Richard Hundhausen - Professional Scrum Development with Azure DevOps

Scrum is described as taking 10 minutes to learn and a lifetime to master. In this book, Richard provides tips and tricks to mastering Scrum. He marries the practical with the abstract, providing a foundation of learning that helps Developers deliver high-value products and solve complex problems. If you are using Azure DevOps and want to get better at doing it, then this is the book for you.

Dave West, Scrum.org Product Owner and CEO

Like it or not, many teams need tooling to help them with their Scrum implementation. Thats where Richard comes in. His knowledge and passion shine through in all that he touchesespecially in this essential guide for how to use Azure DevOps for Scrum Teams. If you know anything about Richard, and you are using Azure DevOps with Scrum, then youll know this book is a must-read.

Daniel Vacanti, Co-founder, ActionableAgile

In this book, Richard Hundhausen does a great job explaining and connecting the domains of Professional Scrum with professional development using Microsoft Azure DevOps. Richard introduces the history and current state in both domains and makes the book even richer with personal tips and illustrations through case studies.

Gunther Verheyen, independent Scrum Caretaker, Professional Scrum Trainer

Scrum is a framework that is easy to understand but difficult to master. Richard takes the difficult out of the equation for you. What sets him apart from all others is his ability to help others not only understand Scrum, but become masters at it.

Chris Roan, Wells Fargo Agile Transformation Leader

If youre working on a Scrum team, do yourself a favor and read this book. In it, Richard distills his many years of practical experience leading Scrum teams in order to help you and your team accelerate your DevOps transformation. If you want to deliver more customer value at higher velocity, theres no better place to start.

Jeff Beehler, Senior Director, Product Operations, GitHub, Inc.

During my time on the Azure DevOps team, I became aware of Richards passion for Professional Scrum and his desire for us to build the tool in a way that Scrum Teams would love it. The essence of DevOps is to get a right blend of processes, tools, and people working seamlessly to deliver customer value. Combine that with Scrum and you have a winner. Richard does a great job of taking the theory of Scrum and converting it into specific sets of actions that everyone in a team (Product Owners, Developers, Testers, stakeholders, etc.) can follow. If you want to be an expert at Scrum while putting it into day-to-day practice using Azure DevOps, this is the book for you!

Ravi Shanker, Principal Group Program Manager and former Product Owner for Azure Test Plans

Richard successfully weaves three important concepts: Azure Devops, Scrum, and creating quality code. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in end-to-end solutioning within the Microsoft development environment.

Donis Marshall, Microsoft MVP, Professional Scrum Developer, President of Innovation in Software

Richard has been at the forefront of agile and Scrum since the beginning and was the first ALM/DevOps MVP. The book shows his vast knowledge and understanding of Professional Scrum and Azure DevOps. Its a must-have for teams to continue on their improvement journey.

Philip Japikse, CTO Pintas & Mullins, Microsoft MVP, Professional Scrum Trainer

Scrum is simpleor it seems that way until you actually try to implement it. The great thing about Richards book is that it gives readers practical implementation advice to translate the simple words in the Scrum Guide into valuable actions by their teams.

Steve Porter, Scrum.org Professional Series Manager, Professional Scrum Trainer

Azure DevOps is a suite of tools and Scrum is a framework used to deliver a product in an iterative and incremental way. Both have a lot in common but are totally different beasts. Richard blends them together in a surprisingly delightful and easy-to-digest way that clearly explains how and where to apply both to help teams deliver better and more valuable software together.

Jesse Houwing, Lead Consultant at Xpirit, Professional Scrum Trainer, Microsoft MVP

If you are working with Azure DevOps, then this book should be required reading for everyone who touches that system. With 80 percent of all development teams using Scrum, this is the book to help you do Professional Scrum within Azure DevOps and improve the likelihood of success of your team.

Martin Hinshelwod, naked Agility, Professional Scrum Trainer, Azure DevOps MVP

Scrum is simple to understand but extremely hard to implement well. In his book Richard offers battle-hardened experience and practices with which mastering Scrum becomes achievable using Azure DevOps.

Ognjen Bajic, Professional Scrum Trainer, Azure DevOps MVP

Richard draws on his expertise as a Professional Scrum Trainer and DevOps guru to write a fantastic book that describes the why and the how of doing Scrum with Azure DevOps. Clear and well written, this should be on your bookshelf if you are using Azure DevOps with Scrum.

Simon Reindl, Professional Scrum Trainer

Just by following Richards actionable recommendations, even first-time users will get a properly configured and productive implementation of Professional Scrum with Azure DevOps. Experienced practitioners will be able to confront their ways of work and experiences with real-world advice from the book.

Ana Roje Ivancic, Professional Scrum Trainer, Azure DevOps MVP

I use Azure DevOps every day. I did not realize how much I had to learn until I read Professional Scrum Development with Azure DevOps. It is filled with expert guidance for maximizing value for your team!

Cory Isakson, Microsoft Senior Consultant

If you have to read one book about Scrum, make it the one you are holding right now. This book teaches you everything you need to know about Professional Scrum Developmentclear and concise, without the fluff.

Martin Kulov, Microsoft DevOps MVP, Microsoft Regional Director