In the next episode in our Game of Frameworks series we sit down with Gene Gendel to explore the intricacies and details of Large Scale Scrum a.k.a. "LeSS"...maybe instead of scaling up we should scale down? Listen in and find out!
In the first episode of our Game of Frameworks series, join Patricia Kong and Kurt Bittner from Scrum.Org as they discuss the Nexus scaling framework with us!
In this week's episode Chris Murman sits down with Jenny Tarwater, Laura Powers, Linda Podder, and Cheryl Hammond to discuss the upcoming Women in Agile 2019 conference. They discuss the Launching New Voices program, experiences at previous conferences of this nature, what their impact on the workplace is, and more details about the conference itself. Enjoy!
Join hosts Troy Lightfoot and Andrew Leff as they dive into experiences with WSJF, Kano, MoSCoW, and beyond! What's working well and not so well at clients, and ideas for how to improve on the basics.
On this episode of the Agile Uprising podcast, host Troy Lightfoot and special guest Dave Feldman go WAY outside the box and discuss the emerging science in health and lipidology and it's correlation with Agile .
Dave is a succesful software engineer who found a design pattern in blood lipids and is now changing the lanscape of medical science related to lipidology and trying to move a mountain of hierarchy using agile/lean processes and hypothesis driven testing.
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On this episode of the Agile Uprising podcast, Chris Murman, Troy Lightfoot, and Paul Elia dive into how to get teams started with mob programming.
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REBROADCAST - Join Andrew Leff in his conversation with four of the agile community’s strongest female voices as they discuss how far we have come and how far we have to go in creating trust, safety and opportunity for women in agile. Listen in as Janice Linden-Reed, Becky Hartman, Lisa Crispin and Colleen Johnson share their personal stories and challenge each of us to find ways to mentor women at all points of their careers by building strong relationships and providing honest feedback.
In corporate environments you can't help but notice the almost physical divide between the "business" and "IT". This week, join Jay Hrcsko as he sits down with Georgina Hughes to discuss their experiences and some hints to how best combine these two sides of an enterprise to realize true transformation. Enjoy!
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In this episode we interview Daniel Mezick, author and creator of the OpenSpace Agility movement. We start out talking OSA, but then we end up discussing themes such as how people learn in tribes, liminal states, and the importance of lower-level decision making as a true enabler of successful organizational change. Enjoy!
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In this episode of the Agile Uprising Podcast: Jay, Brad, and Troy discuss their biggest fears and how to overcome them. Feel free to share yours at coalition.agileuprising.com and they could be future podcast topics!
Strap in for a long one folks! In this week's episode Troy Lightfoot, Colleen Johnson, and Jay Hrcsko discuss lean and it's utilization inside IT organizations, how to enable flow at all levels of the organization, and they round out the conversation talking about how to properly utilize No Estimates to drive predictability!
To stay competitive in today’s market, organizations need to adopt a culture of customer-centric practices that focus on outcomes rather than outputs. Companies that live and die by outputs often fall into the "build trap," cranking out features to meet their schedule rather than the customer’s needs.
On this episode of the Agile Uprising podcast; Colleen, Chris, and Troy sit down with Melissa Perri and discuss her new book "Escaping The Build Trap: How Effective Product Management Creates Real Value"
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Contact Information
- Escaping The Build Trap Book
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/lissijean
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We often talk about "agile outside of IT"...what about lean/kanban concepts applied "in real life"? This week join Jay Hrcsko as he chats with Sunny Singh from Hate5Six Productions, a one-man video production company. They discuss concepts such as prioritization, WIP limits, throughput, predictability, and dependency management as applied to Sunny's work as a videographer. Enjoy!
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- Hate5Six website
- Visibility into the Hate5six backlog and current prioritization
- A graphical representation of Sunny's throughput
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In this week's episode Andrew Leff, Paul Elia, James Gifford, and Jay Hrcsko discuss scaling anti-patterns; they go around the table to discuss the hijinks and chicanery they have encountered while being part of enterprise-level organizations attempting to "do agile", and how to avoid them. Enjoy!
Join the Agile Uprising Board of Directors as they share their 2019 resolutions regarding their current work, answering the question "If you could see one breakthrough with the teams, people or organisations you work with this coming year, what would it be and why? Bonus question...how to you plan to help it come to life?" We hope this will get all our listeners thinking about what they're currently working on, and prompts them to set a goal for what they'd like to see and how to get there!
Join the Agile Uprising Board of Directors as they share their 2019 resolutions regarding their current work, answering the question "If you could see one breakthrough with the teams, people or organisations you work with this coming year, what would it be and why? Bonus question...how to you plan to help it come to life?" We hope this will get all our listeners thinking about what they're currently working on, and prompts them to set a goal for what they'd like to see and how to get there!
