These are the top five books that every Scrum Master, regardless of skill level or amount of experience, should read to build a solid foundation for understanding Scrum and the Scrum Master role. Scrum – A Pocket Guide – This is a short book written by the person who wrote the training materials for the Professional Scrum Foundations […]
What I’ve Been Reading – Employee Engagement and Agile Product Management
I continued my trend from last week of reading a book by Patrick Lencioni and a book about Scrum Product Ownership. The Truth About Employee Engagement by Patrick Lencioni In The Truth About Employee Engagement: A Fable About Addressing the Three Root Causes of Job Misery, Patrick Lencioni tells a story about a recently retired CEO who is […]
What I’ve Been Reading – The Advantage and Scrum Product Ownership
The Advantage by Patrick Lencioni I am a big fan of Patrick Lencioni’s books, and The Advantage is no exception. In The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business, Lencioni asserts that the health of an organization is a better indicator of success than its intelligence. A healthy organization has minimal politics and confusion, high morale and […]
Book Review: “Learning Agile: Understanding Scrum, XP, Lean, and Kanban”
Understanding the Why of Agile I just finished reading Learning Agile: Understanding Scrum, XP, Lean, and Kanban, and I wanted to give a quick review because this book does a fantastic job of explaining the why of agile. It is a great resource for anyone who wants a deeper understanding of agile or wants to learn what agile methodology (like […]