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9 Books for Learning Agile Development (Scrum, Lean, and Kaizen)
A staged reading list of 9 books for learning agile and lean development, from the basics to practice: agile fundamentals, practice and improvement, and lean validation of value. Each entry links to its full review.
Five Dialogues to Transform Organizations - Creating an Agile Organizational Culture Through Dialogue
A review of Five Dialogues to Transform Organizations. A book on five kinds of conversation needed to cultivate an agile culture. Presenting patterns around goals, constraints, progress, process, and learning, it fosters cultural change through dialogue rather than top-down mandates, toward teams that act autonomously.
Understanding Story Points Using the Cynefin Framework
An article jotting down an idea I had for how to think about the criteria behind story points in agile estimation. It introduces an approach that uses the Cynefin framework to size story points based on the degree of complexity of a task.
Building the Right Thing the Right Way
A review of Building the Right Thing the Right Way. Asking what it means to build a product and what lies beyond agile, it puts the product development process into words, organizing key ideas such as risk management-covering requirement, technical, staffing, and political risks-and expectation management that aligns stakeholders.
Kaizen Journey
A review of Kaizen Journey. In a story format, it lets you vicariously experience the journey of crossing borders, from the individual to the team and on to the organization. More than the details of individual agile practices, you feel a strong message about the purpose and meaning of crossing those borders.
About Mob Programming
Recently, I experienced mob programming for the first time in my life, so I'm jotting down notes to remember the benefits of the experience.
How to Deal with Uncertainty in Software Development Projects
Address software project uncertainty through agile planning. Distinguish known unknowns from unknown unknowns to minimize risks.
More Effective Agile
A review of More Effective Agile. A book that broadly compiles practices for putting agile into action. Beyond individual techniques, it organizes the essentials for leaders and teams to draw out agile's benefits, usable as a textbook for practice.
Reading Agile Metrics
Discover how to measure agile team performance using data from project management, source control, and build systems for improvement.
"Agile" Health Improvement Guide
A review of the 'Agile' Health Improvement Guide. An unusual take that applies agile thinking from software development to improving health, describing concrete ways to continuously improve habits and behavior patterns that are easy to put into daily practice.
Agile Metrics
A review of Agile Metrics. It systematically explains measurement indicators in agile development, teaching observation methods and how to read metrics to improve team performance. A good fit for those who want to grasp their team's state through numbers.
The Agile Samurai
A review of The Agile Samurai. A good introductory book for building a foundation in the mindset and practice of agile development. Without cramming in jargon, it is an easy first read for teams and engineers about to adopt agile.
SCRUM BOOT CAMP THE BOOK: Revised Edition - Agile Development with Scrum Teams
A review of SCRUM BOOT CAMP THE BOOK (Revised Edition). A book for learning the basics of Scrum through situations that commonly arise in real teams. An approachable first read when you are about to start Scrum development.