Over time I have been able to read, watch, and have conversations with great people about different topics I have found helpful to invaluable. Below is a list of these things with some sort of organization. After going thru this – you may question my organization approach or skills – and I’m good with that.
Collected References
1 General References
General References
- Serious Scrum – some of the best articles from many authors. (https://www.seriousscrum.com/)
- Liberating Structures – great ways to facilitate groups for different purposes. (https://www.liberatingstructures.com/ls/)
- Scrum Role Training for Product Owners. (https://www.scrum.org/pathway/product-owner-learning-path)
- Scrum Role Training for Scrum Masters
(https://www.scrum.org/pathway/scrum-master)
Book References
- Nassim Taleb, “Black Swan”, https://www.amazon.com/Black-Swan-Improbable-Robustness-Fragility/dp/081297381X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=285H85G1P1JKT&keywords=black+swan+book&qid=1652365295&sprefix=black+swan%2Caps%2C84&sr=8-1
- Daniel Pink, “Drive”, https://www.amazon.com/Drive-Surprising-Truth-About-Motivates/dp/B0032COUMC/ref=sr_1_3?crid=JC6LJ0AILETN&keywords=daniel+pink&qid=1652365383&sprefix=daniel+pink%2Caps%2C78&sr=8-3
- Daniel Pink, “The Power of Regret”, https://www.amazon.com/Power-Regret-Looking-Backward-Forward/dp/B098VRLZ2H/ref=sr_1_2?crid=JC6LJ0AILETN&keywords=daniel+pink&qid=1652365427&sprefix=daniel+pink%2Caps%2C78&sr=8-2
- Chuck Klosterman, “But What If We’re Wrong”, https://www.amazon.com/But-What-If-Were-Wrong-audiobook/dp/B01D0I6P6G/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1608FY0HO3MLV&keywords=chuck+klosterman&qid=1652365451&s=audible&sprefix=kloster%2Caudible%2C63&sr=1-2
- Mik Kersten, “Project to Product”, https://www.amazon.com/Project-Product-Survive-Disruption-Framework/dp/B07KCLW84N/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ZZN5HHG4G0M7&keywords=mik+kersten&qid=1652365608&s=audible&sprefix=mik+%2Caudible%2C65&sr=1-1
- All books from Strategyzer, https://www.strategyzer.com/books
- Eric Ries, “The Lean Startup”, https://www.amazon.com/The-Lean-Startup-Eric-Ries-audiobook/dp/B005MM7HY8/ref=sr_1_1?crid=RT8OF3PSC9RV&keywords=the+lean+startup&qid=1652365746&s=audible&sprefix=the+lean+startup%2Caudible%2C65&sr=1-1
- John Kotter, “Leading Change”, https://www.amazon.com/Leading-Change-John-P-Kotter-audiobook/dp/B004YMRNNM/ref=sr_1_1?crid=K3F00KL2X9X3&keywords=leading+change&qid=1652365797&s=audible&sprefix=leading+change%2Caudible%2C71&sr=1-1
- Will Wise, “Ask Powerful Questions”, https://www.amazon.com/Ask-Powerful-Questions-audiobook/dp/B07JKJRZNQ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=JJU8TZ2630PR&keywords=ask+powerful+questions&qid=1652365831&s=audible&sprefix=ask+power%2Caudible%2C61&sr=1-1
- Dion Stewart and Joel Tosi, “Creating Your Dojo”, https://www.amazon.com/Creating-Your-Dojo-Organization-Evolution/dp/154450439X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2JWMBACKN1C8R&keywords=creating+your+dojo&qid=1652365870&s=audible&sprefix=creating+your+dojo%2Caudible%2C62&sr=1-1
- Don McGreal & Ralph Jocham, “The Professional Product Owner”, https://www.amazon.com/Professional-Product-Owner-Leveraging-Competitive/dp/0134686470/ref=sr_1_1?crid=LRXRLAXSKF0X&keywords=professional+product+owner+don+mcgreal&qid=1652365943&s=audible&sprefix=professional+product+owner+don+mcgreal%2Caudible%2C53&sr=1-1-catcorr
- Gunther Verheyen, “Scrum, A Smart Travel Companion”, https://www.amazon.com/Professional-Product-Owner-Leveraging-Competitive/dp/0134686470/ref=sr_1_1?crid=LRXRLAXSKF0X&keywords=professional+product+owner+don+mcgreal&qid=1652365943&s=audible&sprefix=professional+product+owner+don+mcgreal%2Caudible%2C53&sr=1-1-catcorr
- Marty Cagan, “Empowered”, https://www.amazon.com/Empowered-Ordinary-People-Extraordinary-Products/dp/B08MV6VRGY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1A5I0MKR4WR6K&keywords=empowered+marty+cagan&qid=1652366095&s=audible&sprefix=empow%2Caudible%2C66&sr=1-1
