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Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time

by Jeff Sutherland J.J. Sutherland

For those who believe that there must be a more agile and efficient way for people to get things done, here is a brilliantly discursive, thought-provoking book about the leadership and management process that is changing the way we live. In the future, historians may look back on human progress and draw a sharp line designating &“before Scrum&” and &“after Scrum.&” Scrum is that ground-breaking. It already drives most of the world&’s top technology companies. And now it&’s starting to spread to every domain where leaders wrestle with complex projects. If you&’ve ever been startled by how fast the world is changing, Scrum is one of the reasons why. Productivity gains of as much as 1200% have been recorded, and there&’s no more lucid – or compelling – explainer of Scrum and its bright promise than Jeff Sutherland, the man who put together the first Scrum team more than twenty years ago. The thorny problem Jeff began tackling back then boils down to this: people are spectacularly bad at doing things with agility and efficiency. Best laid plans go up in smoke. Teams often work at cross purposes to each other. And when the pressure rises, unhappiness soars. Drawing on his experience as a West Point-educated fighter pilot, biometrics expert, early innovator of ATM technology, and V.P. of engineering or CTO at eleven different technology companies, Jeff began challenging those dysfunctional realities, looking for solutions that would have global impact. In this book you&’ll journey to Scrum&’s front lines where Jeff&’s system of deep accountability, team interaction, and constant iterative improvement is, among other feats, bringing the FBI into the 21st century, perfecting the design of an affordable 140 mile per hour/100 mile per gallon car, helping NPR report fast-moving action in the Middle East, changing the way pharmacists interact with patients, reducing poverty in the Third World, and even helping people plan their weddings and accomplish weekend chores. Woven with insights from martial arts, judicial decision making, advanced aerial combat, robotics, and many other disciplines, Scrum is consistently riveting. But the most important reason to read this book is that it may just help you achieve what others consider unachievable – whether it be inventing a trailblazing technology, devising a new system of education, pioneering a way to feed the hungry, or, closer to home, a building a foundation for your family to thrive and prosper.

Scrum – Einführung in der Unternehmenspraxis

by Dominik Maximini

Agile Entwicklungsmethoden für Software - allen voran Scrum - sind auf dem Vormarsch und werden mittlerweile von der Mehrheit der Unternehmen eingesetzt. Leider werden bei den meisten Scrumeinführungen fundamentale Fehler gemacht, die dazu führen, dass die Prozesse versagen. Insbesondere die Grundregeln zur Organisationsentwicklung werden missachtet. Dieses Buch zeigt anhand einer theoretischen Einführung, Praxisbeispielen und einer Fallstudie, wie Scrum richtig eingeführt wird. Dabei wird sowohl auf unterschiedliche Zielzustände (Ist ein einzelnes Team oder die ganze Organisation betroffen?) als auch auf verschiedene Herangehensweisen (Bottom-Up/Top-Down) eingegangen. Diese zweite Auflage beschreibt außerdem, was die kulturellen Eigenschaften von Scrum sind und an welchen Stellen Sie einen Konflikt mit Ihrer aktuellen Unternehmenskultur erwarten sollten.

Scrum Basics: A Very Quick Guide to Agile Project Management

by Tycho Press

The Elements of Agile and Scrum in a Nutshell Whether you're new to agile software development or considering Scrum for general project management, Scrum Basics compiles all of the essentials into one handy little guide. Learn how agile teams use Scrum, with: A simple summary of agile project management basics like the Agile Manifesto and 12 Agile Principles A concise overview of Scrum roles, artifacts, and activities A well-organized breakdown of Scrum practices with helpful illustrations and advice A troubleshooting FAQ and 5 case studies to help you visualize Scrum in action

