Easy Agile

How do you move from shipping features to delivering real outcomes? In this Easy Agile Podcast episode, COO Mat Lawrence interviews author and consultant Jeff Gothelf about customer-centric OKRs, culture change and the leadership habits that make outcome thinking stick. What you will learn How to write outcome-based OKRs that focus on behaviour change, not task lists The “Who does what by how much...

How do real teams adopt AI without losing their people, product focus or ethics? In this Easy Agile Podcast episode, Henrik Kniberg joins Tenille Hoppo to unpack practical AI for product development and engineering. We cover building an AI-ready culture, safe experimentation, curing the code review bottleneck, shrinking the maker-to-user gap and what the next few years of Agile look like with AI i...

In this episode of the Easy Agile Podcast, Hayley Rodd (Senior Partner Manager at Easy Agile) sits down with Andreas Wengenmayer (Practice Lead for Enterprise Strategy & Planning at catworkx) to tackle the real challenges of scaling agile in modern enterprises.  If you prefer reading over watching/listening, head here - https://easyagile.com/podcast/aligning-teams-pi-planning-strategic-goal-settin...

Ever feel like your retrospectives are stuck in a repetitive loop, producing plenty of discussion but little action? You're not alone. Join Jaclyn Smith, Senior Product Manager at Easy Agile, and Shane Raubenheimer, Agile Technical Consultant at Adaptavist, as they break down exactly why retrospectives often become mere checkbox exercises—and how to transform them into powerful catalysts for genui...

In this episode Caitlin Mackie is joined by Lieschen Gargano Sr, Release Train Engineer at Scaled Agile. They delve into the role of the Release Train Engineer, sharing tips and tricks, FLOW activities, lessons learned and how to get started in the role. With SAFe Summit 2023 just around the corner, Lieschen also takes some time to talk about what she’s most excited about for the event and shared...

In this episode Hayley Rodd - Head of Partnerships at Easy Agile is joined by Tony Camacho -  Technical Director Enterprise Agilityat Adaptavist. They are delving into the highly discussed subject of team alignment, discussing what it means to have synchronized goals, cross-functional collaboration, and a shared agile mindset.    They also cover the fundamental building blocks to get right on your...

Nick Muldoon, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Easy Agile, is joined by Dave West, CEO, and Eric Naiburg, COO, from Scrum.org. In this episode, Nick, Dave, and Eric unpack the current agile landscape, discussing the role of the agile native and emphasizing the importance of building connected teams by flipping the hierarchy and putting leaders in supporting roles. They emphasize the importance of empoweri...

Dave Elkan, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Easy Agile is joined by Jean-Philippe Comeau Principal Customer Success Advocate at Adaptavist.   JP is passionate about teamwork, meeting new people, presentations of all kinds - loves a microphone and a captive audience, new technologies and most of all problem-solving. In this episode, JP and Dave are talking about one of the most anticipated events in the t...

Mat Lawrence, Chief Operating Officer at Easy Agile is joined by Ray Arell. Ray currently works as the Director of Agile Transformations at Dell Technologies, is the host of the ACN Podcast, and the President Of The Board Of Directors for the nonprofit Forest Grove Foundation Inc.   Ray is passionate about collaborative and inclusive leadership, and loves to inspire and motivate others to achieve...

Join Nick Muldoon, Co-founder and Co-CEO of Easy Agile as he chats with Maysa Safadi, Engineering Manager at Easy Agile.    As a woman, growing up in the middle east and being passionate about pursuing a career in the world of tech, don’t exactly go hand in hand. Navigating her way through a very patriarchal society, Maysa talks about her career journey and how she got to where she is today.   Hav...

Amaar Iftikhar, Product Manager at Easy Agile is joined by Jon Kern, Co-author of the Agile Manifesto for Software Development and a senior transformation consultant at Adaptavist.   Amaar and Jon took some time to speak about the Agile Manifesto. Covering everything from the early days, ideation, process, and first reactions, right through to what it means for the world of agile working today.  ...

Chloe Hall- Marketing Coordinator at Easy Agile is joined by Renae Craven - Agile Coach, Agile Trainer, Scrum Master Coach and QLD Chapter Local Leader at Women in Agile.    Join Renae Craven and Chloe Hall as they discuss: Renae’s journey to becoming an Agile Coach and Agile Trainer  Taking a leap out of your comfort zone  The importance of taking time to gather feedback and reflect  Building a t...

