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Scrum and XP from the Trenches

The tricky part of agile software development is that there is no manual telling you exactly how to do it. You have to experiment and continuously adapt the process until it suits your specific situation.

This book aims to give you a head start by providing a detailed down-to-earth account of how one Swedish company implemented Scrum and XP with a team of approximately 40 people and how they continuously improved their process over a year’s time.

Under the leadership of Henrik Kniberg, they experimented with different team sizes, different sprint lengths, different ways of defining “done”, different formats for product backlogs and sprint backlogs, different testing strategies, different ways of doing demos, different ways of synchronizing multiple Scrum teams, etc. They also experimented with XP practices – different ways of doing continuous build, pair programming, and test-driven.

THIS BOOK INCLUDES:

  • Practical tips and tricks for most Scrum and XP practices
  • Typical pitfalls and how they were addressed
  • Diagrams and photos illustrating day-to-day work
  • Testing and test-driven development
  • Scaling and coordinating multiple teams
  • Dealing with resistance from inside and outside the team
  • Planning and time estimation techniques
  • Forwards by Jeff Sutherland and Mike Cohn
About the Author(s)
Henrik Kniberg

Henrik Kniberg is a coach and consultant at Crisp in Stockholm, he has spent many years working at Spotify, LEGO, and other production companies. Henrik’s background is a mix of development and management, and his passion is applying Lean and Agile principles to help companies improve. Henrik is the author of “Scrum and XP from the Trenches”, “Kanban & Scrum, making the most of both”, and “Lean from the Trenches”. He is a popular keynote speaker at conferences worldwide and the author of viral videos about Spotify engineering culture and Agile product ownership. Henrik lives in Stockholm with his wife and four kids, and in his “spare time” plays bass and keyboard with two local bands.

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