Posts Tagged ‘3Back white paper’
When A Team Graduates From Its Coach
When a Dev team, their Agile Coach, and Team Facilitator are working well together, it’s a great thing to see! The Agile Coach helps a number of teams to strengthen their use of Scrum, improve technical skills, and identify a team kaizen each Sprint. Each of these teams has a Facilitator whose role is to…
Read MoreWhat Football Teaches Us About Scrum Teams
Even if you think that a “Fair Catch” has something to do with a summer carnival fishing tournament and a “Flea Flicker” can be eradicated with a dog collar, there are two things that all football and non-football fans know: The crazy intensity of the championship football season is among us. And, the only football teams that prove themselves worthy of achieving this level of greatness are the ones that are the epitome of a Well-Formed Team.™
Read MoreWhy Agile Work Is Opportunity-Directed
One of my favorite Agile/Scrum discussion topics centers around the Agile Manifesto’s 10th principle, Simplicity–the art of maximizing the amount of work not done–is essential. Whether the discussion arises in a classroom training, a private coaching session, or a conference of Scrum Thought Leaders, the discussion surrounding ‘work not done’ is always a rich one. Many questions emerge, such as…
Read MoreThe Scrum Handbook: The Most Agile Version Of Scrum
Scrum is a beautiful concept. When it was first developed in the 1990s, we reveled in its elegance and simplicity. Software Product Development thrived within this clear framework of single-source requirements. And, in many scenarios, this version of Scrum still works like a well-oiled machine. Until it doesn’t.
Read MoreThe 6 Scrum Values Your Team Needs To Excel
With The Big Game around the corner this Sunday, ‘Team Talk’ is everywhere. Whether it’s sportscasters’ analysis of which football team will triumph on the gridiron or office water cooler debates over which defensive line is truly the best, what everyone is really talking about is Teams. As Scrum/Agile practitioners and tried and true football fans, we know two things for sure…
Read MoreThe Secret To Being A Perfect Team Captain And Not A Bad Boss
Every manager or leader wants to be a Perfect Team Captain. Every organization wants to have Perfect Team Captains in all their leadership and management positions. So why are so many managers and leaders Bad Bosses? Why do so many of them become overbearing, micromanaging, autocrats?
Read MoreLeadership And The Law Of Unintended Consequences
This is a big topic, but today I want to talk about just one small aspect: the unintended consequence of top-down control work environments. There is a persistent myth in the software business that runs something like this…
Read MoreAn Equation For Understanding ‘Done’
As work becomes more complex and involved, many Agile Teams frequently find themselves immersed in an interesting mix of projects where it is not obvious how to “Get to Done.”
Read MoreWhat Agile Professionalism Really Looks Like
We can probably all agree that professionalism is something we expect from someone who is doing a job or providing a service. We trust that if the job is worth the time to do then it is worth the time to do well.
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Read MoreScaling Scrum: Get 3Back’s Newest White Paper Now
Our newest white paper, Scaling, provides real-world knowledge on how to manage the challenge of successful scaling. The following is an excerpt from Scaling…
Read MoreScaling Scrum: The Infographic
Scaling Scrum Infographic – Many large organizations find it hard to deliver valuable results to their Stakeholders. Their size makes it difficult to adapt…
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