Scrum : the art of doing twice the work in half the time / Jeff Sutherland and J.J. Sutherland.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-241) and index.

The way the world works is broken -- The origins of Scrum -- Teams -- Time -- Waste is a crime -- Plan reality, not fantasy -- Happiness -- Priorities -- Change the world -- Implementing Scrum- how to begin.

For those who believe that there must be a more efficient way for people to get things done, Scrum pioneer Jeff Sutherland offers a thought-provoking book about the management process that is changing the way we work. In the future, historians may look back on human progress and draw a sharp line designating "before Scrum" and "after Scrum." Scrum already drives most of the world's top technologycompanies. And now it's starting to spread to every domain in which people manage and wrestle with complex projects. If you've been startled by how fast the technology world is changing, Scrum is one of the reasons why. It has resulted in productivity gains of as much as 1,200 percent. And there's never been a better spokesperson for Scrum and its bright promise than Jeff Sutherland, the man who created the first Scrum team more than twenty years ago. The problem Jeff began tackling back then is this: people are spectacularly bad at doing things quickly and efficiently. The best-laid plans go awry. Teams often work at cross purposes to one another. And when the pressure rises, unhappiness soars. Drawing on his experience as a West Point-educated fighter pilot, biometrics expert, early innovator of ATM technology, and VP of engineering or CTO at eleven different technology companies, Jeff began challenging those dysfunctional realities, looking for solutions that would have global impact. In Scrum, you'll journey to the front linese of management where Jeff's system of deep accountability, team interaction, and constant iterative improvement is bringing the FBI into the twenty-first century, perfecting the design of an affordable 140-mile-per-hour/100-mile per gallon car, helping NPR report fast-moving action in the Middle East, and changing the way pharmacists interact with patients. Woven with insights from martial arts, judicial decision making, aerial combat, robotics, and other disciplines, Scrum is the riveting management system that will help you achieve vastly greater productivity in less time, by driving immediate customer feedback and a process of constant reiteration. It will revolutionize how your company thinks, plans, and creates. -- from dust jacket.