Agile Clips Podcast

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 po...

In this episode, we interview Andrew Webster, a San Francisco Bay Area Agile Coach. Andrew discusses the key topics in the book "Making Work Visible: Exposing Time Theft to Optimize Work & Flow" and goes on to discuss practical techniques for dealing with unplanned work in Scrum and estimating business value for prioritization of initiatives and features. Andrew also explains how Agile Coaches can...

In this episode we discuss a variety of topics, including prioritizing initiatives, keeping everyone aligned with priorities, agile planning and execution. Links: https://www.amazon.com/Joy-Inc-Built-Workplace-People-ebook/dp/B00DMCW1FK https://www.scaledagileframework.com/wsjf/

In this interview, software engineering management author and consultant Ron Lichty discusses "being agile" versus "doing agile", the role of managers in Agile and what it means for teams to be self-organizing. Links: http://www.ronlichty.com http://www.managingtheunmanageable.net

Story Mapping is a technique for visually documenting a story about how a user will use a product to perform the tasks that help achieve his or her goals. Story Maps are invaluable for reaching a common understanding of what are the key features that will make a product valuable. Links: http://www.jpattonassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/story_mapping.pdf https://www.amazon.com/User-Story-...

In this episode we discuss some of the misconceptions around Agile and go on to talk about the key aspects of the Agile Manifesto  with some examples. Links:  https://agilemanifesto.org  

Although Agile started in engineering, it is important for the entire enterprise to respond quickly to a changing business environment. Steve and Santosh discuss how cross functional teams can achieve Business Agility, and the entire product lifecycle can be managed using a  Kanban sandwich ! Links: https://dzone.com/articles/pattern-of-the-month-kanban-sandwich

What is the essence of Scrum? How do you know if you are Agile? Steve and Santosh discuss Henrik Kniberg's "the unofficial Scrum Checklist". The checklist can be downloaded from the crisp website . Links: https://www.crisp.se/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Scrum-checklist.pdf