The Agile Coffee Podcast

Theme: Agile Community Events Dr. Dave (@DrCorneliusInfo) joins Vic (@AgileCoffee) for a beautiful morning on Huntington Beach discussing all manner of Agile community events: Agile Opens (and other open space uses), coaching retreats and camps, lean coffees, hackathons. Dave talks about the 5Saturdays model, and we tell how to find, get involved and host these activities. This is one of my favorite episodes. In addition to the excellent scenery and the superb company, I very much enjoy talking about community events. Not only do I believe that community is important and fulfilling, but I have a penchant for organizing these activities. For more information Open Space: * History of Open Space * Harrison Owen’s Guide to Open Space Technologies Agile Opens: * Agile Open Southern California – Sept 10-11, 2015 * Agile Open Northern California – Oct 9-10, 2015 * Agile Open Northwest Agile Coach Camps: * AgileCoachCamp.org * Agile Coach Camp US West 2015 Scrum Coaching Retreat Seattle 2015 LeanCoffee.org – includes listing of cities with lean coffees 5Saturdays.org – Dr.Dave’s community learning initiative to bring Scrum and other skills into local high schools * ALICE – educational software that teaches computer programming in a 3D environment Scrum Day San Diego and Scrum Day Orange County (Vic presented at both in each of their first years) various others: * Play Camp (and Luke Hohmann’s other ventures: Innovation Games and Conteneo) * Play4Agile * AgileGames (New England) * DevOps * AIN World Conference (Montréal, Sept 24-27, 2015 – organized by the AI Network) * Lego Serious Play (might have to search a bit to see if conferences are planned) Finally, Vic ran a couple of Hackathons in the workplace… – – – – Coming up in episode 31 – I hold a lean coffee at a 5Saturdays event with a cast of new voices. Further ahead in episode 32 – interviews from the 2nd annual Scrum Day San Diego.  

Announcing the brand new Podcast Topic Index. Search and sort to find any topic discussed on our podcasts. Victor is once again joined by Dale Ellis (@theDigitalDale), Jason Kerney (@JasonKerney), Zach Bonaker (@ZachBonaker) and Garrett Borunda (LinkedIn) at the Cape Rey in Carlsbad for a lively morning of Agile and Coffee. In this episode, our Agile heroes discuss: * Dale reports on the 2015 Scrum Gathering in Phoenix #SGPHX * Is PO the only Agile product mgr model? * With whom do Agile principles take root? * Frederic Laloux's Reinventing Organizations and Dr. Clare Graves' Colour System * Intentional practice (at Hunter Industries) * kanban, personal kanban, Trello * active listening * Uncle Bob Martin's S.O.L.I.D. Principles of OO and Agile design (video) Reach out to Vic (@AgileCoffee) and use the hashtag #tellAgileCoffee to interact with us on an upcoming episode. announcements: * ACCUSWest 2015 archive at AgileLib.net, courtesy of Tobias Mayer * June 6th is Dr. Dave's 5 Saturdays program's final Train the Facilitators workshop of the summer. More info at 5Saturdays.org

Announcing the brand new Podcast Topic Index. Search and sort to find any topic discussed on our podcasts. Victor is once again joined by Dale Ellis (@theDigitalDale), Jason Kerney (@JasonKerney), Zach Bonaker (@ZachBonaker) and Garrett Borunda (LinkedIn) at the Cape Rey in Carlsbad for a lively morning of Agile and Coffee. In this episode, our Agile heroes discuss: * Dale reports on the 2015 Scrum Gathering in Phoenix #SGPHX * Is PO the only Agile product mgr model? * With whom do Agile principles take root? * Frederic Laloux’s Reinventing Organizations and Dr. Clare Graves’ Colour System * Intentional practice (at Hunter Industries) * kanban, personal kanban, Trello * active listening * Uncle Bob Martin’s S.O.L.I.D. Principles of OO and Agile design (video) Reach out to Vic (@AgileCoffee) and use the hashtag #tellAgileCoffee to interact with us on an upcoming episode. announcements: * ACCUSWest 2015 archive at AgileLib.net, courtesy of Tobias Mayer * June 6th is Dr. Dave‘s 5 Saturdays program’s final Train the Facilitators workshop of the summer. More info at 5Saturdays.org

Victor is joined by Dale Ellis (@theDigitalDale), Jason Kerney (@JasonKerney), Zach Bonaker (@ZachBonaker) and Garrett Borunda (LinkedIn) at the Cape Rey in Carlsbad for a lively morning of Agile and Coffee. In this episode, our Agile heroes discuss: * Agile tools to give Voice to a Teams * "Agile is a cancer" * Erik Meijer's presentation The Hacker Way - a Rational Alternative for Agile (explicit content) in which he claims that "Agile is a cancer that we have to eliminate from the industry" * Agile Is Dead (Long Live Agility) by Dave Thomas (manifesto signatory) * The Failure of Agile by Andy Hunt (manifesto signatory) * Shu Ha Ri by Alistair Cockburn(manifesto signatory) * Should Scrum die in a fire? by Ron Jeffries (manifesto signatory) * Good To Great by Jim Collins * Coordinating work between teams * Power of Success (Mob Programming at Hunter) ACCUSWest 2015 archive at AgileLib.net, courtesy of Tobias Mayer Coming soon is Dr. Dave's 5 Saturdays program's Train the Facilitators workshops: May 30th and June 6th. More info at 5Saturdays.org Reach out to Vic (@AgileCoffee) on Twitter and use the hashtag #tellAgileCoffee to interact with us on an upcoming episode.

