Using Agile to Develop Hardware with Michael Grill

Many people who are new to an agile way of working struggle to understand how practices like Scrum can be used if you are doing Research and Development. It can also be difficult to see how an agile approach can be applied if you are developing hardware. If you fall into either of those categories, this podcast should help get you sorted on how agile can be used in both R&D and the development of hardware. Michael Grill plays a dual role at Knorr-Bremse in Austria where he serves as both the Product Owner of Agile Practices and as a Product Owner for the research and development of brake magnets. In this interview, Michael shares what led his team to want to try agile, some of the experiences they have had, and things they learned in adopting agile practices for their work developing brake magnets. If you are trying to find your way with implementing Scrum on a team that focuses on hardware, this is an episode you’ll definitely want to check out Links: Scrum Field Book by J.J. Sutherland: https://amzn.to/3pASEoU eXtreme Manufacturing: https://bit.ly/3ClNwMT Wikispeed: https://bit.ly/3pG0iOV Contacting Michael LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-grill Twitter: https://twitter.com/actualMG