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by Rebecca T. Traeger   | 18 Aug 2007

Tags: what is scrum | adopting scrum

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.

Article Comments

  1. 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.
  2. Andy P. 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.
  3. 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 )

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