The revolutionary approach to business that is transforming companies.
J.J. Sutherland is the CEO of Scrum Inc., heading up a 30-person
consulting firm to implement Scrum and Agile practices in companies
and teams across the country. He is the co-author of the
international bestseller Scrum- The Art of Doing Twice the Work in
Half the Time, written with his father, Jeff Sutherland, the
co-creator of Scrum.
Previously, he was an award-winning correspondent, producer, and
Baghdad Bureau chief for NPR, covering the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan, the Arab Spring, and the earthquake and tsunami in
Japan. He has won multiple Peabody, DuPont, and Edward R. Murrow
awards. He lives in Washington D.C., with his family.
Full of engaging stories and real-world examples. The project
management method known as Scrum may be the most widely deployed
productivity tool among high-tech companies. On a mission to put
this tool into the hands of the broader business world for the
first time, Jeff Sutherland succeeds brilliantly.
*Eric Ries, New York Times bestselling author of The Lean
Startup*
Required reading.
*The Times (Book of the Week)*
Engaging, persuasive and extremely practical...Scrum provides a
simple framework for solving what seem like intractable and
complicated work problems. It’s hard to make forward progress when
you can’t see your impediments clearly. Sutherland offers a lens to
remedy that. Amazingly, this book will not only make your life at
work and home easier, but also, better and happier.
*Shawn Achor, New York Times bestselling author of Before Happiness
and The Happiness Advantage*
This book contains immense practical value that could be
transformative for your company. If you have a project that
requires people to accomplish, your first act should be to read and
be guided by Scrum.
*Stephen Lundin, New York Times bestselling author of Fish: A
Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Performance*
Scrum is mandatory reading for any leader, whether they’re leading
troops on the battlefield or in the marketplace. The challenges of
today’s world don’t permit the luxury of slow, inefficient work.
Success requires tremendous speed, enormous productivity, and an
unwavering commitment to achieving results. In other words success
requires Scrum.
*General Barry McCaffrey*
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