The page contains various resources intended for participants in ScrumCenter GmbH Certified ScrumMaster courses.

Bibliography

Here is a list of Scrum, Agile and related books that we recommend:

• Coens, T. & Jenkins, M., 2002. Abolishing Performance Appraisals: Why They Backfire and What to Do Instead, Berrett-Koehler Publishers.
• Cohn, M., 2004. User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development, Addison Wesley.
• Cohn, M., 2005. Agile Estimating and Planning, Prentice Hall.
• Cohn, M., 2009. Succeeding with Agile - Software Development using Scrum, Addison Wesley.
• Derby, E. & Larsen, D., 2006. Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great, The Pragmatic Bookshelf.
• Feathers, M., 2007. Working Effectively with Legacy Code, Prentice Hall PTR.
• Freeman, S. & Pryce, N., 2009. Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided By Tests, Addison Wesley.
• Gloger, B., 2008. Scrum. Produkte zuverlässig und schnell entwickeln, Hanser.
• Grenning, J.W., 2010. Test Driven Development for Embedded C, The Pragmatic Bookshelf.
• Martin, R.C., 2008. Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship, Prentice Hall PTR.
• Olson, Edwin E. & Eoyang, Glenda H., 2001. Facilitating Organization Change: Lessons from Complexity Science, John Wiley & Sons.
• Pichler, R., 2007. Scrum - Agiles Projektmanagement erfolgreich einsetzen, dpunkt.verlag.
• Takeuchi, H. & Nonaka, I., 1986. The new new product development game, Harvard Business Review, January-February 1986.
• Westphal, F., 2005. Testgetriebene Entwicklung mit JUnit & FIT, dpunkt.verlag.

Templates

• Simple product backlog with product/release burn down and velocity diagrams
• Simple sprint backlog with sprint burn down diagram
• Product backlog with index card generator (from Henrik Kniberg's blog)
• Managing Product Development ROI with Discounted Cash Flow (Spreadsheet)

Articles and Conference Presentations

• Korte, Roberts, Effective Team Chartering, Scrum Gathering, Orlando, March 2010.
• Mathis, Roberts, Weiß. Surviving SOX with Scrum. Stockholm Scrum Gathering, October 2008 and XP Days Hamburg, November 2008.
• Hastreiter, Mathis, Roberts. Leuchtfeuer entzünden. Einführung von Scrum bei der Allianz Deutschland AG. ObjektSpektrum January 2009.
• Hirotaka Takeuchi & Ikujiro Nonaka. The New New Product Development Game. Harvard Business Review, January 1986.
• David J. Snowden, Mary E. Boone. Leader's Framework for Decision Making. Harvard Business Review, November 2007.
• Roberts, Simon, 2010. Scrum for Change Management, Internal presentation.
• Techniques for Estimating Large Product Backlogs.

Discussion Groups

There are two Yahoo dicussion groups that are important for people applying Scrum in Germany. We recommend that you join both:

• http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment/ - is the English language group and is a great place for asking questions.
• http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/deutschescrum/ - is the German language group with less traffic but still worth following.

Agile Tuesday - Scrum User Group Munich

You would be very welcome at "Agile Tuesday" - the Scrum User Group Munich, which normally meets on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at the Conti Bistro in Max-Joseph-Strasse 5. Please check http://agiletuesday.org or ask us for the latest information.

There are several other Scrum user groups in Germany. Please visit the Scrum Alliance site (http://scrumalliance.org) to find your nearest one.