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A Day in the Life of [TOP]

A Day in the Life of a Scrum Team https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1RqhRcPJZ0

A Week in the Life of a Scrum Team http://www.agilelearninglabs.com/resources/a-week-in-the-life-of-a-scrum-team/

Agile Developer’s Journal: A Day in the Life https://www.agileconnection.com/article/agile-developers-journal-day-life?page=0%2C0

My Experience as a QA in Scrum https://www.infoq.com/articles/experience-qa-scrum/

Scrum by Example https://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/category/scrum-by-example

The Job and Daily Life of the ScrumMaster https://www.mitchlacey.com/blog/the-job-and-daily-life-of-the-scrummaster

APR Blog [TOP]

“Because Our Competitors Are” is No Reason to Become an Agile Organization https://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2016/02/because-our-competitors-are-is-no-reason-to-become-an-agile-organization.html

Scrum By Example – The Trouble with Sprint Burndowns https://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2014/06/scrummaster-tales-the-trouble-with-sprint-burndowns.html#.VakcPflViko

Agile Business Intelligence DataWarehousing and COTS [TOP]

Agile Big Data Analytics: The Art of the Possible, part 1 http://kromerbigdata.com/2013/02/19/agile-big-data-analytics-the-art-of-the-possible-part-1/

Agile ERP: “You don’t know what you’ve got ‘till it’s gone!” http://agileerppaper.gerardmeszaros.com/

Big Data Agile Analytics case study http://www.inspearit.com/en/blog-lean-agile/a-case-study-using-agile-method-for-big-data-analytics-projects/

Custom Off The Shelf Projects http://agileforest.com/2012/08/13/cots-saas-and-agile/

Testing Agile DataWarehouses and Business Intelligence http://theagilist.com/2014/03/10/503/

Tips for Editing Pentaho Auto-Generated OLAP Models https://kromerbigdata.com/2014/02/01/tips-for-editing-pentaho-auto-generated-olap-models/

Agile Business Intelligence DataWarehousing and COTS Books

Agile Analytics: A Value-Driven Approach to Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing - Ken W. Collier [AMAZON]

Agile Hardware [TOP]

Agile Hardware – doing it at the PCB level http://www.innovel.net/?p=427

Agile hardware development – nonsense or necessity? http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1279137

Agile Project Development at Intel: A Scrum Odyssey http://danube.com/docs/case_studies/Intel_case_study.pdf [PDF warning!]

Application of Scrum Methods to Hardware Development https://www.backblaze.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Scrum-for-Hardware-Development-V3.pdf [PDF warning!]

Developing a Solar Car with Scrum https://www.infoq.com/news/2015/12/developing-solar-car-scrum

Joe Justice on Agile Manufacturing https://scrumalliance.org/learn-about-scrum/learning-consortium/learning-consortium-webinars/joe-justice-on-agile-manufacturing

Scrum in Hardware https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/resource/agile-testing/scrum-in-hardware/

The Goal Of An Agile Hardware Team http://www.agilesoc.com/2014/10/08/the-goal-of-an-agile-hardware-team/

The Starting Point for Agile Hardware (That No One Thinks About) http://www.agilesoc.com/2014/11/10/the-starting-point-for-agile-hardware-that-no-one-thinks-about/

Top 10 questions when using Agile on hardware projects http://maccherone.com/larry/2010/02/23/top-10-questions-when-using-agile-on-hardware-projects/

Yes, Hardware Can Be Agile! https://www.infoq.com/articles/hardware-can-be-agile

Agile Organizations [TOP]

Can Big Organizations Be Agile? https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2016/11/26/can-big-organizations-be-agile/

Can The 21st Century Corporation Operate Without Agile? https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2015/10/23/can-the-21st-century-corporation-operate-without-agile/

Gary Hamel: Can Big Firms Be Agile? https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2016/11/27/gary-hamel-can-big-firms-be-agile/

How to Build a Transparent Company the Buffer Way https://zapier.com/blog/buffer-transparency/

Open Salaries at Buffer https://open.bufferapp.com/introducing-open-salaries-at-buffer-including-our-transparent-formula-and-all-individual-salaries/

Why Radical Transparency Is Good for Business https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/your-brain-work/201210/why-radical-transparency-is-good-business

GeoCentric

Agile Leadership Experiment Retro, Year 1 http://geovoices.geonetric.com/2014/01/agile-leadership-experiment-retrospective-year-1/

Building a Peer-Accountable Culture with Agile Methods http://geovoices.geonetric.com/2013/03/building-a-peer-accountable-culture-with-agile-methods/

Sometimes It’s Hard to See Change From Up Close http://geovoices.geonetric.com/2014/08/sometimes-hard-see-change-close/

Agile Organizations Books

Joy, Inc.: How We Built a Workplace People Love - Richard Sheridan [AMAZON]

Agile Outside of Software [TOP]

Agile for remodelling your house http://www.jrothman.com/mpd/agile/2014/04/an-agile-approach-to-a-house-remodel/

Agile Government https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/agile-delivery#governing-agile-services

Building The Empire State Building – The Tyranny of the Plan – Mary Poppendieck https://chrisgagne.com/1255/mary-poppendiecks-the-tyranny-of-the-plan/

Developing a Solar Car with Scrum https://www.infoq.com/news/2015/12/developing-solar-car-scrum

FloraHolland uses Scrum to manage business change http://www.infoq.com/news/2013/11/business-scrum-floraholland

GE Builds Engines using Scrum http://www.scruminc.com/ges-take-on-scrum-engines-of-democracy/

How HR Can Become Agile (and Why It Needs To) https://hbr.org/2017/06/how-hr-can-become-agile-and-why-it-needs-to

How We Use Agile At Home https://vimeo.com/162910539

Human Resources and Scrum https://www.scrumalliance.org/community/articles/2009/april/human-resources-and-scrum

Kanban for Lawyers http://agileattorney.net/2015/02/18/kanban-for-lawyers-getting-started/

Lean in the Lawfirm http://www.slideshare.net/scrummasternz/lean-in-the-lawfirm-by-stephen-reed

Non-IT Kanban Implementation at Scale https://www.scrumalliance.org/community/articles/2014/july/non-it-kanban-implementation-at-scale

NPR Uses Agile for program planning (i.e. radio programs, not software) https://www.computerworld.com/article/2505876/app-development/npr-adopts-agile-like-method-for-program-development.html

Scrum at Home https://www.scrumalliance.org/community/articles/2015/june/scrum-at-home

Scrum for non IT teams http://www.doelenconsultancy.nl/agile/scrum-for-non-it/scrum-for-non-it-teams/

The Workplace As An Experience: Three New HR Roles Emerge https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeannemeister/2016/05/13/the-workplace-as-an-experience-three-new-hr-roles-emerge/

You’ll Never Work Alone https://www.inc.com/winning-workplaces/magazine/201106/youll-never-work-alone.html

Your Family, Agile and You http://agileandfamily.blogspot.co.uk/

Sales

Rini van Solingen and Jeff Sutherland’s use of Scrum in Sales https://www.agilealliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Scrum-in-Sales-vs20110210.pdf [PDF warning!]

Scrum for Sales http://www.leadingagile.com/2013/05/agile-and-sales-reflections-on-my-first-scrum-sales-team-2/

StackExchange: Managing Deal Flow http://www.developingsales.com/blog/2014/04/managing-deal-flow-in-agile-sales-the-scrum-board.html

StackExchange: Sales Manager as Product Owner http://www.developingsales.com/blog/2014/06/not-your-typical-sales-manager-sales-manager-as-product-owner.html

StackExchange: Sales Team Leader as ScrumMaster http://www.developingsales.com/blog/2014/04/sales-team-leader-as-scrum-master.html

StackExchange: Scrum for Sales Management http://www.developingsales.com/blog/2014/03/agile-sales-scrum-for-sales-management.html

Wikispeed

Team WIKISPEED at Agile 2012 http://www.leadingagile.com/2012/08/team-wikispeed-agile-2012/

Team Wikispeed: Developing Hardware the Software Way – HBR Case Study $$$ https://hbr.org/product/team-wikispeed-developing-hardware-the-software-way/an/ES1391-PDF-ENG

TEDx Talk – Joe Justice on using Agile to build a car https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8jdx-lf2Dw

Wikispeed: How A 100 mpg Car Was Developed In 3 Months http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2012/05/10/wikispeed-how-a-100-mpg-car-was-developed-in-3-months/

Agile Schools

A view into the future – using Scrum as teaching tool http://eduscrum-en.blogspot.ca/2013/03/a-view-into-future-using-scrum-as.html

Agile Classrooms – John Miller http://blog.agileclassrooms.com/

Agile Schools: How Technology Saves Education (Just Not the Way We Thought it Would) – Steve Peha http://www.infoq.com/articles/agile-schools-education

An Overview of the Visible Classroom http://blog.agileclassrooms.com/2015/09/an-overview-of-visible-classroom.html

Group Problem Solving and Challenge Based Learning http://thedesignofhistory.blogspot.nl/

Scrum Alliance Grandview Prep https://vimeo.com/199089245

Scrum as a Teaching tool http://rinivansolingen.nl/a-view-into-the-future-using-scrum-as-teaching-tool-in-high-school-and-prior/?lang=en

Scrum For Schools http://www.scruminc.com/scrum-future-for-education-2/

Scrum in Dutch Education http://eduscrum.nl/

Using Agile Approaches to Improve Teaching, Learning and Education in Developing Nations https://www.infoq.com/news/2014/11/improve-teaching-learning

Agile for Embedded Software [TOP]

Agile Embedded Software Development, what’s wrong with it? http://www.agile42.com/en/blog/2014/02/17/agile-embedded-software-development-whats-wrong-it/

Agile Methods and Firmware Development http://www.ngware.eu/blog/papers/agile_firmware_punkka_V103.pdf [PDF warning!]

