Zombie Scrum Survival Guide by Overeem, Barry -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Page Title Page Contents at a Glance 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