Agile for Humans with Ryan Ripley and Todd Miller

Today's question is all about distributed Scrum Teams. What do you do when you cannot have everyone in the same room? How do you help your teams work well together when they distributed across multiple timezones. Todd and Ryan tackle this interesting and highly relevant topic on today's show. How well does your remote Scrum Team work together? Any remote collaboration tips you care to share? Let u...

Today's question asks whether or not it's ok to not follow the Scrum Guide. Todd and Ryan have some fun with this one because it does come up in class and on podcasts from time to time. Of course, it's OK to ignore the Scrum Guide. Check out the video for Ryan and Todd's take on this topic. What is your team ignoring in the Scrum Guide? Let us know in the comments! This is one of those Scrum Maste...

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Today's question asks whether or not the Scrum Framework is the right answer for all product development. Todd and Ryan have some fun with this one as they ponder when Scrum isn't a great fit for some types of work. When has Scrum not worked well for you or your team? Let us know in the comments! This is one of those Scrum Master interview questions about Scrum that can throw you off. Do you under...

Today's question is all about the product increment. Is it an increment even if we don't release it to production or to users? This is a big question that comes up especially when Scrum Teams are establishing their Definition of Done. Check out the video to see how Todd and Ryan handle this situation. Does your Scrum Team release an increment every Sprint? Let us know in the comments! This is one...

Fixing Your Kanban with Daniel Vacanti, Todd Miller, and Ryan Ripley. Ways to make your team events more meaningful with Kanban practices, ideas, and metrics. // Want to learn more about Kanban? Visit ProKanban.org - https://prokanban.org/Read the OFFICIAL KANBAN GUIDE - https://kanbanguides.org/ // The Secret History of Kanban and Why it Matters - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJVjcVCqWew And m...

Today's question is all about the product backlog. What do you do when the Product Backlog is out of control and no one can actually understand what you're trying to build anymore? Todd and Ryan discuss ways to cut your Product Backlog down to size and make sense of your product again. How big is your product backlog? Let us know in the comments! This is one of those Scrum Master interview questio...

Today's question asks Todd and Ryan to discuss how the Scrum Framework addresses risk management. They explored a number of ideas including the fact that by using Scrum you get quite a few risk management tools for free! Check out the video to learn more about how frequent feedback and empirical process control amplified by the Scrum Framework can lead to a great product risk management strategy....

Today's question asks Todd and Ryan to discuss how to measure the maturity of a Scrum Team. It won't be a shock to many listeners out there that they both focused on delivery and Professional Scrum! Listen in and learn about some other ways to consider the maturity of a Scrum Team. How mature is your Scrum Team? Let us know in the comments! This is one of those Scrum Master interview questions abo...

Today's question asks Todd and Ryan to weigh how a Scrum Team should handle unplanned/unexpected work during a Sprint. Todd cut straight to the point and wants teams to remove the need for work. Ryan and Todd both believe that asking if such work needs to be done in the first place is also important. Check out the video for more Scrum tips and tricks. How often is your Scrum Team interrupted by un...

Today's question asks Todd and Ryan to pontificate about the possible future of Scrum and how it will be used to solve complex adaptive problems. Ryan and Todd discuss what they've seen so far and their optimism about Scrum being very much needed and relevant well into the future! How many projects are your Scrum Team's working? Let us know in the comments! This is one of those Scrum Master interv...

Fixing Your Kanban with Daniel Vacanti, Todd Miller, and Ryan Ripley. This week we talk about the ProKanban Level 1 Assessment. We also dug into how the Official Kanban Guide can help you figure out what is essential to your practices. // Want to learn more about Kanban? Visit ProKanban.org - https://prokanban.org/Read the OFFICIAL KANBAN GUIDE - https://kanbanguides.org/ // The Secret History of...

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Today's question is all about the dangers of context switching. Todd and Ryan take a look at what happens when a Scrum Team isn't able to focus on their work and has to take on multiple projects. Spoiler Alert!!!! Context switching causes a lot of headaches and anti-patterns.  How many projects are your Scrum Team's working? Let us know in the comments! This is one of those Scrum Master interview...

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Today's question is about all about the Scrum Master and how many teams they can serve at one time. Ryan and Todd discuss their experience working with many teams and provide some guidance on how to know when a Scrum Master could be taking on too much responsibility. How many teams do you serve? Let us know in the comments! This is one of those Scrum Master interview questions about the Scrum Even...

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Today's question is about how a Scrum Team should handle multiple sprint goals. Todd and Ryan break down their past experiences with teams who insist on having multiple sprint goals and the issues that come with this anti-pattern. The big lesson here: FOCUS! and get something done.  How does your Scrum Team handle sprint goals? Let us know in the comments! This is one of those Scrum Master intervi...

Today's question is about how a Scrum Team should handle a request for a project status report. Todd and Ryan break down their past experiences handling this situation and what we can do use a status report as a way to encourage agile behaviors. How does your Scrum Team handle a status report? Let us know in the comments! This is one of those Scrum Master interview questions about the Scrum Events...

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Fixing Your Kanban with Daniel Vacanti, Todd Miller, and Ryan Ripley. This week we talk about the origins of Kanban for knowledge work. We also dug into how the Official Kanban Guide can help you figure out what is essential to your practices. // Want to learn more about Kanban? Visit ProKanban.org - https://prokanban.org/Read the OFFICIAL KANBAN GUIDE - https://kanbanguides.org/ // The Secret His...

Today's question is about how a Scrum Team should handle bugs and defects. Todd and Ryan break down their past experiences handling the unexpected work that can happen when bugs and defects emerge. The big lesson here: don't turn into bug managers and work on your definition of done! How does your Scrum Team handle bugs and defects? Let us know in the comments! This is one of those Scrum Master in...

Today's question is about Product Backlog Refinement and why it isn't an official Scrum Event. Refinement is a great product management practice for a Product Owner to use to help the Scrum Team gain an understanding of the product and future work. Check out Ryan and Todd's take on this. How does your Scrum Team handle Product Backlog Refinement? Let us know in the comments! This is one of those S...

Today's question is about the Daily Scrum and whether or not a Scrum Master should attend this Scrum Event. Todd and Ryan discuss situations where it could make sense for a Scrum Master to attend the Daily Scrum, but their stance is clear that the Daily Scrum is by and for the developers. How does your Scrum Team the Daily Scrum? Let us know in the comments! This is one of those Scrum Master inter...

The Agile for Humans crew got together to discuss management and leadership lessons learned while working with various companies. Creating environments where developers love to work was a theme throughout. Host: Ryan RipleyGuests: Joel Karr and Richie Peters // Want to support the live stream and show? Buy Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems - https://amzn.to/3b96j0A​​​...