with Turn the Ship Around by L David Marquette, I was very disappointed that Audible allowed J.J. Sutherland to narrate this amazing book that he and his dad wrote together.
For your retrospective guys- I think J.J.’s experience of war made him come across as a “hurried jerk.” I wish there was a nicer way to say that, because I’m sure J.J.’s tone fit perfectly for a war correspondent, and he’s probably an amazing guy in person- it just didn’t come across in the reading of this book.

I hope they get someone like Marquette - who conveys an energized and positive tone- to read the next edition.

Anyway, as I said to begin with- you should definitely pick up a physical copy of this book and get inspired about going agile with Scrum.
I’ve already started implementing it!

Thank you for writing this awesome book J.J. and Jeff!

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  • 2020-03-16

Transformation in Thinking

Great book I highly recommend it. It came recommended by some fo coworkers as we were implementing the methodology. Its great I went through it twice

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  • 2020-02-02

Re-reading it. Will buy the hard copy

Enjoyed that claims are backed by scientific research, not just blah-blah. Interesting stories from real companies. Actionable and practical insights!

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Extremely useful

Loved it! everyone who starts using scrum should read this book first. The book explains all the basics is scrum and why they are important.

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Inspirational

Loved it and look forward to listening to it again after trying to apply it's practical principles.

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