Agile Weekly Podcast

Alan Dayley interviews Roy van de Water after the October 2011 Phoenix Scrum User's Group.

Clayton Lengel-Zigich, Roy van de Water and Derek Neighbors talk about a blog post entitled "Technical Excellence in Scrum" by Dave Rooney. Jeff Sutherland suggested that Agile Leaders are not doing their job if they are not pushing Technical Excellence. Rooney writes that sometimes it's the teams that refuse, no matter how hard the leader pushes. Implementing Scrum causes impediments Technical Excellence practices can remove these impediments Sometimes the leader can mandate some practices if they can demonstrate the benefits Leaders should know how to do the practices they advocate

Clayton Lengel-Zigich, Roy van de Water, Derek Neighbors, and Drew Lesueur discuss creating a sense of urgency around the work that needs to be done. Displaying a sense of urgency to the customer so they feel important. Creating a sense of urgency to the developers so they stay focused. No urgency is unmotivating Perpetual urgency is unsustainable

Clayton Lengel-Zigich, Derek Neighbors, Drew LeSueur and Roy van de Water discuss controversial tweets. @PMOObserver: "Always deliver what you commit to. No more; no less." @elizabethraley: "Scrum Rule: No Additional Requirements Can Be Added to a Sprint!" @scrumology: "Comparing velocity between teams: Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything th..." @rslawrence: "In case you missed it over the weekend: 'Why Longer Sprints Probably Won't Help'" @rramirez4444: "What are the TWO best qualities of a good Scrum Master? #agile #scrum (non-SM respondants given more weight on this one..)" @alechardy: "Purpose of sprint review is to inspect and adapt. Demo during review is to prompt inspect and adapt conversation."

Clayton Lengel-Zigich, Roy van de Water, Derek Neighbors and Drew LeSueur discuss the use of agile tools and what their place is in a philosophy that favors individuals and interaction over process and tools. Manifesto says to not favor tools and process Tools remove the "Human-ness" Distributed teams are often a big reason for wanting to use tools Digital tools severely decrease visibility Tools can prevent/impede conversations Writing something physically forces your brain to engage Blank index cards are more flexible than any tool Tools become a crutch for bad decisions

Clayton Lengel-Zigich, Roy van de Water, Derek Neighors and Drew LeSueur talk about White Elephant estimating, a new way to generate estimates for stories to instead of the same-old planning poker. Compare stats against planning poker 80 stories 5 minutes to discuss process/application 25 minutes to do estimation 10 minutes to get velocity Team is moving around and more enganged Everyone had to be active Nobody can set the tone Disagreements were resolved quickly Made easier by having a trusting team Link to blog post: http://blog.mikepearce.net/2011/05/02/how-do-i-estimate-how-long-an-agile-project-will-take-before-we-start/

Jade Meskill, Clayton Lengel-Zigich, Roy van de Water, Drew LeSueur and Chris Coneybeer talk about leadership and how you might identify leaders within your team. A leader bring the people around him/her Teams can have multiple leaders Leadership is based on trust People will step up to fill a leadership vacuum What is the value in identifying the leader? Having trust/respect makes it easier to lead Improving the team can be to the short-term detriment of the leader The more self organizing a team is, the less important the leader is. Leaders are willing to take responsibility for the team

Alan Dayley interviews Keith Denham after the September 2011 Phoenix Scrum User's Group.

Clayton Lengel-Zigich, Roy van de Water, Drew LeSueur, Chris Coneybeer and Jade Meskil discuss an article on InfoQ, "How Rigid is Scrum". Rigid up front Flexible with experience Inspect and Adapt Breaking rules is usually to avoid a deeper issue Learn through imitiation, then improvise Set in stone Scrum is not ideal The uncomfortable parts of Scrum will expose issues Culture can stand in the way of Scrum adoption

Alan Dayley interviews Larry Apke after the September 2011 Phoenix Scrum User's Group.

The Integrum team traveled to Irvine, California to attend the Agile Open Southern California on September 15th and 16th of 2011. During the event we had the chance to be able to interview some of the attendees and talk to them about the Open Space that they had just facilitated. Open Space Technology conferences are great events where the attendees get to create and completely control the content of the "conference". Enjoy this video as we talk to Alix Holmes about her Open Space on integrating user experience design with agile processes. For more information on this event or their sister event Agile Open Northern California check out the site at www.agileopencalifornia.com.

Alan Dayley interviews Greg Kirk after the September 2011 Phoenix Scrum User's Group.

The Integrum team traveled to Irvine, California to attend the Agile Open Southern California on September 15th and 16th of 2011. During the event we had the chance to be able to interview some of the attendees and talk to them about the Open Space that they had just facilitated. Open Space Technology conferences are great events where the attendees get to create and completely control the content of the "conference". Enjoy this video as we talk to Chris Scripca about his Open Space on Game Programming for Fun and Keeping Thousands of People Happy. For more information on this event or their sister event Agile Open Northern California check out the site at www.agileopencalifornia.com.

The Integrum team traveled to Irvine, California to attend the Agile Open Southern California on September 15th and 16th of 2011. During the event we had the chance to be able to interview some of the attendees and talk to them about the Open Space that they had just facilitated. Open Space Technology conferences are great events where the attendees get to create and completely control the content of the "conference". Enjoy this video as we talk to Ainsley Nies about her Open Space on "Agile Chartering". For more information on this event or their sister event Agile Open Northern California check out the site at www.agileopencalifornia.com.

The Integrum team traveled to Irvine, California to attend the Agile Open Southern California on September 15th and 16th of 2011. During the event we had the chance to be able to interview some of the attendees and talk to them about the Open Space that they had just facilitated. Open Space Technology conferences are great events where the attendees get to create and completely control the content of the "conference". Enjoy this video as we talk to Scott Dunn about his Open Space on Strengths Based Team and Personal Growth. For more information on this event or their sister event Agile Open Northern California check out the site at www.agileopencalifornia.com.