Join us for today’s podcast where we dive into the world of Kanban and Agile methodologies to unravel the thought process behind large organizations who want embrace Kanban. If you’re considering Kanban, or you’re currently grappling with workflow challenges, this video will equip you with some Kanban strategies to help you seamlessly implement and optimize Kanban in a dynamic enterprise environment. Contacting Tom Furland If you’d like to contact Mike, you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/tom-furland/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tfurland/ Email: tom.furland@leadingagile.com Contacting Dave Prior If you’d like to contact Dave, you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo Twitter: twitter.com/mrsungo Email: dave.prior@leadingagile.com If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to dave.prior@leadingagile.com Interested in CSM or CSPO Training? You can find all the details at www.leadingagile.com/scrum-training/

Join us for today’s podcast where we dive into the world of Kanban and Agile methodologies to unravel the thought process behind large organizations who want embrace Kanban. If you’re considering Kanban, or you’re currently grappling with workflow challenges, this video will equip you with some Kanban strategies to help you seamlessly implement and optimize Kanban in a dynamic enterprise environment. Contacting Tom Furland If you’d like to contact Mike, you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: <a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/tom-furland/?internal=true" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/tom-furland/</a> LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tfurland/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/tfurland/</a> Email: <a href="mailto:tom.furland@leadingagile.com">tom.furland@leadingagile.com</a> Contacting Dave Prior If you’d like to contact Dave, you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.leadingagile.com%2Fguides%2Fdave-prior%2F&amp;token=69f3a7-1-1682348043380" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/</a> LinkedIn: <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fmrsungo&amp;token=c6882d-1-1682348043380" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo</a> Twitter: <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fmrsungo&amp;token=1ee965-1-1682348043380" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/mrsungo</a> Email: <a href="mailto:dave.prior@leadingagile.com">dave.prior@leadingagile.com</a> If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to <a href="mailto:dave.prior@leadingagile.com">dave.prior@leadingagile.com</a> Interested in CSM or CSPO Training? You can find all the details at <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.leadingagile.com%2Fscrum-training%2F&amp;token=f45242-1-1682348043380" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.leadingagile.com/scrum-training/</a>

Exploring Kanban in an Enterprise Environment

Mike and Dave sit down to have another debate with ChatGPT about dealing with dependencies in Agile. Mike asserts that dependencies kill Agility and that they’re meant to be broken. ChatGPT says that it’s all about managing dependencies and that while dependencies may limit Agility, they can also foster collaboration and synergy. The debate quickly rolls into a conversation about dealing with legacy technical debt and business capability modeling and how we need to focus on minimizing dependencies in all aspects of the business, not just at the team level. Dave even gets Mike to start talking about his latest thinking on composable enterprises and what executives need to know about software architecture. Contacting Mike Cottmeyer If you’d like to contact Mike, you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: www.leadingagile.com/guides/mike-cottmeyer LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/cottmeyer/ Twitter: twitter.com/mcottmeyer Email: mike@leadingagile.com Contacting Dave Prior If you’d like to contact Dave, you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo Twitter: twitter.com/mrsungo Email: dave.prior@leadingagile.com If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to dave.prior@leadingagile.com   Interested in CSM or CSPO Training? You can find all the details at www.leadingagile.com/scrum-training/

