I have been practicing agile development for the past 5 months at my new company. Although I am new to the process, it was easy to organically pick up many of the processes and terminology of agile. However, there was something missing from my overall, big picture understanding. The Elements of Scrum was an excellent overview to the scrum process. The author uses clear and concise writing with appropriate diagrams to introduce scrum. I was impressed with the author's ability to explain a topic without introducing verbose nonsense to fill up more space. The book was not only useful for introducing the overall picture of scrum to me, but also by teaching me new techniques that are not currently in use at my company including example users, negative users, the team estimation game, and pair programming games. I look forward to incorporating some of these techniques into our current process. The Elements of Scrum presents a good intermediate introduction into the SCRUM process. After reading it, you'll understand the key terminology, processes as well as basic SCRUM artefacts. The book is well written and a relatively easy read if you know the basics of project management. Great introduction to those who are joining an organisation that utilises SCRUM or if your counterpart organisation utilises SCRUM as their delivery methodology.
What do You think about The Elements Of Scrum (2011)?
Quick read and good introduction to Scrum principles.
—tkwalker86
An excellent, concise, clear explanation of Scrum.
—Tays
