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
Matuirty Model - A 2014 blog post by Martin Fowler
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
Courses and Learning Paths (Free)
Scrum Master Learning Path - Free online Learning Path for Scrum Masters by Scrum.org
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
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
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
Videos
Agile Product Ownership in a Nutshell (15 mins YouTube video) by Henrik Kniberg
VIDEO
MindSpring Presents: "Greatness" by David Marquet (9 mins YouTube video)
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
VIDEO
Scrum: How to do twice as much in half the time, Jeff Sutherland, TEDxAix (15 mins YouTube video)
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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
Scrum PLOP - The Home of the Scrum Pattern Community
Whitepapers
Agile Coaching Competencies Whitepaper , by Lyssa Adkins and Michael Spayd
Scaling Agile @ Spotify - The original 2012 paper by Henrik Kniberg and Anders Ivarsson
The Scrum Papers , by Jeff Sutherland
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