The Dream Team Nightmare: Boost Team Productivity Using Agile Techniques (Paperback)

This first-ever interactive Agile Adventure is the gripping tale of an experienced team struggling with agile adoption. In this unique mashup of a business novel written in the gamebook format, you'll overcome common yet daunting challenges that come from using agile methods. As Jim, the agile coach, you'll learn to apply a range of thinking tools and techniques to real-life problems faced by teams and organizations. Find out what really works and what fails miserably from the consequences of your choices. And, unlike in the real world, if at first you don't succeed, you can make different choices until you get things right.

Management is ready to disband your new agile team and outsource your project. Can you save The Dream Team?

The Dream Team started their journey 18 months ago. Since then, life has become a nightmare. Progress has ground to a halt. Morale is low. Quality has become taboo. You have five days to figure out how to get the team back on track. There will be conflict and maybe tears. One thing is for sure: there will be plenty of tough decisions to make.

Inspired by a classic gamebook series, this fun and interactive story has eight different endings designed to enrich and put your agile development knowledge and experience to the test. Packed with familiar scenarios an agile team faces every day, The Dream Team Nightmare offers you the chance to see what would happen if you could do things differently so you can change the way you do things for real with confidence.

Combining practical team-building exercises with effective facilitation and Systems Thinking, by the end of the book you'll be ready to rescue projects in trouble, and get new projects off to a better start.

這是第一本互動式敏捷冒險書，講述了一個經驗豐富的團隊在敏捷採用過程中所面臨的困難。這本以遊戲書形式寫成的商業小說獨特結合，你將克服使用敏捷方法所帶來的常見但令人畏懼的挑戰。作為敏捷教練Jim，你將學習應用各種思考工具和技巧來解決團隊和組織所面臨的現實問題。從你的選擇所帶來的後果中，找出真正有效的方法和慘不忍睹的失敗。而且，與現實世界不同的是，如果一開始沒有成功，你可以做出不同的選擇，直到做對為止。

管理層準備解散你的新敏捷團隊並外包你的項目。你能拯救夢幻團隊嗎？

夢幻團隊在18個月前開始了他們的旅程。從那時起，生活變成了一場噩夢。進展停滯不前。士氣低落。品質成為禁忌。你有五天的時間找出如何讓團隊重新上軌道。這將會有衝突，也許會有淚水。有一件事是確定的：你將需要做出許多艱難的決定。

受經典遊戲書系列的啟發，這個有趣且互動的故事有八種不同的結局，旨在豐富並考驗你的敏捷開發知識和經驗。《夢幻團隊的噩夢》充滿了敏捷團隊每天面臨的熟悉情境，讓你有機會看看如果你能以不同的方式做事情會發生什麼，這樣你就可以充滿信心地改變你真正做事情的方式。

通過結合實用的團隊建設練習和有效的引導和系統思考，閱讀完這本書後，你將準備好挽救陷入困境的項目，並使新項目有一個更好的開始。