Scrum Magic: Ultimate Training Guide to the Agile Framework (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780997326215)

Poor project management has disastrous effects on software projects. It could lead to blown budgets, late shipment, brutal hours, and software buggier than an anthill. However, this doesn't have to be your experience because there's a proven framework for managing even the most complex of software projects. This is where "Scrum Magic"comes to the rescue. Scrum Magic: Ultimate Training Guide to the Agile Framework is a revolutionary master class about the Scrum framework. It's filled with colorful examples, professional diagrams, and 100+ questions with FULL solutions. It doesn't matter if you come from a technical or business background as this book is designed to efficiently help you master Scrum. Doug Purcell is a Scrum Master and internet entrepreneur that has ten years of self-financing and managing projects from inception to close. He used portions of the framework to obtain productivity gains up to 1100% and to rapidly build this product in only 3 months. This includes: market research, writing, editing, publishing, website creation, layout design, book cover design, diagram illustration, and executing the business/marketing plans. Use this book to get certified, ship software on time, build a better company culture, improve time management, increase productivity, write books 3X faster, and to quickly teach yourself new things. Here's what you'll master in Scrum Magic: -Product backlog genius: how to create, groom, and manage the backlog like a pro -Team roles demystified: indentify the responsibilities of the product owner, scrum master, and development team with ease -Scrum planning: discover how to strategically plan your next agile project as effective as a military commander -Estimation strategies: battle-tested methods to accurately forecast turnaround times for work -User stories wizardry: a must-have checklist for writing user stories like an expert -Fun meetings: how to transform snooze-fest meetings into brief, exciting, useful ones -Rapid improvement: learn how to use the empirical process control to continuously accelerate the team's workflow -Monitoring progress: a crash course on using burn down charts to intelligently monitor the team's momentum -Software management mini-guides: the easy guide to discovering the similarities/differences of waterfall, agile, and kanban -The Game of Scrum: A comprehensive overhaul of the framework such as important definitions and concepts -Scrum training: gain access to 4 unique quizzes and solutions that total to over 100 questions. A perfect alternative for those that can't attend a 2-day $1,000 Scrum workshop. -The ultimate agile resource: A list of Scrum, agile, and project management certifications -3 digital bonuses: View the table of contents for download instructions

Author: Doug Purcell
ISBN-10: 0997326212
ISBN-13: 9780997326215
Publisher: Purcell Media
Language: English
Published: 09/15/2016
Pages: 188
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.40d