Jeff Sutherland

Jeffrey Victor Sutherland

Looks at the "scrum" project management system popular in the technology industry, and how it may be implemented in other fields to increase productivity through customer feedback and a process of constant reiteration.

The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time

Scrum

James O. Coplien

Gain insights and depth of rationale into Scrum from many highly respected world authorities, including one of its founders, who lead you through the deep foundations of Scrum's structure and practice. Enhance and customize your Scrum practice with ninety-four organizational building blocks, called patterns, that you can freely and flexibly choose from to fit your needs. Understand and appreciate the history of Scrum and the role it plays in solving common problems in product development. Building a successful product usually involves teams of people, and many choose the Scrum approach to aid in creating products that deliver the highest possible value. Implementing Scrum gives teams a collection of powerful ideas they can assemble to fit their needs and meet their goals. The ninety-four patterns contained within are elaborated nuggets of insight into Scrum's building blocks, how they work, and how to use them. They offer novices a roadmap for starting from scratch, yet they help intermediate practitioners fine-tune or fortify their Scrum implementations. Experienced practitioners can use the patterns and supporting explanations to get a better understanding of how the parts of Scrum complement each other to solve common problems in product development. The patterns are written in the well-known Alexandrian form, whose roots in architecture and design have enjoyed broad application in the software world. The form organizes each pattern so you can navigate directly to organizational design tradeoffs or jump to the solution or rationale that makes the solution work. The patterns flow together naturally through the context sections at their beginning and end. Learn everything you need to know to master and implement Scrum one step at a time - the agile way.

The Spirit of the Game

A Scrum Book

Ken Schwaber

Summarizes the Agile and Scrum software development method, which allows creation of software in just 30 days.

How Agile Managers Beat the Odds, Delight Their Customers, and Leave Competitors in the Dust

Software in 30 Days

È molto difficile, e lo proviamo tutti i giorni, fare le cose rapidamente e con efficienza. Spesso i piani migliori sulla carta vanno storti, i team lavorano su obiettivi che si sovrappongono, la pressione conduce a errori e perdite rilevanti. La frustrazione schizza in alto, i risultati non vengono raggiunti. Per ovviare a tutto ciò, la soluzione è in un metodo nato nel settore dello sviluppo software e poi propagatosi a macchia d'olio: si chiama "Scrum" (dal termine inglese che indica la mischia nel rugby) ed è la strategia del futuro per la formazione dei team, l'incremento della produttività (anzi, dell'iperproduttività, secondo chi lo usa) e il raggiungimento degli obiettivi. Basato su uno "schema di gioco" semplice e chiaro, al cui centro sta un leader-facilitatore, prevede un'organizzazione del lavoro in cicli brevi, regolati dal gruppo di persone coinvolte, ed è per questo adatto a ogni tipo di realtà, anche fuori dal business (c'è già chi lo usa nella gestione della propria famiglia, e le applicazioni sono potenzialmente infinite). In questo libro lo presenta il suo ideatore, Jeff Sutherland, pilota da caccia, esperto di biometrica e innovatore tecnologico che ha creato il primo team Scrum più di 20 anni fa. Adottato da molte delle più importanti aziende in Italia e a livello mondiale - da Amazon a Google, da Apple a Ferrari, fino a realtà anche di piccole dimensioni - Scrum è il metodo giusto per i tempi che corrono: ottimizza le risorse, evita gli sprechi e valorizza al massimo il talento delle persone.

Fare il doppio in metà tempo

An inspiring and brilliantly observed memoir in the manner of Paul Kalanithi's When Breath Becomes Air and Mitch Albom's Tuesdays with Morrie. Father, husband, athlete, medical doctor, Jeff Sutherland had built an enviable life for himself and his family by the time he noticed that he was losing strength in his left arm. He visited a specialist and from that appointment, he writes, "deep personal loss for some unknown reason wrapped its tentacles around me and my family." Diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease), he lost his abilities to walk and speak within two years and, confined to a wheelchair, was forced to retire from his life's calling at age forty-three. Not long after, he was locked in his own inanimate body, unable to eat, drink, or breathe without assistance. His meals were delivered through a feeding tube, and a ventilator controlled his lungs through an opening in his throat. The only parts of his body he was able to move voluntarily were his eyes. Despite these extreme limitations, Sutherland made peace with his disease and, surrounded by his loving family, found happiness again, only to suffer another soul-shattering loss. His eldest son, Zachary, a lifeguard, drowned along with his girlfriend in a freak kayaking accident in the river behind the family home. "Despite everything I lost through ALS," he says, Zachary's death was worse. Yet again, through a long process of suffering and healing, Sutherland was able to accept his loss and find a renewed sense of purpose and meaning in his constricted life. His story, laboriously written on a computerized device that tracks his eye movements on a visual keyboard, is a testament to both the human will's ability to overcome unspeakable tragedy, and the power of familial love to heal incomprehensible pain. "When a negative change occurs," writes Sutherland, "we have to choose how we will face it. We can be paralyzed with fear or we can make the choice to integrate it into our lives, make peace with it, and eventually grow from it. With any change, good or bad, personal growth is the ideal outcome. It is my belief that this our soul's mission on earth."

A Personal Story of Loss and Recovery

Still Life

Mit Scrum lässt sich bei der Softwareentwicklung flexibel auf veränderte Marktbedingungen reagieren. Noch während der Entwicklung können neue Erkenntnisse in die weitere Planung integriert werden. Dieses Buch beschreibt die Scrum-Entwicklungsmethode und zeigt auf, wie Software in kleinen Inkrementen von maximal 30 Tagen entwickelt wird, sodass nach jedem Inkrement die Richtung der Entwicklung geändert werden kann. Es wendet sich an Führungskräfte und IT-Manager, die Scrum im Unternehmen einführen möchten, um mehr Produktivität, Qualität, Wertschöpfung, Kontrollierbarkeit, Vorhersagbarkeit und Zufriedenheit in der Softwareentwicklung zu gewinnen. Sie erfahren auch, wie Sie mit Scrum Risiken im Projekt meistern und das Team dabei unterstützen können, erfolgreich zu sein. Aus dem Inhalt: • Warum jedes Unternehmen der Welt in 30 Tagen Software herstellen kann • Wie man Software in 30 Tagen herstellt • Mit Scrum starten • Scrum auf Projektebene • Scrum-Fähigkeiten entwickeln • Unternehmensumstellung: tiefgreifende und nachhaltige Veränderung • Scrumming Scrum Im Anhang befinden sich unter anderem ein Glossar, der "Scrum Guide" sowie ein detaillierter Plan für die Unternehmensentwicklung, um Agilität zu erreichen.

Wie Manager mit Scrum Wettbewerbsvorteile für ihr Unternehmen schaffen

Software in 30 Tagen

»Scrum« heißt die revolutionäre Methode, die seit den 90er-Jahren große ITProjekte zum Fliegen bringt. Und das schneller und kostengünstiger als geplant: Unternehmen, die mit Scrum arbeiten, schaffen die doppelte Arbeit in der Hälfte der Zeit. Gar nicht auszudenken, was geschähe, wenn jede Firma von dieser Methode profitieren könnte! Genau das ist Jeff Sutherlands Mission. Als Scrum-Erfinder zeigt er in seinem neuen Standardwerk ganz normalen Unternehmen, wie sie Scrum-Teams etablieren, ihre Entwicklungsaufgaben vereinfachen und alle ihre Projekte agil, zügig und kostengünstig durchziehen.

Ian G. R. Shaw

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