On hardware dependencies and scrum http://www.embedded.com/electronics-blogs/agile-adventures-in-an-embedded-world/4427419/On-hardware-dependencies-and-Scrum

Anti-Patterns [TOP]

Bad Habit #5: Constantly pushing the team to deliver faster https://marcusblankenship.com/habit-5-constantly-pushing-team-deliver-faster/

Finding the Truth Behind Minimum Viable Products https://www.infoq.com/articles/truth-minimum-viable-products

Improving Agile Software Practice http://www.itu.dk/iris29/IRIS29/1-3.pdf [PDF warning!]

Which Best Practice Is Ruining Your Business? https://hbr.org/2012/12/which-best-practice-is-ruining

Burndowns [TOP]

Hours-Remaining Burndown Charts: An Agile Anti-Pattern? http://www.solutionsiq.com/burndown-charts-anti-agile/

Scrum By Example – The Trouble with Sprint Burndowns https://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2014/06/scrummaster-tales-the-trouble-with-sprint-burndowns.html#.VakcPflViko

Why Burn-up Chart Is Better Than Burn-down Chart http://brodzinski.com/2012/10/burn-up-better-burn-down.html

Case Studies [TOP]

Adobe Premiere Pro Scrum Adoption http://blogs.adobe.com/agile/files/2012/08/Adobe-Premiere-Pro-Scrum-Adoption-How-an-agile-approach-enabled-success-in-a-hyper-competitive-landscape-.pdf [PDF warning!]

Agile Transformation @ Salesforce.com http://trailridgeconsulting.com/blog/agile-transformation-salesforcecom/

An Agile Adoption and Transformation Survival Guide http://www.infoq.com/minibooks/agile-adoption-transformation

Evolving to Agile – Matt Block http://www.agilealliance.org/files/1813/2435/0823/Evolving%20to%20Agile%20A%20Story%20of%20Agile%20Adoption%20at%20a%20Small%20SaaS%20Company.pdf [PDF warning!]

How Nokia Lost the Smartphone Battle http://knowledge.insead.edu/sites/www.insead.edu/files/images/asq_2015_print_vuori_huy_distributed_attention_and_shared_emotions_in_innovation_process.pdf [PDF warning!]

InfoQ interview with John Deere Agile Coach http://www.infoq.com/news/2012/03/deere

John Deere – Bigger Picture http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2012-07-05/deeres-big-green-profit-machine

John Deere and Agile (audio interview) http://agwired.com/2012/06/29/john-deere-does-agile-development/

John Deere Plows into Agile http://www.computerworld.com/article/2500298/app-development/john-deere-plows-into-agile.html

Making a Difference: a Case Study of Change in the Public Sector http://www.infoq.com/articles/monmouthshire-council-childrens-services

Rebooting Agile @ GE Transportation http://jessefewell.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Paper-for-GE.pdf [PDF warning!]

Scrum Alliance Learning Consortium Report – 2016 http://www.sdlearningconsortium.org/we_have_learned/2016-summary-report/

Scrum Case Studies – site http://www.scrumcasestudies.com/

Seven Changes to Remove Waste From Your Software Development Process http://www.infoq.com/articles/7-changes-remove-waste

What Has Nokia Done Right and Wrong? https://agilecraft.wordpress.com/2011/02/11/what-has-nokia-done-right-and-wrong/

When the VP is a Scrum Master, You Hit the Ground Running http://www.agilealliance.org/files/4213/2435/0845/When%20the%20VP%20is%20a%20Scrum%20Master%20You%20Hit%20the%20Ground%20Running.pdf [PDF warning!]

Who Killed Nokia? Nokia Did http://knowledge.insead.edu/strategy/who-killed-nokia-nokia-did-4268

Multi-Company Surveys

Scrum Alliance Learning Consortium Report – 2015 https://www.scrumalliance.org/learn-about-scrum/learning-consortium

Scrum Alliance Learning Consortium Report – 2016 http://www.sdlearningconsortium.org/we_have_learned/2016-summary-report/

Coaching [TOP]

Agile Coaching Tip: The Quiet Power of Silence http://www.solutionsiq.com/agile-coachin-power-of-silence/

Air Guitar and Attitude won’t do it http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/08/coaching_teams

Brian Buzzuto Beware of Triangles when Coaching http://www.solutionsiq.com/watch-for-triangles/

Hard Science for Soft Skills https://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2008/08/coaching-self-organizing-teams.html#.Vav5FPlViko

How Self Organization Works http://agilitrix.com/2009/12/coaching-self-organizing-teams/

Is Your Employee Coachable? https://hbr.org/2015/02/is-your-employee-coachable

Powerful Questions

Agile Coach’s Powerful Questions https://agilepartnership.com/fr/agile-coachs-powerful-questions/

Powerful Question Cards https://www.growingagile.co.za/powerfulquestioncards/

Powerful Questions for Agile Teams http://www.coachingagileteams.com/2008/04/15/agile/powerful-questions-for-agile-teams/

Your Strategy for Asking Powerful Questions https://www.agile42.com/en/blog/2013/10/07/your-strategy-asking-powerful-questions/

Daily Scrum Ideas [TOP]

A Tale of Two Daily Scrums https://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2013/12/a-tale-of-two-daily-scrums.html#.VbjuWPlViko

Daily Scrum is a Waste of Time (or Daily Scrum and Electronic Tools) https://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2015/06/daily-scrum-is-a-waste-of-time.html#.VbjufflVikp

Daily Standup Variations https://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2011/01/daily-stand-up-variations.html#.VbjuHPlViko

Five Levels of Involvement for a Meeting https://lookforwardconsulting.com/2015/09/09/five-levels-of-involvement-for-a-meeting/

It’s Not Just Standing Up: Patterns for Daily Standup Meetings http://martinfowler.com/articles/itsNotJustStandingUp.html

Making the Daily Standup Work http://www.scruminc.com/making-daily-standup-work/

Revive Your Daily Standup http://www.agile42.com/en/blog/2012/05/29/revive-your-daily-standup/

Scrum By Example: The Daily Standup https://www.scrumalliance.org/community/articles/2012/august/scrummaster-tales-the-daily-stand-up

Should the Daily Standup Be Person-by-Person or Story-by-Story? http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/blog/should-the-daily-standup-be-person-by-person-or-story-by-story

Stand Up and Shut Up http://neilkillick.wordpress.com/2013/10/21/stand-up-and-shut-up/

Stuck in an overlong Agile stand up? Try the two hands rule http://blog.benjaminm.net/2012/02/23/overlong-agile-stand-up-two-hand-rule/

Top 10 Negative Personas of a Daily Standup Meeting https://www.leadingagile.com/2014/03/negative-personas-standup-meeting/

Definition of Done [TOP]

Definition of Done creation exercise https://www.mitchlacey.com/intro-to-agile/scrum/definition-of-done

Multiple Levels of Done http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/blog/multiple-levels-of-done

What is Definition of Done (DoD)? https://www.scrumalliance.org/community/articles/2008/september/what-is-definition-of-done-(dod)

Distributed Teams [TOP]

12 ways to improve cross-office collaboration https://www.targetprocess.com/blog/2016/09/12-ways-to-improve-cross-office-collaboration/

A Guiding Principle and 8 Tips on Remote Team Performance Management https://www.sococo.com/blog/leadership-culture/a-guiding-principle-and-8-tips-on-remote-team-performance-management/

Agile Alternatives for a Geographically Distributed Team https://www.jrothman.com/articles/2016/04/agile-alternatives-for-a-geographically-distributed-team/

