Scrum Alliance -Profile: Douglas E. Shimp

Douglas E. Shimp has 17 years of experience in the technology field and has played key roles in software development (developer, QA, Analyst, Manager, Leader, Coach and Consultant etc). Doug whose passion is about teams and applied learning for real product development is establishing himself as a leader in this area. He believes that the core bases for applied agile is that “You must see the result for it to be real; otherwise it is all just theory to the individual”.

"Applied Scrum, where the rubber meets the road."

Currently, Doug is managing partner with 3Back, a consulting business that focuses on making teams better at applied agile product development. 3back’s focus has broadened considerably in the last couple of years as Doug has been getting requests outside of classic software development to apply agile to things like architecture firms, marketing houses and auto auctions. Through his experiences, he has seen that the lessons from software product development are very applicable to other areas. Doug has found that software product development provides a rapid evolutionary proving ground for selecting practices “that are working” from those “that are not”. His passion focuses on an Applied Scrum and Agile Training approach for indivduals, teams and organizations.

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Upcoming Courses by Douglas

Course Title	Date Range	City
Certified ScrumMaster	7-8 Jul 2009	Miami Beach
Certified Scrum Product Owner	9-10 Jul 2009	Miami
Certified Scrum Product Owner	13-14 Jul 2009	Minneapolis
Certified ScrumMaster	16-17 Jul 2009	Bellevue
Certified Scrum Product Owner	18-19 Jul 2009	Bellevue
Certified ScrumMaster	20-21 Jul 2009	El Segundo
Certified ScrumMaster	30-31 Jul 2009	Toronoto
Certified Scrum Product Owner	1-2 Aug 2009	Toronto
Certified ScrumMaster	8-9 Aug 2009	Honolulu
Certified ScrumMaster	12-13 Aug 2009	Madison
Certified ScrumMaster	17-18 Aug 2009	St. Louis
Certified ScrumMaster	19-20 Aug 2009	Des Moines
Certified ScrumMaster	22-23 Aug 2009	Chicago
Agile Architecture and Development	9-10 Sep 2009	Santa Clara
Certified ScrumMaster	15-16 Sep 2009	Kansas City
Certified ScrumMaster	21-22 Sep 2009	Minneapolis
Certified Scrum Product Owner - Seattle	24-25 Sep 2009	Bellevue
Certified ScrumMaster	28-29 Sep 2009	San Mateo
Certified ScrumMaster	5-6 Oct 2009	Orlando
Certified ScrumMaster Ottawa	8-9 Oct 2009	Ottawa
Certified Scrum Product Owner	14-15 Oct 2009	Minneapolis
Certified ScrumMaster	27-28 Oct 2009	Chicago
Certified ScrumMaster	27-28 Oct 2009	Chicago
Certified ScrumMaster	11-12 Nov 2009	Minneapolis
Certified ScrumMaster	1-2 Dec 2009	St. Louis

Recent Articles by Douglas

Well-Formed Teams: Innovation Engines of Extraordinary Value 04 Apr 08: Well-formed teams don't just happened. They are created and nurtured through specific practices and ideals, both agile and traditional. Find out what a well-formed team looks like and how to move your team in that direction.
Product Development Reading List 24 Jun 07: Check out this reading list, designed to help those “in the trenches” with product development and the social aspects of building great product development teams.
The Metaphors of Scrum 13 Apr 07: One of the success factors of Scrum as an agile product development framework has been its powerful language. However, as with all models we create to help us understand, we need guides on how to use the tools. We will be pointing out the boundaries where the Scrum language can become confusing—and, in so doing, hopefully make adoption and application easier.

Resources by Douglas

Contract among members of a scrum team: In the weekly article published 5-22-06, Dan Rawsthorne and Douglas Shimp of Net Objectives offered this contract as a way to formalize the promises necessary for a successful Scrum project.
Contract between an organization and a scrum team

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Douglas E. Shimp