Scrum and XP Books for Getting Started

For any programmer who wants to learn the particulars of Scrum (short of attending a Scrum training seminar, that is), if you are already somewhat familiar with agile practices like XP, then probably the best place to start is with Ken Schwaber’s second book, Agile Project Management with Scrum.
Schwaber’s first book, Agile Software Development with [...]

What is Extreme Programming (XP)?

The other day, I was asked for the “elevator pitch” on XP, so I dug out this description from an old posting on another of my sites.
It’s taking best practices to the extreme…

Long iterations become short iterations with early experience
Long, irregular meetings become frequent stand up meetings
Back-end testing becomes unit testing
Specification artifacts become stories and [...]