Scrum Art Hand Book

About the Book

This book is written as a guide for anyone managing a scrum team. The Scrum Art Hand Book provides the reader with effective tips and serves as a guide in usage and implementation of scrum practices. A scrum master can use the tips defined in this book to lead scrum teams with confidence and manage scrum teams professionally. This book allows scrum teams to be scrum ready and provides suggestions for improvements in an iteration. Scrum, in a nutshell, is a process and a subcategory of a project management discipline. The processes discussed in different areas of project management discipline have been specialized and devised into a framework suitable for scrum. Scrum methodology leverages project / project management capabilities through accountability and responsibility with milestones defined in different phases of project life cycle. (Milestones are met through scrum ceremonies). The book will help the scrum master to take the next step forward in not only developing and implementing efficient scrum processes but also in rethinking and retooling efficient practices and policies for effective scrum management.

About the Author

Durga Madiraju I was born in Hyderabad, India and live in USA. My father was a doctor and retired as a chief medical officer in South Central Railway, and my mother a housewife. I have a brother and four sisters. I am married to Srinivas Madiraju, who is very encouraging and supportive. He is a Senior Software Engineer. I have a daughter, Anika, who is very loving and supportive of me. I am a Senior Software Engineer working for a Fortune 500 company. I have an MA in economics from University of Hyderabad, India. I have an MBA from Eastern Michigan University, USA, and an MS in information systems from the same university. I am a Certified Scrum Master, and lead scrum teams, and also a developer/manager in IT. I am a certified six sigma green belt professional. I also work on Six Sigma process improvement projects. I have written and published articles in Agile, and Economics. I have written a collection of poems: Seasonal Woods by Jane Summers.