Agile in Dispersed or Distributed Teams https://www.infoq.com/news/2016/09/agile-dispersed-distributed-team

Building or Maintaining Agility in Geographically Distributed http://www.jrothman.com/pragmaticmanager/2012/03/building-or-maintaining-agility-in-geographically-distributed-teams/

Case study: Distributed Scrum Project for Dutch Railways http://www.infoq.com/articles/dutch-railway-scrum

Co-located teams versus Remote teams, Key Considerations https://medium.com/jotto-on-teams/co-located-teams-versus-remote-teams-key-considerations-a0cd0bc741a#.ddqxiljvn

Distributed Portfolio Steering with Flowdock https://www.rallydev.com/blog/agile/distributed-portfolio-steering-flowdock

Distributed? Yes. Alone? No. http://www.jrothman.com/pragmaticmanager/2012/04/distributed-yes-alone-no/

Enabling Distributed Agile Teams http://www.leadingagile.com/2013/10/enabling-distributed-agile-teams/

Four Ways Virtual Teams Fail (and How to Fix Them) https://blog.evernote.com/blog/2017/04/13/four-ways-virtual-teams-fail/

How Rally Does … Distributed Agile Meetings https://www.rallydev.com/blog/agile/how-rally-does-distributed-agile-meetings

How to Build Strong Relationships in a Remote Team https://zapier.com/learn/the-ultimate-guide-to-remote-working/remote-team-communication/

How We Do It: Remote Pair Programming http://www.sonatype.org/nexus/2015/03/23/how-we-do-it-remote-pair-programming/

Laying firm foundations for new distributed teams with 2-2-Go https://salfreudenberg.wordpress.com/2014/01/10/laying-firm-foundations-for-new-distributed-teams-with-2-2-go/

Lessons from Successful Remote Culture at Etsy http://www.infoq.com/presentations/etsy-remote-culture

Managing Timezones in Geographically Distributed Agile Teams http://www.jrothman.com/pragmaticmanager/2012/03/managing-timezones-in-geographically-distributed-agile-teams/

Multi-Site and Distributed Retrospectives http://www.agiletrainings.eu/2015/12/06/multi-site-and-distributed-retrospectives/

Notes on Distributed Retrospectives http://www.agileorlando.com/wiki/doku.php?id=distributedrestrospectives

Remote Interview: Facilitate Distributed Agile Teams with Mark Kilby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBee75bVv2A

Remote Working – 3 Year Retrospective http://blog.jonliv.es/blog/2015/01/14/remote-working-3-year-retrospective/

Remotely Agile: The Buddy System https://mckilby.wordpress.com/2014/10/14/remotely-agile-the-buddy-system/

Start Your Geographically Distributed Projects Right http://www.jrothman.com/pragmaticmanager/2012/02/start-your-geographically-distributed-projects-right/

Stories of Collaboration in Remote Teams http://www.infoq.com/articles/stories-collaboration-remote-teams

Swarming Across Distance http://www.infoq.com/articles/swarming-across-distance

Telecommuting, Hoteling, and Managing Product Development http://www.jrothman.com/mpd/management/2013/03/telecommuting-hoteling-and-managing-product-development/

Tools for Distrubted Agile Retrospectives http://lmsgoncalves.com/2014/11/14/tools-distributed-agile-retrospectives/

Top Tips for Hosting Effective Remote Retrospectives http://www.lisettesutherland.com/2015/03/top-tips-hosting-effective-remote-retrospectives/

Virtual icebreakers for remote teams http://www.lisettesutherland.com/

Virtual Teams are Worse than I Thought https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/virtual-teams-worse-than-i-thought-patrick-lencioni

Distributed Teams Books

Zapier – The Ultimate Guide to Remote Work (Free Download) - Wade Foster

Estimation [TOP]

Additional Benefits of Estimation http://www.leadingagile.com/2011/09/the-real-reason-we-estimate/

Anchoring and its effect on Estimation https://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2013/01/blind-estimation-planning-poker.html#.Vaac8_lViko

Forecasting techniques – effort versus reward http://focusedobjective.com/forecasting-techniques-effort-versus-reward/

Let’s Play Planning Poker! http://blog.codinghorror.com/lets-play-planning-poker/

Schedule Estimation and Uncertainty Surrounding the Cone of Uncertainty http://www.toddlittleweb.com/Papers/Little%20Cone%20of%20Uncertainty.pdf [PDF warning!]

Story of a new team member learning how to Estimate https://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2012/06/scrummaster-tales-learning-how-to-estimate.html#.VaacwvlViko

Using Silent Grouping to Size User Stories https://systemagility.com/2011/05/22/using-silent-grouping-to-size-user-stories/

When I’ve Skipped Estimates http://paulmboos.com/2015/07/14/when-ive-skipped-the-estimates/

Wideband delphi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wideband_delphi

Your Optimistic Bias won’t Allow Your Estimate to Improve http://agilecomplexificationinverter.blogspot.ca/2014/12/your-optimistic-bias-wont-allow-your.html

Planning Poker

An Introduction to Planning Poker https://dzone.com/articles/introduction-planning-poker

Another view on Story Points across Teams http://martinfowler.com/bliki/StandardStoryPoints.html

Explaining Relative Estimation http://www.axisagile.com.au/blog/estimation/relative-estimation-communication/

Scrum By Example: Learning how to Estimate https://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2012/06/scrummaster-tales-learning-how-to-estimate.html#.VbkjJPlVikp

Slides on Estimation from Mike Cohn http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/presentations/agile-estimating

Stop Using Story Points http://www.industriallogic.com/blog/stop-using-story-points/

Story Points: Why are they better than hours? – Jeff Sutherland http://www.scruminc.com/story-points-why-are-they-better-than/

Story points: Wikis http://www.thefullwiki.org/Story_points

Challenges

An Hour Next Year Is Shorter than an Hour Tomorrow https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/ulterior-motives/201110/hour-next-year-is-shorter-hour-tomorrow

How to Misuse Velocity http://www.lagerweij.com/2011/07/08/5-ways-to-make-sure-velocity-is-useless/

Is Velocity Killing Agile? http://www.infoq.com/news/2011/11/velocity-highsmith

Why is Estimating so Hard? http://blog.8thlight.com/uncle-bob/2012/04/20/Why-Is-Estimating-So-Hard.html

Why You Should Not Estimate in Hours or Days http://www.scrumexpert.com/knowledge/why-you-should-not-estimate-in-hours-or-days/

Extreme Programming [TOP]

Extreme Programming https://www.agilealliance.org/glossary/xp/

What is Extreme Programming? https://ronjeffries.com/xprog/what-is-extreme-programming/

Extreme Programming Books

Extreme Programming Installed - Ron Jeffries, Ann Anderson, Chet Hendrickson [AMAZON]

Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change - Kent Beck, Cynthia Andres [AMAZON]

Facilitation [TOP]

Developing Facilitation Skills http://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/leadership/group-facilitation/facilitation-skills/main

Facilitation Tools for Meetings and Workshops http://www.seedsforchange.org.uk/tools.pdf [PDF warning!]

Facilitator Tool Kit http://oqi.wisc.edu/resourcelibrary/uploads/resources/Facilitator%20Tool%20Kit.pdf [PDF warning!]

The Role of a Facilitator https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/RoleofAFacilitator.htm

Facilitation Books

Facilitator’s Guide to Participatory Decision-Making - Sam Kaner [AMAZON]

Collaboration Explained: Facilitation Skills for Software Project Leaders - Jean Tabaka [AMAZON]

Finance [TOP]

Why Should Agilists Care About Capitalization? http://www.infoq.com/articles/agile-capitalization

Games to understand and teach Agile [TOP]

Games to understand and teach Agile http://tastycupcakes.org/

Marshmallow challenge used to illustrate the value of small experiments and incremental architecture https://agileottawa.wordpress.com/2014/05/26/software-methodologies-experiment-the-marshmallow-challenge/

General [TOP]

Change Happens—So Make it Cheaper http://www.agileforall.com/2013/09/change-happens-so-make-it-cheaper/

Increasing Effort is Unsafe in Too Many Ways http://agileotter.blogspot.ca/2013/05/increasing-effort-is-unsafe-in-too-many.html

Is Offshoring Less Expensive? Exposing Another Management Myth http://www.jrothman.com/mpd/management/2013/09/is-offshoring-less-expensing-exposing-another-management-myth/

Scrum Without Removing Impediments Isn’t Scrum https://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2015/08/scrum-without-removing-impediments-isnt-scrum.html

What type of products should use Scrum? https://inspectandadapt.com/blog/what-type-of-products-should-use-scrum/

Government and Agile [TOP]

2012 Fall Agile in Defense Workshop. http://www.afei.org/WorkingGroups/ADAPT/Pages/FallWorkshopProceedings.aspx

Agile and the UK Government https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/agile/what-agile-looks-like.html

Agile at the Office of Personnel Management http://www.infoq.com/articles/agile-federal-government

Agile Delivery for Agencies Programs & Teams http://www.afei.org/workinggroups/Adapt/Pages/default.aspx

Agile in the US Department of Defense http://herdingcats.typepad.com/my_weblog/2011/01/agile-in-the-us-department-of-defense.html

DoD Goes Agile http://www.scruminc.com/dod-goes-agile/

Government Guidelines for Agile Adoption http://www.infoq.com/news/2012/07/agile-in-government

Government tenders for agile digital developers http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240187680/Government-tenders-for-agile-digital-developers

Not just the government’s playbook http://radar.oreilly.com/2014/08/not-just-the-governments-playbook.html

The Agility Advantage; A Survival Guide for Complex Enterprises and Endeavors http://www.dodccrp.org/files/agility_advantage/Agility_Advantage_Book.pdf [PDF warning!]

