Agile Scrum Crash Course is a quick and complete guide on all you need to know to learn the essentials of Agile Project Management and Scrum. It will also help you prepare for the Professional Scrum Master Certification, PSM 1 and pass on your first attempt.
Written in simple language with easy to understand examples, this book is specially designed for beginners. No matter what your industry background is, you will be able to quickly learn the fundamentals of Agile and Scrum and start using them on your projects. If you want to become a scrum master, product owner, or agile practitioner, this book is for you.
Here are the key features of this book and what it contains:
- Complete Overview of Agile project management and Scrum
- Pass the PSM 1, Scrum Master Certification on your first try
- Covers the Scrum Guide in simple language
- Learn about Agile Values, Principles and the Agile manifesto
- Key differences between Waterfall and Agile methodologies
- Simplified explanations of Scrum Roles, Scrum Events, and Scrum Artifacts
- Scrum Roles - Product Owner, Scrum Master, Development Team
- Scrum Events - Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Retrospective, Sprint Review
- Scrum Artifacts - Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment
- Detailed walkthrough of Sprints, from start to finish
- Other Essential topics including user stories, Story Points, and the Definition of Done