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.
2 responses to “Scrum Master Books”
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.