- Marty Cagan, “Inspired”, https://www.amazon.com/Inspired-Marty-Cagan-audiobook/dp/B07BDQVC45/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1A5I0MKR4WR6K&keywords=empowered+marty+cagan&qid=1652366130&s=audible&sprefix=empow%2Caudible%2C66&sr=1-2
- Simon Sinek, “Start With Why”, https://www.amazon.com/Start-with-Why-Simon-Sinek-audiobook/dp/B074VF6ZLM/ref=sr_1_15?crid=15XFT4QVCGY60&keywords=servant+leadership&qid=1652366209&s=audible&sprefix=servant+le%2Caudible%2C63&sr=1-15
- Robert Greenleaf, “Servant Leadership”, https://www.amazon.com/Servant-Leadership-Legitimate-Greatness-Anniversary/dp/0809105543/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1S7CU2XSZEMME&keywords=servant+leadership+robert+greenleaf&qid=1652366271&s=audible&sprefix=servant+leadership+robert%2Caudible%2C60&sr=1-1-catcorr
- Jeff Gothelf, “Lean UX”, https://www.amazon.com/Lean-UX-Designing-Products-Second/dp/B08VKWDFKK/ref=sr_1_2?crid=ZO2BMJI3YX8X&keywords=lean+ux&qid=1652366350&s=audible&sprefix=lean+ux%2Caudible%2C62&sr=1-2
- Jake Knapp, “Sprint”, https://www.amazon.com/Sprint-audiobook/dp/B019R2DQIY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2BV8YQVSW3BQ9&keywords=sprint+jake+knapp&qid=1652366420&s=audible&sprefix=sprint+jake+knapp%2Caudible%2C61&sr=1-1
Introduction to Agile
- Design Thinking and Agile = Waterfall? (https://www.seriousscrum.com/page/combine-design-thinking-lean-startup-and-agile-beware-of-waterfall-in-disguise)
- Scrum is Just Waterfall in Disguise (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/scrum-is-just-waterfall-in-disguise-3476203d0f00)
- Scrum vs Waterfall (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/scrum-vs-waterfall-762c497cc590)
- Agile Mindset is Like Good Whiskey (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/an-agile-mindset-is-triple-distilled-and-matured-like-a-good-irish-whiskey-97d7828fbb99)
- Reclaiming the Joy of Work (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/agile-and-reclaiming-the-joy-of-work-34c0772ef1dd)
- Maximizing Value (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/maximizing-value-64f528cbb735)
- Professionalism of Scrum (https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/professionalism-scrum-what-does-it-mean-be-professional)
- 12 Ways to Fail with Agile (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/12-brilliant-ways-to-fail-with-agile-3bfda458f656)
- What are Values Anyway? (https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/what-are-values-anyway-mark-manson-inspired-version)
- Agile Values in Practice (https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/agile-values-practice)
Scrum Foundations
- Updates on Scrum Values (https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/5-scrum-values-take-center-stage)
- How to Build Trust (https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/how-build-trust-enable-agility)
- Accountabilities
- Scrum Master
- SM’s Value to Team (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/a-scrum-masters-journal-what-is-my-value-to-my-teams-and-organisation-e9b71b990b6b)Step Up Your SM Game (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/to-all-scrum-masters-please-step-up-your-game-71158654dd94)You know your SM sucks when… (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/you-know-your-scrum-master-sucks-when-dc62063fd6c8)SMs Aren’t On the Hook for…. (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/responsibilities-that-are-mistakenly-seen-as-scrum-master-work-38b1acebf21f)
- The Misunderstood PO (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/product-owner-is-the-most-misunderstood-role-in-scrum-137eb65be73e)Top 5 PO Myths (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/top-5-product-owner-myths-d6f01ec8f692)The PO Role – not a Project Manager (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/product-owner-not-the-agile-name-for-project-manager-or-other-outdated-functions-a0eec75eaf2)Great POs Set Goals (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/great-product-owners-set-g
- Developers
- Why Developers Hate Scrum (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/here-is-why-many-developers-hate-scrum-3a43baa015d1)
