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title: Deep dive into Scrum & Agile
date: 2019-01-18T05:39:05+01:00
description: Some thoughts about Scrum & Agile
tags: [agile]
---

Starting in February, I will experience a big change in my career.
I will become a Scrum Master and therefore be much more involved in agile practices.

To supercharge this new start and be effective quicker, I (re)visited some resources about agile in general and the role of Scrum Master in particular.
Here is a short summary of this journey, hoping it can help new or future Scrum Masters to get started.

# Basics

First, it is always a good idea to go back to the basics.
Revisiting the goals, principles and values of agile software development:

- [Manifesto for Agile Software Development](https://agilemanifesto.org/): The root ideas of the agile movement (with the 12 associated [principles](https://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html))
- [Scrum Guide](https://www.scrumguides.org/scrum-guide.html): All the basics of the Scrum framework

# Books

Some books that I found interesting on the subject:

- [The Phoenix Project](https://itrevolution.com/wp-content/uploads/files/PhoenixProjectExcerpt.pdf): A novel, pleasant to read, that goes through the transformation of a fictive company to agile and DevOps
- [How to kill the Scrum monster](https://books.google.fr/books?id=5MxfDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false): A good introduction and field guide to Scrum and the role of the Scrum Master
- [Coaching Agile Teams: A Companion for ScrumMasters, Agile Coaches, and Project Managers in Transition](https://books.google.fr/books?id=Ct76ol0PnokC&lpg=PA1&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false): A very practical guide, full of real life experiences
- [Changing your team from the inside](https://alexis.monville.com): Excellent short read with lots of practical tools and practices

# Podcasts

Some good resources for the ears:

- [Scrum Master Toolbox](https://scrum-master-toolbox.org/): Each week 5 interviews with a different Scrum Master
- [LeadingAgile](https://www.leadingagile.com/podcast/): Conversations about agile in general, Scrum, scaling frameworks...
- [Agile for humans](https://ryanripley.com/agile-for-humans/): Great hosts, humor and interesting conversations
- [Meta-cast](https://www.meta-cast.com/): Hilarious podcast with great content

# Physical meetups

I cannot emphasize enough the importance of meeting other agilists and sharing your experiences.
One good way is to look on a site like [Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/) if there is any agile group in your city (for instance [Agile Bordeaux](https://www.meetup.com/Agile-Bordeaux/) for me).