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How to Create a Product Backlog in 5 Easy Steps

The Scrum Guide doesn’t tell you how to create a Product Backlog. This article provides one technique to do just that in five easy steps

3 min readSep 13, 2021

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How to Create a Product Backlog in 5 Easy Steps

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Derek Davidson

The Powerful Connections between the Agile Manifesto and Scrum

In the 1990’s, Scrum was one of a number of light methodologies that informed the creation of the manifesto for agile software development…

4 min readNov 28, 2021

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The Powerful Connections between the Agile Manifesto and Scrum

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Derek Davidson

How to Empower Your Team in 3 Easy Steps

All teams have leaders. They’re re accountable, amongst other things, for their team’s effectiveness. Perhaps the best way to enable this…

4 min readOct 27, 2021

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How to Empower Your Team in 3 Easy Steps

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Derek Davidson

Unlock the Power in the Five Scrum Events

A Scrum Event is a meeting. So why don’t we just call it that? Why create a new word? Given the poor reputation that meetings have, maybe…

6 min readOct 18, 2021

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Unlock the Power in the Five Scrum Events

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Derek Davidson

The Surprising Reason for the Name Scrum Master

The term ‘Scrum Master‘ seems to have been around as long as Scrum. But has it? In this article I talk about where the term came from and…

2 min readOct 11, 2021

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The Surprising Reason for the Name Scrum Master

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Derek Davidson

Velocity. The Revolutionary Way to Measure in Scrum

Almost everybody has heard of Scrum and no sooner do we learn of its existence, we hear about ‘velocity’. But what is it and what part does…

4 min readOct 7, 2021

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Velocity. The Revolutionary Way to Measure in Scrum

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Derek Davidson

Scrum Master Training Can Unlock Your Potential

The majority of students that attend my Scrum Master training classes are looking for certain benefits. I thought I knew what they were…

3 min readSep 28, 2021

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Scrum Master Training Can Unlock Your Potential

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Derek Davidson

Multi-Tasking Makes You Stupid (But You’re Enjoying It)

I read somewhere that multitasking makes you stupid. So, I did some research to understand why. What I learned was both interesting and…

2 min readSep 26, 2021

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Multi-Tasking Makes You Stupid (But You’re Enjoying It)

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Derek Davidson

Your Scrum Career Can Take Off With This One Simple Tip

I’ve been fortunate enough to have enjoyed a great Scrum career and, as I look back over the past two decades plus, I note that there is…

2 min readSep 26, 2021

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Your Scrum Career Can Take Off With This One Simple Tip

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Derek Davidson

Scrum Master Tips — First Day in the Job

It’s hard to be a good Scrum Master. It’s even harder to be a great Scrum Master! So, what sort of things should you be doing to be great…

3 min readSep 7, 2021

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One of many potential Scrum Master tips — the Scrum Board Photo by İrfan Simsar on Unsplash

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Derek Davidson

Derek Davidson

Derek has spent decades learning Scrum and the art of teaching. He is the first Scrum Trainer in Europe certified as a CST (Scrum Alliance) and PST (Scrum.org)

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