The Agile Daily Standup - AgileDad

It is time for the next installment of our Agile Expert Series where we are joined by the author of Amazon Best Selling book Essential Scrum, Ken Rubin. Ken is the Principal of Innolution and has been part of the Agile movement from the very onset of Agile. Join us for a discussion around how dependencies are killing your agility!  Join A VERY Special  8-hour course (two ½-day sessions) on October...

Before you listen to this episode, pull off of the road if you are driving. Grab a tissue… (or two). Join us as we explore some crazy powerful techniques to uplift others in a time of need. You are special, you are powerful, you are loved!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNfMs2ZWvzM

How do you know that your organizational culture is shifting to a growth mindset? Here are the top five KPI’s that show that the change is in motion: Recognition that complexity and uncertainty lead to unfocused solutions Understanding that the use of Agile allows teams & organizations to iterate product and service solutions Realization that empirical process allows you to more sharply inspec...

Join Kim Dickerson, Business Agility Coach for AgileDad as she puts a SPIN on a previous AgileDad Podcast topic and points out the Top 5 Things every employee wants to hear:  1) I appreciate you / job well done. 2) Do you have an idea or opinion to help us improve our product or service? 3) Confidence  4) Strengths  5) Understanding Weaknesses 

Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we explore the 5 trademarks of an Agile Organization! Where does your company stand? How many of the five do you portray? North Star Embodied Across the Organization Create a Network of Empowered Teams Rapid Decision Making & Learning Cycles Dynamic Teams That Ignite Passion Next Generation Products and Services

What challenges does Agile face as a whole? How do we navigate the constant change of Agile? Is there a lack of good Product Owners out there? Join V. Lee Henson & Mike Cohn as they explore what Agile means today and where Agile is headed in the future.  

Join V. Lee Henson as we discuss this Agile/Not-So-Agile topic regarding the 7 pillars for self improvement:  1) Form Good Habits 2) Set SMART Goals 3) Activate a System 4) Emotional Self Regulation 5) Understand How Learning Works 6) Discover Values & Meaning 7) Internalize Thoughts & Beliefs

Who is the actor in your User Stories? Is it just a User, Product Owner or System? In this episode, Sara Bierman, Business Agility Coach for AgileDad, shares her tips for identifying and better defining your end users in your user stories. 

Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we explore the right way to write a User Story:  Identify The Target Persona Understand BDD & HDD INVEST in Good Stories Write Strong Acceptance Criteria

Join our Agile Experts Roxana Radulescu & Veronica Stewart as we discuss the modern workplace and what it means to Agile.  Roxana Radulescu 15+ years in corporate learning & development executive level, top legal consulting, now Founder of All Personal training, coaching & consulting, working with millennial emerging leaders to help them become dream bosses and build dream teams. Find...

Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we pay tribute on this 20th anniversary of the September 11th destruction at the World Trade Center and The Pentagon. 

Join V. Lee Henson as we review the top 10 things that you need to make part of your everyday ritual! 1) Put your phone on airplane mode before you go to sleep at night 2) Meditate everyday for at least 10 minutes 3) Stretch Everyday... or do yoga, pilates, etc.  4) Practice gratitude daily 5) Keep a daily journal 6) Watch what you eat - Eat to live..  7) Habit forming & habit tracking is a go...

What are the most important aspects of an Epic? In today's episode, Sara Bierman, Business Agility Coach for AgileDad, shares her top 3 must haves for every Epic.  Goal/Problem Statement Customer/End User Experience Targeted release date/timeline

Join V. Lee Henson as we explore the top things that people try to handoff to the scrummaster that are not their responsibilities:  1) ScrumMaster works as a proxy between the team and everyone else 2) The ScrumMaster is NOT the sole person to remove impediments 3) ScrumMasters should NOT be the daily scrum manager or lead 4) The ScrumMaster is not the teams administrative assistant or secratary 5...

In this edition of The Agile Expert Series we join the very AMAZING Agile Coach and Co-Creator of the Agile Disrupted Podcast Tabassun Haque where we discuss definition of customer needs and the psychology behind wants and needs in general. About Tabassun, In her own words:  Being someone not of arrogance but of sincerity, who only takes pride in the work that is accomplished through a driven sens...

In honor of my daughter becoming a teenager, I thought it would be neat to share another moment in time where the world stopped. I also tied in a more recent local story that helped me believe in humanity once again. Judge not lest ye be judged.

Many organizations that are fairly large in size have both product owners and product managers. Is this ok? What is the difference? What is their associated list of responsibilities? How can I best organize my RACI card so I know who to turn to? Join V. Lee Henson as we explore this interesting topic and help you see the light! Are you the Train Driver or the Track Builder?

What are the most important aspects of a User Story? In today's episode, Sara Bierman, Business Agility Coach for AgileDad, shares her top 3 must haves for every User Story.  User Statement Assumptions Acceptance Criteria

Join V. Lee Henson as we review a recent blog post from Daria Bagina surrounding the term velocity and what it should or should not really mean.. Most teams and organizations have already abused the term to death. What can we do to save velocity or is it already too late? https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/velocity-made-number

Join V. Lee Henson and Pete Behrens as they discuss the state of leadership in Agile and why or why not top down Agile support should even matter.  Pete Behrens develops leaders to transform themselves and their organizations to improve business outcomes. Pete is the founder of the  Agile Leadership Journey , a collaborative community of leadership trainers and coaches built on a philosophy that a...

Have you ever had one of those moments where the whole world feels like it is standing still so that you can completely absorb and appreciate that one moment in time?

Believe it or not, there are some unusual times where Agile may NOT be the best option! Join V. Lee Henson as we discuss the following examples where Agile may not apply: Fast and frequent changes are not needed Digital transformation not needed for the type of product or service Existing solution is stable and providing key benefits The market is stable and predictable Failure or mistakes could c...

Should you take advantage of the Scrum Certifications even if you are not technical?  Join Kim Dickerson as she shares the story of her Agile journey and how the learned principles can be applied to just about any job and even at home!

How can we tell if we are really going about doing Agile the right way or if we are acting in Agile by name only? Join V. Lee Henson as he discusses some of the signs that you are in need of a strong Agile coach or trainer to help your organization: Neglecting stakeholder feedback Release, delivery, and or deployment is painful at best Change requests are unjustified Changes are not well accepted...

In this episode of the Agile Expert Series, V. Lee Henson invites Richard Lawrence to chat about his specialty of all things BDD and the impact this has in the Agile Community. Richard’s superpower is bringing together seemingly unrelated fields and ideas to create new possibilities. Drawing on a diverse background in software development, engineering, anthropology, design, and political science,...