The Scrum Culture

by Dominik Maximini

This book is a guide for managers, Scrum Masters and agile coaches who are interested in agile organizational methods and who are planning to introduce Scrum at their own company. Scrum is not only a product development framework but can also be used to structure activities for agile and lean organizational development. Divided into five major parts, the book first introduces and defines the Scrum Culture. It explains its relevance, highlights a number of pain points typical for first encounters with Scrum, and embeds it in an introduction to organizational change. This is complemented with many real-life examples that help to apply the concepts to readers' own specific contexts. The second part describes the principles of introducing Scrum in detail, while the third part embarks on the practical application of these principles, drawing on a wealth of experience gathered in many successful introduction projects. Part four focuses on a detailed case study of a Scrum transformation before part five provides, in closing, a number of appendices offering extensive information on Scrum and its principles.

The Scrum Culture: Introducing Agile Methods In Organizations (Management For Professionals)

by Dominik Maximini

This book is a guide for managers, Scrum Masters and agile coaches who are interested in agile organizational methods and who are planning to introduce Scrum at their own company. Scrum is not only a product development framework but can also be used to structure activities for agile and lean organizational development.Divided into six major parts, the book first introduces and defines the Scrum Culture briefly. It explains its relevance, highlights a number of pain points typical for first encounters with Scrum, and embeds it in an introduction to organizational change. This is complemented with many real-life examples that help to apply the concepts to readers’ own specific contexts. The second part describes the principles of introducing Scrum in detail, while the third part embarks on the practical application of these principles, drawing on a wealth of experience gathered in many successful introduction projects. Part four focuses on a detailed case study of a Scrum transformation before part five provides the scientific background information and study details that led to the findings in part one. In closing, part six offers a number of appendices with extensive information on Scrum and its principles.The second edition of this book has been updated throughout and fundamentally re-organized for better readability.

The Scrum Fieldbook: A Master Class on Accelerating Performance, Getting Results, and Defining the Future

by J.J. Sutherland

Based on years of work in the field with scores of companies including Bosch, 3M, Schlumberger, and Saab, The Scrum Fieldbook delivers a hands-on, practical approach for successfully implementing the Scrum framework in any domain. Scrum is the secret weapon behind some of today’s most successful companies. Giants like Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple use Scrum to reshape our world through incredibly fast innovation, a laser focus on customers, and continuous improvement. In recent years, Scrum has helped companies large and small thrive in the age of disruption. Its use has exploded across the corporate world far beyond its software and technology roots. J.J. Sutherland and the team at Scrum Inc. have dramatically improved performance at global banks, utilities, medical device manufacturers, mining conglomerates, and labs on the cutting edge of genetic science. In The Scrum Fieldbook, JJ draws on his firm’s extensive experience to take leaders, managers, and employees deeper into the specific challenges and new opportunities of an Agile world. He shows how the Scrum framework can be successfully applied to any situation, in any industry, from automobile manufacturers in the US and Europe to nonprofits in Africa, from home renovation contractors in Minnesota to gas exploration companies in South America, from building fighter planes in Sweden to accelerating US Navy special forces teams in regions of the world we can’t mention.

Scrum For Dummies

by Mark C. Layton David Morrow

Use scrum in all aspects of life Scrum is an agile project management framework that allows for flexibility and collaboration to be a part of your workflow. Primarily used by software developers, scrum can be used across many job functions and industries. Scrum can also be used in your personal life to help you plan for retirement, a trip, or even a wedding or other big event. Scrum provides a small set of rules that create just enough structure for teams to be able to focus their innovation on solving what might otherwise be an insurmountable challenge. Scrum For Dummies shows you how to assemble a scrum taskforce and use it to implement this popular Agile methodology to make projects in your professional and personal life run more smoothly—from start to finish. Discover what scrum offers project and product teams Integrate scrum into your agile project management strategy Plan your retirement or a family reunion using scrum Prioritize for releases with sprints No matter your career path or job title, the principles of scrum are designed to make your life easier. Why not give it a try?

