My Favourite Agile Resources

Below is a curated list of free tools, books, videos, whitepapers, etc, which I have found interesting or useful as an Agile Coach. This list will be continually updated.

Articles

  • The Agile Coaches' Coach Shares Her View on SAFe - Lyssa Adkins' 2014 article on SAFe
  • Failed #SquadGoals - An insider's critique of the Spotify model
  • A Leader's Framework for Decision Making - 2007 Harvard Business Review article by David Snowden and Mary Boone, oulining the Cynefin Model
  • Spotify Squad Health Check Model - A 2014 article by Henrik Kniberg & Kristian Lindwall
  • Maturity Model - A 2014 blog post by Martin Fowler
  • Why Software is Eating the World - Marc Andreessen's 2011 WSJ article
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    Books (Free)

  • The Agile Fluency Model - A short eBook outling the Agile Fluency Model by Diane Larsen and James Shore
  • Kanban and Scrum - Making the Most of Both
    • by Henrik Kniberg and Mattias Skarin
  • Scrum and XP from the Trenches, 2nd edition
    • by Henrik Kniberg

    Cheatsheets and Graphics

  • Scrum Framework at a Glance - One page graphic outlining Scrum by Scrum Alliance
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    Courses and Learning Paths (Free)

  • Scrum Master Learning Path - Free online Learning Path for Scrum Masters by Scrum.org
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    Guides

  • Kanban Guide for Scrum Teams - Scrum.orgs' guide to using Kanban with Scrum
  • Kanban University Guide - Kanban University's Official Guide to Kanban
  • Scrum Guide current version - The 2020 Scrum Guide
  • Scrum Guide past versions - An archive of previous Scrum Guides
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    Reports

  • State of Agile Report - Annual report regarding the current state of the Agile Industry

    • Tools, models, canvases, etc

  • Agie Coach Compentency Framework - A framework for understanding the competencies of an Agile Coach
    • Agile Coach Competency Framework
  • Scrum Checklist - A simple tool to help access your current implentation of Scrum
  • Story Splitting Guide, by Richard Lawrence and Peter Green - A great reference for Splitting User Stories
  • Team Canvas - A canvas for running Team Charter workshops
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    Videos

  • Agile Product Ownership in a Nutshell (15 mins YouTube video) by Henrik Kniberg
  • MindSpring Presents: "Greatness" by David Marquet (9 mins YouTube video)
  • SAFe Explained in Five Minutes (5 mins YouTube video) - A very quick overview of SAFe 5.0 (Note: The current version of SAFe is 6.0, you can read about those updates here
  • Scrum: How to do twice as much in half the time, Jeff Sutherland, TEDxAix (15 mins YouTube video)
  • Scrum Essentials in Under 10 Minutes (10 mins YouTube video) by Scrum Alliance
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    Websites

  • Fun Retrospectives - This website contains a range of Retro Activities that you can facilitate for your teams
  • Liberating Structures - This website outlines 33 microstructures for facilitating meetings and conversations
    • Liberating Structures Menu
  • Scrum PLOP - The Home of the Scrum Pattern Community
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    Whitepapers

  • Agile Coaching Competencies Whitepaper, by Lyssa Adkins and Michael Spayd
  • Scaling Agile @ Spotify - The original 2012 paper by Henrik Kniberg and Anders Ivarsson
  • Scrum: A Brief History of a Long-Lived Hype, by Gunther Verheyen
  • The Scrum Papers, by Jeff Sutherland
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