US Government CIO Playbook – very agile friendly https://playbook.cio.gov/

Government and Agile Books

Book- very heavy on the additional need to use DSDM

Agile Project Management for Government - Brian Wernham [AMAZON]

Impact of Agile [TOP]

The Impact of Lean and Agile Quantified – Rally Research Study https://www.infoq.com/presentations/agile-quantify

Interesting Examples of Agile in Use [TOP]

Agile in a Mainframe and Cobol world http://www.agilecoachjournal.com/index.php/2009-12-03/scrum/agile-in-a-cobol-world/

Nordstorm build an App in 1 week with real customer feedback constantly http://c2reflexions.com/2012/03/09/innovation-through-customer-collaboration-and-feedback/

Job Posts - Hiring - Interviews [TOP]

Agile Project Manager Job Description (unintentionally bad) http://managedagile.com/2013/08/30/agile-project-manager-job-description/

Bad Job Posts (Agile and otherwise) http://compositecode.com/2011/02/21/im-not-looking-but-these-just-posts-suck/

Essential ScrumMaster Interview Questions http://agilescout.com/essential-scrummaster-interview-questions/

Extreme Interviewing – pdf (Menlo Innovations) http://www.menloinnovations.com/by-reading/PDF/Extreme-Interviewing-Final.pdf [PDF warning!]

Here’s Google’s Secret to Hiring the Best People http://www.wired.com/2015/04/hire-like-google/

Hiring Remote Workers https://zapier.com/learn/the-ultimate-guide-to-remote-working/how-to-hire-remote-team/

Hiring Technical People Blog – Johanna Rothman http://www.jrothman.com/blog/htp/

How Google Hires http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikaandersen/2014/04/07/how-google-picks-new-employees-hint-its-not-about-your-degree/

On treating people well and improving retention (Google) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/07/googles-people-chief_n_7018028.html

People Retention Practices at Google http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2013/01/google_people_operations_the_secrets_of_the_world_s_most_scientific_human.html

Recognizing Agile Candidates http://www.jrothman.com/articles/2006/01/recognizing-agile-candidates/

Scrum Master Job Postings – Why They Are Wrong! http://paulheidema.com/scrum-master-job-postings-why-they-are-wrong/

There’s a problem with assuming the most intelligent candidates make the best employees http://digest.bps.org.uk/2014/09/theres-problem-with-assuming-most.html

What Questions Do You Have For Me? http://www.jrothman.com/htp/hiring-geeks-that-fit/2012/06/what-questions-do-you-have-for-me/

Why job interviewers should focus on the candidates, not selling their organisation http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.ca/2014/07/when-interviewers-try-to-sell-job-they.html

Work with us, not for us http://mhsutton.me/vs-usage-web/

Writing a Better ScrumMaster Job Description http://agilescout.com/the-perfect-scrummaster-job-description/

You’ll Never Work Alone (Menlo Innovations) http://www.inc.com/winning-workplaces/magazine/201106/youll-never-work-alone.html

Job Posts - Hiring - Interviews Books

Hiring Geeks That Fit - Johanna Rothman

Kanban [TOP]

10 kanban boards and their context – version 1.2 http://blog.crisp.se/2011/12/05/mattiasskarin/10-kanban-boards-and-their-context-version-1-2

Collaborating with specialized roles using kanban classes of service http://yuvalyeret.com/collaborating-with-specialized-roles-using-kanban-classes-of-service/

Does Your Grocery Store Limit Work in Progress? https://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2011/05/does-your-grocery-store-limit-work-in-progress.html#.VawJmPlViko

Don’t Panic – How to ensure you limit your WIP http://thought-bubble.co.uk/blog/2013/11/11/wip-limit-panic-sheet-what-to-do-when-you-feel-tempted-to-break-the-limit/

Elements of an Effective Scrum Task Board http://agilecomplexificationinverter.blogspot.ca/2013/11/elements-of-effective-scrum-task-board.html?spref=tw&m=1

Encouraging Feature-level progress tracking in Kanban http://yuvalyeret.com/encouraging-feature-level-progress/

Map Your Current Process with Kanban http://leankit.com/blog/2014/02/map-your-process-with-kanban/

Queuing and Limiting Work In Progress in Stores http://www.shmula.com/retail-checkout-counter-waiting-line-management/10165/

Tracking Schedule Progress in Agile http://www.infoq.com/articles/tracking-schedule-agile

Value really does trump flow – even really bad flow http://www.leadingagile.com/2014/08/flow-is-for-sissies/

Visualization Tools (Scrum Task Walls, CFD et al) http://www.xqa.com.ar/visualmanagement/elements-of-taskboard-design/

Visualizing Agile Projects using Kanban Boards http://www.infoq.com/articles/agile-kanban-boards

WIP Limit Defintion http://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/definition/WIP-limit

Cumulative Flow Diagrams

Creating Cumulative Flow Diagrams https://hakanforss.wordpress.com/2011/06/17/cumulative-flow-diagram-how-to-create-one-in-excel-2010/

Excel Cumulative Flow Diagram http://ardalis.com/excel-cumulative-flow-diagram

Explaining Cumulative Flow Diagrams – CFD http://www.slideshare.net/yyeret/explaining-cumulative-flow-diagrams-cfd

The Cumulative Flow Diagram: High Performance Monitoring http://ourfounder.typepad.com/leblog/2009/08/the-cumulative-flow-diagram-high-performance-monitoring.html

Kanban Case Study

Large-Scale Kanban at Bosch Automotive Electronics https://www.leanability.com/en/blog-en/2017/06/large-scale-kanban-at-bosch-automotive-electronics/

Kanban Books

Real-World Kanban: Do Less, Accomplish More with Lean Thinking - [AMAZON]

Kanban from the Inside: Understand the Kanban Method - [AMAZON]

This mini-book offers an easy to follow 10 step guide to taking the initial plunge and start using Lean Principles to optimizing value and flow in your system. Each step consists of a section explaining “why” followed by examples of specific tools, practices and rules that have helped other teams better understand and optimize their system.

Priming Kanban - Jesper Boeg

Knowledge Work [TOP]

Programming Is All Design https://jockeholm.wordpress.com/2010/01/29/programming-is-all-design/

Software Development is Not a Form of Construction https://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2015/04/software-development-is-not-a-form-of-construction.html

Lean [TOP]

Lean Books

Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit - Mary Poppendieck, Tom Poppendieck [AMAZON]

Implementing Lean Software Development: From Concept to Cash - Mary Poppendieck, Tom Poppendieck [AMAZON]

Leading Lean Software Development: Results Are not the Point - Mary Poppendieck, Tom Poppendieck [AMAZON]

The Lean Mindset: Ask the Right Questions - Mary Poppendieck [AMAZON]

The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development - Donald G. Reinertsen [AMAZON]

Womack and Jones - the classic Introduction to Lean (as it pertains to manufacturing):

Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation, Revised and Updated - James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones [AMAZON]

Critical Chain - Eliyahu M. Goldratt [AMAZON]

Learning [TOP]

Increase Learning with 10% Autonomy Time https://www.infoq.com/news/2016/10/learning-autonomy-time

Multi-tasking and Interruptions [TOP]

Academic Publications on Multi-tasking http://www.ics.uci.edu/~gmark/pub2.html

High Cost of Interruptions http://blog.ninlabs.com/2013/01/programmer-interrupted/

Interruptions – a minute is never a minute http://www.rug.nl/staff/e.w.berghout/IEEE_Software_Interrupts_Solingen_Berghout.pdf [PDF warning!]

