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- Juan Banda
- I´m a Project Manager and PMI-ACP with 12 years of experience in management and lately managing outsourcing software projects for US based companies. I´m also an ex Fulbright grantee and I have a master's degree in Management Information Systems from the University of Illinois at Chicago. I have these certifications from the Scrum Alliance: CSM, CSPO, CSD and CSP, and I´m also a member of the Agile Alliance. I´m a well seasoned martial artist with background in Judo, Jiu-jitsu and lately Aikido.
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- Agile Estimation and Planning: Demystifying the Black Art
- Key Metrics for Measuring Sprint Status
- What the Product Owner Does During the Sprint?
- What the Product Owner Does During the Sprint?
- Applying Queueing Theory to Sprints
- When the Product Owner Has to Say No
- Definition of Done and the Quest for the Potentially Shippable Product
- Metrics and Process Improvement
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Book list: Agile and Scrum framework and principles
- Agile Software Development with Scrum (Series in Agile Software Development) by Ken Schwaber and Mike Beedle (Paperback - Oct 21, 2001)
- Becoming Agile:...in an Imperfect World by Greg Smith and Ahmed Sidky (Paperback - Jun 15, 2009)
- The Enterprise and Scrum by Ken Schwaber (Paperback - Jun 13, 2007)
- Agile Software Development: The Cooperative Game (2nd Edition) (Agile Software Development Series) by Alistair Cockburn
- Agile Project Management with Scrum (Microsoft Professional) by Ken Schwaber (Paperback - Mar 10, 2004)
- Organizational Patterns of Agile Software Development by James O. Coplien and Neil B. Harrison (Paperback - Jul 26, 2004)
Book List: eXtremme Programming
- Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship by Robert C. Martin (Aug 11, 2008)
- The Art of Agile Development by James Shore (Nov 2, 2007)
- Extreme Programming Adventures in C# by Ron Jeffries (Mar 3, 2004)
- Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change (2nd Edition) by Kent Beck and Cynthia Andres (Nov 26, 2004)
- Test Driven Development: By Example by Kent Beck (Nov 18, 2002)
Book List: Lean Software Development
- Lean-Agile Software Development: Achieving Enterprise Agility by Alan Shalloway, Guy Beaver and James R. Trott (Nov 1, 2009)
- Scaling Lean & Agile Development: Thinking and Organizational Tools for Large-Scale Scrum (Agile Software Development Series) by Craig Larman and Bas Vodde (Paperback - Dec 18, 2008)
- Practices for Scaling Lean & Agile Development: Large, Multisite, and Offshore Product Development with Large-Scale Scrum by Craig Larman and Bas Vodde (Paperback - Dec 28, 2009)
- Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit (Agile Software Development Series) by Mary Poppendieck and Tom Poppendieck (Paperback - May 18, 2003)
- Implementing Lean Software Development: From Concept to Cash (Addison-Wesley Signature Series) by Mary Poppendieck and Tom Poppendieck (Paperback - Sep 17, 2006)
Book list: Teamwork
- Corps Business: The 30 Management Principles of the U.S. Marines by David H. Freedman (Paperback - April 24, 2001)
- Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams (Second Edition) by Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister (Paperback - Feb 1, 1999)
Book list: Continuous Improvement
- Training From the Back of the Room!: 65 Ways to Step Aside and Let Them Learn by Sharon L. Bowman (December 22, 2008)
- Coaching Agile Teams: A Companion for ScrumMasters, Agile Coaches, and Project Managers in Transition by Lyssa Adkins (May 28, 2010)
- Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great by Esther Derby, Diana Larsen, and Ken Schwaber (Paperback - Jul 26, 2006)
- Collaboration Explained: Facilitation Skills for Software Project Leaders (Agile Software Development Series)
- Project Retrospectives: A Handbook for Team Reviews by Norman L. Kerth (Paperback - Feb 2001)
Book list: Requirements and planning
- User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development (Addison-Wesley Signature Series) by Mike Cohn (Paperback - Mar 11, 2004)
- Agile Estimating and Planning (Robert C. Martin Series) by Mike Cohn (Paperback - Nov 11, 2005)
Book list: Agile Project Management
- Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products (2nd Edition) by James A. Highsmith (Jul 20, 2009)
- The Software Project Manager's Bridge to Agility (Agile Software Development Series) by Michele Sliger and Stacia Broderick (Paperback - May 29, 2008)
- Agile and Iterative Development: A Manager's Guide (Agile Software Development Series) by Craig Larman (Paperback - Aug 21, 2003)
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