Scrum For Dummies

by Mark C. Layton Steven J. Ostermiller Dean J. Kynaston

Learn how scrum can help in every part of your life Scrum—an organizing approach that exposes work progress and quality —is used all over the place in software development, but it&’s not just for coders. Scrum For Dummies shows you how scrum can improve performance regardless of your industry or project. You can even use scrum to get tangible results in your personal projects—prepare for retirement, organize travel, and much more. Plan goals, releases, and sprints for all aspects of business and life. With Dummies, you&’ll learn how to work flexibility and collaboration into anything you&’re doing. This book is packed with helpful information to empower you to set up your first scrum project, organize the scrum team, integrate scrum into your agile project management strategy, and just make things work better. Learn the ins and outs of scrum—updated for the 2020 scrum guide Discover how scrum can help you manage projects in any industry and even in your personal life Organize your scrum team and set up your first project Integrate scrum into your agile project management strategy This updated edition of Scrum For Dummies is written to make scrum useful for everyone—especially you.

Scrum for Sales: A B2B Guide to Agility in Organization, Performance, and Management (Future of Business and Finance)

by Michael J. Scherm

Many companies want to make their sales agile. Some of them have tried to set up agile sales organizations, but such top-down approaches and big-bang rollouts seldom seem to work. This book shows how the elements of the leading agile framework “Scrum” should be applied to install agility in the salesforce, improve sales performance, and resolve typical performance issues in sales organizations. It contains concrete guidelines, real-world examples, and useful tools to create the necessary change step by step and built to last.

Scrum für Dummies (Für Dummies)

by Mark C. Layton

Das Schöne an Scrum ist, dass das Regelwerk so überschaubar ist. Es schafft nur so viel Struktur, dass Teams sich ganz und gar auf die Lösung der eigentlichen Herausforderung konzentrieren können und keine Zeit mit der Abarbeitung unnötiger und bereits überholter Prozesse verlieren. Das Buch zeigt Ihnen, wie Sie ein Team zusammenstellen und diese beliebte agile Projektmanagementmethode implementieren, um Projekte reibungsloser zu gestalten und zwar vom Anfang bis zum Ende. Wenn Sie möchten auch in Ihrem Privatleben: Scrum wird Ihnen das Leben leichter machen. Warum probieren Sie es nicht einfach aus?

Scrum Project Management

by Jon M. Quigley Kim H. Pries

Originally created for agile software development, scrum provides project managers with the flexibility needed to meet ever-changing consumer demands. Presenting a modified version of the agile software development framework, Scrum Project Management introduces Scrum basics and explains how to apply this adaptive technique to effectively manage a w

Scrutinising Polarisation: Patterns and Consequences of Occupational Transformation in the Swedish Labour Market (Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Work, Professions and Organisations)

by Tomas Berglund Ylva Ulfsdotter Eriksson

This book scrutinises polarisation in Sweden, identifying patterns and variations in labour market transformation and exploring the consequences in terms of jobs, income, prestige, unionization and employment security, as well as the effects on different social groups. Through a series of empirical studies, it sheds light on changes in the occupational structure and the ways in which these changes interact with other societal trends, such as increased temporary employment, rising migration and decreased unionization, whilst also exploring changes in the evaluation of occupations and attitudes towards trade unions. Drawing on distinctly sociological perspectives, it shows how transformations in society and the labour market have affected conditions for individuals and considers whether these changes reinforce existing inequalities occasioned by polarisation or create new ones. Scrutinising Polarisation considers whether and how the Swedish labour market has polarized – and, if so, what this means for individual employees and labour organizations. It will therefore appeal to scholars with interests in the sociology of work and professions, social inequalities and labour market transformations.