It seems like everybody is an "agile coach" these days...but how do you know you're hiring a good one? Join Andrew Leff, James Gifford, Chris Murman, and Jay Hrcsko as they discuss tips, tricks, and strategies for interviewing coaches to help avoid hiring a dud!
Jay jumps on to give a quick update as to what's being planned for 2019, and we rebroadcast one of our most-listened to episodes, Martin Fowler and Rebecca Wirfs-Bock discussing Agile Architecture. See you again in 2019!
P.S.-First person to comment on the Coalition that correctly identifies the sample at the beginning of the episode will get a surprise in the mail!
In an episode that's probably long overdue, James Gifford and Jay Hrcsko sit down to discuss what happens when Orgs stop being waterfall, and start being agile...what do they do with all the project managers? James and Jay discuss the types of PMs that commonly survive the transition, why the Scrum Master role is not always a 1:1 fit, and other questions you may have around this topic!
Join Paul Elia and Tina Rusnak as they discuss whether Agile Coaching is now a commodity and what one might consider to stand out and stand strong.
Tina has 10+ years of experience with Agile and Change Management. She was an Agile Leader during a large and successful transformation journey at ADP. For more about Tina and a way to reach her visit FirstClassAgile.com.
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In this week's episode Jay Hrcsko gathered up some Coalition contributors to discuss what they see as the future of agile! Jay is joined by Georgina Hughes, David Sabine, and Johanna Rothman as they discuss the future of agile methodologies, roles, frameworks, and the role of the agile coach...and just a hint: they don't always agree! Enjoy!
Guests:
Georgina Hughes: Georgina Hughes is an agile enthusiast from London where she’s actively engaged in the large community of agile practitioners. She took a diversion during her education from psychology into computer science, and has made a u-turn during her career back to psychology in order to support management in understanding that there is no difference between a software developer and a business person. She is currently studying with Barefoot Coaching to become an accredited member of the International Coaching Federation.
Georgie's upcoming speaking engagement: Troublemakers, Misfits, and Disruptors, how does one with with Agilists.
https://www.meetup.com/ScrumEvent/events/256257177/
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David Sabine: David’s career highlights the intersections of business, technology, the fine arts, and education. He is a Scrum Trainer, executive consultant, Product developer, Executive Director of Ontario Scrum Community®, a TEDx alumnus, Musician, and proud father of two daughters.
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Johanna Rothman: Known as the “Pragmatic Manager,” Johanna offers frank advice for your tough problems. She has an extensive career in project and program management, none of which were waterfall. She’s the author of 14 books, with more on the way. Her current book in progress is From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams: Collaborate to Deliver. Her most recent finished book is Create Your Successful Agile Project: Collaborate, Measure, Estimate, Deliver.
Book I mentioned: https://leanpub.com/geographicallydistributedagileteams/
Other books: https://www.jrothman.com/books/
Influential Agile Leader (I didn’t mention, but should have): https://www.influentialagileleader.com/
Join Brad Stokes and Maria Matarelli as they discuss what it means to attain personal agility and do more of what matters. They discuss how personal agility is more than doing more things, it is about being able to do the things that matter to you. They also discuss the powerful force of how coaching in your personal leads to greater happiness and a more fulfilled total life both within and outside of the workplace.
Maria is a published author and holds more than 10 industry certifications encompassing coaching, facilitation, project management, and leads certification training classes for organizations throughout the world.
For more information on personal agility, you can visit mypersonalagility.org
You can find Maria across her social media platforms at findmaria.com.
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Join our hosts Chris Murman and Jay Hrcsko as they sit down with experienced dojo coach Andrew Deal to talk about the Agile dojo...what is it? How does it work? What should you expect? Somehow they involve Tex Winter's triangle offense in the conversation, and close out with some death metal. What a fun ride!
Join hosts Troy Lightfoot and Colleen Johnson as they discuss the value of focusing on shipping over spending too much time planning. This is part 2 of our Advanced Product Ownership discussion with Kevin.
Join our hosts Colleen Johnson and Jay Hrcsko as they sit discuss how to help remote agile teams with Molood Noori Alavijeh, host of the Remote Forever Summit. They start off by defining the difference between "remote" and "distributed" teams, and then dive into practices to make collaboration more effective, how tools play into a team's success, and then they discuss the upcoming Remote Forever Summit. Enjoy!
Molood Noori Alavijeh:
Remote Forever Summit Starts Monday, November 5th!
Remote Forever (Molood's upcoming book!)
Colleen Johnson:
Jay Hrcsko:
Jay's favorite album at the moment: Hate Eternal