Agile Community Network
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- Update frequency
- every 28 days
- Average duration
- 48 minutes
- Episodes
- 94
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
What does it mean to be good enough, and how should Agile coaches measure their success
In this episode, we discuss what does it mean to be "good enough" to ship a product. Also, we talk about how Agile coaches measure their own success in an organization.
- (00:00) Intr…
Working remotely when face-to-face is not possible and taking care of yourself
In this episode, we devote the hour to talking about having to work remotely now that face-to-face is not possible. We also talk about you are taking care of yourself during this pan…
Team and personal learning, moving from scrum master to Agile coach, and moving to enterprise-level coach
In this episode, we talk about how people learn both at the team and personal level. We also talk about how somebody moves to an Agile coach role from scrum master, and how to become…
Moving boldly into the New Year, how to not be an outsider as a scrum master, and effective team communications.
In this episode, we talk about people's big Agile wins in 2019 and what they want to get done in 2020. We also answer the question of how to not be an outsider as a scrum master, and…
Building an octopus organization and supporting sustainability
An exclusive interview with the Supporting Agile Adoption Initiative at their yearly meeting in Stockholm, Sweden. Attendees included Hendrik Esser of Ericsson, Eric Abelen of ING,…
Why ask permission to be better, the nature of work and frameworks, and assessing Agile maturity
In this last episode of the year:
- (2:24) We explore why people seek permission to improve products, their teams, and themselves
- (26:52) Do you use different frameworks depending on the…
A live chat with thought leaders in the Agile test community about Agile and test.
This is a special ACN that was recorded live with Eddy Bruin, Kristine Corbus, Paul Holland, Tom Roden, David Evans, Damian Synadinos and Huib Schoots at the Agile Testing Days event …
Is Agile killing or helping innovation, do cycle time metrics add value, building cohesive teams, what success has happened with Agile in K-12 education, and what people are reading
In this episode:
- (00:39) Is Agile killing or helping innovation?
- (15:20) Is there value in determining metrics based on cycle time? What metrics are other organizations using to provid…
Building "Yes, and" culture, how to bring culture change to an organization, and what people are reading
In this episode, (00:37) we talk about building a "Yes, and..." culture; (28:17) How do you bring cultural change to an organization?; (40:40) What are you reading?; (41:45) Wrap-up a…
What is wrong with mandated Agile, Scrum master value, digital vs. Agile transformations, and late user stories
In this episode:
- (00:45) we talk about what is wrong with mandated Agile transformations
- (17:43) What is the best way a scrum master can show value?
- (31:51) What is the difference bet…
Building projects around motivated people, employee engagement, and stop converting story points to time
In this episode, we talk about:
- The Agile principle about how we can build projects around motivated individuals. How do we do this?
- (23:09) Should people in an organization be given a …
Flow and Agile, measuring coaching effectiveness, and the role of the PMO in Agile
In this episode, (01:04) we explore the concept of Flow and how it works with Agile; (19:44) Any suggestions on coaching effectiveness measurements? ; (29:10) What is the Project Mana…
Never enough time to test, stakeholders participation, should leaders understand Agile, and personal agility
In this episode, (00:51) we explore a terrible story from the Narrative Project about never having enough time to test; (21:47) How do we combine sprint reviews so that stakeholders c…
Lack of training opportunities, small steps to shift to an Agile funding model, building trust when teams are not co-located, and what we are reading
In this episode, (1:03) Narrative Project: we explore ways to dampen stories around somebody feeling that they don't get training opportunities | (14:59) What are some small steps to …
Great leaders impact on Agile, calculating business value, required reading on culture change, how to hold teams accountable
In this episode, (00:40) Narrative Project: Great leaders build strong Agile teams. How to make more stories like this?; (16:50) Business value delivered is a valuable metric to track…
Empower the team to write great code, developing an Agile mindset, nonfunctional requirements and Agile, and addressing misleading terminology
In this episode, we talk about (00:26) a story from the Agile Narrative Project titled "What about the code?" and how to empower the team to write great code; (20:23) How do you move …
Calling an Agile Adoption done and firing the coaches, encouraging continuous development, concerns with SAFe, and Agile and team structures,
In this episode we talk about (00:39) the problem with calling Agile adoption being done and letting go of the coaches; (05:59) story points being a time estimate rather than a relati…
Round table discussion with Agile leaders, is it really just about software, business and developers working together, self organization, and is face-to-face outdated
A special holiday episode with the Agile Alliance's Supporting Agile Adoption (SAA) initiative team talking about the 12 principles of Agile in Amsterdam. Hendrik Esser, Jens Coldewey…
Agile improving work life balance, how project managers transition to Agile, and best practices for tactical and strategic goals
In this episode, we talk about (00:50) how Agile reduces overtime and improves work-life balance, (17:30) How to implement Agile in everyday business processes, (29:00) How do you hel…
Agile burnout, training programs for managers, good certification programs, measuring scrum master value
In this episode, we talk about (00:55) the Agile narrative project story on being burned out by Agile, (16:33) There don't seem to be many training programs for managers in an organiz…