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Changes for the Certified ScrumMaster Examination Process from the Scrum Alliance

By liz.weatherhead On January 23, 2012 · Add Comment · In News
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Scrum Alliance CSM Examination is changing... In the past, the Certified ScrumMaster examination process has been relatively simple. If you answer all the questions, you are awarded the certification. You could answer every question incorrectly and still pass. That is about to change in April, 2012.
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Agile vs. Waterfall: A Tale of Two Teams

By liz.weatherhead On January 23, 2012 · Add Comment · In Agile Pathways
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Agile vs Waterfall Video Reactions: Kate and Rusty have the same goals: to build a great product for their client. Their approaches, outcomes, and results are very different. Neither is right nor wrong. BUT I sure know which team I would appreciate.
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Break the Habit

On October 31, 2011 By liz.weatherhead
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Want to ditch your Retrospective?  

Are Product Demos painful and shallow on the feedback?

This is what we hear from our Scrum teams over and over.  The Scrum framework is simple and elegant, but implementation can be complex.

Communication and [...]
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Agreement

On September 22, 2011 By The 3Back Team
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An Agreement between the Product Owner and the rest of the Team that defines when a Story will be complete. The Agreement consists of the Acceptance Criteria, the Doneness Definition, and possibly additional General Agreements. This notion can be extended to Capabilities, Read Full Article →

Agility

On September 20, 2011 By The 3Back Team
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Agility: The act of basing actions on current reality, as opposed to ...
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Pathways to Scrum Team Mastery

On August 31, 2011 By liz.weatherhead
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If you could have four great tools in your pocket to nurture your Scrum team to their highest output, what would you need?  You would need to see the product, the challenge, and the way to solve it from the point of view of each team member.  Let’s talk about the four perspectives.

Through the [...]

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One Scrum Team. Four Languages.

On August 24, 2011 By liz.weatherhead
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Does it ever appear that your Scrum team members can express the same thought in  four different ways?

“Let’s knock this product out of the park!” “If we can reach consensus, we can move to the next level.” “The SOP will tell us what to do next.” “To be efficient, we must eliminate the fluff [...]
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Actionable Story

On August 24, 2011 By The 3Back Team
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An actionable story that is small, well- and ready to take to planning is an output of analysis. ... more
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Acceptance Criteria or Acceptance Tests

On August 23, 2011 By The 3Back Team
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Acceptance Criteria or Acceptance Tests form the base definition for a story and..
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Scrum Meetings: Painful or Successful?

On August 15, 2011 By liz.weatherhead
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You have a meeting at 3:00.  Are you looking forward with dread or anticipation?

Scrum meetings are a frequent and essential occurrence as we move through the Scrum framework.  As a team member, a Product Owner, or a ScrumMaster, we have an obligation to facilitate meetings that [...]

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