Drunk Agile

Nisha, Dan and Prateek answer an audience question about when is it appropriate to use Cycle Time Scatterplot vs Monte Carlo for predictions.

Dan, Nisha and Prateek host Chad and Jeff as they talk about the shipping problems of the world and of course... aging.

Johanna Rothman comes back to visit Nisha, Dan and Prateek to talk about more aspects of aging. More whisky, more insights, more bigger aging.

Karl Scotland joins Nisha, Dan and Prateek as they explore definition of predictability and the metrics that could represent it.

Nisha, Dan and Prateek discuss leading and lagging indicators, the difference between the two and whether that difference is important or not. There is a decent dose of Little's Law thrown in for good measure.

Julia Wester stops by to talk about Board Design antipatterns with Nisha, Dan and Prateek. Come find out why your board design might be critical to how work is or is not flowing. Also... Scottish Gin!

Nisha, Dan and Prateek discuss the answer to "How much data is needed to generate reliable forecasts?". Spoiler alert - It is less than you think... and you might be asking the wrong question.

Dan and Prateek channel Ted Lasso's Roy Kent and Coach Beard. They get pedantic about Cycle Time and Lead Time. Ted Lasso(#Nisha) mostly stays out of it in the latest #DrunkAgile episode. What is your opinion on the distinction(or lack thereof) between these two terms? #metrics

Nisha, Dan and Prateek are back to their curmudgeon-y best as they discuss the metrics of flow as described by SAFe. The whisky helped quite a bit on this one.

Nisha, Dan and Prateek have a conversation with Yuval Yeret around Safe, Kanban, Scrum and the intersection of all these.

Dan, Nisha and Prateek discuss applying flow metrics to Features, especially the concepts of Right Sizing and Aging. As usual, whiskey!

Dan and Prateek discuss the common myth that items on a kanban board dont move backwards.

Daniel and Prateek discuss myths of #Scrum and #Kanban as they taste 3 (high proof) bourbons. Which of these agile related myths do you believe?

Mark Kilby joins Dan, Prateek and Nisha to talk about remote Scrum, hybrid teams and the future of remote work.

Dan and Prateek have a conversation with Johanna Rothman about management, teams, flow, agile and averages. Find out why managers need to watch their own cycle times!

Dan and Prateek talk about (of all things)...people. Please join us as we share some of our thoughts on teams and teamwork. At the very least, join them for your daily dose of #Nisha.

Dan and Prateek talk about the use of flow metrics during Scrum events. They dive into how metrics, usually associated with Kanban are very useful for Scrum teams and can help teams level up their agile implementation.

Probably the most common question asked during or after #kanban training is - How do we set WIP limits? Dan, Nisha and Prateek attempt to answer it in our latest #drunkAgile episode.

Dan and Prateek talk to Greg Boswell on how kanban evolved at Corbis and how the journey has continued since.

Dan and Prateek wrap up the kanban series by talking about improving your workflow. They dive into how kanban teams can utilize what they are learning from their systems to improve their process.

Why are people who let people cut in line the worst? In the follow up to Episode 17 - Defining Your Workflow, Dan and Prateek talk about the answer to that question and how to effectively operate your workflow. Part 2 of the kanban series form DrunkAgile.

Dan and Prateek dive into some common "math" issues with interpreting Cycle Time data. Learn why histograms are mostly a terrible way to display time-series data. What are alternatives that might provide better answers.

Dan and Prateek start a series of conversations about what constitutes a Kanban system. In this episode, step 1 - Defining your Workflow.

Dan and Prateek discuss CFDs. When should you use them and when should you not? What is the correct way to construct one? What are the common pitfalls? Also, shout out the Muppets with Statler and Waldorf.

Like most things, there's probably more myths than truths about Little's Law out there on the interwebs. How many myths do you know about? Join Dan and Prateek on the next episode of #DrunkAgile to find out!