Sharing with everyone 4 mindmaps of key takeaways from “The Epic Guide to Agile”
Hi Everybody,

I made 4 mindmaps using the key takeaways from the book “The Epic Guide to Agile: More Business Value on a Predictable Schedule with Scrum”, and would love to share them with all of you.

Some of you may have read this book or heard about it. It was published in 2019 and it’s a modern guide on how to use Agile, specifically Scrum, in the most effective way. After reading this book I loved it so much that I decided to make a mindmap to help myself understand and internalize the key information better. There are 4 parts and 30 chapters in the book and the author Dave Todaro provided some key takeaways at the end of each chapter. I ended up making a huge mindmap with all that information so I broke it down into 4 smaller mindmaps, each containing the key takeaways from one part of the book.

Here is the book’s Table of Contents (my mindmaps are structured in the same way):

Part 1 (Mindmap 1): Understanding Scrum Fundamentals

Chapter 1 - Introduction to High-Performance Teamwork

Chapter 2 - Scrum's 10 Guideposts

Chapter 3 - The Product Backlog

Chapter 4 - User Stories

Chapter 5 - The Sprint

Chapter 6 - Scrum Ceremonies

Chapter 7 - Scrum Roles

Chapter 8 - The Sprint Backlog

Chapter 9 - The Product

Part 2 (Mindmap 2): Understanding Agile Software Construction

Chapter 10 - Introduction to Agile Software Construction

Chapter 11 - Creating a Shippable Increment Requires Team Test Environment

Chapter 12 - Managing Source Code Properly Avoids Pain When "Life Happens"

Chapter 13 - Automated Unit Testing: The Foundation of Code Quality

Chapter 14 - Acceptance Testing: Making Sure Everything Works Together

Chapter 15 - Agile Architecture and Technical Design

Part 3 (Mindmap 3): Laying the Groundwork

Chapter 16 - Here Be Dragons: Preparing for the Challenges You'll Face

Chapter 17 - Forming Your Pilot Scrum Team

Chapter 18 - Your Team's Path to Excellence

Chapter 19 - Creating the Initial Product Backlog

Chapter 20 - Estimating the Size of the Product Backlog

Chapter 21 - Creating an Initial Schedule Projection

Chapter 22 - Splitting User Stories for Increased Momentum

Chapter 23 - Final Preparations Before Your First Sprint

Part 4 (Mindmap 4): Building the Product

Chapter 24 - Determining Sprint Logistics

Chapter 25 - Planning the Sprint

Chapter 26 - Orchestrating the Daily Work of the Sprint

Chapter 27 - A "Zero-Defects" Approach to Dealing with Bugs

Chapter 28 - Providing Transparency and Getting Feedback with the Sprint Review

Chapter 29 - Driving Continuous Improvement with the Sprint Retrospective

Chapter 30 - Confidently Releasing Your Product into Production

In this Dropbox folder you will find the 4 mindmaps (in PNG image format).

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jxzxbnb0em8h1x5/AAC-2U2D-bLBnqIv42gx9ztra?dl=0

I also included in the folder the original XMind files that I created (XMind is a desktop and mobile app for mind mapping). This way you will be able to edit the 4 mindmaps to suit your own learning. To be able to do that, I included the XMind desktop app installers for both macOS and Windows in the Dropbox folder as well.

Mind mapping helped me tremendously in absorbing the key information from the book, and I'm happy to share these mindmaps with you guys. Hope you find some value from them.

Finally, if anyone is hiring, I'm currently seeking a remote Scrum Master, QA Tester or Customer Support Representative job..

My LinkedIn profile is at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/qing-wang-sync/

Thank you so much everyone for taking the time out of your busy schedule to read this and/or check out my mindmaps, and please stay safe and healthy during these challenging times..

Gratefully yours,
Qing