The Agile Daily Standup - AgileDad

Do you have trouble staying focused in this pandemic ridden world we are in? Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we explore the top 5 ways that you can gain or regain focus to help you recharge mentally and gain the emotional health benefits that go along with it.    1) Limit Distractions 2) Limit Your Focus 3) Live In the Moment 4) Practice Mindfulness 5) Take Short Breaks

Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we discuss the top Scrum Anti-Patterns and how we should address them. Special thanks to Micheal Sahota for the inspiration for these episodes! 

Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we discuss the top Scrum Anti-Patterns and how we should address them. Special thanks to Micheal Sahota for the inspiration for these episodes! 

Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we discuss the top Scrum Anti-Patterns and how we should address them. Special thanks to Micheal Sahota for the inspiration for these episodes! 

Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we discuss the top Scrum Anti-Patterns and how we should address them. Special thanks to Micheal Sahota for the inspiration for these episodes! 

Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we discuss overcoming objections and how to focus more on having a growth mindset. Happy Friday! 

Have you ever wondered why your company even chose Agile in the first place? What problem are you really trying to solve? What are you trying to make better? Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we explore what we really need to know about "the agile" anf how it got here in the first place. 

When we were all working in person, observation was EASY for a ScrumMaster. Now that we are all working remotely, this is simply not the case. Join V. Lee Henson. President and founder of AgileDad as we explore a recent blog post from master coach Mark Kirby and identify what the key superpowers are for remote coaching success. 

Before the pandemic, many organizations were focused on creating the ideal work environment. Many were remodeling offices in an attempt to create the perfect Agile Workspace. Now that we are mostly working from home, what can we do to foster such an environment? Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we explore what needs to be done to create a great remote working environment. 

What does it take to make your Agile Transformation work? Will it stand the test of time? Join V. Lee Henson, Presindent and Founder of agileDad as we explore what makes Agile stick incompanies and how you can take a pulse check to see how your company is doing. 

Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we discuss how you can tap into the perfect bank account. 

Do you ever wonder what the future of Agile might look like? We recently saw a blog post that discussed the top 5 trends that they felt were going to impact Agile in short order. Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we explore what we see happening with these 5 trends and what we see for the future of Agile.  1) AGILE TOOLS WILL BE SIMPLER 2) SAFE BECOMES MORE POPULAR 3) ARTIFI...

Join V. Lee Henson as we discuss whether shorter Sprint Lengths help teams deliver higher quality product quicker whilst all team members are in a remote setting. 

Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we explore the 5 elements you must consider when building a solid definition of ready for your backlog.  

Hace you ever wondered what is the best way to eliminate Technical Debt? Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder fo AgileDad as we explore a recent blog post from Mike Cohn and discuss the top 3 ways to eliminate technical debt. 

Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad on this inspirational journey to discover who you are regarding the boulder on our path. 

One of our AgileDad Alumin, Tom, had written in and asked us to talk about the team anti-pattern of splitting stories and taking credit for partial complete work. Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we explore what triggers this action and how to best solve it. 

Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we explore the Top 12 Techniques to become a more effective Agile Coach. We will cover 4 techniques each day over the course of the next three days!  Part 3:  9) Ask Why  10) Break It Down 11) Ask Powerful Questions 12) Challenge Thought Patterns

Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we explore the Top 12 Techniques to become a more effective Agile Coach. We will cover 4 techniques each day over the course of the next three days!  Part 2:  5) Be A Pessimist 6) List All The Steps 7) Be The Cheerleader 8) Get A Second Opinion

Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we explore the Top 12 Techniques to become a more effective Agile Coach. We will cover 4 techniques each day over the course of the next three days!  Part 1:  1) Silence  2) Holding The Mirror 3) Gathering Alternative Options 4) Grant a Wish

Here is the recap:  1. Set aside some time to understand the reasons behind your goal. Don't move forward until you can answer these questions: In what ways does this goal align with my personal values? How does this goal get me closer to my vision for my future? What excites me about the goal? 2. Once you've identified your goal, break it into smaller daily or weekly tasks. To help determine if t...

The questions was originally made in jest, but how many standup meetings should I attend a day Many companies really still suffer from death by meeting. One proposed solution,  As a team member, you will attend one daily stand-up per day. As a member of three teams, you should be attending one daily stand-up per team. Assuming that each daily stand-up maintains its allocated 15-minute timebox, and...

This is the question that ends all questions. How are we supposed to measure the effectiveness of a ScrumMaster when upwards of 70% of their role consists of servant leadership responsibilities that are difficult to quantify? Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we explore when and how a ScrumMaster should be evaluated on their performance. 

Have you ever had one of those days where you are being asked to change something in-sprint in order to meet a release deadline? How far do we go when adapting to change vs following the plan? Do we risj the release to make the needed changes? Do we stick to the release and miss an important feature? Do we create a precedent where we set the stage for people to continually ask for a more frequent...

There are TONS of articles and people trying to figure out the BEST way to execute a remote standup call. Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we explore 5 things you should be doing and 3 pitfalls you need to look out for.