• Overview
• Extreme Business Value
• How It Works
•       Observation
•       Burn-down Charts
•       Active Management
• About XP

"The ScrumMaster Certification course combined presentation, lecture and hands-on exercises to deliver a valuable and enjoyable learning experience. "
- Tobias Mayer, Yahoo! Inc.

Scrum has been employed successfully as a management wrapper for Extreme Programming engineering practices. Scrum provides the agile management mechanisms; Extreme Programming provides the integrated engineering practices. An article written by Ken Schwaber and Kane Mar on one implementation is at the Prentice Hall InformIT web site.

1. The agile management and control mechanisms of Scrum are applicable for any type of project, including business initiatives that consist of multiple, simultaneous software development, business development, re-engineering, marketing, support, and implementation projects. xp@Scrum projects fit within the overall management framework of these initiatives.
2. xP@Scrum projects realize the full benefits of self-organization; teams are iteration (or Sprint) goal directed, rather than story directed.
3. When Extreme Programming projects are wrapped by Scrum, they becomes scalable and can be run simultaneously by non-colocated teams.
4. Scrum implements in a day; Extreme Programming can be gradually implemented within the Scrum framework.
5. xp@Scrum projects benefit from ADM's business value metrics process for measuring and managing initiative ROI.

For more information or support implementing xP@Scrum, contact ADM.

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Contact Ken Schwaber at ken.schwaber@verizon.net for consulting resources, training, mentoring, and information.

The Enterprise and Scrum
by Ken Schwaber

A new book for those managing large projects and programs, or wishing to adopt Scrum throughout the enterprise. Due out June 13, 2007 from Microsoft Press.

Agile Project Management
with Scrum
by Ken Schwaber

The rules and practices from Scrum - a simple process for managing complex projects - are few, straightforward, and easy to learn. In this illuminating series of case studies, Scrum co-creator and evangelist Ken Schwaber identifies the real-world lessons culled from his years of experience coaching companies in agile project management. [Read more]