Troubleshooting Agile

How do you provide focus and drive for a team using kanban? There's no natural "sprint" unit to hang a goal on, it seems. Jeffrey and Squirrel answer this listener question and explain how to create a product narrative, avoid the feature factory, and start with "Why"? SHOW LINKS: - Kanban book: https://www.amazon.com/Kanban-Successful-Evolutionary-Technology-Business/dp/0984521402 - When Kanban Fails: https://kanbantool.com/kanban-library/kanban-results/when-kanban-fails - Feature Factory: https://hackernoon.com/12-signs-youre-working-in-a-feature-factory-44a5b938d6a2 - Start with "Why": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4ZoJKF_VuA and https://fortressofs.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/diagram_1.png *** We'd love to hear any thoughts, ideas or feedback you have regarding the show. Email us: see link on troubleshootingagile.com Tweet us: twitter.com/TShootingAgile Also, if you'd like to leave us a review on iTunes (or just like and subscribe), you'll find us here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/troubleshooting-agile/id1327456890?mt=2

This week, Jeffrey and Squirrel address a common frustration: "With all these retrospectives and planning games, when do we actually get some work done?" They cover single and double loop learning, the mundanity of excellence, and how to avoid learning in two distinct ways. SHOW LINKS: - J-curve / Satir Change Model: https://stevenmsmith.com/ar-satir-change-model/ - Mundanity of Excellence: https://www.jstor.org/stable/202063 - Tic-tac change: https://blog.jeffreyfredrick.com/2008/07/07/tic-tac-change-slides/ - Amy Edmondson, Teaming: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Teaming-Organizations-Innovate-Compete-Knowledge/dp/078797093X - Single- and double-loop learning: http://infed.org/mobi/chris-argyris-theories-of-action-double-loop-learning-and-organizational-learning/#_Single-loop_and_double-loop *** We'd love to hear any thoughts, ideas or feedback you have regarding the show. Email us: see link on troubleshootingagile.com Tweet us: twitter.com/TShootingAgile Also, if you'd like to leave us a review on iTunes (or just like and subscribe, you'll find us here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/troubleshooting-agile/id1327456890?mt=2

Guest Paul Julius, CruiseControl founder, discusses agile practices left behind like iterations, predictability, and planning. Transition from predictability to productivity, TDD in consulting, continuous integration, and evolving agile practices are explored.

This week, Jeffrey and Squirrel help a listener with the role of design and architecture in an agile team. The answer involves arcane-sounding but fun concepts like elephant carpaccio, evolutionary design, and YAGNI. SHOW LINKS: - YAGNI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_aren%27t_gonna_need_it - Elephant Carpaccio: http://alistair.cockburn.us/elephant+carpaccio - Evolutionary Design: https://martinfowler.com/tags/evolutionary%20design.html - XP Explained: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/extreme-programming-explained-kent-beck/1119347147 - GOOS book: http://www.growing-object-oriented-software.com/ - Sprint zero: https://www.frontrowagile.com/blog/posts/125-sprint-zero-for-product-owners - Trim the tail and order by risk: http://alistair.cockburn.us/Design+as+Knowledge+Acquisition - Up-front design in a previous episode: https://soundcloud.com/troubleshootingagile/enhancing-agility-through-technical-excellence-and-good-design *** We'd love to hear any thoughts, ideas or feedback you have regarding the show. Email us: see link on troubleshootingagile.com Tweet us: twitter.com/TShootingAgile Also, if you'd like to leave us a review on iTunes (or just like and subscribe), you'll find us here: itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/troub…d1327456890?mt=2

This week, Jeffrey and Squirrel look at how to learn new skills in your agile team or elsewhere, and recommend frequent failure as a useful heuristic. SHOW LINKS: - Graham Lee blog post: https://www.sicpers.info/2018/02/to-become-a-beginner-first-become-an-expert/ - No True Scotsman fallacy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman - TDD (Test-Driven Development): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test-driven_development - Agile principles: http://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html *** We'd love to hear any thoughts, ideas or feedback you have regarding the show. Email us: see link on troubleshootingagile.com Tweet us: twitter.com/TShootingAgile Also, if you'd like to leave us a review on iTunes (or just like and subscribe), you'll find us here: itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/troub…d1327456890?mt=2

This week, Jeffrey and Squirrel describe some of the methods they used to improve their own skills in implementing and troubleshooting agile methods. They describe techniques from rubber ducking to doppelgängers. Enjoy! SHOW LINKS: - CITCON: http://citconf.com - Breakfast with Squirrel: http://douglassquirrel.com - Communities of Needs and Solutions: https://theitriskmanager.wordpress.com/2015/04/19/communities-of-need-community-of-solutions/ - Dr. David Burns: https://feelinggood.com/ - Paradoxical Double Standard: https://feelinggood.com/tag/paradoxical-double-standard/ - Rubber Duck Debugging: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging Alberto Savoia, older wiser self: http://www.albertosavoia.com/ *** We'd love to hear any thoughts, ideas or feedback you have regarding the show. Email us: see link on http://troubleshootingagile.com Tweet us: twitter.com/TShootingAgile Also, if you'd like to leave us a review on iTunes (or just like and subscribe), you'll find us here: itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/troub…d1327456890?mt=2

This week, Jeffrey and Squirrel discuss how to avoid blame - adopting a frame of ownership or problem-solving is a useful concrete action to try to achieve this - and tell a story about replacing one problem with a much bigger one to achieve team improvement. SHOW LINKS: - The 12 Agile Principles: http://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html - Alex Hudson blog post on blame: https://www.alexhudson.com/2018/01/03/troubleshooting-agile-new-podcast-notes-ownership/ - Mark Coleman: https://www.implicit-explicit.com/ - The Power of Habit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_Habit - https://blog.jeffreyfredrick.com/2016/04/08/coherence-busting-explained/ *** We'd love to hear any thoughts, ideas or feedback you have regarding the show. Email us: agile@troubleshootingagile.com Tweet us: twitter.com/TShootingAgile Also, if you'd like to leave us a review on iTunes (or just like and subscribe), you'll find us here: itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/troub…d1327456890?mt=2

This podcast discusses how teams handle deadlines, exploring topics such as utilizing prediction models, unintended consequences of setting dates, reassurance in high-trust environments, and navigating scope and stress with burn down charts in Agile teams.

This week, Jeffrey and Squirrel are on the road at CITCON Vienna, interviewing Lydia Tripp about her journey through a wide variety of agile software development teams and her evolving approach to improving delivery and quality. SHOW LINKS: -The 12 Agile Principles: http://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html -CITCON: http://citconf.com/ -Extreme Programming: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_programming -Lydia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lydia-tripp-988a79/ *** We'd love to hear any thoughts, ideas or feedback you have regarding the show. Email us: agile@troubleshootingagile.com Tweet us: twitter.com/TShootingAgile Also, if you'd like to leave us a review on iTunes (or just like and subscribe), you'll find us here: itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/troub…d1327456890?mt=2

This week, Jeffrey and Squirrel are on the road at CITCON Vienna, interviewing participants about how they use agile techniques and principles outside development. SHOW LINKS: -The 12 Agile Principles: http://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html -CITCON: http://citconf.com/ -London Organisational Learning Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/London-Action-Science-Meetup/ *** We'd love to hear any thoughts, ideas or feedback you have regarding the show. Email us: agile@troubleshootingagile.com Tweet us: twitter.com/TShootingAgile Also, if you'd like to leave us a review on iTunes (or just like and subscribe), you'll find us here: itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/troub…d1327456890?mt=2