Scrum Reading List
Books every Scrum team member should read

by Rebecca T. Traeger | 18 Aug 2007

Tags: what is scrum | adopting agile

While there are no formal prerequisites for a Certified ScrumMaster or Certified Scrum Product Owner course, students are expected to come to the class with a working knowledge of Scrum. This knowledge can be obtained by reading books, articles, and web info about Scrum. A recommended reading list is found below.

In addition to the articles you will find on this website, the following books will help you on your journey to Scrum.

Agile and Iterative Development: A Manager’s Guide by Craig Larman

Agile Estimating and Planning by Mike Cohn

Agile Project Management with Scrum by Ken Schwaber

Agile Retrospectives by Esther Derby and Diana Larsen

Agile Software Development by Alistair Cockburn

Agile Software Development with Scrum by Ken Schwaber and Mike Beedle

Collaboration Explained: Facilitation Skills for Software Project Leaders by Jean Tabaka

The Enterprise and Scrum by Ken Schwaber

User Stories Applied for Agile Software Development by Mike Cohn

Article Comments

Nicholas Cancelliere said on 20 Aug 07 09:11:

This is a great list, I have over two-thirds of these titles myself. I can't think of one that you've missed except maybe Project Retrospectives: A handbook for team reviews, by Norman Kerth. Another good one is Fearless Change, by Mary Manns, PhD.
Andy Murthar said on 21 Aug 07 05:51:

the book list is invaluable and i have spent many hours thumbing my way backwards and forwards through a few of them. I am particularly interested in your point 'students are expected to come to the class with a working knowledge of Scrum' When i did my course i was the only one who had this, due to reading prior to course. I would recommend all scrum trainers advise all attendees to read prior to attending a course and take an active responsibility for this as a standard part of there course booking practice.
Srinivas Chillara said on 26 Oct 07 03:55:

Yes, I think attendees to the CSM class must read something about Scrum. Even one book is OK, Schwaber and Beedle or even a short introductory article on Scrum (for ex: The Scrum Primer )