Looking to get more out of the training? Here are six ways to deepen and apply your learning:
- Review the notes you took during class.
- Connect with people from class and swap experiences.
- Share ideas with people who weren’t in class.
- Experiment with concepts from class in your daily work.
- Read or watch the articles, books, and videos listed here to learn more.
- Contact us with any questions.
–Allison Pollard, Jake Calabrese, and Paul Tevis
1. Why Agile?
- Cynefin YouTube [Video] by Dave Snowden
- Continuous Delivery [Book] by Jez Humble and David Farley
- The Principles of Product Development Flow [Book] by Donald Reinertsen
2. What Are Lean & Agile
- Leading Lean Software Development [Book] by Tom Poppendieck
- The Lean Mindset [Book] by Mary and Tom Poppendieck
- Lean Enterprise [Book] by Jez Humble, Joanne Molesky & Barry O’Reilly
- Extreme Programming (XP) Guide [Website] by Don Wells
- Introduction to Kanban
- What is Kanban (看板)? (Part 1) [Article] by Jake Calabrese
- Kanban Principles for Success (Part 2) [Article] by Jake Calabrese
- A Short History of Kanban (and Lean) (Part 3) [Article] by Jake Calabrese
3. Scrum
- The Scrum Guide [Website] by Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland
- Essential Scrum [Book] by Ken Rubin
- AgileSafari Cartoons [Articles] by Jake Calabrese
4. Product Backlog & Refinement
- Agile Estimating and Planning [Book] by Mike Cohen
- INVEST [Article] by Bill Wake
- Specification by Example [Book] by Gojko Adzic
5. Definition of Done & Testing
- Agile Testing [Book] by Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory
- Behavior Driven Development [Book] by Richard Lawrence and Paul Rayner (Kindle not recommended – Examples are not good – PDF is fine)
- Working Effectively with Legacy Code [Book] by Michael Feathers
- Explore It! [Book] by Elisabeth Hendrickson
6. Servant Leadership, Coaching, and Facilitation
- Building Antifragile Relationships and Teams [Article] by Jake Calabrese
- Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness 25th Anniversary Edition [Book] by Robert K. Greenleaf
- Turn The Ship Around [Book] by Cmdr. David Marquet
- Turn the Ship Around (Sketchnote) [Video] by Cmdr. David Marquet
- What Motivates Us [Video] by Daniel Pink
- Coaching Agile Teams [Book] by Lyssa Adkins
- Agile Coaching Framework
- Understanding ACI’s Agile Coach Competency Framework (Part 1) [Article] by Jake Calabrese
- Learning from ACI’s Agile Coach Competency Framework (Part 2) [Article] by Jake Calabrese
- Agile Coaching Framework Visual Walk-through (Part 3) [Article] by Jake Calabrese
- Co-Active Coaching [Book] by Laura Whitworth, et al.
- Is Your Training Amazing & Engaging? [Article] by Jake Calabrese
- Training From the Back of the Room [Website] by Sharon Bowman
- Agile Retrospective Resources [Articles] from Helping Improve
- Facilitating with the Focused Conversation [Article] by Jake Calabrese
- The Art of the Focused Conversation [Book]
7. Experimentation & Validated Learning
- The Lean Startup [Book] by Eric Ries
- Testing Business Ideas [Book] by David J. Bland and Alex Osterwalder
- What Customer Problem Are You Trying to Solve? (And Why?) [Article] by Paul Tevis