Multitasking Gets You There Later http://www.infoq.com/articles/multitasking-problems

Mutltitasking Hurts Performance but Makes You Feel Better http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120430124618.htm

Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork and the Myth of Total Efficiency http://www.amazon.com/Slack-Getting-Burnout-Busywork-Efficiency/dp/0932633617

The Multi-Tasking Myth http://blog.codinghorror.com/the-multi-tasking-myth/

This is What Heavy Multitasking Could Be Doing To Your Brain http://www.spring.org.uk/2014/09/this-is-what-heavy-multitasking-could-be-doing-to-your-brain.php

What Multitasking Does to Your Brain http://lifehacker.com/5922453/what-multitasking-does-to-our-brains

Why Multitasking Doesn’t Work http://www.forbes.com/sites/douglasmerrill/2012/08/17/why-multitasking-doesnt-work/

Learning Games

The Name Game: A Multitasking Game for Agile Teams http://www.crisp.se/gratis-material-och-guider/multitasking-name-game

Multi-tasking and Interruptions Books

The Myth of Multitasking: How “Doing It All” Gets Nothing Done - Dave Crenshaw [AMAZON]

Non-Technical Descriptions of Agile Engineering Practices [TOP]

Agile Testing: Nine Principles and Six Concrete Practices for Testing on Agile Teams http://testobsessed.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/AgileTestingOverview.pdf [PDF warning!]

Driving Development with Tests: ATDD and TDD http://testobsessed.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/atddexample.pdf [PDF warning!]

Making TDD Stick: Problems and Solutions for Adopters http://www.infoq.com/articles/levison-TDD-adoption-strategy

Manager’s Introduction to Test-Driven Development http://www.infoq.com/presentations/TDD-Managers-Nicolette-Scotland

Scrum by Example – Technical Debt is Slowing the Team https://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2012/02/scrummaster-tales-technical-debt-is-slowing-the-team.html#.ValBJ_lViko

Technical Debt a Perspective for Managers http://www.infoq.com/articles/technical-debt-levison

Organizational Change [TOP]

“Because Our Competitors Are” is No Reason to Become an Agile Organization https://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2016/02/because-our-competitors-are-is-no-reason-to-become-an-agile-organization.html

Agile Change or Adoption Always Starts with Why https://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2016/03/agile-change-or-adoption-always-starts-with-why.html

Agile practices in a traditional environment http://www.shino.de/publications/Agile_practices_in_a_traditional_environment.pdf [PDF warning!]

Promoting Agile in a Waterfall Culture https://www.mendix.com/think-tank/promoting-agile-in-a-waterfall-culture/

Reinventing Organizations – Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcS04BI2sbk

Taking Organizational Improvement Seriously – Case Study https://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2015/11/taking-organizational-improvement-seriously-case-study.html

Taking Organizational Improvement with Scrum Seriously https://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2015/09/taking-organizational-improvement-with-scrum-seriously.html

Organizational Change Books

Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change - William Bridges [AMAZON]

Leading Change, With a New Preface by the Author - John P. Kotter [AMAZON]

The Heart of Change: Real-Life Stories of How People Change Their Organizations - John P. Kotter [AMAZON]

A Sense of Urgency - John P. Kotter [AMAZON]

Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard - Chip Heath, Dan Heath

This book summarizes what you're attempting to do.

Reinventing Organizations - Frederic Laloux [AMAZON]

Organizations Without Managers [TOP]

Whole Organizational Change http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2015/07/22/how-to-make-the-whole-organization-agile/

Treehouse

#NoManagers: Why We Removed Bosses at Treehouse http://ryancarson.com/post/61562761297/no-managers-why-we-removed-bosses-at-treehouse

How to Communicate in a #NoManager Company http://ryancarson.com/post/63593803482/how-to-communicate-in-a-nomanager-company

How to Set Priorities, Create Budgets etc in a #NoManager Company http://ryancarson.com/post/61606695537/how-to-set-priorities-create-budgets-and-do

Is it Possible to Have a Great Product With No Managers and a Work From Home Culture?

The Negative Side of No Manager Companies http://ryancarson.com/post/73639971628/the-negative-side-of-nomanager-companies

Zappos

An Inside Perspective on the Changes at Zappos.com https://blog.holacracy.org/thanks-for-all-of-your-concern-but-f9c6a86bb332

How Zappos decides how much to pay employees under its new ‘self-management’ system http://www.businessinsider.sg/how-zappos-determines-salaries-in-holacracy-2015-7/#.Vbk5QflVikq

Zappos a workplace where no one and everyone is the boss http://www.npr.org/2015/07/21/421148128/zappos-a-workplace-where-no-one-and-everyone-is-the-boss

Zappos reorganizes using Holocracy http://www.fastcompany.com/3024358/bottom-line/no-managers-required-how-zappos-ditched-the-old-corporate-structure-for-somethin

Outsourcing [TOP]

Outsourcer Says: Do Not Outsource http://www.scruminc.com/outsourcer-says-do-not-outsource/

Production Support [TOP]

How Rally Flowdock Does Support https://www.rallydev.com/blog/agile/how-rally-flowdock-does-support

Illegitimus Non Interruptus https://sites.google.com/a/scrumplop.org/published-patterns/product-organization-pattern-language/illegitimus-non-interruptus#!

ScrumMaster Tales Story of Production Support https://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2011/10/scrummaster-tales-the-story-of-production-support.html#.Vak8XvlViko

Using Failure demand to understand what the real support issues are and eliminating them http://thinkpurpose.com/2014/06/03/how-to-break-the-first-rule-of-systems-thinking/

Release Planning [TOP]

Rapid Release Planning Session & Workshop http://www.agiledad.com/AgileMentor/RapidReleasePlanning.pdf [PDF warning!]

Release Planning – Energized at Work http://www.energizedwork.com/weblog/2006/04/release-planning

Release Planning in Scrum – Alan Atlas http://agileatlas.org/articles/item/release-planning-in-scrum

Release Planning Workshop – Roman Pichler http://www.romanpichler.com/blog/release-planning-workshop/

Scrum and Release Planning – Joe Little http://agileconsortium.blogspot.ca/2011/03/scrum-and-release-planning.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+blogspot/CdKs+(Agile+%26+Business)

The ROI of Multiple Small Releases http://agilecomplexificationinverter.blogspot.ca/2014/12/the-roi-of-multiple-small-releases.html

Resources [TOP]

Agile Mailig Lists – a list of places to go and ask Agile Questions https://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2009/06/agile-mailing-lists.html#.VawLj_lViko

Agile User Groups Canada

Agile Ottawa https://agileottawa.wordpress.com/

Agile Ottawa Linkedin Discussion Group https://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=1981258

Calgary http://www.calgaryagile.com/

Edmonton http://www.agileedmonton.org/

Montreal http://agilemontreal.ca/

Quebec City http://agilequebec.ca/

Toronto http://www.xptoronto.com/

Vancouver http://agilevancouver.ca/

Responsibility [TOP]

Chris Avery interviewed at InfoQ on Responsibility over Accountable http://www.infoq.com/interviews/avery-responsibility

Responsibility is a virus http://www.samihonkonen.com/responsibility-is-a-virus/

Responsibility Process Model http://www.christopheravery.com/responsibility-process

Retrospectives [TOP]

7 Step Agenda for an Effective Retrospective http://www.thoughtworks.com/de/insights/blog/7-step-agenda-effective-retrospective

Agile Retrospectives as a Tool for Team Learning https://www.agilealliance.org/agile-retrospectives-as-a-tool-for-team-learning/

Catalog of Retrospective Activities http://www.funretrospectives.com/

Designing Valuable Agile Retrospectives http://www.benlinders.com/2014/designing-valuable-agile-retrospectives/

Getting business value out of Agile Retrospectives http://www.benlinders.com/2011/getting-business-value-out-of-agile-retrospectives/

How we do large scale retrospectives https://labs.spotify.com/2015/11/05/large-scale-retros/

Ideas on How to Build Effective Retrospectives http://www.benlinders.com/2014/designing-valuable-agile-retrospectives/

Meeting Ground Rules Updated https://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2008/08/meeting-ground-rules-updated.html#.VblHRflViko

Multi-Site and Distributed Retrospectives http://www.agiletrainings.eu/2015/12/06/multi-site-and-distributed-retrospectives/

Plans for Retrospectives http://www.plans-for-retrospectives.com/?id=85-62-58-72-17

Retrospective Wiki http://agileretrospectivewiki.org/index.php?title=Main_Page

Retrospectives. Simply Better Than Sex. http://blog.krivitsky.com/2014/11/retrospectives-better-than-sex.html

Safety Checks http://stevenmsmith.com/ar-safety-check/

Safety Checks How to Run Them http://lizkeogh.com/2012/12/05/how-to-run-safety-checks/