Victor is joined by Dale Ellis (@theDigitalDale), Jason Kerney (@JasonKerney), Zach Bonaker (@ZachBonaker) and Garrett Borunda (LinkedIn) at the Cape Rey in Carlsbad for a lively morning of Agile and Coffee. In this episode, our Agile heroes discuss: * Agile tools to give Voice to a Teams * “Agile is a cancer” * Erik Meijer’s presentation The Hacker Way – a Rational Alternative for Agile (explicit content) in which he claims that “Agile is a cancer that we have to eliminate from the industry” * Agile Is Dead (Long Live Agility) by Dave Thomas (manifesto signatory) * The Failure of Agile by Andy Hunt (manifesto signatory) * Shu Ha Ri by Alistair Cockburn(manifesto signatory) * Should Scrum die in a fire? by Ron Jeffries (manifesto signatory) * Good To Great by Jim Collins * Coordinating work between teams * Power of Success (Mob Programming at Hunter) ACCUSWest 2015 archive at AgileLib.net, courtesy of Tobias Mayer Coming soon is Dr. Dave‘s 5 Saturdays program’s Train the Facilitators workshops: May 30th and June 6th. More info at 5Saturdays.org Reach out to Vic (@AgileCoffee) on Twitter and use the hashtag #tellAgileCoffee to interact with us on an upcoming episode.

To share an abundance of topics, Victor is joined by Dale Ellis (@theDigitalDale), Larry Lawhead (@LarryLawhead), Jon Jorgensen (@waterScrumBan) and Dr. Dave Cornelius (@DrCorneliusInfo) in the Irvine studio for a lively morning of Agile and Coffee. In this episode, our Agile heroes discuss: * A brief report on last month's ACCUS West * Applying Agile to students * Hang the DJ * Can Agile practices change us psychologically? We're at a crossroads, and you can help! Is this format working for you? How can we improve upon it? AND - what ideas do you have for recording the sessions over the interwebs? Would you like to join one? Let Vic know by twitter or email. Mark your calendars for Dr. Dave's 5 Saturdays program's Train the Facilitators workshops: May 30th and June 6th. More info at 5Saturdays.org Reach out to Vic (@AgileCoffee) on Twitter and use the hashtag #tellAgileCoffee to interact with us on an upcoming episode.

To share an abundance of topics, Victor is joined by Dale Ellis (@theDigitalDale), Larry Lawhead (@LarryLawhead), Jon Jorgensen (@waterScrumBan) and Dr. Dave Cornelius (@DrCorneliusInfo) in the Irvine studio for a lively morning of Agile and Coffee. In this episode, our Agile heroes discuss: * A brief report on last month’s ACCUS West * Applying Agile to students * Hang the DJ * Can Agile practices change us psychologically? We’re at a crossroads, and you can help! Is this format working for you? How can we improve upon it? AND – what ideas do you have for recording the sessions over the interwebs? Would you like to join one? Let Vic know by twitter or email. Mark your calendars for Dr. Dave’s 5 Saturdays program’s Train the Facilitators workshops: May 30th and June 6th. More info at 5Saturdays.org Reach out to Vic (@AgileCoffee) on Twitter and use the hashtag #tellAgileCoffee to interact with us on an upcoming episode.

This episode is composed of two separate sessions. The first part was recorded on location at the 9th Annual Agile Open Northwest (Portland, OR) with Ben Sherwood, Michael Wolf, Alicia Lanier and Ian Savage.  For the second part, I returned to the home studio and was joined by Dale Ellis, Jon Jorgensen, Brett Palmer and Larry Lawhead. Between the two sessions, we dove deep into the following topics: * Facilitation Tools - Groupwork cards * Adaptive Action and Agile - aka What? So what? Now what? One more huge shout of gratitude to Ian, Alicia, Michael and Ben, to Diana, Tündér, Ainsley and all participants and volunteers at #AONW.

This episode is composed of two separate sessions. The first part was recorded on location at the 9th Annual Agile Open Northwest (Portland, OR) with Ben Sherwood, Michael Wolf, Alicia Lanier and Ian Savage.  For the second part, I returned to the home studio and was joined by Dale Ellis, Jon Jorgensen, Brett Palmer and Larry Lawhead. Between the two sessions, we dove deep into the following topics: * Facilitation Tools – Groupwork cards * Adaptive Action and Agile – aka What? So what? Now what? One more huge shout of gratitude to Ian, Alicia, Michael and Ben, to Diana, Tündér, Ainsley and all participants and volunteers at #AONW.

