The definitive account of the Scrum methodology from its co-creator & the CEO of Scrum Inc Jeff Sutherland Scrum is the revolutionary approach to project management & team building that has helped to transform everything from software companies to the US military to healthcare in major American hospitals In this major new book its originator Jeff Sutherland explains precisely & step by step how it operates
- & how it can be made to work for anyone anywhere Take the FBI attempt to digitize its records for example As with so many software projects the first attempt failed having taken four years & cost over 400 million Then the FBI turned to Scrum & just over a year later unveiled a functioning system that cost less than a tenth of the first project & employed a tenth of the staff & it's not just grand projects that Scrum can help with Every organisation whatever its size constantly has to come to grips with delivering a product or service on time & on budget Scrum shows you how It explains how to define precisely what it is that you are seeking to achieve how to set up the team to achieve it & how to monitor progress until the project is successfully completed Filled with practical examples drawn from all types & organisation it will make you rethink the fundamentals of successful management
- & show you how to get things done however everyday or ambitious however small or large your organisation