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Do you need assistance with your Agile adoption? Or would you like to share what worked or didn’t work during your adoption process in your own company? If so, we invite you to participate in the Agile Community Network. The ACN Podcast is recorded monthly at our live events. If you want to join that event, please visit acnpodcast.org to register. Help support the show by becoming an ACN supporting member or sponsor today!
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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

Mar 10, 2017 • 55min
How to handle interrupts, using story points vs. hours, getting a vertical slice of functionally, how to integrate Agile in non-software teams, and when can you call yourself Agile
Give Us FeedbackIn this episode we talk about how do Agile teams handle interrupts, why teams should use story points vs. hours, getting a vertical slice of a user story, how do you integrate Agile into teams outside of software, and when can you call yourself Agile.Support the show

Feb 23, 2017 • 53min
Unlimited power to guide Agile in large organizations, first step to agilize a team, and what is the criteria to call yourself a Agile Coach
Give Us FeedbackThis week we talk about what if we had "unlimited power” on how we would guide Agile adoption across a large heterogeneous organization, How we would start to agilize a team, and about what is the criteria for having the title of Agile Coach.Support the show

Feb 7, 2017 • 55min
Team evolution, public vs private sector roll out of Agile, adopting Agile with legacy systems, and is Agile a means to an end or something more
Give Us FeedbackThis week we talk about how to break through a local maximum in team evolution, public vs private sector roll out of Agile, how to manage the challenges in adopting Agile for organizations with legacy systems, and is agile just a means to an end or something more.Support the show


