December 10, 2019
Welcome to Agile Clips where we break down Agile into manageable pieces.
In this episode we discuss why interest in agility has grown beyond product and engineering groups to the agility of entire organizations.
In the podcast we refer to the following interesting resource about Agile Culture Development from the Agile Business Consortium.
https://www.agilebusiness.org/resource/resmgr/documents/templates/agile-consortium-culture-dna.pdf
This is just one of many useful resources on the same web site.
November 8, 2019
In this episode we discuss why well prioritized and ordered backlogs are so important, how items should be added to them and by whom, and some techniques to manage them so that they are consumable by the delivery team.
October 4, 2019
In this show we discuss documentation.
Teams new to Agile sometimes mistakenly abandon good documentation practices, thinking that the Agile Manifesto relieves them of the need for it.
We talk about what kinds of documentation are still needed and why, and provide some tips for ensuring that there is just the right amount of it, that it provides value and is not too much of a burden to write.
September 19, 2019
In this show, your co-hosts Steve Sanoff and Santosh Kolhatkar discuss sizing features and stories. In addition to covering how sizing is different in Agile compared to Waterfall, they discuss proven techniques to do sizing efficiently and to ensure that team members have a common understanding of the scope and work to be done.
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August 1, 2019
In this show we discuss team and business metrics – what to measure and how, as well as common pitfalls. We talk about how metrics should be actionable, and the importance of tracking trends in the activities that will directly or indirectly generate the outcomes you want.
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June 24, 2019
The Sprint Retrospective is one of the most important ceremonies in the Scrum framework. It is the means by which teams improve the way they work and become high performance teams. Yet, it is common for team members to say they are too busy to attend retrospectives. In this episode, your hosts, Steve and Santosh, provide many tips to make retrospectives efficient and effective in bringing about positive changes, helping team members see the value in this greatly underrated ceremony.
Links:
https://www.amazon.com/Agile-Retrospectives-Making-Teams-Great/dp/0977616649
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