Sailboat Retrospective http://agilebacon.com/reinvigorated-retrospectives/

SaMoLo (Same of; More of; Less of) http://fairlygoodpractices.com/samolo.htm

SMART Goal Setting http://www.goal-setting-guide.com/smart-goal-setting-a-surefire-way-to-achieve-your-goals/

Sprint Retrospective Techniques https://waynedgrant.wordpress.com/2012/04/01/sprint-retrospective-techniques/

Sprint Retrospectives Techniques – Even More https://waynedgrant.wordpress.com/2013/04/21/sprint-retrospective-techniques-2/

Using Scrum to Improve Scrum https://sites.google.com/a/scrumplop.org/published-patterns/retrospective-pattern-language/scrumming-the-scrum

Retrospectives Books

What Did You Say?: The Art of Giving and Receiving Feedback - Charles N. Seashore, Edith Whitfield Seashore, Gerald M. Weinberg [AMAZON]

The Retrospective Handbook - Patrick Kua

Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great - Esther Derby, Diana Larsen

Getting Value out of Agile Retrospectives - Luis Gonçalves, Ben Linders

Root Cause Analysis [TOP]

5 Whys https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Whys

An Example of Root Cause Saving Time Later http://blog.nayima.be/2013/04/02/a-simple-property-dialog-adventures-in-root-cause-analysis/

Determine the Root Cause: 5 Whys http://www.isixsigma.com/tools-templates/cause-effect/determine-root-cause-5-whys/

How to Use an A3 in an Agile Transformation http://www.leadingagile.com/2015/08/how-to-use-an-a3-in-an-agile-transformation/

Root Cause Analysis Tracing a Problem to its Origins http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMC_80.htm

The Infinite Hows: an argument against the Five Whys and an alternative approach you can apply https://www.oreilly.com/ideas/the-infinite-hows

To Get To The Root Of A Hard Problem, Just Ask “Why” Five Times http://www.fastcodesign.com/1669738/to-get-to-the-root-of-a-hard-problem-just-ask-why-five-times

Scaling and Large Teams [TOP]

A holistic approach to scaling agile at Salesforce http://www.slideshare.net/sgreene/agile-2010-conference-a-holistic-approach-to-scaling-agile-at-salesforce

Enterprise Scrum Introduction https://medium.com/@mikebeedle/enterprise-scrum-introduction-a4987ee690d0#.wq1pgaqk6

Examples Showing How You Can Scale Scrum http://www.infoq.com/news/2014/05/examples-scale-scrum

How to Run HUGE Retrospectives Across Dozens of Teams in Multiple Time Zones http://www.innovationgames.com/2014/06/how-to-run-huge-retrospectives/

LeSS SAFe comparison https://gosei.fi/blog/less-safe-comparison/

Microsoft’s 16 Keys To Being Agile At Scale http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2015/10/29/microsofts-sixteen-keys-to-becoming-agile-at-scale/

Q&A with David Mole and Sandy Mamoli of Trade Me on Migrating to Spotify’s Squad Model http://www.infoq.com/news/2014/05/squadification_at_trade_me

Readings for Managers Thinking About Scaling http://www.craiglarman.com/wiki/index.php?title=Readings

Running big retrospectives at Spotify http://joakimsunden.com/2013/01/running-big-retrospectives-at-spotify/

Scaling Agile @ Spotify with Tribes, Squads, Chapters & Guilds http://blog.crisp.se/2012/11/14/henrikkniberg/scaling-agile-at-spotify

Scaling Agile without Frameworks at Ultimate Software https://www.infoq.com/articles/kanban-scaling-agile-ultimate

Scaling Agility or Bureaucracy https://gosei.fi/blog/scaling-agility-or-bureaucracy/

Stop Scaling, Start Growing an Agile Organization https://www.infoq.com/news/2016/04/growing-agility

Surprise: Microsoft Is Agile http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2015/10/27/surprise-microsoft-is-agile/

Vertical Slices and Scale http://agileforall.com/vertical-slices-and-scale/

LeSS

A Summary of Vodde and Larman’s Books http://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/702523/22609354/1367558447003/201305-Larman.pdf?token=YF583CHqtWOEXwTfY3THrqSYPk4%3D [PDF warning!]

Agfa Healthcare: Case Study https://less.works/case-studies/agfa-healthcare.html

Descaling organizations with LeSS https://less.works/blog/2015/05/08/less-scaling-descaling-organizations-with-less.html

Developing a High Capacity Network Gateway with LeSS http://www.infoq.com/articles/network-gateway-less

Less – Large Scale Scrum (less is more) http://less.works/

LeSS (Large Scale Scrum) Reference Card https://less.works/resources/LeSS-rules-cards.pdf [PDF warning!]

LeSS Case Studies http://less.works/case-studies/index.html

LeSS is More – Prescription & Large-Scale Scrum https://www.agilecentre.com/less-is-more/

Q&A with Bas Vodde on the LeSS Framework https://www.infoq.com/articles/less-framework

Forming Teams

How to Form Teams? A Story of Self-Designing Teams http://www.ahmadfahmy.com/blog/2013/12/5/the-rise-of-the-team

Self Forming Teams at Scale (MS) – a Crazy Idea http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/archive/2015/07/24/self-forming-teams-at-scale.aspx

SAFe

Issues with SAFe http://ronjeffries.com/xprog/articles/issues-with-safe/

Large Agile Framework Appropriate for Big, Lumbering Enterprises – an April Fools joke by Mike Cohn that makes a point about SAFe http://lafable.com/

Reviews of SAFe (Leffingwell’s approach) http://ronjeffries.com/xprog/articles/safe-good-but-not-good-enough/

SAFe SPC Training: A Reflection http://danielgullo.tumblr.com/post/80172140950/safe-spc-training-a-reflection

SAFe: The Infantilism of Management http://cognitive-edge.com/blog/safe-the-infantilism-of-management/

The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) – A Review http://agilescout.com/scaled-agile-framework-safe-review/

Scaling and Large Teams Books

Scaling Lean & Agile Development: Thinking and Organizational Tools for Large-Scale Scrum - Craig Larman, Bas Vodde [AMAZON]

Large-Scale Scrum: More with Less - Craig Larman, Bas Vodde [AMAZON]

Larman and Vodde’s second book

Practices for Scaling Lean & Agile Development: Large, Multisite, and Offshore Product Development with Large-Scale Scrum - Craig Larman, Bas Vodde [AMAZON]

Scrum for Research [TOP]

Agile Methods in Research http://xavier.amatriain.net/docs/SeminarAgileScience.pdf [PDF warning!]

Agile Research http://technocalifornia.blogspot.ca/2008/06/agile-research.html

Agile Research Discussed Conceptually https://www.researchgate.net/post/Is_anyone_using_Scrum_in_research_projects_at_universities

Agile Research LinkedIn Group https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1824874/profile

Device Research, the Agile Way http://agileproductdevelopment.blogspot.ca/2015/10/device-research-agile-way.html?m=1

How can a team working on research based items work in an Agile project? http://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/1358/how-can-a-team-working-on-research-based-items-work-in-an-agile-project

Scrum for Research http://www.cs.umd.edu/~mwh/papers/score.pdf [PDF warning!]

Scrum for Research https://www.scrumalliance.org/community/articles/2016/september/scrum-for-research

Scrum in Healthcare [TOP]

GE Healthcare Case Studies http://www.scrumcasestudies.com/ge-healthcare/

Healthcare.gov website could have shipped in 1/2 the time and saved billions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvfI9XsBuXo

Jeff Sutherland’s Papers https://www.scruminc.com/jeff-sutherlands-papers/

ScrumMaster Role [TOP]

42 Tasks for a Scrum Master’s Job http://agiletrail.com/2011/11/14/42-tasks-for-a-scrum-masters-job/

8 hours a day of Scrum Master stuff ? http://www.growingagile.co.za/2016/06/8-hours-a-day-of-scrum-master-stuff/

A Scrum Master is Not a Project Manager by Another Name https://www.scrumalliance.org/community/articles/2012/august/a-scrum-master-is-not-a-project-manager-by-another

Books for Newly Minted ScrumMasters https://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2011/08/books-for-newly-minted-scrum-masters.html#.VakQ0PlViko

Facilitation tools http://www.facilitationpatterns.org/

How a yacht race turned me into a Scrum Master http://www.mansell.nl/2016/05/how-yacht-race-turned-me-into-scrum.html

ScrumMaster for Three Teams? What are the Alternatives? https://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2014/04/scrummaster-for-three-teams-what-are-the-alternatives.html#.VblR9PlVikp

ScrumMaster’s Checkist – Most well known list of ScrumMaster tasks http://www.scrummasterchecklist.org/

What is Success for a Scrum Master? http://www.infoq.com/articles/scrum-master-success

What ScrumMaster is not http://agileatlas.org/articles/item/large-scale-scrum-less-is-more

Why can’t the ScrumMaster and the Project Manager be the same person http://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/4707/why-cant-the-scrum-master-and-the-project-manager-be-the-same-person

Why You Don’t (and Can’t) Have a Full-time ScrumMaster https://blog.3back.com/scrummaster/full-time-scrummaster/

ScrumMaster Role Books

Scrum Mastery: From Good To Great Servant-Leadership - Geoff Watts [AMAZON]

Essential Scrum: A Practical Guide to the Most Popular Agile Process - Kenneth S. Rubin [AMAZON]

The Scrum Field Guide: Practical Advice for Your First Year - Mitch Lacey [AMAZON]

The Wisdom of Crowds - James Surowiecki [AMAZON]

Fearless Change: Patterns for Introducing New Ideas - Mary Lynn Manns Ph.D, Linda Rising Ph.D. [AMAZON]

Security and Scrum [TOP]

Product Security Risk Management in Agile Product Management https://www.owasp.org/images/c/c6/OWASP_AppSec_Research_2010_Agile_Prod_Sec_Mgmt_by_Vaha-Sipila.pdf [PDF warning!]

