Scrum

The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time

By: Jeff Sutherland, J.J. Sutherland

Narrated by: J.J. Sutherland

The revolutionary “Red Book” that helped a generation work smarter, better, and faster—now expanded and updated with new stories, new ideas, and new methods to radically improve the way you and your company deliver results

If you’ve ever been startled by how fast the world is changing, the Scrum framework is one of the reasons why. Productivity gains in workflow of as much as 1,200 percent have been recorded, and there’s no more lucid—or compelling—explainer of Scrum and its bright promise than Jeff Sutherland. The thorny problem that Sutherland began tackling back then boils down to this: People are spectacularly bad at doing things with agility and efficiency. Best-laid plans go up in smoke. Teams often work at cross-purposes to one another. And when the pressure rises, unhappiness soars.

Woven with insights from martial arts, judicial decision making, advanced aerial combat, robotics, and Sutherland’s experience as a West Point–educated fighter pilot, a biometrics expert, a medical researcher, an early innovator of ATM technology, and a C-level executive at eleven different technology companies, this book will take you to Scrum’s front lines, where Sutherland’s system has brought the FBI into the twenty-first century, helped support John Deere’s supply chain amid a global pandemic and supply chain shortage, reduced poverty in the Third World, and even planned weddings and accomplished weekend chores.

The way we work has changed dramatically since Sutherland first introduced Scrum a decade ago. This urgent update shares new insights and provides new tools to take advantage of the radical productivity that Scrum delivers. Sutherland will show you how to optimize working with artificial intelligence and share the latest cognitive science research on culture, psychological safety, diversity, and happiness, and how these factors drive performance, innovation, and overall organizational health.

This new edition contains a decade of lessons learned. Whether it’s ten years ago, now, or ten years into the future, the Scrum framework is guaranteed to help you deliver results. But the most important reason to read this book is that it may just help you achieve what others consider unachievable.

Decent Concepts

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The concepts in the book were decent. I just couldn't shake the feeling that this was a 7 hour sales pitch for his consulting firm.

Dont get it if ur not into quality and project management

Dont get it if ur not into quality and project management as the book is a tool for that

Eye opening!

A great listen. Will pursue additional resources on Scrum, and specifically implementation. Simple yet powerful.

A read for every human

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

This book is for everyone because it will help everyone improve themselves and the processes around them! I want efficient friends, this would be great to recommend to a friend in order to encourage their overall growth and success.

Have you listened to any of JJ Sutherland’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I have not ever listened to an audio book before this, and I will say, this might be the ONLY book someone would ever need to start their career on the right path.

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For humans to truly thrive, we always need to improve ourselves but have fun while doing so. Scrum shows the reader how life can be an efficient, effective and joyous journey. The practices of yesteryear are deflated. Enter the battlefield. Enter, Scrum. Thank you Audible!

Best business book I've read in my M.B.A. classes.

Well written, well read and interesting. Applicable in life even outside of business. Great stories!