Scrum is one of the hottest things in the software development industry nowadays. It is gaining popularity rapidly everywhere, replacing the waterfall model which has brought enough suffering and unhappiness to the world. The company I work for is also heavily committed to Scrum.
This book does not explain what Scrum is and it doesn’t try to convert anyone. It is all about explaining how Scrum framework has been applied to the work of the companies that the author, Henrik Kniberg, has been consulting. This book is “an agile war story” as Henrik Kniberg puts it.
I have once been listening to Henrik Kniberg and he is an excellent, inspiring speaker. The book is very similar. The author makes his points efficiently and does not waste time theorizing and repeating himself. Once you start this book, it’s hard to stop.
While reading this book I found a couple of ideas for my daily work as a ScrumMaster. This does not sound a lot but I am sure there would have been much more for me to learn from this book unless our agile coach wasn’t such a big fan of Henrik Kniberg and hadn’t taken most of the ideas in use already.
I highly recommend this book for any practioning ScrumMaster or Product Owner (or wannabes) who want to get some new ideas. The developers who are interested in actively affecting the way Scrum is practioned in their companies might also find this book useful but for the management I recommend something else — at least to begin with.
