Summary: Before we begin... have you gone to iTunes or Stitcher to give us a review? It takes so little time and would sure help us a lot. Thanks!<br> <br> New:<br> <br> * Agile Coach Camp US West, April 10-12, 2015 - <a title="Agile Coach Camp US West" href="http://AgileGathering.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">AgileGathering.com</a> for more info<br> * Visit our brand new <a href="https://agilecoffee.com/forums/topic/coach-crisis-corner/">forums on the AgileCoffee website</a><br> <br> For this episode, Vic and Jon are joined by Larry Lawhead (<a href="mailto:lawhead5@hotmail.com">lawhead5@hotmail.com</a>), Dale Ellis (<a href="https://twitter.com/thedigitaldale" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">@thedigitaldale</a>) and Brett Palmer (<a href="https://twitter.com/brett_palmer" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">@brett_palmer</a>) for peaceful morning of Agile and coffee.<br> <br> Today our heroes discuss the following topics:<br> <br> * Why is IT Ops the next big thing? We discussed Jez Humble and David Farley's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321601912/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0321601912&linkCode=as2&tag=mbadiet-20&linkId=OF5AFJF52QVCAWT5" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation</a><br> * Coach Crisis Corner - Jon wants to build a databank of shared coaching problems (not necessarily the "solutions"). To help him, we've started a <a href="https://agilecoffee.com/forums/topic/coach-crisis-corner/">Coach Crisis</a> topic in our new forums area. Stop by to submit your problem scenario.<br> * Larry's promise to his CEO - Jeff Sutherland's new book (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/038534645X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=038534645X&linkCode=as2&tag=mbadiet-20&linkId=RJCTZCP3FOUZ5DRT" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time</a>) has inspired Larry promise his CEO that as sales goes up, the cost of production will go down because the team will be better at what they do.<br> * Kanban Standup meeting formats - What techniques (beyond "walking the board") can be used for kanban teams?<br> <br> Reach out to Vic (<a href="https://twitter.com/AgileCoffee" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">@AgileCoffee</a>) and Jon (<a href="https://twitter.com/waterscrumban" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">@WaterScrumBan</a>) on Twitter – and use the hashtags #askAgileCoffee or #tellAgileCoffee to interact with us on an upcoming episode.
