
Agile for Humans with Ryan Ripley and Todd Miller
Agile for Humans™ is a weekly podcast dedicated to the individuals and interactions that make agile work. The goal is to help create safe and collaborative working environments where people are empowered to do their best work.
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Aug 31, 2021 • 8min
YDS: How Does a Scrum Team Improve the Definition of Done?
How Does a Scrum Team Improve the Definition of Done? Let's explore the options this situation presents. All of this and more are discussed in today's episode of Your Daily Scrum with Todd Miller and Ryan Ripley.
What do you think? Let us know in the comments!
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Aug 31, 2021 • 10min
YDS: How Do You Explain the Scrum Master Role to Your Kids?
How Do You Explain the Scrum Master Role to Your Kids? Let's explore the options this situation presents. All of this and more are discussed in today's episode of Your Daily Scrum with Todd Miller and Ryan Ripley.
What do you think? Let us know in the comments!
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Aug 31, 2021 • 9min
YDS: What's the Difference Between Forecasting & Committing?
What's the Difference Between Forecasting & Committing? Let's explore the options this situation presents. All of this and more are discussed in today's episode of Your Daily Scrum with Todd Miller and Ryan Ripley.
What do you think? Let us know in the comments!
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Join Ryan and Todd in a Professional Scrum Master course:
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Sharing Scrum knowledge to help you grow as a Scrum Practitioner and to solve complex problems.
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Aug 31, 2021 • 8min
YDS: What Are Your Favoite Scrum Retrospective Games?
What Are Your Favoite Scrum Retrospective Games? Let's explore the options this situation presents. All of this and more are discussed in today's episode of Your Daily Scrum with Todd Miller and Ryan Ripley.
What do you think? Let us know in the comments!
Buy Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems -
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Join Ryan and Todd in a Professional Scrum Master course:
https://www.scrum.org/agile-humans
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DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide, I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge for you! Thank you for supporting the channel so we can continue to provide you with free content each week!
FTC DISCLAIMER: This video is not sponsored by anyone.
Sharing Scrum knowledge to help you grow as a Scrum Practitioner and to solve complex problems.
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Aug 31, 2021 • 10min
YDS: What is a Product Backlog Item in Scrum?
What is a Product Backlog Item in Scrum? Let's explore the options this situation presents. All of this and more are discussed in today's episode of Your Daily Scrum with Todd Miller and Ryan Ripley.
What do you think? Let us know in the comments!
Buy Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems -
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Join Ryan and Todd in a Professional Scrum Master course:
https://www.scrum.org/agile-humans
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DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide, I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge for you! Thank you for supporting the channel so we can continue to provide you with free content each week!
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Sharing Scrum knowledge to help you grow as a Scrum Practitioner and to solve complex problems.
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7 snips
Aug 31, 2021 • 8min
YDS: How Does a Scrum Team Handle Carryover Work?
Explore how a Scrum team handles carryover work in a Sprint, understanding the risks and solutions. Learn about the flaws of 'plan versus actual' metric in Scrum teams and the importance of embracing emergence and sprint goals for success.

Aug 31, 2021 • 9min
YDS: Our Scrum Team is Late! Should We Add More People?
Today's question asks whether or not a team running behind should add more people to try to get things completed faster. The answer is an emphatic "NO!". Check out the video to learn how adding people is a great way to make sure your project is even later than expected.
What happens when you add people to a team? Let us know in the comments!
This is one of those Scrum Master interview questions about Scrum that can throw you off. Do you understand the cost and risk of adding more people to a Scrum Team? These Scrum Master day in the life questions can be tricky. Perhaps some Scrum Master training could help? Want to learn more about Scrum?
Buy Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems -
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Join Ryan and Todd in a Professional Scrum Master course:
https://www.scrum.org/agile-humans
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DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide, I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge for you! Thank you for supporting the channel so we can continue to provide you with free content each week!
FTC DISCLAIMER: This video is not sponsored by anyone.
Sharing Scrum knowledge to help you grow as a Scrum Practitioner and to solve complex problems.
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Aug 31, 2021 • 7min
YDS: Can the Scrum Team Skip the Sprint Retrospective?
Today's question asks whether or not a Scrum Team can skip their Sprint Retrospective. Todd and Ryan answer with an emphatic "NO" and explain why this Scrum Event is critical to a Scrum Teams' success.
Do you think a Scrum Team can skip their Sprint Retrospective? Let us know in the comments!
This is one of those Scrum Master interview questions about Scrum that can throw you off. Do you understand the value and purposes of the Sprint Retrospective? These Scrum Master day in the life questions can be tricky. Perhaps some Scrum Master training could help?
// Want to learn more about Scrum?Buy Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems - https://amzn.to/3b96j0A
// Join Ryan and Todd in a Professional Scrum Master course: Visit https://agileforhumans.com/ for a list of upcoming courses.
And make sure you subscribe to the channel!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide, I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge for you! Thank you for supporting the channel so we can continue to provide you with free content each week!
FTC DISCLAIMER: This video is not sponsored by anyone.
Sharing Scrum knowledge to help you grow as a Scrum Practitioner and to solve complex problems.
#scrum #agile #sprint goal #professional scrum Want to learn more about Scrum?
Buy Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems -
https://amzn.to/3fMpH5a
Join Ryan and Todd in a Professional Scrum Master course:
https://www.scrum.org/agile-humans
And make sure you subscribe to the channel!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide, I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge for you! Thank you for supporting the channel so we can continue to provide you with free content each week!
FTC DISCLAIMER: This video is not sponsored by anyone.
Sharing Scrum knowledge to help you grow as a Scrum Practitioner and to solve complex problems.
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Aug 31, 2021 • 14min
Agile Metrics: Your Metrics Have Gone Stale!
We are launching a new video series about Agile Metrics. Every week, Ryan Ripley, Todd Miller, and Will Seele will discuss how using the right metrics to improve your practices can lead to amazing results for your teams.
Let us know what you think about this episode in the comments. Leave your questions and don't forget to smash that LIKE and SUBSCRIBE button.
// Want to learn more about Scrum?Buy Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems - https://amzn.to/3AZE0vV
// Join Ryan and Todd in a Professional Scrum Master course: Visit https://agileforhumans.com/ for a list of upcoming courses.
And make sure you subscribe to the channel!
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Aug 30, 2021 • 8min
YDS: Where Does Quality Assurance (QA) Fit on a Scrum Team?
We get this question pretty often, especially when speaking at conferences: I'm a tester or quality assurance (QA) specialist at a company that just adopted Scrum, am I now out of a job? The quick answer is: Of course not, but there are likely some changes coming your way. Quality isn't optional in Scrum. Software testing is a much-needed skill on a Scrum Team.
Ryan and Todd take the question head-on in today's video.
This is one of those Scrum Master interview questions about the Scrum Events that can throw you off. Do you understand how a Scrum Team makes sure that they deliver high-quality products? These Scrum Master day in the life questions can be tricky. The backlog refinement meeting is important. Perhaps some Scrum Master training could help? Want to learn more about Scrum?
Buy Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems -
https://amzn.to/3fMpH5a
Join Ryan and Todd in a Professional Scrum Master course:
https://www.scrum.org/agile-humans
And make sure you subscribe to the channel!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide, I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge for you! Thank you for supporting the channel so we can continue to provide you with free content each week!
FTC DISCLAIMER: This video is not sponsored by anyone.
Sharing Scrum knowledge to help you grow as a Scrum Practitioner and to solve complex problems.
#scrum #agile #professional scrumSee omny.fm/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices