If you like the book, don't like it, or have other comments to make, they are welcome here. Regards, Joe

The webpage items at the end of the PDF don't seem to be linked to the website when viewed in PDF viewers. I don't use Adobe Acrobat, so they may work in that software.

Thanks. I will see if I can fix that.

From bobcorrick:
* page 7 first paragraph "This book starts..."
* page 17 third paragraph "... 100% allocated to one..."
By now I am surprised that the topic is still the rules of Scrum. Perhaps you could distil further?

Hi Bob,
Thanks for your comments. I think you are saying that pages 10-16 cover a bunch of things, and maybe could be distilled more. Those pages were added at the suggestion of others.

Let's see if others have your concern.

If you have specific suggestions on words or sentences or concepts that could be removed, please share those.

Thanks, Joe

Hi Joe.

Maybe it's not the book for me. I'm most interested in practical experience, suitably sanitized of course.

Specifically, for each "element" I'd love to hear a story or two, to show What worked surprisingly well for you and your clients. Or perhaps showing situations where a "rule" can be broken without doing any harm?

regards, Bob.

Hi Bob,
Sorry for the delay in answering. I appreciate your concerns. I wanted to keep the book short. In fact, each rule or practice could have many stories, and much commentary on when or when not to modify things. Or how to adapt. Not the place for this short book. But maybe later. In general, I would not break the rules until I had lots of experience. But you will anyway. Pay attention to what is being affected. Fix the most important things first. (possibly by going back to or starting the standard rules and practices). Good luck with your projects. Thanks, Joe

I should have said "we all do anyway..."

Aaron: The links now workk (I hope). Thanks, and sorry for the delay.

From Bob: Hi Joe, thank you for the feedback - much appreciated. I'm reading version 0.24 and I noticed so far:
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* Page 8: spelling "Jusy Enough"<br/>
* Page 14: first paragraph, last sentence could just say "many things to add" to avoid duplication?<br/>
I hope to mail more later if hotmail comes back online...

From Bob: as an overall comment, I wonder if you could add any advice to Testers? What "styles" of testing are there in Scrum and XP teams - I mean in addition to test-driven development - and how do they compare? Regards, Bob Corrick, Developer.

Bob: Typos!! Yikes. Thanks.
Testing: Ummm. That's a long discussion. I will discuss it on my blog soon. See if you what I say there is helpful. Then let's go from there. ....The problem is that there is so much to explain about agile and all its variations. And I am trying to keep this handbook short. There is so much it does not say. Regards, Joe