Over craig larman craig larman has been developing software since 1978, and has been teaching objectoriented programming to adult students since 1986. Scaling lean and agile development engels door craig larman. This book describes the scrum software development methodology, providing some more detail on the practices than the several concise descriptions of scrum available online. More with less addisonwesley signature series cohn 1st edition. Functional requirements, nonfunctional requirements, and issues, prioritized in order of. This is the definitive guide for managers and students to agile and iterative development methods.
Jan 01, 2000 the book is divided in 3 main chapters. He works as an organizational design consultant, introducing less with executive teams for very large and multisite product development often, hwsw. Lean development and agile methods for largescale products. In this paper the authors stick to the thinking without overloading the reader with details on business or industrial domains, areas and methods. There are many concise descriptions of scrum available online, and this primer aims to provide the next level of detail on the practices. Sun yuan, fabrice aimetti, laurent carbonnaux recent books.
A short 3 minutes video on the basics of less by michael james. The scrum primer is an indepth introduction to the theory and practice of scrum. Material from certified scrummaster training aqqurite ab. Key thinking and organizational tools for sustainable competitive success increasingly, large productdevelopment organizations are turning. A lightweight guide to the theory and practice of scrum. Dec 17, 2012 gabrielle is one of the founders of the scrum foundation and is also an author of the scrum primer, one of the most downloaded guides to scrum. The 2 case studies presented along the book were very clear and useful to understand the concepts that craig larman wanted to teach. The little book of scrum gabrielle benefields scrum guide, the little book of scrum will be available via amazon soon, but in the meantime, if you would like to order one or more copies of the little book of scrum at. The scrum primer pete deemer scrum training institute gabrielle benefield scrum training institute craig larman. A relentless craig convinced bas this book was going to be an easy one.
Nonfunctional requirements also should come in product backlog as stories. I personally advise reading the lean primer pdf, by craig larman and bas vodde, to have a quick, but still profound overview of lean. Agile books to keep you ahead in agile management yodiz. Scaling lean and agile development engels door craig. Tin scrum, typically 7 2 people a feature team organization exploits speed benefits from special ization, as long as requirements map to the skills of the teams. Jeff sutherland the art of doing twice as much in half the time 15. Scrum primer pete deemer scrum training institute gabrielle benefield scrum training institute craig larman bas vodde version 1. Largescale scrum more with less craig larman bas vodde. Scrum is an agile process framework for managing complex knowledge work, with an initial emphasis on software development, although it has been used in other fields and is slowly starting to be explored for other complex work, research and advanced technologies.
Its authors are pete deemer, gabrielle benefield, craig larman, and bas vodde. Bas vodde and craig larman talk about large scale scrum less, its origins, and the focus on simplicity, as well as the corresponding website and their new book largescale scrum. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Less framework large scale scrum less scaling agile with less largescale scrum starting in 2005 bas vodde and craig larman developed the less framework after using scrum principles and rules on large scale projects. Craig smith, agile coach and editor at infoq if the scrum guide is the rule book, then scrum shortcuts without cutting corners is the experts guide to playing the game. The third volume in the less largescale scrum book series, this book is a prequel and primer that summarizes less and makes it easier to understand and apply. However, i became interested in and got increasing requests to apply scrum to. The scrum primer goodagile certified agile training for. Ilan goldstein reveals all the little secrets that every team should know to be effective in adopting scrum. It is an excellent guide for starting your scrum journey. They work as organizationaldesign consultants, and as management and. Craig larman is an experienced storyteller from santa barbara, california. Three blog posts on descaling your scrum by jim coplien descaling your scrum. Since 2005 we have worked with clients to apply the scrum framework and to help scale agile development to product groups involving from a few hundred to a few thousand people, in multiple sites.
There are many concise descriptions of scrum available online, and this. The scrum primer material detail this book describes the scrum software development methodology, providing some more detail on the practices than the several concise descriptions of scrum available online. The first 2 chapters were very good and i learned a lot form them. However, i became interested in and got increasing requests to apply scrum to very large, multisite, and offshore product development.
