The Agile Daily Standup - AgileDad

How do you know when you need 4 new tires and how long you can wait to change them? Do you make Good Better or Best choices? Join us today and help a friend realize their fullest potential. 

Challenge yourself to do the following 5 things:  1) Find your spiritual path. Get on it. Stay on it. 2) Discover the joy of gratitude and daily repentance. 3) Learn about your faith and how it works. What is your light? 4) Seek and expect miracles. 5) End conflict in your personal and professional life. 

1) Split The Product Backlog 2) Reduce The Product Backlog Scope 3) Hide The Details 4) Aggregate The Details 5) Eliminate Dead items

Of course the ScrumMaster needs to be a people person... Right? I vote yes, but others have voted no... Join V. Lee Henson as we take this journey to figure things out. 

Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as he reviews what could be the most cryptic blog post ever!! Please listen in and help me figure out what this guy is trying to say. 

Here are the top 7 reasons:  1) Management/Leadership Issues 2) No Growth Opportunity 3) Lack of Engagement 4) Poor Communication 5) Dogmatic Work Policies 6) Lack of Vision & Strategy 7) Individual Burnout

This episode features a story called The Room which is a celebration of Easter. 

Vanilla Ice was the ULTIMATE Innovative Disruptor! He beckoned us to STOP, COLLABORATE, and LISTEN. The Spice Girls taught us how to focus only on what we really really want, and 50 Cent wants us all to be In Da Club but how do all of these artists lead us to a growth mindset? Join us for a LAUGH OUT LOUD presentation with more music references than one can imagine possible in this one hour throw...

The short answer is YES! They are part of the team and they should attend. This may be the SHORTEST episode ever of the daily standup podcast! 

Of course they should...  Oh wait no they should not... .But what about this situation? Let me tell you, this has been a heated topic. I have been teaching a LOT of PO Classes and we have had this discussion quite a few times. Join V. Lee Henson to see where he landed on this topic... 

Do you understand the purpose of the Sprint Goal? What is it and how do we create it? The sprint goal should be a SMART goal. Join V. Lee Henson as we discuss what a Sprint Goal is and why it is so critical to team success. 

Do you understand others needs and stop to listen to what they have to say? Join V. Lee Henson, President & Founder of AgileDad as we explore what we can do to better understand and empathize with others. 

Last week I did a FREE Webinar about Certifications. Here are the results of having the webinar. Many voices were spoken.. 

Here are the 5 Anti-Patters for User Story Estimation:  1) Settling on the average 2) Deferring to the most senior member of the team 3) Skipping the definition of done 4) Unrealistic estimates 5) Equating points to time Time based estimation is WRONG and it SUCKS! 

What are the tips and best practices to master to make remote working environments work for our teams? Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder fo AgileDad as we explore what makes remote teams tick and how we can still get company culture while working from home. 

I had someone point out an AMAZING article to me that says in order to do proper Agile, you should have ZER meetings and ZERO accountability. It is our job to give the team the work and get out of the way. How do you feel about that? 

I fell and busted up both of my legs at the Magic Kingdom. Learn more about this crazy experience and what I learned from it. 

Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we discuss the Eight Things You Should Be Doing During The Sprint Review, (DEMO).  1) Put the product in the hands of your user and stakeholder as much as possible 2) Gather feedback 3) Show progress relative to the product 4) Discuss what to do next 5) Adapt the product goal and product backlog 6) Show useful metrics 7) Keep it informa...

Join V. Lee Henson as we review an article by Sander Dur titled 7 Things You Should Do During Sprint Planning. Here is the list that we will cover: Use feedback coming out of the Sprint Review Reassess any remaining work from the last Sprint Use the timebox to refine Product Backlog Items Invite Subject Matter Experts Relate the objective to Product Goals Plan improvement items coming out of the S...

Many people do Agile by the books. Even more people apply Agile to everything they do. Join us as we discover what Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, Michelle Obama, Thomas Edison, Mae Jemison, John Wooden, and V. Lee Henson all have in common when it comes to Agile implementation. 

Come celebrate with V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we explore the top 5 broadcasted episodes of the Podcast:  5) Re-Energize Your Daily Standup 4) 3 Resolutions for 2022 3) 11 Laws of Agile Estimation 2) Mike Cohn - Understanding The Agile Revolution 1) The BEST Compliment I Have Ever Received Thanks for listening and for subscribing! 

When we lose someone we love, we are often stricken with grief and enter a place of mourning. What can we do that is even better and how can we celebrate someone we care deeply about's amazing journey? Know that you are loved and focus on the GOOD! 

Have you ever wondered why people either HATE or do NOT attend your Demo / Review? Join us as we review a blog post from the legendary Mike Cohn listing of the Top 7 Ways to Get Stakeholders to Attend Sprint Reviews https://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/blog/top-7-ways-to-get-stakeholders-to-attend-sprint-reviews?

What are the 5 steps to having a perfectly prioritized Product Backlog? Call a meeting with the right RATS Brainstorm with the POBAFATA Eliminate waste and duplicate effort Identify a top 30 list Conduct Rapid Release Planning

What is OSR? (Objective Stack Ranking) and how does it allow us to achieve the perfectly rank ordered backlog? Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder fo AgileDad as we discuss how Strategic Priority, Consumer Desire, and Technological Feasibility all play a role into objective sorting and how we can balance all of these to come to a stack ranked backlog.