The Agile Daily Standup - AgileDad

I recently set off a firestorm on LinkedIn with the question, Which Scaled Method of Agile is Best? One answer truly surprised me. Many people said do not Scale Agile at any cost. Could this really be true? Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we explore what it means to scale vs not scale at all. Who is most right? 

How do teams become high performing? Is it great leadership, a magic formula or luck? In today's episode, Sara Bierman, Business Agility Coach for AgileDad, shares a metaphor by Lyssa Adkins to help explain how a team can grow into high performance and bear valuable fruit for their organization.

Have you ever heard of the concept of internal and external product owners existing on an Agile project? Is this a myth? Or is it a reality waiting to happen? Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we explore how to best understand the difference in this self created mess. 

Have you ever heard of the Agile Tolerance Threshold? Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we discuss what it means and why it should be an important part of your Agile implementation. 

Be willing to change Stop making excuses Stop being angry Be a role model Forgive someone Listen to people Be honest Do something you don’t want to do Surprise someone special

Do teams and organizations understand and honor commitments? How is it any different than just announcing and forecasting what will be done? Teams have a special kind of commintment that they should always be mindful of.  Commit to improve Commit to maximize value Commit to transparency Commit to long-term objectives Scrum is a reason to be committed, not an excuse to avoid responsibilities

I feel this topic has far more questions than answers: Do we need them? Do they really help? Why does everyone insist that we have one? Etc... Let us help you navigate what comes next as we explore what makes for a great coaching engagement. 

I have been asked MANY times for a reliable way to measure the Agile Health of an organization. While there are many scorecards and radar that provide information, are they truly measuring what matters the most? Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we explore the best ways to measure health and GROW! 

How important is it that we as trainers, coaches, leaders, or even scrummasters meet the team and or organization right where they are on their Agile journey? Great coaches figure out where the best touchpoint is to start and follow up with regular inspection to determine the next best steps for that team and or organization. Join V. Lee Henson as we explore why we are different is so popular and...

Dave West, President of Scrum.org wrote a beautiful article regarding kindness. I gave it a quick read and felt it was so important to identify the parallels and how they fit into our everyday lives. Do you have what it takes to truly be kind? 

Have you ever thought to yourself, where does Agile really begin? I have been struggling so much with our Agile implementation that I am at a loss of where to even start! Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we explore what it is like to trace back to the root of where Agile came into the mix. 

Why can't you do it? Why can't you set your monkey free? Always giving into it Do you love the monkey or do you love me? The great late George Michael wrote the song Monkey many years ago. How and when should teams do everyting they can to get the monkey off of their back? Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we figure out when it is best to get the monkey off your back and whe...

Celebrate the 26th official birthday of Scrum with Dave West, CEO of Scrum.org and V. Lee Henson, President & Founder of AgileDad as we assess what has changed and what has remained the same as Scrum implementatons continue to press forward.  http://www. Scrum. Org https://scrumorg-website-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/drupal/2016-09/Scrum%20OOPSLA%201995.pdf  

Join Lee Henson and Mike Vizdos for this very special episode of the Agile Expert series where we discuss the conundrum of dealing with the "New Hybrid" business model. Are there things we can do to make a difference?  Mike is a fellow CST and provides training mentoring and consulting. Head over and learn more at michaelvizdos.com 

Have you ever wondered why the words Disney and Family always seem to flow together? Do you have a favorite Disney Classic? What has it taught you? Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we explore what a few Disney movies had to teach us and how we can apply this to both our Agile and personal lives. 

Have you ever wondered just what the best appraoch is to fund an Agile Project? Many leaders have struggled with this concept for as long as I have done Agile. Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we tackle this issue and get you all squared away financially. This is an episode NOT to miss! 

Join V. Lee Henson As we discuss how a Sprint should be a race to the finish and what you can learn from Outdoor cart racing and how this ties to having a strong Agile Coach. 

Join V. Lee Henson, President and founder of AgileDad as we do a review of a recently published blog post by Zuzi Sochova, a fellow Certified Scrum Trainer. Is there truly a difference between estimating and forecasting? If so, which is better and are there times where one is better than the other? Tune in and learn what the Agile Experts have to say about this matter! 

In this episode of the Agile Expert Series we join Mark Levison, a Certified Scrum Trainer and principal Agile Coach of  Agile Pain Relief Consulting . With over 30 years of experience in the IT industry, he has been learning and teaching Agile since 2001. Introducing Scrum, Lean, and Agile methods to many organizations, from government departments and banks to healthcare and software companies, M...

It's Friday, time for our Agile not-so-Agile episode of the Podcast. How much time do you spend on your phone? What impression are you leaving upon your friends and family? Join Kim Dickerson, Agile coach from AgileDad as she shares how technology impacts relationships with those that we love.

Not everyone feels like they need advice from Jeff Bezos, but this article highlighted 12 amazing pieces of advice from Jeff that we can actually all use. Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we breakdown each nugget of advice over the next two days. (Article shared by Business Insider)  Build a dreamy business Create more than you consume Maintain individuality Do more than ju...

Not everyone feels like they need advice from Jeff Bezos, but this article highlighted 12 amazing pieces of advice from Jeff that we can actually all use. Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we breakdown each nugget of advice over the next two days. (Article shared by Business Insider)  Failure is Important Work & life should not be a balancing game Focus your business on...

Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we explore the top five things you can do in order to improve your backlog prioritization in order to achieve maximum impact. Ask Why and Say No Treat Defects as part of the backlog Avoid stories with little or no user value Leverage hypothesis in order to become predictive Rely on the BAFATA to assist the PO in completing Objective Stack Ra...

In this episode of the Agile Expert Series we Join Kellie Tyler, Head of Agile Practices at Bitt and Part of the Organizing Board of Utah Agile. Today we discuss Psychological safety and what impact is has on establishing culture and on the Agile community as a whole.

Thanks for joining us for our Agile/Not-So-Agile episode of The Daily Standup Podcast where we discuss how to live your best life in just a few easy steps:   Try visualization Find your purpose Aim for growth Prioritize health Take action Figure out your finances Nurture your environment Consider your routine Serve others Become spiritually grounded