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Aug 25, 2018 • 54min
David Hussman, building physiological safety, sprint planning, useful metrics, and best practices for release planning
Give Us FeedbackIn this episode we (01:07) A few words on the passing of David Hussman, (03:14) Agile Narrative Project: How do we build physiological safety in companies, (20:11) What is the benefit of waiting until Sprint Planning to task out a story instead of doing it in a Grooming session when the team is larger, (26:40) What are useful metrics to show leadership, Leadership wants to see metrics. (32:18) What is a best practice around Agile release planning, and (43:16) Can agile adoption on one team be different from another team.Support the show

Aug 1, 2018 • 45min
Influencing the business, knowing if your coaching is going the right direction, facilitating Agile principles and values, and realistic sprints goals
Give Us FeedbackIn this episode, we talk about (00:34) how an IT Agile coach can influence the business side of an organization, (15:23) how an Agile coach knows they are going in the right direction, (23:15) How a coach first engages with a client, (29:14) what techniques to facilitate Agile principles and values, and (34:45) what are ways to coach a team to make realistic sprint goals.Support the show

Jul 4, 2018 • 49min
Engage upper and executive management, first line managers, measuring the Agile coach, and coach helping with budgets
Give Us FeedbackThis episode we talk about (00:36) tactics and strategies to engage upper and executive management in adopting business agility, (12:49) how can you bring the most value to line-managers that might be willing to change but not yet see or understand the full implication, (32:04) how does an Agile Coach know that he has done a good job, and (41:05) how can a coach help a business head or a product manager on budget allocation.Support the show

Jun 8, 2018 • 51min
Are all Agile transformations slow, backlog grooming in Kanban, Agile coach vs scrum master, and ignoring Agile values
Give Us FeedbackIn this episode, we talk about (00:55) are all Agile transformations extremely slow, (20:00) how to do backlog grooming in Kanban, (22:18) what are the deliverables of an Agile coach vs. scrum master, and (33:14) Where is the line between modifying Agile frameworks for need and ignoring Agile values and principles.Support the show

Apr 22, 2018 • 54min
Ways to promote the value of Agile Coaching, and the limits to scaling the Agile adoption to large organizations
Give Us FeedbackIn this episode, we talk about (00:54) what are some ways to promote the value of Agile Coaching, and (25:46) we talk about what are the limits to scaling the Agile adoption to a larger organization.Support the show

Apr 1, 2018 • 52min
Affecting culture in complex systems, and Agile adoption steps in classic organizations
Give Us FeedbackIn this episode, we talk about (00:36) is culture an emergent property of a complex system and how we can affect that culture, and (20:48) we talk about steps to adopt Agile in classical organizations.Support the show

Feb 23, 2018 • 56min
The risk of setting up a internal coaching group, setting a deadline for the Agile adoption, and how to coach when the manager is aggressive
Give Us FeedbackIn this episode we talk about the risk of setting up an internal coaching group, should we set a deadline for our Agile adoption to be done, and how do we coach a team with an over-aggressive functional manager.Support the show

Jan 25, 2018 • 50min
Why scale frameworks feel like waterfall, talking to executives, and what is business agility
Give Us FeedbackIn this episode, we are talking about why scaled frameworks may feel like waterfall, how to talk to executives, and what the heck is this business agility.Support the show

Apr 7, 2017 • 53min
Overcoming negative bias of a failed adoption, working with geographically dispersed teams, under trained Scrum masters, building credibility when you are a non-developer coach
Give Us FeedbackIn this episode we talk about how to overcome the negative bias from a previous failed Agile adoption, tips for working with geographically dispersed teams, what to do if your company can’t or is unwilling to have a trained full time Scrum master, and what to do to build credibility as a non-developer scrum master/coach.Support the show

Mar 23, 2017 • 48min
How to motivate a team working on a old product, what makes a good agile coach, and must read/watch for Agile practitioners
Give Us FeedbackThis week we talk about how to motivate a team that is working on older products, what makes a good agile coach, and what resources are a must read/watch for Agile practitioners.Support the show