The Scrum Culture Introducing Agile Methods in Organizations

This book is a guide for managers, Scrum Masters and agile coaches who are interested in agile organizational methods and who are planning to introduce Scrum at their own company. Scrum is not only a product development framework but can also be used to s

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Dominik Maximini

The Scrum Culture Introducing Agile Methods in Organizations Second Edition

Management for Professionals

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Dominik Maximini

The Scrum Culture Introducing Agile Methods in Organizations Second Edition

Dominik Maximini Novatec Consulting GmbH Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany

Copyediting provided by Kevin Lee Potter ISSN 2192-8096 ISSN 2192-810X (electronic) Management for Professionals ISBN 978-3-319-73841-3 ISBN 978-3-319-73842-0 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73842-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017964607 # Springer International Publishing AG 2015, 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

Why a Second Edition?

My friend Kate Terlecka, one of the leading people in the Polish agile community, recently told me: “This book is excellent and so advanced, it’s hard to read it cover to cover. It’s a great reference and textbook though.” This is the same message I got from other professionals as they worked their way into this book. This situation is also reflected by the numbers: as of August 2017, more than 84,000 people had read this work. Almost all of them accessed it via their universities. Compared to the total numbers, only very few people from the professional world were reading this book. However, these professionals are equally important for me as the academic readers. So my first product increment failed to appeal to both groups. This second increment is aiming at remedying that. I hope you will find this version much more easily digestible than the last one but still without lacking the desired depth of in