- Stop Developers Being a Pain (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/how-product-owners-can-stop-developers-from-being-a-pain-in-the-during-refinement-965e964aae3b)
- Why Scrum is Great for Developers (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/11-reasons-why-scrum-is-great-for-developers-dd4830cccaad)
- Artifacts & Commitments
- Product Backlog and Product Goal
- Dealing with the Backlog (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/how-to-deal-with-an-absolute-unit-of-a-product-backlog-4356656bad48)
- The Product Backlog (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/the-product-backlog-7aec7daf844f)
- Stop Creating Silos with Backlogs (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/lets-stop-creating-silos-with-multiple-backlogs-there-s-only-one-backlog-1602dc2db701)
- Large Backlogs are Pointless (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/a-large-product-backlog-is-pointless-c65e69dd02d3)
- Crafting a Product Goal (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/how-to-craft-a-product-goal-70802b761caa)
- Struggling with Product Goals? (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/struggling-with-product-goals-dont-worry-i-ve-got-you-covered-54742486a0b)
- Product Goals and Sprint Goals Together At Last (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/product-goals-and-sprint-goals-complement-each-other-60ccb929e906)
- Sprint Backlog and Sprint Goal
- Sprint Backlogs AREN’t Commitments (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/scrum-our-sprint-backlog-is-seen-as-commitment-a83631d753ca)
- The Sprint Backlog (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/the-sprint-backlog-ecf3505224fa)
- SMART Sprint Goals – Stupid (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/smart-sprint-goals-are-stupid-212c839d9ccb)
- You NEED a Sprint Goal (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/you-cant-be-effective-with-scrum-without-a-sprint-goal-9b298917e20b)
- Crafting Spring Goals (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/crafting-sprint-goals-86ed8070041b)
- The Sprint Goal (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/the-sprint-goal-c667762f8e81)
- Increment and Definition of Done
- We Don’t Deliver Working Product Every Sprint (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/we-dont-deliver-a-working-increment-every-sprint-edc0c023be0a)
- We Can’t Release (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/scrum-we-cant-release-an-increment-every-sprint-9a960c1ab40c)
- DoD Patterns (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/definition-of-done-anti-patterns-18f2bfdf1083)
- Expanding DoD (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/scrum-two-approaches-to-expand-the-definition-of-done-fc27e5ac8a5a)
- Cutting Corners on DoD (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/scrum-we-often-have-to-cut-corners-on-the-definition-of-done-eae100411ae6)
- DevOps and Scrum (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/scrum-how-extending-the-definition-of-done-brings-us-devops-35684bf11369)
- Events and Other Goodness
- Backlog Refinement
- Backlog Refinement is Dreadful (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/why-are-most-backlog-refinement-sessions-dreadful-e1d5d212b479)
- Don’t Do THIS During Refinement (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/what-not-to-do-during-the-backlog-refinement-93287c092d9d)
- 10 Experiments with Refinement (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/10-experiments-with-product-backlog-refinement-755e7b65a38f)
- Sprint Planning
- Mistakes During Sprint Planning (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/6-common-mistakes-when-planning-a-sprint-6fedbedf604e)
- POs Helping Sprint Planning (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/how-to-do-effective-sprint-planning-as-a-product-owner-41c3911f18dd)
- Sprint Planning Explained Video (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/scrum-explainer-videos-2-sprint-planning-c6b3aa2c4765)
