Our Favorite Resources
Scrum Resources
ScrumMaster Examination Preparation
- SEU Requirement Calculator (Scrum Alliance)
- CSM Exam FAQs
- CSM Exam Content Areas
- Practice Quizzes (Not Scrum Alliance material)
- Scrum Exam Study Guide (Scrum Alliance)
Scrum Alliance SEU Toolkits
Scrum Basics
- Scrum Glossary – A short summary of Scrum Terminologies from LitheSpeed
- Scrum Alliance E-Learning Video Series
- Scrum Guide
- Core Scrum – A summary of Scrum principles and practices from the Scrum Alliance
- Scrum Alliance Scrum in 30 Seconds Poster
- Sprint Ceremonies (PPT Direct Download)
- What Could Possibly Go Wrong with Scrum Ceremonies (PPT Direct Download)
- Scrum Quick Guide (Poster Direct Download)
- LitheSpeed Project Performance Workbook Sample – Excel Sheet – A free, unsupported tool for managing Scrum projects
- Retrospective Techniques
- Retromat, a retrospective building tool
- Retrospective Wiki
- It’s Not Just Standing Up: Patterns for Daily Standup Meetings
- Why You Should Consider Stopping Sprint Reviews
- Story Mapping – Jeff Patton
- User Stories – David Hussman
- Healthcare.gov on NPR (audio)
- Liberating Structures
- Pirate Metrics w/ Firebase
- GAO Agile Assessment Guide
Videos
- CustomMade Design Sprint video
- Cucumber School – Give Me an Example
- Scrum Master – How to develop a team
- Nordstrom’s Innovation Lab: Sunglass Selector
- Scrum Overview – Jeff Sutherland
- Scrum in Under 10 Minutes – What is Scrum? - Intro to Agile
- Agile Product Ownership in a Nutshell
- Ideo Shopping Cart
- Dan Pink: Drive (RSA)
- Pentagon Wars
- Joe Justice: WikiSpeed
- Kanban applied to Scrum
- The Resource Utilization Trap
- Kanban Applied to Scrum
- Atlassian: Daily Standups: How to Run Them
- Ideo: An Innovation Design Company
- Scrum Silicon Valley Scrum (example of poor Scrum/Kanaban)
- Things Bad Scrum Masters Say
Agile Resources
Agile Basics
Agile Leadership Videos: Becoming an Agile Leader
- Lead Like the Great Conductors
- What Makes Us Feel Good About Our Work
- Laloux Organizational Models
- Flexible Seating
- RSA Animate – Re-imagining Work
- Greatness by David Marquet
- Accelerate! The Evolution of the 21st Century Organization
- Leadership: David Marquet
- “Team of Teams” - Gen. Stanley McChrystal on leadership strategy
- Goleman Leadership Styles
- Leaders Must Serve, with Courage (52-minute video) - Alan Mulally of Ford.
- Etsy’s Chad Dickerson on Resisting the CEO Stereotype
- I, Tomato: Morningstar’s Radical Approach to Management
- Atlassian – 20% Time
- Self-Management – The Basics
- Executive Presence – It’s not what you think
- Three Kinds of Focus
- What Makes Us Feel Good About Our Work?
Agile Leadership: Building your Agile Organization
- Agile Metrics – How to use metrics in Agile to influence behavior
- Scaling Agile: A Lean JumpStart by Sanjiv Augustine
- Managing Agile Projects by Sanjiv Augustine
- HR and the Agile Organization by Arlen Bankston
- How to Track OKRs if Your Company is Not Google
- GSA Digital Services Playbook
- How Extreme Agility Put Zara First in Fast Fashion
Agile Leadership: Agile Scaling Approaches
Other Videos
- Big Room or PI Planning
- Introduction to LeSS
- Agile Way of Working at ING Netherlands
- Flexible Seating at Poplar Tree Elementary School
- Accelerate! The Evolution of the 21st Century Organization
- A Complex Theory Short Film
- Napoleon, DevOps, and Delivering Business Value - Mark Schwartz
- Introduction to the Five Factor Model (Shown in CSP-SM)
- Complexity Theory (Shown in CSP-SM)
- Mark Schwartz Agile Transformation Strategies
other resources
Agile Member Organizations to Explore
Fun
- Cards for Agility – Fun printable team game
