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Anyone working in the projects space today will no doubt be familiar with the pressure to deliver too much with too few resources. This book has been written with this in mind and is designed to provide an introduction to the core Scrum framework.
Scrum is a light weight framework built predominantly on Agile principles which has often been described as “easy to learn, hard to master”. It has gained popularity as it is incredibly simple to understand for both users and stakeholders and it addresses a number of pitfalls with standard project management and software design methodologies.
One of the key principles of Scrum is that it allows a team to deliver the highest value in the shortest space of time, often in uncertain or continually changing environments; importantly Scrum accommodates and even embraces change, allowing organisations to quickly adapt to the needs of their clients or the actions of their competitors.
This book is designed to help you not only learn the principles of scrum in less than 60 minutes, but to impress as much of this framework into your long term memory as possible so are to both able to immediately apply the Scrum framework, and to recall the methodology for years to come.
If you are interested in learning more about Scrum, or are simply looking for a new way to revitalise your projects then this book if for you.
Stewart Lancaster
Stewart Lancaster is an Award Winning Chartered Manager, qualified Accountant and Project Manager. His many years of experience have proven his ability to deliver successful business change and manage complex projects.A Financial Services specialist, Stewart is sharing the unique “Scrum” method, honed during his years managing multi-million pound projects for both regulated multi-national organisations and listed PLCs.Stewart started his career as a Financial Adviser. He worked his way forward via City Investment Management to Operations Management. Now, he specialises in Operational Efficiency and Business Change. Stewart has successfully used “Scrum” in projects ranging from software development to improving business processes.
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60 Minute:Scrum - Stewart Lancaster
60 Minute: Scrum
By Stewart Lancaster
Copyright © 2013 Stewart Lancaster All Rights Reserved
Smashwords Edition
Contents
Chapter 1: The scrum paradox
Chapter 2: Scrum roles
Chapter 3: Scrum artefacts
Chapter 4: Scrum activities
Chapter 5: Tracking progress
Chapter 6: Are we done yet?
Chapter 7: Putting it all together
Chapter 8: Scrum resources
Chapter 9: Glossary
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Preface
Too fast, too soon...
Anyone working in the projects space today will no doubt be familiar with the pressure to deliver too much with too few resources. This book has been written with this in mind. This is not a substitute for ongoing and indeed lifelong learning in the scrum arena, but instead is designed to provide an introduction to the Scrum framework and provide you with a breakdown of the core scrum principles.
More specifically this book is designed to help you not only learn the principles of scrum in less than 60 minutes, but to impress as much of this framework into your long term memory as possible so you can begin applying these principles.
A bit of a challenging task perhaps, to learn a new way of working, a new way of thinking in less time than it takes to watch a movie, but one that I am sure, if you are reading this that you have the appetite, the determination and the will to complete this task.
In writing this book, I have had to use a number of cutting edge models based in the field of neuro-science to try and deeply implant everything you read in the next 60 minutes into your long term memory including connecting left brain (reading, writing, listening, logic and sequence) and right brain (images, colour, music, creativity and intuition), a phenomenon known as the primary
and recency
effect and finally a number of memory consolidation techniques.
The brain has a four step process which is always followed in the formation of every new memory:
The techniques described above focus predominantly in the memory consolidation stage, which increases the likelihood of forming long term memories.
To help