The book sort of petered out at the end once the sprint has finished. With that in mind, it makes a good book to use as a reference after you’ve read it rather than simply extracting one or two bits of helpful information. This is certainly more of a process-driven book with step by step how to’s. I’d like to distill what I’ve learned from this book to carry out some solo sprints to see what results from them. I have also been playing around with the idea of solo sprints which are technically possible. We do follow the agile/sprint methodology where I work, but it seems as though there are some aspects where we may be lacking so that would be good to address. I am encouraged to try and apply this methodology to my “day job” to see if we can produce better outputs. Everything was spelled out clearly and the use of real-life examples and anecdotes made me understand and remember the concepts much better. This book may not be as useful for someone like a knowledge worker/content creator but if this idea does sound appealing to you this is the best book to explain the concept of a sprint and how to run one.Īlthough I was familiar with the concept of a sprint before reading this book, I really feel as though I’ve learned a lot about sprints from reading this book.

You may already be familiar with the term Agile and Sprint but this book does an excellent job of outlining the whole process and it includes useful checklists to help you during your own sprints.

I would highly recommend this book to anyone in the field of software development and web development. Reading this book provided me with a clearer understanding of the sprint process and a renewed motivation to run sprints more successfully in the future. In the world of agile software development, many people may be familiar with the concept of sprints but may not understand them fully.Īs someone in this position, I knew about sprints but wanted to learn much more about the intricacies of them and how to fully run one from start to finish. Running a sprint is an excellent way to test out a solution to a problem without sinking lots of time and money into it.

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