Mastering Professional Scrum

The authors aim to help you focus on proven Scrum approaches for improving quality, getting and using fast feedback, and becoming more adaptable, instead of “going through the motions” and settling for only modest improvements.

Whether you’re a Scrum Master, Development Team member, or Product Owner, you’ll find practical advice for facing challenges with transparency and courage, overcoming a wide array of common challenges, and continually improving your Scrum practice.

• Realistically assess your current Scrum practice, and identify areas for improvement
• Recognize what a great Scrum Team looks like and get there
• Focus on “Done”―not “sort-of-Done” or “almost-Done”
• Measure and optimize the value delivered by every Product Increment
• Improve the way you plan, develop, and grow
• Clear away wider organizational impediments to agility and professionalism
• Overcome common misconceptions that stand in the way of progress