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Agile Project Management with Scrum (Microsoft Professional)
by Ken Schwaber
from Microsoft Press

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• The real deal
  Software development has grown more and more complex to the point where it approaches chaos. Most approaches to it have been aimed at controlling (read, taming) the chaos. And such approaches are doomed to failure since chaos, by definition, cannot be tame. A more realistic approach is to accept chaos and learn to harness it to give you a competitive edge. Such is the message Chet Richards' fantastic little book, Certain to Win, and such is the message of this echo of Agile development processes.
  Mr.... more info

• Good stuff
  Let me just say, right off the bat, this is a wonderful book.
  But how so, you ask.
  Well, I have been involved in agile projects as tech lead, as project manager and as SME for just about a decade. I have also been practicing SCRUM for past few years. I find these methodologies (or techniques) quite helpful in "getting things done".
  But.... despite my experience, I believe this book taught me a lot. Not in a sense that it taught me new ideas, but rather that it put structure on my existing... more info

• A very good overview
  This book gave me a fast and easy intro to this tenique as a project manager

• Good description of Scrum, from the master
  Nobody knows Scrum better than Ken Schwaber. This is a good read for launching new Scrum projects.

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