Learn how scrum can help in every part of your life
Scrum--an organizing approach that exposes work progress and quality --is used all over the place in software development, but it's not just for coders. Scrum For Dummies shows you how scrum can improve performance regardless of your industry or project. You can even use scrum to get tangible results in your personal projects--prepare for retirement, organize travel, and much more. Plan goals, releases, and sprints for all aspects of business and life. With Dummies, you'll learn how to work flexibility and collaboration into anything you're doing. This book is packed with helpful information to empower you to set up your first scrum project, organize the scrum team, integrate scrum into your agile project management strategy, and just make things work better.
* Learn the ins and outs of scrum--updated for the 2020 scrum guide
* Discover how scrum can help you manage projects in any industry and even in your personal life
* Organize your scrum team and set up your first project
* Integrate scrum into your agile project management strategy
This updated edition of Scrum For Dummies is written to make scrum useful for everyone--especially you.
Get scrummy, in every industry and in life
Scrum is a way of infusing creativity and collaboration into any project. Scrum For Dummies introduces you to this popular agile framework and shows you how it can help you innovate in any business or industry and even in everyday life. You don't have to be a programmer to benefit from sprints and other hallmarks of the scrum method. Save more lives, improve your children's education, optimize your publication strategy, increase customer loyalty, manage your retirement portfolio, plan a wedding-the possibilities are endless. Scrum can help you do it, and Dummies can show you how.
Inside...
- The simple rules of scrum
- Planning with scrum
- Balance scrum accountabilities
- Prioritizing and meeting goals
- Scrum for manufacturing, healthcare, education, and services
- Scrum in marketing, sales, operations, human resources, and finance
- Using scrum in your daily life