Mike and Dave sit down to have another debate with ChatGPT about dealing with dependencies in Agile. Mike asserts that dependencies kill Agility and that they’re meant to be broken. ChatGPT says that it’s all about managing dependencies and that while dependencies may limit Agility, they can also foster collaboration and synergy. The debate quickly rolls into a conversation about dealing with legacy technical debt and business capability modeling and how we need to focus on minimizing dependencies in all aspects of the business, not just at the team level. Dave even gets Mike to start talking about his latest thinking on composable enterprises and what executives need to know about software architecture. Contacting Mike Cottmeyer If you’d like to contact Mike, you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.leadingagile.com%2Fguides%2Fmike-cottmeyer&amp;token=75450-1-1682348043379" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.leadingagile.com/guides/mike-cottmeyer</a> LinkedIn: <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fcottmeyer%2F&amp;token=acce1-1-1682348043380" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.linkedin.com/in/cottmeyer/</a> Twitter: <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fmcottmeyer&amp;token=43cd38-1-1682348043380" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/mcottmeyer</a> Email: <a href="mailto:mike@leadingagile.com">mike@leadingagile.com</a> Contacting Dave Prior If you’d like to contact Dave, you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.leadingagile.com%2Fguides%2Fdave-prior%2F&amp;token=69f3a7-1-1682348043380" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/</a> LinkedIn: <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fmrsungo&amp;token=c6882d-1-1682348043380" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo</a> Twitter: <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fmrsungo&amp;token=1ee965-1-1682348043380" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/mrsungo</a> Email: <a href="mailto:dave.prior@leadingagile.com">dave.prior@leadingagile.com</a> If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to <a href="mailto:dave.prior@leadingagile.com">dave.prior@leadingagile.com</a> Interested in CSM or CSPO Training? You can find all the details at <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.leadingagile.com%2Fscrum-training%2F&amp;token=f45242-1-1682348043380" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.leadingagile.com/scrum-training/</a>

Are Dependencies Meant to be Managed or Broken?

Mike Cottmeyer debates ChatGPT and sits down with Dave to discuss what it really means to scale Agile. Over the course of the podcast, Mike and Dave explore the difference between Agile principles and practices, cloud migration, and what the Agile industry can learn from the US Air Force’s concept of Agile, Open, and Digital. Contacting Mike Cottmeyer If you’d like to contact Mike, you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: www.leadingagile.com/guides/mike-cottmeyer LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/cottmeyer/ Twitter: twitter.com/mcottmeyer Email: mike@leadingagile.com Contacting Dave Prior If you’d like to contact Dave, you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo Twitter: twitter.com/mrsungo Email: dave.prior@leadingagile.com If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to dave.prior@leadingagile.com Interested in CSM or CSPO Training? You can find all the details at www.leadingagile.com/scrum-training/

Mike Cottmeyer debates ChatGPT and sits down with Dave to discuss what it really means to scale Agile. Over the course of the podcast, Mike and Dave explore the difference between Agile principles and practices, cloud migration, and what the Agile industry can learn from the US Air Force’s concept of Agile, Open, and Digital. Contacting Mike Cottmeyer If you’d like to contact Mike, you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.leadingagile.com%2Fguides%2Fmike-cottmeyer&amp;token=75450-1-1682348043379" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.leadingagile.com/guides/mike-cottmeyer</a> LinkedIn: <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fcottmeyer%2F&amp;token=acce1-1-1682348043380" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.linkedin.com/in/cottmeyer/</a> Twitter: <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fmcottmeyer&amp;token=43cd38-1-1682348043380" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/mcottmeyer</a> Email: <a href="mailto:mike@leadingagile.com">mike@leadingagile.com</a> Contacting Dave Prior If you’d like to contact Dave, you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.leadingagile.com%2Fguides%2Fdave-prior%2F&amp;token=69f3a7-1-1682348043380" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/</a> LinkedIn: <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fmrsungo&amp;token=c6882d-1-1682348043380" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo</a> Twitter: <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fmrsungo&amp;token=1ee965-1-1682348043380" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/mrsungo</a> Email: <a href="mailto:dave.prior@leadingagile.com">dave.prior@leadingagile.com</a> If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to <a href="mailto:dave.prior@leadingagile.com">dave.prior@leadingagile.com</a> Interested in CSM or CSPO Training? You can find all the details at <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.leadingagile.com%2Fscrum-training%2F&amp;token=f45242-1-1682348043380" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.leadingagile.com/scrum-training/</a>