Scuba Diving Tourism (Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility #40)

by Ghazali Musa Kay Dimmock

This volume offers new insight into an important and largely under-examined area of marine leisure and tourism: scuba diving tourism. Knowledge of scuba diving has long been hidden among broad discussions of water-based sports and activities and this focused book aims to shed further understanding and knowledge on this popular international activity. The book examines the current issues central to research into and management of scuba diving Tourism from multidisciplinary perspectives such as health and safety, climate change, policy and regulation and the recreation/leisure context. It further reveals critical management issues of economic, environmental and socio-cultural impacts related to scuba diving tourism which extends to the influence of climate change on the industry’s operations and future. This significant volume which conceptualizes the issues surrounding scuba diving tourism now and in the future is written by leading experts in this field and will be valuable reading for all those interested in marine leisure and tourism.

Scum Airways: Inside Football's Underground Economy

by John Sugden

Football is big business and it doesn't come much bigger than Manchester United – commercial giants and the richest club in the world. But in the shadow of Old Trafford a black economy is growing to rival the commercial power of the official sales channels. Scum Airways is an inside investigation of the Manchester grafters – touts, black marketeers and shady dealers – who, led by characters like 'Big Tommy', have come up with a remarkably successful money-making venture: Scum Airways. With the expansion of the Champions League came the opportunity for the grafters to move from ticket touting and producing 'unofficial' replica kits into the independent travel business. International Travel is the company for those who, through choice or because of their police records prohibit them, do not travel with the official clubs. Their customers include many 'straight' supporters of Leeds United, arch-rivals of Man U, but Tommy's core clients are the 'Lads' - die-hard 30-something football hooligans. Scum Airways follows the exploits and adventures of Big Tommy and his team of grafters as they continue to build their empire. John Sugden went along for the ride and provides startling insights into professional football's burgeoning black economy. From Munich to Madrid, Amsterdam to Bangkok, through to the streets and bars of Toyko and Sapporo during the 2002 World Cup, and beyond, Scum Airways reveals the dark side of the football business.

SDG11, Sustainable Cities and Communities (Towards Sustainable Futures)

by Shyama V. Ramani Hiroshan Hettiarachchi

This book explores Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11, providing insights into viable pathways and policy designs for a transition towards sustainable, inclusive and resilient cities. The volume discusses existing scientific literature on SDG 11 and provides conceptual frameworks relating to systemic transitions, sectoral transitions and behavioural transitions for overcoming challenges related to governance and implementation. Through detailed case studies from cities and settlements, in Europe, Middle East and Asia, it showcases the dynamic processes involved in urban transformations. Drawing from these comparative analyses, the book provides robust frameworks and tools for better solutions and viable pathways to achieve SDG targets in diverse urban settings. Rich in empirical data, this book will be useful for scholars and researchers of development studies, environment studies, urban studies, urban sociology, political economy, political studies, public policy and sociology. It will also be useful for policy makers, professionals, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and think tanks working in the area of sustainable development and urban planning.

SDGs im Mittelstand: Nachhaltigkeit in Unternehmen ganzheitlich umsetzen (SDG - Forschung, Konzepte, Lösungsansätze zur Nachhaltigkeit)

by Patricia Moock

Nachhaltigkeit hat in den letzten Jahren an Relevanz stark zugenommen und ist längst auch für kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen ein wichtiges Thema. Häufig kommt die Frage auf, wie Nachhaltigkeit ganzheitlich im Unternehmen umgesetzt werden kann – hier unterstützen die Sustainable Development Goals der UN (kurz: SDGs). Als globales Rahmenwerk bieten sie einen Orientierungsrahmen sowie einen ganzheitlichen Blick auf Nachhaltigkeit und leisten für Mittelständler einen wertvollen Beitrag zur strategischen Ausrichtung, zu Innovationsvorhaben, für die Umsetzung, für die interne und externe Kommunikation und für die Entwicklung einer nachhaltigen Kultur. Die Arbeit mit den SDGs bietet den Vorteil, dass nun Mittelständler ihre jahrelangen Bemühungen der lokalen Nachhaltigkeitsarbeit mit einem global anerkannten Rahmenwerk verbinden können. Dieser Praxisleitfaden unterstützt Sie dabei, Nachhaltigkeit mit den SDGs in Ihrem Unternehmen zu verankern. Zahlreiche Checklisten, Praxisbeispiele, Workshopabläufe und Tipps geben Ihnen Orientierung und helfen bei der konkreten Umsetzung.

