Posts by Carlton Nettleton

A collection of articles, blogs, webinars, and resources. Get insights, advice, and tools created by experts in Product Management, Agile, SAFe, and Profit.

Carlton Nettleton is the former SVP of Product at Applied Frameworks, and co-creator of the company's Advanced Scrum Online Academy and Profitable Software Academy. Carlton has over twenty years of industry experience working with clients to improve quality, increase productivity, build great teams, and launch new products using Agile software development practices and techniques. Today, Carlton is the President of Look Foward Consulting and focuses on mentoring and supporting Scrum and Agile practitioners who work in less-than-ideal conditions. He shares his energy and enthusiasm with learners so they can achieve their personal and professional goals. Carlton is fluent in both English and Spanish, has written a short book on Scrum, and has been Certified Scrum Trainer® since 2012.

Four Helpful Hints to Avoid Agile Adoption Stall-Out

How do you run an Agile team when the surrounding environment is decidedly non-Agile? What do you do when the rest of the... Read More

Four Reasons to Invest in Advanced Scrum Training

How long has it been since you took your Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) course? If you... Read More

How to Build a Product Roadmap

How to Build a Product Roadmap Most product roadmaps are terrible. A lot of time and energy is spent creating and... Read More

CSM Practice Exam: Update for 2020

CSM Practice Exam: Update for 2020 Frequently, learners in our Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) courses have questions about the... Read More

Two Fast Retrospective Techniques

Ever in need of a quick framework to facilitate a fast Retrospective? Here are my two favorite Retrospective frameworks that... Read More

Why Product Managers are Still Important in the Age of Agile

To answer that question, we first need to have an operational definition of product management. Steven Haines, the author... Read More

Product vs. Service - Who Cares?

That is actually a legitimate question from the perspective of a consumer. As long as the consumer gets what they want, do... Read More

Applied Frameworks @ Scrum Gathering Austin

At Scrum Gathering Austin, our team engaged with the conference attendees to raise awareness around the issue of Oceans of... Read More

An Ocean of Plastic

On March 18th, the body of a curvier beaked whale was retrieved from Davao Bay in the Philippines. The cause of death –... Read More

How to Make a Product Playbook

“A well-designed system filled with ordinary—but well-trained—people can consistently achieve stunning performance... Read More

Seven Types of Value Exchange

If you want to design a business model that generates revenue and provide the organization with profit, product managers and... Read More

How to host a lean coffee

In our Coaching Circles, we often use the Lean Coffee format to structure our discussions and keep the dialogue lively and... Read More

Types of Scrum Product Owners

There are many different types of Product Owners in the world, so let us examine the common ways I have seen Product... Read More

Agile Retrospective Framework in Five Steps

Did you know that every well-run Retrospective follows five steps? In my experience, the best Retrospectives follow this... Read More

Five Ways to Write Better Action Items

Writing specific, observable and repeatable Action Items with clear owners is an important skill for Product Owner and... Read More

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