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Doc Norton I am inspired by multiple sources.

Many blogs are inspired by things I see in my work as a lean and leadership coach. I often find a topic for a blog p…more
I am inspired by multiple sources.

Many blogs are inspired by things I see in my work as a lean and leadership coach. I often find a topic for a blog post by looking at Q&A sites. Either I see a number of questions around the same topic or I see a number of answers that don't represent a particular perspective.

Keynote presentations are usually a result of research done in support of a blog post. I'll find something that challenges my own thinking. Perhaps it is something that contradicts industry common knowledge or maybe it is a different perspective or model.

Books are a combination of the above. As I blog and present on a topic or a related set of topics, the notion of a book begins to form.(less)
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Metrics and Scrum

So there we were, at an agile conference. Well, not at the conference exactly. But at a bar very near to an agile conference.

A few patrons were talking agile stuff - like they do. And someone, as evidence in support of their stance that all metrics are evil, used the “But the Scrum Guide”, defense.

“But the Scrum Guide doesn’t prescribe any metrics. As a matter of fact, the word metric is not in th

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