Dave West
scrum.org
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Bio
Dave West is the Product Owner and CEO at scrum.org. He is a frequent keynote speaker and is a widely published author of articles, along with his acclaimed book: Head First Object-Oriented Analysis and Design. He led the development of the Rational Unified Process (RUP) and then worked with Ivar Jacobson running the North American business for IJI. Then managed the software delivery practice at Forrester research where he was VP and research director. Prior to joining Scrum.org he was Chief Product Officer at Tasktop where he was responsible for product management, engineering and architecture.
Blog Posts by Dave West
- Thoughts on the 2019 Scrum Master Trends Report , January 29, 2019
- Professional Scrum Master II - An Advanced Scrum Master Class, August 6, 2018
- Professionalism is more important than Regulation , April 26, 2018
- Scrum with Kanban - building bridges not walls, February 26, 2018
- Why We Need Nexus, January 17, 2018
- Definition of Done Should include a Definition of Undo(ne), January 12, 2018
- Scrum and Hypothesis Driven Development, December 4, 2017
- Scrum Guide Update November 2017, November 7, 2017
- Courage is an increasingly important value in delivering products, October 16, 2017
- Building bridges not walls – Scrum and DevOps better together, April 4, 2017
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