Self Organization [TOP]

10 Warning Signs, that your team is not self-organizing http://www.scrum-breakfast.com/2015/10/10-warning-signs-that-your-team-is-not.html

Creative Forces for Self Organizing Teams http://sociocracyconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/CreativeForces-updated2012.pdf [PDF warning!]

Misconceptions about Self-Organizing Teams, from @estherderby http://www.estherderby.com/2011/07/misconceptions-about-self-organizing-teams-2.html

Monitoring ‘self-managing’ employees may provoke negative work behaviours http://bps-occupational-digest.blogspot.ca/2012/09/monitoring-self-managing-employees-may.html

Psychology of Teams (pdf) http://www.cognitivefitness.co.uk/documents/psychology_of_teams/psychology_of_teams.pdf [PDF warning!]

Self-organization, and how it can be improved through team composition http://blog.agilistic.nl/the-science-behind-scrum-part-3-self-organization-and-how-it-can-be-improved-through-team-composition/

Self-Organizing Teams: What and How https://scrumalliance.org/community/articles/2013/january/self-organizing-teams-what-and-how

So — What Exactly is “Self-Organized”? http://itscertainlyuncertain.blogspot.de/2012/11/so-what-exactly-is-self-organized.html

What Are Self-Organising Teams? http://www.infoq.com/articles/what-are-self-organising-teams

Self Organization Books

The Wisdom Of Teams: Creating the High-Performance Organization - Jon Katzenbach [AMAZON]

Sprint Backlog [TOP]

Elements of an Effective Scrum Task Board http://agilecomplexificationinverter.blogspot.ca/2013/11/elements-of-effective-scrum-task-board.html

Sprint Goal [TOP]

7 Sprint Goal Patterns for Building Great Teams, Part One http://www.luxoft.com/blog/vmoskalenko/7-sprint-goal-patterns-for-building-great-teams-part-one/

7 Sprint Goal Patterns for Building Great Teams, Part Two http://www.luxoft.com/blog/vmoskalenko/7-sprint-goal-patterns-for-building-great-teams-part-2/

A Template for Formulating Great Sprint Goals http://www.romanpichler.com/blog/sprint-goal-template/

Effective Sprint Goals http://www.romanpichler.com/blog/effective-sprint-goals/

Sprint Length Tradeoffs [TOP]

Choosing a Sprint Length – Shorter Trumps Longer https://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2013/07/choosing-sprint-length-shorter-trumps-longer.html#.Vak7vPlViko

Choosing the proper sprint length in Scrum https://chrishassa.wordpress.com/2009/04/08/choosing-the-proper-sprint-length-in-scrum/

Sprint Planning [TOP]

Breaking Stories down into tasks http://www.softwareandi.com/2011/11/how-to-break-user-story-into-tasks.html

Don’t Estimate Stories In Sprint Planning http://www.leadingagile.com/2014/09/dont-estimate-stories-sprint-planning/

Gut feel is as important as the velocity and other numbers for effective commitment http://blog.gdinwiddie.com/2013/05/24/team-commitment/

Illegitimus Non Interruptus https://sites.google.com/a/scrumplop.org/published-patterns/product-organization-pattern-language/illegitimus-non-interruptus

Scrum By Example: Planning for Production Support https://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2011/10/scrummaster-tales-the-story-of-production-support.html#.VblbbPlViko

Sprint Tasking Tips http://www.scrumcrazy.com/Sprint+Tasking+Tips

Strategy Deployment [TOP]

Agile at Scale with Hoshin Kanri http://www.infoq.com/news/2014/11/agile-hoshin-kanri

How Rally Does Strategy Deployment https://www.rallydev.com/blog/agile/how-rally-does-strategy-deployment

Kanban Deployment with the X-Matrix http://availagility.co.uk/2015/07/31/kanban-deployment-with-the-x-matrix/

Strategy Deployment: the Secret Sauce for Enterprise Agility http://www.slideshare.net/kjscotland/strategy-deployment-the-secret-sauce-for-enterprise-agility-50316137?qid=6ac018d8-b135-45fa-b4b0-b7fd73819830&v=default&b=&from_search=1

Systems Thinking [TOP]

A Short Intro to Systems Thinking (pdf) http://www.thinking.net/Systems_Thinking/OverviewSTarticle.pdf [PDF warning!]

Archetypes in Systems Thinking http://www.systems-thinking.org/arch/arch.htm

Beyond Connecting the Dots http://beyondconnectingthedots.com/

From the LeSS Toolbox: Causal Loop Diagrams to Visualize System Dynamics https://www.scrumalliance.org/community/member-articles/1517

How to break the first rule of systems thinking https://thinkpurpose.com/2014/06/03/how-to-break-the-first-rule-of-systems-thinking/

Peter Senge and the learning organization http://infed.org/mobi/peter-senge-and-the-learning-organization/

Russ Ackoff (helped establish Systems Thinking) – a short video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqEeIG8aPPk&feature=youtu.be

Systems Thinking https://less.works/less/principles/systems_thinking.html

Systems Thinking Applied – A Primer (pdf – ~50 pages) http://www.anser.org/docs/systems_thinking_applied.pdf [PDF warning!]

Task/Story Wall [TOP]

A Visual Control for the Masses – A Task Board https://lookforwardconsulting.com/2015/10/13/a-visual-control-for-the-masses-a-task-board/

Elements of an Effective Scrum Task Board http://agilecomplexificationinverter.blogspot.ca/2013/11/elements-of-effective-scrum-task-board.html

Elements of taskboard design http://www.xqa.com.ar/visualmanagement/elements-of-taskboard-design/

Sample Scrum Wall http://mhjongerius.tumblr.com/post/19527802174/product-wall-details-scrum-section-3-4

The inherent power of the TaskBoard http://agile.conscires.com/2010/07/24/the-power-of-taskboard/

Using Visual Signals to promote collaboration http://www.strongandagile.co.uk/index.php/the-hourglass-scrumban-board/

Why Physical Task Boards Still Matter http://www.leadingagile.com/2015/05/why-physical-task-boards-still-matter/

Team Rooms [TOP]

Agile Interiors For Your Workspace https://www.slideshare.net/AO135711/agile-interiors-for-your-workspace

Agile Office Spaces http://www.slideshare.net/RichardChengExcella/agile-office-spaces

Designing Spaces for collaboration http://dschool.stanford.edu/makespace/

The Architecture of Collaboration https://keithsawyer.wordpress.com/2012/03/31/the-architecture-of-collaboration/

The Motley Fool http://www.hermanmiller.com/research/case-studies/the-motley-fool.html

Working Together In “War Rooms” Doubles Teams’ Productivity https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/12/001206144705.htm

Team Working Agreements [TOP]

Agile Team Working Agreements How To Guide http://www.payton-consulting.com/agile-team-working-agreements-guide/

Creating A Team Working Agreement http://www.gettingagile.com/2008/05/02/creating-a-team-working-agreement/

Example of Team Agreements List http://scottdunn.blogspot.ca/2009/11/example-of-team-agreements-list.html

Example Working Agreement http://www.iliokb.com/2012/04/example-working-agreement.html

Norms, Values, Working Agreements, Simple Rules http://www.estherderby.com/2011/04/norms-values-working-agreements-simple-rules.html

Team Ground Rules and Working Agreements http://nomad8.com/team-ground-rules/

What is a team ground rule or team working agreement https://agilefaq.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/what-is-a-team-ground-rule-or-team-working-agreement/

Teams [TOP]

