Derek W. Wade is a Partner and Senior Consultant at 3Back LLC, a CSM/CSP (Certified ScrumMaster / Certified Scrum Practitioner), and Agile team coach. He has over 13 years experience across all roles of the software lifecycle in several industries including Aerospace, Distribution, Internet Commerce, Digital Mapping, and most recently Loan Financing, and Employment Testing.

One of Derek’s distinctions is his focus on bridging gaps between developers and business users, and his current focus is the "hard problems" of the psycho-social aspects of team product development in corporate cultures.  He has led discussions on software testing and transitioning to Agile, and is currently focused on tools and behaviors which improve agile development for non-collocated teams.

Derek's Upcoming Events:

January 30 -- Agile Distributed Teams: Results With Long-Distance Team Members -- San Jose CA

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Recent Articles by Derek

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.