Scrum: Mastering your processes by Joseph Pelrine
Agile software development methodologies, XP being the most known one, are becoming more and more accepted. They take the different nature of software seriously and help delivering usable software to the needs of the customer on time and on budget. At the same time agile methodologies minimize the risks and even if a project should be stopped for whatever reason the customer has not wasted his investment but owns a working system which operates to his specification up that time. But how would one control and manage projects using such methodologies? In deed classical project management has typically still the "waterfall" in mind and isn't well suited at all. SCRUM is a proven project management methodology that fits nicely with agile processes - especially XP. We will show and explain the underlying principles and report from real life projects.
Joseph Pelrine, Consultant and XP Guru, MetaProg GmbH, Switzerland MetaProg is dedicated to improving the quality of software by improving the quality of the development process. We do this by combining the latest and best technology with years of experience in proven techniques. A 15-year perfect track record of delivering customers the software they want, on-time, in-budget, and on-spec shows that that we don't just talk the talk, we also walk the walk.