Feature team primer by craig larman and bas vodde version 1. He is chief scientist at valtech, an international consulting and offshore outsourcing company. Craig larman large scale scrum certified less practitioner 02192015, munich, germany. Gabrielle benefield is the founder of evolve beyond, san francisco bay area. Organizational tools for largescale scrum and of practices for largescale agile and lean development, both together with craig larman. Bas declined as he was eagerly awaiting the arrival of his second son. Largescale scrum book series, this book is a prequel and primer that summarizes less and makes it easier to understand and. Using statistically significant research and largescale case studies, noted methods expert craig larman presents the most convincing case ever made for iterative development. It is not intended as the final step in a scrum education.
Reflecting our work over recent years, this text explores scaling lean and agile development with largescale scrum. He works as an organizational design consultant, introducing less with executive teams for very large and multisite product development often, hwsw systems. Our initial intent was to write a primer for the previous less books. Key thinking and organizational tools for sustainable competitive success increasingly, large productdevelopment organizations are turning to lean thinking, agile principles and practices, and largescale scrum to sustainably and quickly deliver value and innovation. There are many concise descriptions of scrum available online, and this primer aims to provide the next. The icing on the cake is the practice tips chapter that contains many practical. Craigs book begins with an excellent presentation of the fundamental concepts behind agile development and follows with a strong evidence chapter. Feature teams longlivedthe team stays together so they can jell for higher performance. He served as chief scientist at valtech, an international consulting and agile offshore outsourcing company.
Next is the clear, easytoread comparison between the leading agile methodologies xp, scrum and up and evo that illustrates their commonalities and differences. Scrum primer is a short, readable and concrete introduction to the scrum framework by pete deemer, gabrielle benefied, craig larman, and bas vodde. It was written with my coauthor bas vodde, who also has long and indepth experience with very large agile product development. Craig came to london for 3 days of certified less practitioner training and a free evening meetup. Adventures with agile are proud to present the cocreator of large scale scrum less craig larman. The structure of scrum video a summary of the research and patterns that informed the formulation of scrum by jeff sutherland. Gabrielle is one of the founders of the scrum foundation and is also an author of the scrum primer, one of the most downloaded guides to scrum. How can i best track nonfunctional requirements in jira. It was written with my coauthor bas vodde, who has long and indepth experience with very large agile product development and enterprise transformations at nokia. Agile and iterative development a managers guide craig larman v. Craig came to london for 3 days of certified less practitioner training and. Thinking and organizational tools for large scale scrum. Building on two widely acclaimed previous editions, craig larman has updated this book to fully reflect the new uml 2 standard, to help you master the art of object design, and to promote. Go here for the online version of the lean primer at less.
Pete is the founder of goodagile, which provides agile training and consulting in india and throughout asia. Addisonwesley boston san francisco new york toronto montreal london munich paris madrid capetown sydney tokyo singapore mexico city. A lightweight guide to the theory and practice of scrum version 2. If you just refer the scrum primer by craig larman, it states the following. Thinking and organizational tools for largescale scrum. It is designed for teams of ten or fewer members, who break their work into goals that can be completed within timeboxed iterations. Craig larman is the cocreator of less largescale scrum with his friend and colleague bas vodde. Craig larman is a management and product development consultant in enterpriselevel adoption and use of lean development, agile principles and practices, and largescale scrum in large, multisite, and offshore development. We ended up with a very different book as our exploration in concrete starting points led to a pursuit for the minimum essentials for scaling. Craig larman is a management and product development consultant in enterpriselevel adoption and use of lean development, agile principles and practices, and large scale scrum in large, multisite, and offshore development. Jul 19, 2016 adventures with agile are proud to present the cocreator of large scale scrum less craig larman. About the authors craig larman is a management and product development consultant in enterpriselevel adoption and use of lean development, agile principles and practices, and large scale scrum in large, multisite, and offshore development. Pete deemer is ceo of goodagile, scrum alliance, stormglass. The 3rd chapter was not so useful i think, because the knowledge is less applicable to nowadays architectures.
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