All about technology
Scrum literature can be a bit abstract because it is a framework that has to be adapted for your situation. But sometimes all you need to read is how someone actually did it. InfoQ has published a book by Henrik Kniberg here. I havn’t read all of it yet, but so far it seems worth the read.
Oracle has released version 1.2 of SQL Developer. When working with Oracle it’s a really good (and free) alternative to TOAD, especially for someone that’s mainly a Java guy like me. I know my way around relational databases, but when it comes to hardcore stuff I leave it to someone else. 🙂 It does have integrated debugging and plan analysis though, so it should suffice for someone doing a bit of stuff in Oracle.
TSS has an article on important stuff when doing offshoring here. It is probably incredibly hard, hell it’s hard even when not doing offshoring. 😉 Most of the principles he mentions is good advice when running an agile project without offshoring too.