From Practices to Principles: The Right Way to Scale Agile

Our guest, Troy Magennis, has been described as a national resource in the Agile community. He’s a published author and frequent speaker on forecasting and modeling Agile projects. Today, Troy joins us to discuss how many of the metrics the Agile industry uses actually prevent companies from achieving the change they so desperately desire. Together, we’ll explore some ways the industry gets metrics and forecasting right and where it tends to go wrong. And Troy offers a ton of insight on how you can begin thinking about the work differently to release more value more rapidly more often. Contacting Troy Magennis If you'd like to contact Troy, you can reach him at: Focused Objective: https://www.focusedobjective.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/troymagennis/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/t_magennis Contacting Dave Prior If you’d like to contact Dave, you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrsungo Email: dave.prior@leadingagile.com If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to dave.prior@leadingagile.com Interested in CSM or CSPO Training? You can find all the details at https://www.leadingagile.com/scrum-training/

Our guest, Troy Magennis, has been described as a national resource in the Agile community. He’s a published author and frequent speaker on forecasting and modeling Agile projects. Today, Troy joins us to discuss how many of the metrics the Agile industry uses actually prevent companies from achieving the change they so desperately desire. Together, we’ll explore some ways the industry gets metrics and forecasting right and where it tends to go wrong. And Troy offers a ton of insight on how you can begin thinking about the work differently to release more value more rapidly more often. Contacting Troy Magennis If you'd like to contact Troy, you can reach him at: Focused Objective: <a href="https://www.focusedobjective.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.focusedobjective.com</a> LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/troymagennis/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/troymagennis/</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/t_magennis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/t_magennis</a> Contacting Dave Prior If you’d like to contact Dave, you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: <a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/</a> LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/mrsungo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/mrsungo</a> Email: <a href="mailto:dave.prior@leadingagile.com">dave.prior@leadingagile.com</a> If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to dave.prior@leadingagile.com Interested in CSM or CSPO Training? You can find all the details at <a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/scrum-training/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/scrum-training/</a>

Agile Metrics: Enabling Change with Data Modeling & Forecasting

When organizations set out to adopt Agile, they always have a business reason. It’s never just because they really love Scrum, or SAFe, or LeSS. But when the teams start doing all the Agile things, and they’re met with resistance from the organization around them, it’s hard to point to success because not much changed. So, we start defining success as “do the roles and ceremonies exist and are we following all the Agile dogma.” That’s a poor definition of success, and we have to get better at changing the organization around the teams. But that’s a different problem altogether. To do that, we’ll have to deconstruct what people, especially leaders inside organizations, believe about Agile and get them to see it through an all-new lens. Mike and Dave sit down to begin deconstructing some of the current beliefs about Agile, and talk about what success actually looks like in this week’s episode of SoundNotes. Contacting Mike Cottmeyer If you’d like to contact Mike, you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: www.leadingagile.com/guides/mike-cottmeyer LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/cottmeyer/ Twitter: twitter.com/mcottmeyer Email: mike@leadingagile.com Contacting Dave Prior If you’d like to contact Dave, you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo Twitter: twitter.com/mrsungo Email: dave.prior@leadingagile.com If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to dave.prior@leadingagile.com Interested in CSM or CSPO Training? You can find all the details at www.leadingagile.com/scrum-training/