SDGs in Africa and the Middle East Region (Implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals – Regional Perspectives)

by Walter Leal Filho

Africa is one of the most vulnerable regions, and one where the implementation of the SDGs is particularly urgent. Underinvestments in natural conservation are increasing the vulnerability of people across many African countries, whose well-being is endangered by deteriorating socio-economic and environmental conditions. This volume provides a contribution towards showcasing how natural resources may be more efficiently used and investments may be mobilised to augment the limited public sector funds available to achieve the SDGs.This book is part of the "100 papers to accelerate the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals initiative".

SDGs in Construction Economics and Organization: The 11th Nordic Conference on Construction Economics and Organisation (CREON), May 18-20, 2022 (Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics)

by Göran Lindahl Stefan Christoffer Gottlieb

This book examines how research in construction economics and organization contributes to the achievement of the SDGs. Featuring selected contributions from the 11th Nordic Conference on Construction Economics and Organisation (CREON 2022) held in Copenhagen, Demark and Malmö, Sweden, the contributions of this book explore the ways in which research in construction economics and organization assists in building resilient infrastructure, fostering green innovations and contributes to sustainable economic growth. Each contribution relates to one or more individual SDG and describes how the research contributes to the understanding of construction management and economics.

SDGs in the Asia and Pacific Region (Implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals – Regional Perspectives)

by Walter Leal Filho Ayyoob Sharifi Usha Iyer-Raniga Artie Ng Theam Foo Ng

The Asia and the Pacific region is actively seeking ways to optimise the use and availability of its natural resources, which have been contributing to environmental degradation and hindering its sustainable development. This volume documents and promotes various initiatives showcasing the efforts countries in the region are making towards the implementation of the SDGs.This book is part of the "100 papers to accelerate the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals initiative".

SDGs in the European Region (Implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals – Regional Perspectives)

by Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis Sara Moggi Elizabeth Price Alex Hope

This volume describes the thinking on sustainable development and a variety of initiatives across Europe, illustrating regional efforts to foster sustainable communities and ecological and social innovation. It contains various contributions which showcase examples of thinking, economic and social structures and in consumption and production patterns needed, to implement the SDGs.This book is part of the "100 papers to accelerate the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals initiative".

SDGs, Transformation, and Quality Growth: Insights from International Cooperation (Sustainable Development Goals Series)

by Akio Hosono

This is an Open Access book. The primary objective of this book is to seek out insights into the concept of high-quality growth (HQG). It explores the essential attributes of HQG, such as inclusiveness, sustainability, and resilience, as well as its relationship with transformation, by drawing principally on illustrative cases and instances of international cooperation. The United Nations document on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) states that “We resolve to create conditions for sustainable, inclusive and sustained economic growth, shared prosperity and decent work for all.” As such, the concept of quality growth is inherent in many aspects of the SDGs. A similar approach can be seen in the Development Cooperation Charter announced by the Japanese government in 2015. According to the Charter, one of the most important challenges of development is quality growth and the reduction of poverty achieved through such growth. The approach in the Charter emphasizes inclusiveness, sustainability, and resilience.This volume is a pioneering study on quality growth as well as its relationship with SDGs and transformation. Comprehensive studies on quality growth are very few. The case study approach distinguishes the present volume from some previous literature that discussed quality growth within the framework of general policy. Instead, in this book, concrete cases and experiences provide insights into hands-on “ingredients”. Through the case studies, it can be seen more clearly that transformation and quality growth are phenomena that do not occur automatically but, rather, ones that require specific, properly designed strategies and approaches. Another unique feature of this book is that it aims to make explicit some of the consistent, but implicit, principles of Japan’s international cooperation.

