Episode 14: Quoting Agile, Lean & Kanban

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Quotable KanbanCraig, Tony and Renee talk about Lean Startups, Tony’s Agile training in India and great places to work, discuss Quotable Kanban and solve a listener problem, all in 50 minutes!

Renee also mentioned Kanban by David J. Anderson, Craig mentioned Kanban and Scrum: Making The Most of Both by Henrik Kniberg and Tony not to be outdone mentioned Lean From The Trenches (Beta) by Henrik Kniberg

Problem Bag:

We have a Product Mgr who’s supportive of Agile in theory, but wont do the work we need him to do. How do we manage that? eg not being available for to discuss stories (often away) & the highest priority work is the customer who screams loudest… rather than product progression, we do a lot of tweaks & minor bug fixes. Yes we do showcases, after each 2 wk sprint. Alternatively, is that a problem, or are we as a team expecting too much? (just to turn it around!) 🙂 – Phil Kan

Quotes:

“”I’m going to the restroom. Do you need anything from there?” (but in my mind I was thinking I was headed to the kitchen!) #CEOQuoteOfTheDay @sumaya”

TheAgileRevolution-14 (51 minutes)

Episode 13: Stories Here, Stories There, Stories Everywhere

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StoryCraig, Tony and Renee spent quite a bit of time today looking at stories and particularly some of the odd terminology that surrounds them.:

Quotes:

“People leave organisations because of their leaders. People stay in organisations because of their teams.” – Renee

TheAgileRevolution-13 (43 minutes)

Episode 12: The New Scrum Guide

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Scrum GuideBack to our usual revolutionists Craig, Tony and Renee take a look over Craig’s recent escapades at Agile 2011 and STANZ.

And so much time was spent on referring to this book or that book that we just had to link what books we unwittingly covered in what we like to call Tony’s Oprah Winfrey Bookclub!

Quotes:

“Some tribes are stuck. They embrace the status quo and drown out any tribe member who dares to question authority and the accepted order.”  – Seth Godin, Tribes

“Agile projects are like guided missiles, the customer discovers what they want, the developers discover how to build it and the things change along the way.” –  Henrik Kniberg

TheAgileRevolution-12 (49 minutes)

Episode 11: Dr. Smith is in the Pod!

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Adrian SmithToday’s podcast with Tony, Renee and Dr Adrian Smith as our guest whilst Craig is on holidays in America dodging hurricanes and earthquakes.

Quotes:

“Amateurs work until they get it right. Professionals work until they don’t get it wrong.”

https://twitter.com/ThePMCoach/status/104104080670068736

TheAgileRevolution-11 (45 minutes)

 

Episode 9: Day 4 at Agile 2011 Salt Lake City

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Agile 2011Craig spent the day milling around a number of presentations today and talks about how technologies link together, delighting customers, visualisations, ATTD for start-ups, Jeff Patton’s User Story Mapping and flirting with your customer.

TheAgileRevolution-9 (7 minutes)

Episode 8: Day 3 at Agile 2011 Salt Lake City

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Agile 2011Craig covers his daily highlights of the third day at the Salt Lake City Agile 2011 conference:

TheAgileRevolution-8 (6 minutes)

Episode 7: PMOs and Insert Fibonacci Sequence Here

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FibonacciToday’s podcast with Tony, Renee and Charles as our guest whilst Craig is furiously doing podcasts direct from Agile 2011, cover the following topics:

Quotes:

 “I’m a snowflake” – Charles Randles

“DFWTWTITOW – Dont F* With This We Tried It The Other Way” – Alistair Cockburn

“I see dead code”

“Everyone wants to be Agile and too few people want to do it”

“Stop trying to standardize, there is no ‘one true way’ of developing software” 

“For Scrum to work you don’t just need management buy-in, but management leading”

“Kent Beck originally called stories stories because they were meant to be heard”

“You don’t solve problems with design documentation you solve them with elegant solutions”

“Agile is also about moving from a problem oriented culture to a solution oriented organisation”

TheAgileRevolution-7 (48 minutes)