Reawakening Retros: Good Habits Versus Bad Routines

“We had a few good Retrospectives, but they stopped working;” “I don’t know what the point of this is anymore;” “Maybe this Retro thing was a good idea once, but we need to try something else.” “Can we just finish this so we can get back to work?” These are the kinds of things we say when a repeating process like Team Retrospectives, that used to work or maybe seemed to work once, has stopped feeling useful.

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The Rise and Fall of Insurgent Scrum

Back in January, I identified three originators of an organization’s move to Scrum: a top-down initiative, a move from the middle outward, or a bottom-up approach called Organic Scrum. I laid out 3 organizational requirements for Organic Scrum to thrive. There is, however, another way in which Scrum can get started in an organization…

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Our 3 Medal-Winning Agile Infographics

Whether it’s in the workplace or on the track field, going for the gold is truly all about Agility.

In the spirit of the 2016 Summer Olympics, we present to you 3 of our favorite 3Back Infographics. Each Infographic is a winner on its own, valiantly earning Gold, Silver and Bronze medal status.

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7 Signs Your Team Needs an Outside Coach

As a Coach called into an organization to do something very specific, say, help get teams over the hump on continuous deployment or test-driven development or acceptance test-driven development or something like that, a conversation with the sponsor frequently goes something like this…

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