Free eGuide: Scrum or Kanban for Agile Development: Which is Right for Your Team?

Title: Scrum or Kanban for Agile Development: Which is Right for Your Team?

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Short Description: By now you've likely heard of Agile development and building products in small incremental pieces, so you can get real feedback along the way. In fact, you may even be considering using Agile on your next project. But where do you start?

Long Description: Agile can take a lot of forms, with Scrum or Kanban being two of the most popular. Each form has advantages and disadvantages, but both will help your team get the right feedback they need to build great products. So which one is right for you? Let's find out.

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Free eGuide: Surviving the Transition to Agile: A Project Manager's Guide

"Surviving the Transition to Agile: A Project Manager's Guide"

Get Surviving the Transition to Agile: A Project Manager's Guide, packed with everything you need to understand about how to work in Agile environments.
If you're a project manager, you may be wondering: How is Agile different or better than traditional project management? Do I have a role on an Agile team, and if so, what is my role? How do I make Agile work for me?

This guide provides tips for using Agile approaches to plan, manage, and deliver high-value work. You'll learn more about the differences between traditional project management and Agile, find the Agile role that's best for you, understand the dynamics of Agile teamwork, and get started on the transition to becoming an Agile practitioner.

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Free eBook: The Professional ScrumMaster's Handbook (expert)

"The Professional ScrumMaster's Handbook--Free 30 Page Excerpt"

A natural and difficult tension exists between a project team (supply) and its customer (demand).

A professional ScrumMaster relaxes this tension using the Scrum framework so that the team arrives at the best possible outcome.

"The Professional ScrumMaster’s Handbook" is a practical, no-nonsense guide to helping you become an inspiring and effective ScrumMaster known for getting results.

This book goes into great detail about why it seems like you’re fighting traditional management culture every step of the way. You will explore the three roles of Scrum and how, working in harmony, they can deliver a product in the leanest way possible. You’ll understand that even though there is no room for a project manager in Scrum, there are certain “management” aspects you should be familiar with to help you along the way. Getting a team to manage itself and take responsibility is no easy feat; this book will show you how to earn trust by displaying it and inspiring courage in a team every day.

"The Professional ScrumMaster’s Handbook" will challenge you to dig deep within yourself to improve your mindset, practices, and values in order to build and support the very best agile teams.

Packt Enterprise books can be summed up through the tagline "Professional Expertise Distilled". They take in-the-trenches knowledge from experienced software professionals, and distil it into a single, easy to follow 

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