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”. 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 12-13 May 2008 El Segundo
Scrum Bookends 14 May 2008 El Segundo
Buidling Agile Distributed Teams 21-22 May 2008 Chicago
Certified ScrumMaster 16-17 Jun 2008 Chicago
Authenticity in Leadership 18 Jun 2008 Elk Grove (Chicago Land)
Certified ScrumMaster 25-26 Jun 2008 St. Paul
Authenticity in Leadership 27 Jun 2008 St. Paul
Certified ScrumMaster 16-17 Jul 2008 Bloomington
Scrum Bookends 18 Jul 2008 Bloomington
Buidling Agile Distributed Teams 29-30 Jul 2008 Elk Grove (Chicago Area)

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.
Contracts for Implementing Scrum 22 May 06
The essential promises required for Scrum to succeed in an organization.

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