Contents

Foreword by Dave West

Foreword by Henri Lipmanowicz

1. Getting Started

Purpose of This Book

Do You Need This Book?

How This Book Is Organized

No Time to Lose: Off You Go!

2. First Aid Kit

I. (Zombie) Scrum

3. A Primer on Zombie Scrum

The State of Scrum

Zombie Scrum

Is There Hope for Zombie Scrum?

Experiment: Diagnose Your Team Together

Now What?

4. The Purpose of Scrum

It’s All about Complex Adaptive Problems

Problems

Complex, Adaptive Problems

Complexity, Uncertainty, and Risk

Empiricism and Process Control Theory

Empiricism and the Scrum Framework

What the Scrum Framework Makes Possible

Scrum: An Evolving Set of Minimal Boundaries to Work Empirically

Zombie Scrum and the Efficiency Mindset

What about Simple Problems?

Now What?

II. Build What Stakeholders Need

5. Symptoms and Causes

Why Bother Involving Stakeholders?

Who Are the Stakeholders, Actually?

Why Are We Not Involving Stakeholders?

Healthy Scrum

Now What?

6. Experiments

Experiments: Getting to Know Your Stakeholders

Experiments: Involving Stakeholders in Product Development

Experiments: Keeping Your Focus on What Is Valuable

Now What?

III. Ship It Fast

7. Symptoms and Causes

The Benefits of Shipping Fast

The Bottom Line: Not Shipping Fast Is a Sign of Zombie Scrum

Healthy Scrum

Now What?

8. Experiments

Experiments to Create Transparency and Urgency

Experiments for Starting Shipping More Often

Experiments for Optimizing Flow

Now What?

IV. Improve Continuously

9. Symptoms and Causes

Why Bother Improving Continuously?

Why Are We Not Improving Continuously?

Healthy Scrum

Now What?

10. Experiments

Experiments for Encouraging Deep Learning

Experiments for Making Improvements Tangible

Experiments for Gathering New Information

Experiments to Create a Learning Environment

Now What?

V. Self-Organize

11. Symptoms and Causes

Why Bother Self-Organizing?

Why Are We Not Self-Organizing?

Healthy Scrum: What Self-Organization Looks Like

Now What?

12. Experiments

Experiments to Increase Autonomy

Experiments to Encourage Self-Organization

Experiments to Promote Self-Alignment

Find Local Solutions

Now What?

13. The Road to Recovery

A Global Movement

What If Nothing Helps?

More Resources

Closing Words