Joe Krebs speaks with Mary and Tom Poppendieck about Lean Software Development. Together they wrote a series of books: “Lean Software Development” “Implementing Lean Software Development”, “Leading Lean Software Development” and “The Lean Mindset” in chronological order. Mary and Tom talked about how Lean fits into the universe of processes, tools and techniques in regards to processes like Scrum or Kanban. They did that from a leaders point of view. We discussed the role of knowledge workers and how that relates to people for example in Lean Manufacturing. We also had a chance to touch on Kata practices as they gave feedback to the initial release of the Agile Kata.

Joe Krebs speaks with Peter Koning, author of the book “Agile Leadership Toolkit”, about local leadership and community learning. Peter also shares help how leaders in transition to agile want to be more effective in their future role.

Joe Krebs speaks with JJ Sutherland about his new book "The Scrum Field Book - A Masterclass on Accelerating Performance, Getting Results and defining the Future". JJ is also the co-author of the book "Scrum - The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time" with his father Jeff Sutherland. JJ is an award-winning NPR correspondent and producer with assignments in Iraq, Afghanistan, during the Arab Spring and Japan during the Tsunami in 2011. He is also the CEO of Scrum Inc.

Joe Krebs speaks with Melissa Perri about product management and why a customer centric approach is so critical for example by distinguishing output from outcome Melissa wrote “Escaping the Build Trap” and is the keynote speaker for Agile 2022.

The white paper and poster for the agile transformation kata is available and I want to create awareness of this Kata among the Agile.FM listeners as this becomes a more and more important topic in our industry. We wee more agile transformations performed “old school” in a waterfall fashion. This Kata should tackle this issue and provide a practice that connect the improvement Kata with the concrete techniques as well as the agile manifesto.

Joe Krebs speaks with Christopher Avery about the Responsibility process and on how it increases happiness and productivity at work. Christopher shows how the process has matured over the past 10 years, since we first met in New York City.

Play the Scrummer Quiz part 5 of 5. Play the Scrummer Quiz and have a chance to win a hand-signed copy of "Software in 30 Days" by Ken Schwaber. Every week we raffle off two books, 5 week in a row. In a week from now, we will share the answers as well as announce the lucky winners of that week’s round. We will also add a complimentary copy of the Scrum Poster. Please keep in mind, everyone participates in the raffle regardless if the answers were correct or not. Good luck and we hope you like this format.

Joe Krebs speaks with Yuval Yeret, co-author of the Scrum with Kanban Guide, about the differences of Scrum with Kanban compared to Scrum vs. Kanban. See how Kanban is built on top of Scrum, rather than modifying Scrum itself. We also explore the effectiveness of common Kanban metrics and what all that has to do with a banana peel.

Play the Scrummer Quiz part 4 of 5. Play the Scrummer Quiz and have a chance to win a hand-signed copy of "Software in 30 Days" by Ken Schwaber. Every week we raffle off two books, 5 week in a row. In a week from now, we will share the answers as well as announce the lucky winners of that week’s round. We will also add a complimentary copy of the Scrum Poster. Please keep in mind, everyone participates in the raffle regardless if the answers were correct or not. Good luck and we hope you like this format.

Play the Scrummer Quiz part 3 of 5. Play the Scrummer Quiz and have a chance to win a hand-signed copy of "Software in 30 Days" by Ken Schwaber. Every week we raffle off two books, 5 week in a row. In a week from now, we will share the answers as well as announce the lucky winners of that week’s round. We will also add a complimentary copy of the Scrum Poster. Please keep in mind, everyone participates in the raffle regardless if the answers were correct or not. Good luck and we hope you like this format.