Scrum: Novice to Ninja

Why should you use Scrum in your web projects? Simply put, it’ll enable your team to get more done in less time.

Scrum is the most popular agile project management methodology used in web projects today. While most Scrum books tend to be lengthy textbooks that cover every detail of Scrum for all types of organizations, this highly practical book concentrates solely on how best to apply Scrum in web and mobile development projects. In it, you’ll learn:

• An overview of Scrum fundamentals for web and mobile projects
• Get familiar with Scrum’s roles: Scrum master, product owner, team members, and interested observers
• Understand Scrum’s rituals: sprint planning meetings, daily standups, work process, demos, and sprint retrospectives
• Gain a thorough understanding of the tools used in Scrum: burndown charts, story cards, sprint backlogs
• Troubleshoot typical Scrum issues

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introducing Scrum
Chapter 2. Meet the Team
Chapter 3. Scrum Roles
Chapter 4. Scrum Rituals
Chapter 5. Scrum Artifacts
Chapter 6. The Scrum Contract
Chapter 7. The Lifecycle of a Story
Chapter 8. Working Through Scrum
Chapter 9. Making Scrum Work for Your Web or Mobile Team
Chapter 10. Adapting to Scrum