Scrum

Many people seem to "know" Scrum and some even misunderstand it, but few people actually know the core concepts of the framework. This book is a great introduction into these topics. It's probably a good start if people at your company are starting talking about Scrum and Agile, not if your company has already implemented such a framework. However don't expect an unbiased view of Scrum and "waterfall" development, as it's written by the creator himself.

he may be the daddy of scrum but this book has nothing to do with it;
it is a self-help book I couldn't force myself to finish;
comparing scrum to tango - this is the level you have to expect in this brochure;
not recommended for PMs and tech people, only if you lack self-esteem or you need something to cheer your up.

I always wanna clean my hands after books like this one - there is something dirty in writing books like this - shallow, narrow-minded, about everything and nothing at the same time, far from reality and operating with abstract constructs. These constructs are so generic that you can take a random process fo the universe - this metaphor would be able to describe it.

That's bad, guys.
Avoid it by all means

I’ve worked with a Kanban team for four years. I’ve recently come into a company that also uses a Kansan approach. I’ve come to suspect that a least one of the teams I work with could benefit from a more Scrum-like approach. So I thought I’d brush up on the basics. Who better, then, than Jeff Sutherland, inventor of Scrum to help with that.

This is, not surprisingly, one of the best introductions to Scrum I’ve read. It’s aimed at a general audience, rather than a technical one.

It’s a reasonably easy read. Sutherland tells the story of how and why he came up with Scrum. I love that he goes into the problems that he was trying to solve with each of the major features of Scrum. The stories are not only informative, but entertaining.

There is a bit of bluster to this book. Like many business books, this one claims to have the answer to all of your woes. That is not the case, but this book is still a good read.

This isn’t the only book, I’d read on Agile. Stellman and Greene’s Learning Agile gives a good overview. The Poppendieck’s Lean Software Development proposes a slightly different process that is also derived from the Toyota Production System. And The Machine That Changed the World covers the Toyota Production System and why it was so transformative.

Nevertheless, if you want an easy-to-read, but in depth introduction to Scrum, this is the book for you.

Perfect for audiobook reading, IMHO. I was all about ~70% of it. Definitely a great way to think about work in today's environment. Definitely encourages humans to reach, learn, and be humble, which can increase happiness. Skeptical about application across schools, govt and do-gooding as a single solution. Also, military/war stories don't land well for me.
Worth your listen.

Disclaimer: My 5 star review is not influenced by the "Bandwagon" effect