Best Links of the Week – Christmas 2009

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A bag full of Christmas links.

Grooming the Product Backlog – Laura Brandenburg talks about the role of requirements management through the Scrum Product Backlog.
Make the Product Backlog DEEP – more on good practices for maintaining the Product Backlog from Mike Cohn.
Why is Agile so Hard to Sell? – describes some of the issues growing Agile in the enterprise.
Is Scrum for Lazy Project Teams? – looks at the misconception that Scrum does not challenge teams to work their hardest.
When the Scrummaster Becomes the Impediment – different perspectives on how to solve the problem when the Scrummaster becomes a bottleneck.
A Day in the Life of a Scrum Team – a short 6-minute YouTube video of a Scrum Team in their native environment.
Agile Business Analysts – what is the role of the business analyst on an Agile team?
Building trust – five concrete things you can do to build trust on your teams.
Something in Agile Needs Fixing – Rob Bowley summarizes the Open Space discussion on the topic of “Agile isn’t solving our customers problems because they aren’t here.”

About the Author

My name is Carlton Nettleton and I am the President of Look Forward Consulting. I am an international speaker, trainer and author of the book, Fourteen Observations of Good Scrum Practice and my book has been translated into Spanish. My passion is to share my excitement, enthusiasm and encouragement with teams and organizations as they reach for higher levels of performance and engagement. My business is to help your business grow and flourish.