Musing
The Twelve Days of Scrum
In the spirit of the holiday season, the 3Back Scrum Singers presents to you, “The Twelve Days of Scrum.” Feel free to sing along.
Read More5 Scrum Stats That Will Make Management (And Your Team) Thankful
Scrum is doing it again; proving itself as an influential, effective, and expanding Agile[1] methodology. For this, we at 3Back continue to be thankful…
Read MoreThe One Thing Your Professional Development Might Be Missing
As Agility Instructors and Coaches, we find ourselves in many different learning situations. Each of these learning situations brings participants with varying needs and perceptions about their upcoming training. We frequently encounter participants who feel they have been “sent to training as punishment.” Understandably, their attitude in the classroom reflects these feelings.These participants are resentful of their “forced” attendance, and grumble through training closed off to the possibility of acquiring new skills, expanding their knowledge base, and improving their performance. A missed opportunity…
Read MoreThe Evolution of Scrum
The evolution of Scrum is a quintessentially Agile story; reflecting the ever-changing demands of our workforce realities. Beginning in 1985 with the first emergence of the term ‘Scrum,’ to today’s scalable implementation throughout distributed Teams, Scrum’s elegant framework has evolved to address the real-world needs of a complex Team environment.
Read MoreHappy Holidays from Our Team to Yours
We wish you a merry Planning
We wish you a merry Planning
We wish you a merry Planning
And a happy Review…
The Military Origins of Agility
The Military Origins of Agility – In honor of Memorial Day, we thought we’d pay tribute to our military by sharing with you another origin story; that of the origin of Agility within the US Military.
Read MoreSetting our Sights on 2016
All good Scrum practitioners know, you can’t end a year without thoughtfully entering into Retro-mode. At 3Back, we’re no different.
Read More‘Twas the Night Before Sprint Review
‘Twas the night before Sprint Review, and all through the pods
Not a Team Member was stirring, they’d finished their jobs.
A Thanksgiving Thank You
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, we at 3Back wanted to take this opportunity to thank all of you who push the boundaries of agile thinking and challenge us as Scrum practitioners to think differently, try harder and take risks in learning.
Read MoreThe New Year: Celebrating The Ultimate Retrospective and Sprint Goal
Welcoming in the New Year is the epitome of a Scrum-filled holiday experience. If we think of a calendar year as an incredibly long Sprint, then the departure of 2014 and the welcoming of 2015 is the ultimate Retrospective. And those resolutions you make? The ultimate Sprint Goal.
Read MoreThe Twelve Days of Scrum
The Twelve Days of Scrum
In the spirit of the holiday season, the 3Back Scrum Singers presents to you, “The Twelve Days of Scrum.” Feel free to sing along.
Read MoreA Very Scrummy Thanksgiving
For Thanksgiving Scrum, we thought we’d take a few moments to thank you for all you do for us, your loyal agile fans, throughout the year.
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