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Scrum Mastery: A Practical Desk Guide: Driving Agile Success in Complex Organizations

Scrum has become one of the most widely adopted frameworks for Agile delivery—yet research shows that most organizations struggle to sustain its benefits. The 15th State of Agile Report (2021) found that while 94% of companies report using Agile, only 6% consider their adoption “highly successful.” More recently, McKinsey (2023) confirmed that fewer than one in three agile transformations achieve their goals. The problem isn’t Scrum itself—it’s how organizations adopt and sustain it. Too often, adoption is treated as a linear rollout: train the teams, launch the ceremonies, scale the model. Without a mechanism for renewal, organizations inevitably slide back into old command-and-control habits.

Scrum Mastery: A Practical Desk Guide is designed to close this gap. Drawing on two decades of management consulting experience across the U.S. and Canada, Kenneth Amoah, MBA (Case Western Reserve University), Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, and Certified Scrum Master, offers a best-in-class, evidence-based playbook for Scrum Masters, CEOs, business owners, and leaders determined to achieve enduring agility.

Inside, you’ll discover how to:
Diagnose why Scrum implementations fail and prevent regression into outdated practices.
Move from “doing Agile” to being agile by aligning organizational, operational, financial, and leadership systems.

Embed the Ken Amoah Agility Flywheel™, a groundbreaking framework rooted in Scrum’s three pillars—Transparency, Inspection, and Adaptation—that transforms adoption from a one-time event into a self-reinforcing loop of Delivery, Learning, Culture, Innovation, and Renewal.

Apply the Voice of the Engineer™ (VoE) Assessment, a first-of-its-kind tool that makes engineering well-being, workload sustainability, velocity accuracy, and safe reporting into governance-grade requirements.

Prevent transformation fatigue by celebrating small wins, measuring momentum, and reinforcing the weakest link in your Flywheel.

This guide is more than a manual—it is a strategic resource for leaders who want agility to become part of their organizational DNA. With practical checklists, self-assessments, and new frameworks, it bridges the gap between Scrum theory and real-world execution.

Whether you’re a seasoned consultant, a new Scrum Master, or a CEO seeking organizational transformation, this book will challenge your assumptions, expand your perspective, and give you the confidence to lead with clarity, embed agility, and deliver results that last.