Join Greg Warner and Chloe Hall as they discuss the cloud migration journey:   The mental shift to cloud migration and how to think beyond the technical side How to navigate the journey without a roadmap to follow  The four pillars to success for your cloud migration journey  Finding the right time to migrate Thinking about future opportunities beyond your migration The unexpected value that can c...

Jasmin Iordanidis - Product Marketing Manager at Easy Agile is joined by Rebecca Davis - SAFe Fellow, SPCT, Principal Consultant and member of the Scaled Agile Framework Team.     Rebecca is passionate about teamwork, integrity, communication, and dedication to quality. I coach organizations on building competitive, market changing products at scale, while bringing joy to the work, for what is wor...

This bonus episode was recorded LIVE at Agile2022 in Nashville! The Easy Agile team got to speak with so many amazing people in the agile community, reflecting on conference highlights, key learnings, agile ceremonies + more!  Thanks to everyone who stopped by the booth to say G’Day and enjoyed a Tim Tam or two ;)  About Easy Agile  At Easy Agile, we believe great Agile tools should be simple...

Chloe Hall - Marketing Coordinator at Easy Agile is joined by Caitlin Mackie - Content Marketing Coordinator at Easy Agile.   In this episode, Caitlin and Chloe discuss the Team Retrospective agile ceremony:  Looking at the team retrospective as a tool for risk mitigation rather than just another agile ceremony The importance of doing the retrospective on a regular cycle Why you should celebrate t...

Robert O’Farrell - Engineering Manager at Easy Agile is joined by Leandro Barreto - Lead Software Engineer at Miro.  Leandro is responsible for helping engineering and product teams to be more productive through metrics and KPIs with a focus on increasing their operational efficiency. Before moving to Europe, Leandro worked for an Atlassian partner company in Brazil as Head of Technical Sales.   ...

Sean Blake - Head of Marketing at Easy Agile, is joined by Alana Mai Mitchell- Results coach, author, podcast host and senior product development manager at one of Australia’s largest banks.   In this episode, Sean and Alana are talking about communication styles within Agile teams, the importance of putting your hand up and telling your leader you want to be challenged, the qualities of a servant...

Jerome Salimao - Product Manager at Easy Agile, is joined by Sherif Mansour - Distinguished Product Manager at Atlassian.  In this episode, Jerome and Sherif are talking about styles of product management and the traits that make a great product manager. They explore the idea of a shared brain and the role of a product engineer. Sherif has been in software development for over 15 years. During his...

Angad, software developer at Easy Agile, is joined by Riz Hasan and William Rojas from Adaptavist. Riz is a Consulting Team Lead at Adaptavist. Riz works with agile teams and enterprise organizations to strategize, design,  and ultimately deliver on complex change management projects around technology and process. Riz believes the right attitude and approach to adopting new technology and continuo...

Join us for another round table style conversation, talking about the role of business in supporting sustainability initiatives. Rebecca and Caitlin from Easy Agile are joined by Ida and Ulrika from TietoEVRY. TietoEVRY is a leading digital services and software company, Headquartered in Finland, serving thousands of enterprise and public sector customers in more than 90 countries. Working to crea...

Join Henri Seymour - Developer at Easy Agile, and Matt Reiner - Customer Advocate at  K15t for the latest episode of the Easy Agile Podcast talking all things technical documentation (we promise it’s more fun than it sounds!) Matt is an experienced Content Strategist with a demonstrated history of working in the computer software industry. Henri & Matt talk about technical documentation as a produ...

Join Terlya Hunt - Head of People and Culture at Easy Agile and Caitlin Mackie - Marketing Coordinator at Easy Agile. As they talk with Jazmin Chamizo and Rakesh Singh - principal contributors of the recently published report “Reimagining Agility with Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.” In this episode, we explore the intersection of agile and DE&I. What led to writing the report? Where the misalign...

Join Jared Kells (Senior Developer at Easy Agile), Angad Sethi (Developer at Easy Agile), Jess Belliveau (Staff Infrastructure Engineer at Apptio) and Jordan Simonovski (Observability Engineer at Atlassian). In this roundtable style conversation, we let the developers take over. Sharing their insights and experience working with observability, leaving you with some key takeaways and some quick win...

Join Dave Elkan and Nick Muldoon for a conversation on building Easy Agile and the journey to date. Reflecting on key milestones, new experiences and learnings along the way. Nick and Dave share the significance of slowing down to have meaningful conversations and enjoy a lamington or two in the process. This episode is a great insight into the culture that has been created at Easy Agile.  Interes...