TY - BOOK AU - Green,M.David TI - Scrum: Methods for Agile, Powerful Development SN - 9781457199486 AV - QA76.76.D47 .G744 2016 U1 - 005.1 PY - 2016/// CY - Victoria PB - SitePoint KW - Scrum (Computer software development) KW - Web applications-Development KW - Electronic books N1 - Cover -- Scrum: Novice to Ninja -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Who Should Read This Book -- Conventions Used -- Tips, Notes, and Warnings -- Supplementary Materials -- Want to take your learning further? -- Introducing Scrum -- What Is Scrum? -- A Brief History of Scrum -- Comparing Scrum and Waterfall -- Reasons to Choose Scrum for Web and Mobile -- Time Sensitivity -- Modular Development -- Flexible Scheduling -- Reflection and Improvement -- Summary -- Meet the Team -- A Senior Engineer -- My Role -- Motivations -- Perfect Day -- Frustrations -- Concerns About Scrum -- A Junior Engineer -- My Role -- Motivations -- Perfect Day -- Frustrations -- Concerns About Scrum -- An Engineering Manager -- My Role -- Motivations -- Perfect Day -- Frustrations -- Concerns About Scrum -- A QA Engineer -- My Role -- Motivations -- Perfect Day -- Frustrations -- Concerns About Scrum -- A Product Manager -- My Role -- Motivations -- Perfect Day -- Frustrations -- Concerns About Scrum -- A Designer -- My Role -- Motivations -- Perfect Day -- Frustrations -- Concerns About Scrum -- An Executive -- Role -- Motivations -- Frustrations -- My Perfect Day -- Concerns About Scrum -- Summary -- Scrum Roles -- Establishing Who Does What -- No Hierarchy -- Scrum Roles and Organizational Roles -- Scrum Master -- Responsibilities -- A Day in the Life -- Product Owners -- Responsibilities -- A Day in the Life -- Team Members -- Cross-Training -- Responsibilities -- A Day in the Life -- Team Resources -- Designers -- QA Engineers -- Operations -- Managers -- The Rest of the World -- Users -- Customers -- Executives and Other Employees -- Summary -- Scrum Rituals -- What Are Rituals? -- Not Another Meeting! -- Time Boxing -- The Length of the Sprint -- Sprint Planning -- Objective -- Time Box -- Preparation -- Introducing New Stories -- Story Estimation -- Bugs -- Tasks; Spikes -- Committing to a Sprint Backlog -- Daily Standup -- Objective -- Time Box -- Preparation -- Three Questions -- Other Status Updates -- Sprint Demo -- Objective -- Time Box -- Preparation -- Demonstrating a Story -- Tallying up the Points -- Releasing the Stories -- Sprint Retrospective -- Objective -- Time Box -- Preparation -- What Went Well? -- What Didn't Go Well? -- What Should We Do about It? -- Conclusion -- Scrum Artifacts -- Artifacts Overview -- Stories -- Product Backlog -- Sprint Backlog -- Scrum Board -- Definition of Done -- Velocity Chart -- Burndown Chart -- Product Increment -- Conclusion -- The Scrum Contract -- The Beginner's Mind -- Respecting Scrum Roles -- Providing Transparency -- Establishing Work Boundaries -- Honoring Reflective Iteration -- Adhering to Shared Definitions -- Summary -- The Lifecycle of a Story -- What's WithKittens? -- Why Just Kittens? -- Client Desires -- Product Backlog -- Formulating a Feature -- Lining up Design Resources -- Writing Stories -- A Full Slice of Functionality -- Story Format -- Presenting and Estimation -- Defining Scope -- Debating Effort -- Agreeing to a Sprint Backlog -- Summary -- Working Through Scrum -- Working Through a Story -- Taking Ownership -- Defining Tasks -- Tracking Progress -- The First Standup -- The Second Standup -- The Rest of the Sprint -- Demonstrating the Story -- Checking Acceptance Criteria -- Sprint Retrospective -- Summary -- Making Scrum Work for Your Web or Mobile Team -- Taking Steps Toward Scrum -- Buy-in -- Training -- Staffing -- Tracking Effectiveness -- Troubleshooting -- Undefined Time Boxes -- Optimizing for Sprints -- Long, Lazy Standups -- Work Interruptions -- Loose Demos -- Problem Solving During Retrospectives -- Summary -- Adapting to Scrum -- A Senior Engineer -- Initial Concerns -- What I've Learned -- What Still Frustrates Me; What I Do About It -- A Junior Engineer -- Initial Concerns -- What I've Learned -- What Still Frustrates Me -- What I Do About It -- An Engineering Manager -- Initial Concerns -- What I've Learned -- What Still Frustrates Me -- What I Do About It -- A QA Engineer -- Initial Concerns -- What I've Learned -- What Still Frustrates Me -- What I Do About It -- A Product Manager -- Initial Concerns -- What I've Learned -- What Still Frustrates Me -- What I Do About It -- A Designer -- Initial Concerns -- What I've Learned -- What Still Frustrates Me -- What I Do About It -- An Executive -- Initial Concerns -- What I've Learned -- What Still Frustrates Me -- What I Do About It -- Conclusion UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4543921 ER -