When organizations set out to adopt Agile, they always have a business reason. It’s never just because they really love Scrum, or SAFe, or LeSS. But when the teams start doing all the Agile things, and they’re met with resistance from the organization around them, it’s hard to point to success because not much changed. So, we start defining success as “do the roles and ceremonies exist and are we following all the Agile dogma.” That’s a poor definition of success, and we have to get better at changing the organization around the teams. But that’s a different problem altogether. To do that, we’ll have to deconstruct what people, especially leaders inside organizations, believe about Agile and get them to see it through an all-new lens. Mike and Dave sit down to begin deconstructing some of the current beliefs about Agile, and talk about what success actually looks like in this week’s episode of SoundNotes. Contacting Mike Cottmeyer If you’d like to contact Mike, you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.leadingagile.com%2Fguides%2Fmike-cottmeyer&amp;token=98188-1-1682942778930" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.leadingagile.com/guides/mike-cottmeyer</a> LinkedIn: <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fcottmeyer%2F&amp;token=16efb5-1-1682942778930" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.linkedin.com/in/cottmeyer/</a> Twitter: <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fmcottmeyer&amp;token=4ff00c-1-1682942778930" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/mcottmeyer</a> Email: <a href="mailto:mike@leadingagile.com">mike@leadingagile.com</a> Contacting Dave Prior If you’d like to contact Dave, you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.leadingagile.com%2Fguides%2Fdave-prior%2F&amp;token=72a8aa-1-1682942778930" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/</a> LinkedIn: <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fmrsungo&amp;token=51d85e-1-1682942778930" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo</a> Twitter: <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fmrsungo&amp;token=279e68-1-1682942778930" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/mrsungo</a> Email: <a href="mailto:dave.prior@leadingagile.com">dave.prior@leadingagile.com</a> If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to <a href="mailto:dave.prior@leadingagile.com">dave.prior@leadingagile.com</a> Interested in CSM or CSPO Training? You can find all the details at <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.leadingagile.com%2Fscrum-training%2F&amp;token=74205c-1-1682942778930" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.leadingagile.com/scrum-training/</a>

How to Truly Succeed with Agile Transformation

Today, the market for Transformation is a transition period. We see some companies looking for the next big thing, and others going back to what they know. Is this a sign that Agile is waning? Is it evolving? Or is Agile so deeply engrained in the way business gets done, people have just started calling it something else to deny the fact they just aren’t very good at it? Mike Cottmeyer and Dave Prior sit down to discuss this interesting moment in time for our industry and more in this episode of SoundNotes.   Contacting Mike Cottmeyer If you’d like to contact Mike, you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: www.leadingagile.com/guides/mike-cottmeyer LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/cottmeyer/ Twitter: twitter.com/mcottmeyer Email: mike@leadingagile.com   Contacting Dave Prior If you’d like to contact Dave, you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo Twitter: twitter.com/mrsungo Email: dave.prior@leadingagile.com If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to dave.prior@leadingagile.com Interested in CSM or CSPO Training? You can find all the details at www.leadingagile.com/scrum-training/

Today, the market for Transformation is a transition period. We see some companies looking for the next big thing, and others going back to what they know. Is this a sign that Agile is waning? Is it evolving? Or is Agile so deeply engrained in the way business gets done, people have just started calling it something else to deny the fact they just aren’t very good at it? Mike Cottmeyer and Dave Prior sit down to discuss this interesting moment in time for our industry and more in this episode of SoundNotes. Contacting Mike Cottmeyer If you’d like to contact Mike, you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.leadingagile.com%2Fguides%2Fmike-cottmeyer&amp;token=75450-1-1682348043379" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.leadingagile.com/guides/mike-cottmeyer</a> LinkedIn: <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fcottmeyer%2F&amp;token=acce1-1-1682348043380" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.linkedin.com/in/cottmeyer/</a> Twitter: <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fmcottmeyer&amp;token=43cd38-1-1682348043380" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/mcottmeyer</a> Email: <a href="mailto:mike@leadingagile.com">mike@leadingagile.com</a> Contacting Dave Prior If you’d like to contact Dave, you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.leadingagile.com%2Fguides%2Fdave-prior%2F&amp;token=69f3a7-1-1682348043380" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/</a> LinkedIn: <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fmrsungo&amp;token=c6882d-1-1682348043380" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo</a> Twitter: <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fmrsungo&amp;token=1ee965-1-1682348043380" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/mrsungo</a> Email: <a href="mailto:dave.prior@leadingagile.com">dave.prior@leadingagile.com</a> If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to <a href="mailto:dave.prior@leadingagile.com">dave.prior@leadingagile.com</a> Interested in CSM or CSPO Training? You can find all the details at <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.leadingagile.com%2Fscrum-training%2F&amp;token=f45242-1-1682348043380" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.leadingagile.com/scrum-training/</a>