- The Sprint Planning (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/the-sprint-planning-c24df3e09779)
- Sprint Review
- Rediscover Sprint Review (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/its-time-to-rediscover-the-sprint-review-b3aa3bb90c97)
- Why Are Sprint Reviews Boring? (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/why-most-sprint-reviews-are-boring-5229531fce70)
- The Sprint Review (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/the-sprint-review-fb23d16c238)
- How We Fixed Our Sprint Review (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/our-remote-sprint-reviews-were-boring-and-uneffective-heres-how-we-fixed-it-f4930482476)
- Sprint
- The Sprint (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/the-sprint-40d0ccc895f9)
- Sprint Length (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/the-sprint-length-4222d383c84a)
- Hardening Sprints (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/hardening-sprint-why-we-did-it-and-why-you-shouldnt-c0f5f214693b)
- Sprint ZERO (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/why-using-sprint-0-is-a-cardinal-sin-for-all-scrum-masters-b97c4c90c0a9)
- Daily Scrum
- Improve Your Daily Scrum (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/10-tips-to-improve-your-daily-scrum-f3d66946a487)
- Why Your Daily Scrum Sucks (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/why-your-daily-scrums-suck-part-1-f77a5a38ceac)
- The Daily Scrum (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/the-daily-scrum-31fd2cb041fe)
- Walking the Board (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/walking-the-board-on-daily-scrum-5b468c760329)
- Sprint Retrospective
- The Sprint Retrospective (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/the-sprint-retrospective-fe40b7e7b2a9)
- Powerful Questions (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/using-powerful-questions-during-sprint-retrospectives-5157dd8e47da)
- Retrospective Options
- Option 1: (https://www.tastycupcakes.org/tag/retrospectives/)
- Option 2: (https://retromat.org/en/?id=143-89-118-39-67)
- Backlog Refinement
- Scrum Master
Scaling Agile with LeSS
- Less is More (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/less-is-more-when-you-scale-agile-c10a5301c7ce)
- Rating of LeSS (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/scaling-scrum-assessment-and-rating-of-less-large-scale-scrum-c98a99280e03)
- Intro to LeSS (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/less-large-scale-scrum-an-introduction-6bca74259a39)
- Drive to Self-Organize (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/the-team-in-scrum-98d852413a0b)
- Are We Self-Organizing? (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/is-my-scrum-team-really-self-organizing-a76d5c177f46)
- Teams in LeSS (https://less.works/less/structure/teams)
- Initial Backlog Refinement (https://less.works/less/framework/initial-product-backlog-refinement)
- Product Backlog Refinement (https://less.works/less/framework/product-backlog-refinement)
- Sprint Planning One (https://less.works/less/framework/sprint-planning-one)
- Sprint Planning Two (https://less.works/less/framework/sprint-planning-two)
- Sprint Review (https://less.works/less/framework/sprint-review)
- Org Structure for LeSS Huge (https://less.works/less/less-huge/organizational-structure)
- My Issues With SAFe (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/my-issues-with-safe-c9753d4b4179)
- You Can’t Compare LeSS with Other Scaling Frameworks (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/why-you-cant-compare-less-to-any-scaling-framework-like-safe-ce945e0c2fb3)
- Principles (https://less.works/less/principles)
- Structure (https://less.works/less/structure)
- Management (https://less.works/less/management)
- Technical Excellence (https://less.works/less/technical-excellence)
- Adoption (https://less.works/less/technical-excellence)
Product Topics
Product Mindset
- Becoming a Value Driven Professional (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/becoming-a-value-driven-professional-c8feb88d31f9)
