The Scrum Master’s Reading List
Facilitators Guide to Participatory Decision-Making – Sam Kaner, Lenny Linda, Catherine Toldi, Sarah Frisk & Duane Berger.
Fixing your Scrum – Practical Solutions To Common Scrum Problems – Ryan Ripley & Tod Miller.
Five Dysfunctions of a Team – A Leadership Fable – Patrick Lencioni
Gamestorming – A Playbook for Innovators, Rulebreakers and Changemakers in Audible Books & Originals – Dave Gray & Suni Brown.
Joy Inc. – How We Built Workplace People Love – Richard Sheridan.
Scrum Mastery – From Good To Great Servant-Leadership – Geoff Watts.
Seven Pillars Of Servant Leadership – James Sipe, Don Frick.
Switch- How To Change Things When Change Is Hard – Chip Heath & Dan Heath.
The 6 Enablers of Business Agility – How To Thrive in an Uncertain World – Karim Harbott
The Scrum Field Guide – Practical Advice For Your First Year – Mitch Lacey.
Thinking Fast and Slow – Daniel Kehnman
More on Scrum
Fourteen Observations of Good Scrum Practice – Carlton Nettleton.
Scaling Lean and Agile Development – Thinking and An Organizational Tools For Large-Scale Scrum – Craig Larman & Bas Vodde.
Scrum and XP from Trenches – Henrick Kniberg.
Scrum Pocket Guide – A Smart Travel Companion – Gunther Verheyen
Succeeding with Agile Using Scrum – Mike Cohn.
Kanban – Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business – David J Andersone
Practices for Scaling Lean and Agile Development: Large, Multisite and Offshore Product Development with Large-Scale Scrum – Craig Larman & Bas Vodde.
The Enterprise and Scrum – Ken Schwaber.
Scrum Master Skills and Tools
Collaboration Explained – Jean Tabaka.
Crucial Conversations -Tools For Talking When Stakes Are High – Audio Book – Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillian, Al Switzler.
Software for Your Head – Core Protocols for Creating and Maintaining Shared Vision – Jim McCarthy & Michelle McCarthy.
The Secrets of Consulting – A Guide to Giving and Getting Advice Successfully – Gerald Weinberg.
The Wisdom of Crowds – James Surowiecki.
Recommended For CSM and PMI-ACP
Agile Project Management with Scrum – Ken Schwaber.
Agile Retrospectives – Making Good Teams Great – Esther Derby & Diana Larsen.
Agile and Scrum
Agile Software Development with Scrum – Ken Schwaber & Mike Beedle.
Essential Scrum – A Practical Guide To The Most Popular Agile Process – Kenneth S. Rubin.
Fearless Change – Patterns For Introducing New Ideas – Linda Rising & Mary Lynn Manns.
Scrum – The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time – Jeff Southerland
Agile Coaching
Agile Coaching – Rachel Davies & Liz Sedley.
Agile Project Management for Dummies – Mark Layton
Coaching Agile Teams – A companion for Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches & Project Managers in Transition – Lyssa Adkins.
User Stories Applied – For Agile Software Development – Cohn Mike
User Story Mapping – Discover the Whole Story, Build the Right Product – Jeff Patton
Understanding People
How to Win Friends & Influence People – Dale Carnegie
Influence Science and Perspective – Robert Cialdini.
Never Split The Difference – Negotiate As If Your Life Depends On It– Chris Voss & Tahl Raz.
Mindset – The New Psychology of Success – Carol S. Dweck
Pre-Suasion – A Revolutionary Way To Influence And Persuade – Robert B. Cialdini.
Training from the Back of the Room- 65 Ways to Step Aside and Let Them Learn – Sharon L Bowman.
Your Brain At Work – Strategies For Overcoming Distractions, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long – David Rock.
Using Brain Science To Make Training Stick – Sharon L Bowman
Scrum, Product Management, and DevOps: Simplifying the jargon
The internet and social media are full of Agile, Scrum, Product Management, and DevOps jargon, including incorrect and misunderstood concepts. This could be problematic for a learner seeking knowledge. Without a course with Scrum Alliance, Scrum.org, or DevOps Institute, this knowledge is difficult to achieve.
Great list Shazia! I’m honored that my book, Joy, Inc. made your list especially alongside such other great books.
Thank you! I added few books that you recommended.