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Welcome to the Scrum.org Community podcast, a podcast from the Home of Scrum. In this podcast we feature Professional Scrum Trainers and other Scrum Practitioners sharing their stories and experiences to help learn from the experience of others.
Episodes
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Oct 5, 2023 • 26min
Using Agile to Fight Climate Change
In this episode of the Scrum.org Community Podcast, Dave West is joined by Marjolein Pilon, a Scrum Master based in the Netherlands to talk about the very important topic of Climate Change. She discusses how we can use Scrum to combat climate change, the importance of sustainability in software development, the concept of a Planet Earth Retrospective and more!

Sep 27, 2023 • 35min
An Introduction to the new PSPBM Skills training course and the importance of Product Backlog Management skills
In this episode of the Scrum.org Community podcast, PSTs Ryan Ripley and Todd Miller join host Dave West to introduce the new Professional Scrum Product Management Skills training course. They talk about the importance of having good Product Backlog Management skills in order to succeed as well as the importance of transparency, stakeholder engagement and more!

Sep 21, 2023 • 24min
How Simplyhealth Successfully Applied Professional Scrum with Kanban
In this episode of the Scrum.org Community Podcast, Dave West chats with Helen Swift from Simplyhealth, a health solutions provider about how they implemented using Professional Scrum with Kanban in their organization after the Professional Scrum with Kanban training course. They talk about the transition from waterfall to Agile, how Scrum and Kanban together help improve delivery, the benefits of limiting work in progress and more!

Sep 14, 2023 • 26min
Scrum in Japan Part 2 - Culture, Mindset Shifts and More!
In this episode, Dave continues his conversation with PST Gregory Fontaine about agile adoption in Japan. They dig into the challenges of agile adoption, the value of discipline in agile and Scrum, culture and more!

Sep 7, 2023 • 58min
Ask a Professional Scrum Trainer - Ciprian Banica, Switzerland
In this recording of a live session of Ask a Professional Scrum Trainer, PST Ciprian Banica answers questions about the Scrum Master accountability, Product Ownership, measurement, how to improve your Sprint Retrospective and more!

Aug 31, 2023 • 28min
Scrum in Japan Part 1 - Agile Trends
In this episode of the Scrum.org Community Podcast, host Dave West chats with Professional Scrum Trainer Gregory Fontaine about his Scrum journey and background, his experience with agile and Scrum in Japan, agile trends in Japan and more!Here is a link to an IPA survey Gregory references in the show.

Aug 24, 2023 • 26min
Professional Scrum Trainer Spotlight - David Sabine
Professional Scrum Trainer David Sabine discusses his journey from being a musician to becoming a Scrum trainer. They also explore the challenges of adopting Scrum in a college environment and the positive impact of agile practices. David shares their experience of joining a tech hub and working in small cross-functional teams, and their motivation to become a Professional Scrum Trainer.

Aug 17, 2023 • 25min
How the Google Project Management Certificate Program helped Nancy Martinez's Career
The Google Project Management Certificate helps people prepare for entry-level jobs in the high-growth field of project management. The certificate dives deep into project management software, tools and templates, with an emphasis on Scrum. Scrum.org collaborated with Google to bring Scrum and Agile expertise to the Google Project Management Certificate and prepare for the Professional Scrum Master I certification. In this podcast series hosted by Scrum.org CEO, Dave West, he interviews Google Career Certificate graduates to learn about their experiences before, during and after the program. In this episode, we highlight a participant of the Google Project Management Certificate Program, Nancy Martinez, based in the UK. She shares what the program was like and how it helped her propel her career as a Project Manager. She also talks about how it helped her prepare for her Professional Scrum Master certification. Learn more about Nancy in this episode!

Aug 9, 2023 • 58min
Ask a Professional Scrum Trainer with PSTs Gregory Crown, Robb Pieper and Jason Malmstadt, USA
In this recording of a live session of Ask a Professional Scrum Trainer, PSTs Gregory Crown, Robb Pieper and Jason Malmstadt of Responsive Advisors, answered questions about the Scrum events, the accountabilities in Scrum, Scrum outside of software, metrics and more!

Jul 25, 2023 • 21min
A Discussion about Agile Organizational Design
In this episode of the Scrum.org Community Podcast, Host Dave West is joined by Professional Scrum Trainers and authors of the book Creating Agile Organizations, A Systemic Approach, Cesario Ramos and Ilia Pavlichenko. They chat about their motivation behind the book, problems with traditional organizational design, the importance of senior management support and more. Learn more: https://creatingagileorganizations.com/