The Future of Agile Transformation & Change Management

Agile practices don’t automatically lead to Business Agility. In the presence of dependencies and organizational impediments that the teams have no ability to change, going through the motions of Scrum or SAFe isn’t going to lead to greater Business Agility either. So, you can train the teams all you want, but if it doesn’t lead to greater Agility, who cares? Listen as Mike Cottmeyer and Dave Prior discuss some common misconceptions about Agile Transformation, how training often leaves businesses wanting more, and some things to consider if you’re thinking about starting an Agile Journey of your own. Also, stick around for the end, where Mike reveals who his favorite fictional Project Manager is.   Contacting Mike Cottmeyer If you’d like to contact Mike, you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/mike-cottmeyer LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cottmeyer/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mcottmeyer Email: mike@leadingagile.com Contacting Dave Prior If you’d like to contact Dave, you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrsungo Email: dave.prior@leadingagile.com If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to dave.prior@leadingagile.com Interested in CSM or CSPO Training? You can find all the details at www.leadingagile.com/scrum-training/

Agile practices don’t automatically lead to Business Agility. In the presence of dependencies and organizational impediments that the teams have no ability to change, going through the motions of Scrum or SAFe isn’t going to lead to greater Business Agility either. So, you can train the teams all you want, but if it doesn’t lead to greater Agility, who cares? Listen as Mike Cottmeyer and Dave Prior discuss some common misconceptions about Agile Transformation, how training often leaves businesses wanting more, and some things to consider if you’re thinking about starting an Agile Journey of your own. Also, stick around for the end, where Mike reveals who his favorite fictional Project Manager is.   Contacting Mike Cottmeyer If you’d like to contact Mike, you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: <a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/mike-cottmeyer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/mike-cottmeyer</a> LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/cottmeyer/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/cottmeyer/</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/mcottmeyer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/mcottmeyer</a> Email: <a href="mailto:mike@leadingagile.com">mike@leadingagile.com</a> Contacting Dave Prior If you’d like to contact Dave, you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: <a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/</a> LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/mrsungo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/mrsungo</a> Email: <a href="mailto:dave.prior@leadingagile.com">dave.prior@leadingagile.com</a> If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to dave.prior@leadingagile.com Interested in CSM or CSPO Training? You can find all the details at <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.leadingagile.com%2Fscrum-training%2F&amp;token=7840b7-1-1680536002083" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.leadingagile.com/scrum-training/</a>

How to Unlock the Benefits of Agile & Get the Most Out of Training Your Teams

People have debated whether or not SAFe is Agile for as long as it’s been around. LeadingAgile CEO, Mike Cottmeyer, joins Dave on this episode of SoundNotes to explore the roots of small team Agile and to discuss how SAFe stacks up against the ideals of the Agile Manifesto. Contacting Mike Cottmeyer If you’d like to contact Mike, you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/mike-cottmeyer LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cottmeyer/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mcottmeyer Email: mike@leadingagile.com Contacting Dave Prior If you’d like to contact Dave, you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrsungo Email: dave.prior@leadingagile.com If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to dave.prior@leadingagile.com Interested in CSM or CSPO Training? You can find all the details at https://www.leadingagile.com/scrum-training/