Vic is joined by Brett Palmer (@brett_palmer) and Larry Lawhead (@LarryLawhead) for a lively morning of Agile and coffee. Today our heroes discuss the following topics: * Agile Planning - discussed WSJF and Donald Reinertsen's book "The Principles of Product Development Flow" * User Story Mapping * Roles in pair-coaching * Servant Leadership AgileGathering.com has the info about our upcoming Agile Coach Camp US West, April 10-12, 2015

Vic is joined by Brett Palmer (@brett_palmer) and Larry Lawhead (@LarryLawhead) for a lively morning of Agile and coffee. Today our heroes discuss the following topics: * Agile Planning – discussed WSJF and Donald Reinertsen’s book “The Principles of Product Development Flow” * User Story Mapping * Roles in pair-coaching * Servant Leadership AgileGathering.com has the info about our upcoming Agile Coach Camp US West, April 10-12, 2015

Vic is joined by Brett Palmer (@brett_palmer), Jon Jorgensen (@waterscrumban) and Larry Lawhead (@LarryLawhead) for a lively morning of Agile and coffee. Today our heroes discuss the following topics: * Agile Budgeting - Larry lent his copy of Agile Estimating and Planning to his CEO. Will he get it back? * The power of Standing for Agile - getting the team to arise * Mike Lavery (@baconPhilosophy) asks about tips for moderating the initial Product Backlog meeting * Framework Regression pain - when can a team create a circle of excellence? Initial product backlog mtgs are always the toughest with new teams. Are there best practices for moderating the meeting?#askAgileCoffee — Mike Lavery (@baconPhilosophy) February 7, 2015 Want more? Visit our brand new forums on the AgileCoffee website. AgileGathering.com has the info about our upcoming Agile Coach Camp US West, April 10-12, 2015

Vic is joined by Brett Palmer (@brett_palmer), Jon Jorgensen (@waterscrumban) and Larry Lawhead (@LarryLawhead) for a lively morning of Agile and coffee. Today our heroes discuss the following topics: * Agile Budgeting – Larry lent his copy of Agile Estimating and Planning to his CEO. Will he get it back? * The power of Standing for Agile – getting the team to arise * Mike Lavery (@baconPhilosophy) asks about tips for moderating the initial Product Backlog meeting * Framework Regression pain – when can a team create a circle of excellence? Initial product backlog mtgs are always the toughest with new teams. Are there best practices for moderating the meeting?#askAgileCoffee — Mike Lavery (@baconPhilosophy) February 7, 2015 Want more? Visit our brand new forums on the AgileCoffee website. AgileGathering.com has the info about our upcoming Agile Coach Camp US West, April 10-12, 2015

Vic is joined by Dale Ellis (@thedigitaldale), Dr. Dave Cornelius (@DrCorneliusInfo) and Larry Lawhead (@LarryLawhead) for a lively morning of Agile and coffee. Today our heroes discuss the following topics: * Agile Coach kits - what do you keep handy? * Dale mentioned a handout by CarbonFive. He actually meant Lane Halley's Lean UX recipe cards. You can find them on Slideshare here and here. * Your most memorable retrospective * Story Mapping * User Story Mapping, by Jeff Patton * "Why Documents Fail And What You Can Do About It" (video on YouTube) * "Why are we still failing with agile?" @jasonlittle asks * book: The Servant by James C Hunter why are we still failing with #agile? there are 256,416 certified scrum masters out there. What gives? — jasonlittle (@jasonlittle) January 24, 2015 Want more? Visit our brand new forums on the AgileCoffee website. AgileGathering.com has the info about our upcoming Agile Coach Camp US West, April 10-12, 2015

Vic is joined by Dale Ellis (@thedigitaldale), Dr. Dave Cornelius (@DrCorneliusInfo) and Larry Lawhead (@LarryLawhead) for a lively morning of Agile and coffee. Today our heroes discuss the following topics: * Agile Coach kits – what do you keep handy? * Dale mentioned a handout by CarbonFive. He actually meant Lane Halley‘s Lean UX recipe cards. You can find them on Slideshare here and here. * Your most memorable retrospective * Story Mapping * User Story Mapping, by Jeff Patton * “Why Documents Fail And What You Can Do About It” (video on YouTube) * “Why are we still failing with agile?” @jasonlittle asks * book: The Servant by James C Hunter why are we still failing with #agile? there are 256,416 certified scrum masters out there. What gives? — jasonlittle (@jasonlittle) January 24, 2015 Want more? Visit our brand new forums on the AgileCoffee website. AgileGathering.com has the info about our upcoming Agile Coach Camp US West, April 10-12, 2015