- The New New Product Development Game (https://hbr.org/1986/01/the-new-new-product-development-game)
- Product Goals (https://medium.com/product-dojo/product-goals-a33025a25b53)
- A Home for Product Goal, Sprint Goal, and DoD (https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/home-product-goal-definition-done-and-sprint-goal)
- Discovery Session (https://syndicode.com/blog/discovery-session-for-the-new-project-step-by-step/)
- Output versus Outcome Video (https://vimeo.com/206617354)
- Misunderstanding Value (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/why-do-most-product-owners-misunderstand-what-value-means-f63b2397fbb0)
Experimentation and MVP
- What Does Experimentation Mean? (https://medium.com/agileinsider/what-does-experimentation-mean-in-agile-software-delivery-d4acf75a25b1)
- A Practical Guide (https://towardsdatascience.com/a-practical-guide-to-product-experimentation-f9a6252c0e9e)
- Experiment Driven Product Development (https://www.split.io/resources/videos/experimentation-driven-product-development/)
- Inspire a Culture of Experimentation (https://thegood.com/insights/culture-of-experimentation/)
- MedExpress Explainer Video (https://www.loom.com/share/0df064193a9149938dc73ed0ed774219)
- Fantasy Healthcare Explainer Video – Imagine the Future (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wuEbxprfj8)
- What is an Explainer Video? (https://www.techsmith.com/blog/explainer-video/)
- The Definitive Guide (https://breadnbeyond.com/explainer-video/)
- The EVER Famous DollarShave Club Explainer Video that launched them (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUG9qYTJMsI)
- Splash Page How To (https://wisemerchant.com/ecommerce/validate-your-product-with-preorders-using-splash-page)
- Concierge MVP (https://www.shortform.com/blog/concierge-mvp/)
- Concierge vs Wizard of Oz (https://kromatic.com/blog/concierge-vs-wizard-of-oz-test/)
Measuring and Learning
- EBM Guide (https://www.scrum.org/resources/evidence-based-management)
- How to Measure Success (https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/how-measure-success-it-even-possible)
- Dual Track Development (https://www.jpattonassociates.com/dual-track-development/)
Story Mapping
- User Story Mapping (https://www.jpattonassociates.com/story-mapping/)
- Cutting an Agile Groove Video Series by David Hussman (https://cprime.wistia.com/projects/19gi30zuzr)
Q&A Session Idea for Product Groups
Strong Product Culture (https://www.petra-wille.com/)
User Stories
- Scrum Guide – Increment (https://scrumguides.org/scrum-guide.html#increment)
- Rephrase You User Story (https://medium.com/geekculture/rephrase-your-agile-user-story-reframe-your-mindset-805a4c40f2ee)
- Definition of Done – Swiss Army Knife (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/definition-of-done-the-swiss-army-knife-of-scrum-71dc11532afd)
- We Often Cut Corners (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/scrum-we-often-have-to-cut-corners-on-the-definition-of-done-eae100411ae6)
- DoD Anti-Patterns (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/definition-of-done-anti-patterns-18f2bfdf1083)
Breaking Down Stories
- Experience Real Flow (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/experience-real-flow-with-your-scrum-team-a44e568ea36f)
- Two Types of Flow (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/two-types-of-flow-every-scrum-team-needs-9de7818b956e)
- Why are Most Backlog Refinements Dreadful (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/why-are-most-backlog-refinement-sessions-dreadful-e1d5d212b479)
- 10 Powerful Strategies (https://medium.com/the-liberators/10-powerful-strategies-for-breaking-down-user-stories-in-scrum-with-cheatsheet-2cd9aae7d0eb)
- How Story Points Turned to the Dark Side (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/how-story-points-turned-to-the-dark-side-3a737bb7354a)
- How to Estimate in Story Points (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/how-to-estimate-in-story-points-ec3ffe6d43f5)
- 12 Common Mistakes When Using Story Points (https://medium.com/serious-scrum/12-common-mistakes-made-when-using-story-points-f0bb9212d2f7)