Adding a New Team Member http://blog.gdinwiddie.com/2013/03/27/adding-a-new-team-member/

Adding Women Makes Your Group Smarter — The Evidence Keeps Growing http://bobsutton.typepad.com/my_weblog/2012/08/adding-women-makes-your-group-smarter-the-evdience-keeps-growing.html

Agile team evaluation https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/ericgu/2015/10/05/agile-team-evaluation/

Book Review: The Wisdom of Teams http://agilecomplexificationinverter.blogspot.ca/2016/11/book-review-wisdom-of-teams.html

Choking Productivity – Shared “Resources” http://www.gettingagile.com/2009/03/06/choking-productivity-shared-resources/

Feature vs Component Teams http://www.infoq.com/articles/scaling-lean-agile-feature-teams

How Different Team Topologies Influence DevOps Culture https://www.infoq.com/articles/devops-team-topologies

How Women Can Help Build Better Agile Teams https://www.agileconnection.com/article/how-women-can-help-build-better-agile-teams

Leading Teams: Setting the Stage for Great Performances – The Five Keys to Successful Teams http://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/2996.html

New People on Your Project https://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2010/06/new-people-on-your-project.html#.Vbn8X_lViko

Scrum By Example – New People on the Team https://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2012/04/scrummaster-talesnew-people-on-the-team.html#.Vbn8jflViko

Self Selecting Teams http://www.methodsandtools.com/archive/selfselectingteams.php

Six Common Misperceptions About Teamwork https://hbr.org/2011/06/six-common-misperceptions-abou

Team Perfomance Measures http://www.innolution.com/blog/team-performance-measures

The Myth of the Rockstar Programmer http://www.hanselman.com/blog/TheMythOfTheRockstarProgrammer.aspx

Using rotation to encourage collaboration https://codeascraft.com/2014/12/22/engineering-rotation/

Utilisation and non-core team members https://www.allankellyassociates.co.uk/archives/1640/utilisation-and-non-core-team-members/

When does group conflict lead to better performance? http://bps-occupational-digest.blogspot.ca/2012/10/when-does-group-conflict-lead-to-better.html

Why Teams Don’t Work https://www.collaborativeleadershipteam.com/blog/2016/7/18/why-teams-dont-work

Size

Challenges Teams Face and Evidence on Team Size http://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/2996.html

Choosing the Team Size in Scrum https://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2016/10/choosing-the-team-size-in-scrum.html

Subgroups in teams: when two is the worst number http://bps-occupational-digest.blogspot.ca/2013/10/subgroups-in-teams-when-two-is-worst.html

Why Are Scrum Teams Supposed to Be Small? http://blogs.collab.net/agile/why-are-scrum-teams-supposed-to-be-small#.VakdtvlViko

Why Scrum Teams Should Be Small http://ezinearticles.com/?Why-Scrum-Teams-Should-Be-Small&id=2203090

Stable

Projects and the Damage Done (hint unstable teams) http://www.infoq.com/articles/kelly-beyond-projects

Stable Teams Really Do Matter https://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2013/09/stable-teams-really-do-matter.html#.Vbn8r_lViko

The Importance of Keeping Teams Intact – HBR https://hbr.org/2013/12/the-hidden-benefits-of-keeping-teams-intact/ar/pr

Special Teams

Bug Teams v. The Nature Of Defects http://agileotter.blogspot.ca/2014/01/bug-teams-well-meaning-foolishness.html

Psychological Safety

Engineering a Culture of Psychological Safety https://blog.intercom.com/psychological-safety/

High-Performing Teams Need Psychological Safety. Here’s How to Create It. https://hbr.org/2017/08/high-performing-teams-need-psychological-safety-heres-how-to-create-it

The (Psychological) Safety Dance https://hackernoon.com/the-psychological-safety-dance-9913745d7d8

What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/magazine/what-google-learned-from-its-quest-to-build-the-perfect-team.html

Why psychological safety matters and what to do about it https://rework.withgoogle.com/blog/how-to-foster-psychological-safety/

Superstar Developers

Effective Collaboration: You Don’t Need Superstar Developers http://blog.lunarlogic.io/2017/effective-collaboration-superstar-developers/

We fired our top talent. Best decision we ever made. https://medium.freecodecamp.org/we-fired-our-top-talent-best-decision-we-ever-made-4c0a99728fde

Teams Books

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable - Patrick M. Lencioni [AMAZON]

Testing [TOP]

End-To-End Testing Considered Harmful http://www.alwaysagileconsulting.com/articles/end-to-end-testing-considered-harmful/

End-to-End Testing Considered Harmful: A Q&A with Steve Smith https://www.infoq.com/news/2015/12/end-to-end-testing

Testing for Non-Testers http://katrinatester.blogspot.ca/2015/11/testing-for-non-testers-pathway.html

Tools [TOP]

Can we go back to the Excel Backlog? https://scrumandginger.com/2016/07/14/first-blog-post/

Dejirafication: Free Your Process https://www.agiletrainings.eu/2016/07/27/dejirafication-free-your-process/

Understanding People [TOP]

Dan Pink on Motivation: RSA Animate – Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc

Dangers of Extrinsic Rewards http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2012/05/23/a-great-example-demonstrating-the-pitfalls-of-extrinsic-rewards/

David Rock on good habits for a productive day http://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2014/01/15/how-to-perform-at-your-peak-every-day-10-tips-for-working-smarter-in-2014/

Decision Making Flaw in Powerful People https://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2011/10/the-decision-making-flaw-in-powerful-people/

Delivering Effective Feedback http://www.ayeconference.com/delivering-effective-feedback/

Does great performance depend on enjoying your work? http://bps-occupational-digest.blogspot.ca/2012/10/does-great-performance-depend-on.html

Management by Fear Isn’t an Effective Lever http://www.softwareresults.us/2012/06/management-by-fear-isnt-effective-lever.html

Netflix lets its staff take as much holiday as they want, whenever they want – and it works http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/7945719/Netflix-lets-its-staff-take-as-much-holiday-as-they-want-whenever-they-want-and-it-works.html

Neuro-Diversity and Ideas on Designing Workspaces http://www.infoq.com/news/2015/03/neuro-diversity

Oh We have advanced beyond Scrum http://www.craiglarman.com/wiki/index.php?title=Oh_We_have_advanced_beyond_Scrum

Resistance As A Resource http://dhemery.com/articles/resistance_as_a_resource/

Situational Leadership http://blog.agilegamedevelopment.com/2013/10/an-introduction-to-situational.html

Status Certainty Autonomy Relatedness and Fairness – A model to replace Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs http://www.your-brain-at-work.com/resources/index.shtml

Surprising Link between Power and Punishment http://psychcentral.com/news/2013/01/20/the-surprising-link-between-power-and-punishment/50546.html

T-Shaped People http://www.infoq.com/news/2013/11/t-shaped-hybrids

The Unexpected Challenge of Unlimited Vacation Time https://open.buffer.com/unlimited-vacation-tips/

Understanding People Books

Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade - Robert Cialdini [AMAZON]

Influence: Science and Practice - Robert B. Cialdini [AMAZON]

Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It - Chris Voss and Tahl Raz [AMAZON]

Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long - David Rock [AMAZON]

Why not work 50-60 hrs a week [TOP]

Maybe Don’t Be So Smug About Your Long Hours at the Office http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2015/10/dont-be-smug-about-your-long-day-at-the-office.html

Scrum By Example – Overtime on a Scrum Team is an Unhealthy Sign https://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2014/03/scrummaster-tales-overtime-on-a-scrum-team-is-an-unhealthy-sign.html#.Vav6evlViko

The Maxwell Curve: Getting more production by working less! http://www.scruminc.com/maxwell-curve-getting-more-production/

The Research Is Clear: Long Hours Backfire for People and for Companies https://hbr.org/2015/08/the-research-is-clear-long-hours-backfire-for-people-and-for-companies

Why We Have to Go Back to a 40-Hour Work Week to Keep Our Sanity http://www.alternet.org/story/154518/why_we_have_to_go_back_to_a_40-hour_work_week_to_keep_our_sanity

Writers and Scrum [TOP]

A Writer’s Guide to Surviving Agile Software Development https://medium.com/@GavinAustinSays/a-writers-guide-to-surviving-agile-software-development-67d84d25dc4e

Agile and Tech Comm: Viewing Scrum from a Writer’s Eyes http://techwhirl.com/agile-tech-comm-viewing-scrum-writers-eyes/

How should technical writers fit within a Scrum team? http://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/10156/how-should-technical-writers-fit-within-a-scrum-team

How To Thrive As an Agile Tech Writer https://www.rallydev.com/blog/agile/how-thrive-agile-tech-writer

Scrum and the Single Writer http://www.writersua.com/articles/scrum/

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