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The Path to Better Leadership

By Tommi Johnstone On June 6, 2013 · Add Comment · In Leadership, Musing
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It’s hard to be a good leader, let alone a great one. Whether you’re a servant-leader (a.k.a. ScrumMaster) or the single wringable neck (a.k.a. Product Owner), you know what I’m talking about. Leadership is hard work! It’s like bushwhacking your way through a messy jungle. On one side of what could only [...]

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Teams Perform with Agreement-Based Planning

By Doug Shimp On May 31, 2013 · Add Comment · In Planning
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Scrum teams perform best when they take the work. This is why Scrum uses a pull mechanism, facilitated by Agreement-Based Planning, instead of push when doing the work. In other words, work is pulled through the pipeline by people rather than pushed through the pipeline by process. To help teams pull work through, the mechanism [...]

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Scrum Gathering Las Vegas

By Tommi Johnstone On May 24, 2013 · 1 Comment · In News
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Recently, I had the good fortune of representing 3Back at the Global Scrum Gathering in Las Vegas. The theme: Up the Ante. And the Scrum Alliance did just that. Scrum Gathering Las Vegas reset the bar, not only for agile conferences, but for collaboration as well.

If you’re not familiar [...]

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Agile Management, Myth or Reality?

By Tommi Johnstone On May 21, 2013 · 1 Comment · In Musing, News
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Despite over a decade of focus on agile practices for software development teams, the truth is that agile is not just for developers. If you’ve been hanging out in the agile world for a significant period of time, you probably already know this to be true. Agile is not just for developers and it never was. But [...]

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Understanding Epic Terminology in Scrum

By The 3Back Team On February 26, 2013 · 1 Comment · In Scrum Terms
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Epic Another major topic for discussion here is the Epic, which many think is just a “large story.” However, I like to define epic as an item that can’t be committed to by the team. This could be for a variety of reasons, most of which are captured in the acronym [...]
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WIP, Scrum and Kanban

By The 3Back Team On February 11, 2013 · Add Comment · In Development
I've really been ignoring the paperwork lately

Work in Progress (WIP)   In kanban, the Stories that the Team is currently working on. (see Front Burner)  Kanban, is simple work item flow for teams. The word kanban is a Japanese word that comes from Toyota and translates as card. Kanban was used by Toyota manufacturing to limit inventory in production. The [...]

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What Makes Good Stakeholders in Scrum

By The 3Back Team On February 8, 2013 · Add Comment · In Agile Pathways, Development
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Stakeholders are the reason we develop Product in the first place. Stakeholders are those people that have needs, wants, and desires (desirements). As a Scrum Team we are trying to identify work that satisfies our stakeholders. Stakeholders often (maybe never) seem to really know what they want [...]

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We Have Added the Scrum Study Guide to our CSM

By The 3Back Team On January 24, 2013 · 1 Comment · In Scrum Questions
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We have added the Scrum Study Guide to our CSM courses to help students pass the exam.

We have found that the Scrum Study Guide helps students who are struggling with the exam / test pass much more easily and [...]

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Layering Agility and Technical Debt Seminars at Directions 2012 Conference

By The 3Back Team On October 30, 2012 · Add Comment · In News
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We just completed a couple of talks at the Directions 2012 conference in Phoenix, AZ. Both of these topics are described in more depth in our book on Exploring Scrum: The Fundamentals

Agility, Scrum and Technical Debt

During this session we will explore [...]

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Changes for the Certified ScrumMaster Examination Process from the Scrum Alliance

By Doug Shimp On September 23, 2012 · 1 Comment · In Agile Pathways, News, Scrum Questions
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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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