SDL 2017: Model-Driven Engineering for Future Internet

by Tibor Csöndes Gábor Kovács György Réthy

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 18th International System Design Language Forum, SDL 2017, held in Budapest, Hungary, in October 2017. The 10 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 17 submissions. The selected papers cover a wide spectrum of topics related to system design languages ranging from the system design language usage to UML and GRL models; model-driven engineering of database queries; network service design and regression testing; and modeling for Internet of Things (IoT) data processing.

SE: Maxwell 2in1 (Developing the Leader w/in You/Developing Leaders Around You)

by John Maxwell

This edition offers tremendous value as its two-books-in-one. So you get the benefit of two books for one low price. This book is from one of the top authors in the field of leadership development.

Se acabó el promedio: Cómo tener exito en un mundo que valora

by Todd Rose

¿Estás por encima del promedio? ¿Es tu hijo un estudiante de primer nivel? ¿Es tu empleado una persona introvertida o extrovertida? Todos los días se nos mide con la vara de los promedios; se nos juzga por lo cercanos o lejanos que estamos a ella. La suposición de que una medida que nos compara con el promedio, como los escalones en el desarrollo, las pruebas de personalidad, los resultados estandarizados de exámenes y las evaluaciones de desempeño, revela algo significativo en cuanto a nuestro potencial se encuentra tan grabado en nuestra conciencia, que pocas veces lo cuestionamos. Todd Rose nos dice que esa suposición es espectacular y científicamente, errónea. En este libro, Rose demuestra que nadie es promedio. Pero aunque sabemos que los seres humanos aprendemos y nos desarrollamos de maneras distintas, estos patrones exclusivos de conducta se pierden en nuestras escuelas y empresas, que han sido diseñadas alrededor de esa mítica «persona promedio». Durante más de un siglo, este modelo ha pasado por alto nuestra individualidad y ha sido incapaz de reconocer el talento. Ha llegado la hora de cambiar esa situación. Combinando la ciencia y la historia con sus propias experiencias, Rose trae a la vida la historia sin narrar de cómo llegamos a aceptar la idea científicamente equivocada de que se pueden usar los promedios para entender a las personas, y ofrece una poderosa alternativa: los tres principios de individualidad. El principio de la irregularidad (el talento nunca es unidimensional), el principio del contexto (los rasgos son un mito) y el principio de las sendas (todos andamos por el camino menos recorrido) nos ayudan a comprender nuestra verdadera exclusividad, y la de los demás, y cómo aprovechar al máximo nuestra individualidad para tener una ventaja en la vida.

Se Débarrasser de la Procrastination: Réduire votre stress, gérer votre temps plus efficacement et arriver à en faire plus

by Hiddenstuff Entertainment

Se débarrasser de la procrastination par Hiddenstuff Entertainment Réduire votre stress, gérer votre temps plus efficacement et arriver à en faire plus Réalisez-vous souvent que vous perdez du temps à faire des choses qui ne sont pas très importantes ? Êtes-vous conscient des tâches que vous avez à accomplir ou vous n’arrivez tout simplement pas à le faire ? Êtes-vous une personne qui recherche toujours la perfection et qui finit par ne rien faire ? Avez-vous des problèmes de concentration ? Si vous avez répondu oui à l'une de ces questions, ce guide pourrait vous aider à transformer votre vie. Ce guide vous enseigne des techniques éprouvées sans utiliser de suppléments, d'ordonnances ou de cours coûteux. Depuis longtemps, des techniques ont été également conçues pour vous aider à gérer votre situation financière, à gagner de l'argent, à bien vivre, à manger sainement, à prendre les meilleures décisions possibles, à augmenter votre niveau d'énergie, votre concentration, votre bonheur général et bien plus encore ! Avec des décennies de stratégies testées, nos livres électroniques vous expliqueront les moyens les plus rapides et les plus efficaces pour vous débarrasser de la procrastination, gérer votre stress, avoir un corps sain, etc.

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