How to Prioritize a Backlog

Luke Hohmann is the founder and CEO of Conteneo Inc. (formerly the Innovation Games® Company). Conteneo’s enterprise software platforms and professional services merge collaboration frameworks, data analytics, and domain expertise to help organizations optimize decision making in the areas of strategy, innovation, sales, product development, and market research. Luke is also cofounder of Every Voice Engaged Foundation (EVEF), a 501(c)3 nonprofit that that helps citizens, governments, and other nonprofit organizations collaborate at scale to solve technical and wicked problems. EVEF has been a leader in the Participatory Budgeting movement, helping citizens prioritize hundreds of millions of dollars through budget games. EVEF has also partnered with the Kettering Foundation to create Common Ground for Action, the first platform for scalable deliberative decision making. Supported by both Agile Alliance and Scrum Alliance, Luke is thankful for the thousands of colleagues from the Agile community who have donated their time to EVEF.

Carlton Nettleton is an international speaker based in San Diego County. He is a thought leader on Scrum and Agile software development and the author of Fourteen Observations of Good Scrum Practice. He provides advice, consulting, mentoring, and training to teams and organizations, from small start-ups to businesses that develop products regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. As president of Look Forward Consulting (lookforwardconsulting.com), Carlton has over ten years of experience working side-by-side with clients to improve quality, increase productivity, build great teams, and apply Lean Thinking to software programs. He is a Certified Scrum Trainer®, bilingual in English and Spanish, and a part-time Lisbon resident.