Episode 25: Cultural transformations with Agile

Craig, Tony and Renee debate the role of an Agile Coach and how cultural transformations fit in.

Meaningful work whilst investing for the future on the RallyDev blog
Coaching Agile Teams on the Scrum Alliance site
Failure IS an option
Passionate software testing by TestJutsu and Craig’s Atlassian article

Quotes:

“Management does not know what a system is” – Deming

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small, manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one” – Mark Twain

Try micro-handoffs, pairing, not logging bugs to help dev-tester workflow, prevent mini waterfall @bobgalen #STPSummit

— lisacrispin (@lisacrispin) February 21, 2012

Just remember, it is pressure that makes diamonds.

— Nilofer Merchant (@nilofer) February 23, 2012

There's a part of me thinks half the problem would go away if most devs could *actually code*. #appsec #owasp

— James McGovern (@mcgoverntheory) December 2, 2012

You can't just "do" agile, you have to "be" it. No way to just go thru the motions. @sbarber #STPSummit yep, it's too transparent to fake!

— lisacrispin (@lisacrispin) February 23, 2012