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Product Owner Required Reading

For the Agile Product OwnerTraining delivered by Berteig Consulting,the following short list of online resources must be read before the start of the class. These materials are designed to give you an overview of Agile and Scrum concepts so that you are prepared with some understanding and questions.

Scrum Primer [pdf]
By Pete Deemer and Gabrielle Benefield

There are many concise descriptions of Scrum available online, and this primer aims to provide the next level of detail on the practices.

Want Better Software? 7 Things Customers can Do [pdf]
by Mike Cohn

These rules don't require any special skills, training, or domain knowledge: Work as part of the project team, Prioritize/re-prioritize the work, Tell us user stories, Give us a clear, elevating goal, Set high expectations, and Offer support & recognition.

Right Game, Wrong Team [pdf]
by Joshua Kerievsky and III

Are your developers running an Extreme Programming offense against their own executives? Test-driven management can align programmers, customers and managers in the right direction.

Scrum and XP From the Trenches [pdf]
by Henrik Kniberg

This small book aims to give you a head start by providing a detailed down-to-earth account of how one Swedish company implemented Scrum and XP with a team of approximately 40 people and how they continuously improved their process over a year's time.


Additional Reading is available in the Practitioner Reading List