Scrum Co-creator and Author
Jeff Sutherland is an American software developer and former US Air Force fighter pilot who co-created the Scrum framework and helped write the Agile Manifesto. He founded Scrum, Inc. and co-authored Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time, drawing on decades of experience across military, medical, and technology fields.
by Jeff Sutherland
Sutherland explains Scrum, short sprints, daily stand-ups, iterative delivery, as a way to get more done in less time. Embrace change and deliver working results, not rigid plans.
The books Jeff Sutherland references, cites, and recommends most frequently.
by Frederick Brooks
Brooks argues that adding more programmers to a late project makes it later - a principle now known as Brooks' Law. The deeper insight: software complexity grows faster than headcount, making communication the real bottleneck.
by Eric Ries
Ries argues most startups fail by building products nobody wants. The solution: treat your business as an experiment, measure validated learning, and pivot before you run out of cash.
Who Jeff draws from, and who draws from Jeff — aggregated across every book in this collection. Counts show the number of citation links, not the depth of each one.