Whitepapers, Articles, and Books

Below you will find a list of valuable Agile and Scrum publications that have been provided by our community of Agile and Scrum practioners, completely free to you. We ask that if you print them out and pass them around (which we encourage!) that the content remain unchanged and unedited. 

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Software in 30 Days by Ken Schwaber 
How do you sell Scrum to management? That is the question that Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland take head on in their new book Software in 30 Days. They methodically walk through real world examples from some of the largest organizations in the world to bring attention to just how wide-spread Agile adoption is. Read Ken’s blog post to learn more about the thinking behind the book by clicking "Read It!" at the right.		 Read It!
Commitment vs. Forecast: A subtle but important change to Scrum
by Jose Luis Soria
One of the most controversial updates to the 2011 Scrum Guide has been the removal of the term “commit” in favor of “forecast” in regards to the work selected for a Sprint. Learn about the importance of this seemingly simple change, and why it was made.		 Read It!
FedEx Day: Lighting Corporate Passion by Rob van Lanen
How can my team deliver value and innovation in 24 hours without intervention from management? A "FedEx Day" can be used to show management that just a few people can deliver innovative, working products and software in only 24 hours, and how intrinsic motivators are the key to unlocking our own innovation.		 Read It!
The Blending Philosophies of Lean and Agile by Gunther Verheyen
Learn more about the distinct views and similiarities between Lean and Agile. Included is the Scrum perspective to Agile to demonstrate how the tangible, yet open framework of Scrum aligns and blends the underlying thinking of Agile and Lean.		 Read it!
Increasing Team Productivity by Rob Maher
Increasing develpoment productivity is a hot topic. This paper focuses on increasing team productivity and discusses how changing a project staffing model can increase the productivity of project teams.		 Read It!