People have debated whether or not SAFe is Agile for as long as it’s been around. LeadingAgile CEO, Mike Cottmeyer, joins Dave on this episode of SoundNotes to explore the roots of small team Agile and to discuss how SAFe stacks up against the ideals of the Agile Manifesto. Contacting Mike Cottmeyer If you’d like to contact Mike, you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: <a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/mike-cottmeyer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/mike-cottmeyer</a> LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/cottmeyer/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/cottmeyer/</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/mcottmeyer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/mcottmeyer</a> Email: <a href="mailto:mike@leadingagile.com">mike@leadingagile.com</a> Contacting Dave Prior If you’d like to contact Dave, you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: <a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/</a> LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/mrsungo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/mrsungo</a> Email: <a href="mailto:dave.prior@leadingagile.com">dave.prior@leadingagile.com</a> If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to <a href="mailto:dave.prior@leadingagile.com">dave.prior@leadingagile.com</a> Interested in CSM or CSPO Training? You can find all the details at <a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/scrum-training/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/scrum-training/</a>

Unpacking the SAFe Debate. Is it Agile or Something Else?

There’s a layer to communication that is most important for understanding: intention. It’s the most often overlooked aspect because it’s hard to decipher if people are saying what they mean or if you actually understand what they’re saying. By hunting for a shared understanding of intention, you can more deeply understand what people are saying and why. If you aren’t aligning on intent, you could be missing the mark, which can be detrimental, especially in a business environment. In this episode of SoundNotes, Dave and Mike explore how improving communication can translate into an Agile work environment, personal relationships, and the benefits that better communication provides to individuals and groups of people. Contacting Mike Cottmeyer If you’d like to contact Mike you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/mike-cottmeyer LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cottmeyer/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mcottmeyer Email: mike@leadingagile.com Contacting Dave Prior If you’d like to contact Dave you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrsungo Email: dave.prior@leadingagile.com If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to dave.prior@leadingagile.com Interested in CSM or CSPO Training? You can find all the details at https://www.leadingagile.com/our-gear/training/

There’s a layer to communication that is most important for understanding: intention. It’s the most often overlooked aspect because it’s hard to decipher if people are saying what they mean or if you actually understand what they’re saying. By hunting for a shared understanding of intention, you can more deeply understand what people are saying and why. If you aren’t aligning on intent, you could be missing the mark, which can be detrimental, especially in a business environment. In this episode of SoundNotes, Dave and Mike explore how improving communication can translate into an Agile work environment, personal relationships, and the benefits that better communication provides to individuals and groups of people. Contacting Mike Cottmeyer If you’d like to contact Mike you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: <a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/mike-cottmeyer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/mike-cottmeyer</a> LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/cottmeyer/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/cottmeyer/</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/mcottmeyer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/mcottmeyer</a> Email: <a href="mailto:mike@leadingagile.com">mike@leadingagile.com</a> Contacting Dave Prior If you’d like to contact Dave you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: <a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/</a> LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/mrsungo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/mrsungo</a> Email: <a href="mailto:dave.prior@leadingagile.com">dave.prior@leadingagile.com</a> If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to dave.prior@leadingagile.com Interested in CSM or CSPO Training? You can find all the details at <a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/our-gear/training/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/our-gear/training/</a>

Using Intention-Driven Communication

During Transformation, we need a way to measure its performance and improvements to the organization so that leaders continue to support the initiative. Metrics need to be used to help teams get better over time and drive the right kinds of outcomes that leadership is looking for. In this episode, Mike Cottmeyer shares his insights into different Agile metrics and what are the right ones that give leaders what they need to make the necessary changes to the system and improve overall performance. Contacting Mike Cottmeyer If you’d like to contact Mike you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/mike-cottmeyer LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cottmeyer/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mcottmeyer Email: mike@leadingagile.com Contacting Dave Prior If you’d like to contact Dave you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrsungo Email: dave.prior@leadingagile.com If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to dave.prior@leadingagile.com Interested in CSM or CSPO Training? You can find all the details at https://www.leadingagile.com/our-gear/training/

During Transformation, we need a way to measure its performance and improvements to the organization so that leaders continue to support the initiative. Metrics need to be used to help teams get better over time and drive the right kinds of outcomes that leadership is looking for. In this episode, Mike Cottmeyer shares his insights into different Agile metrics and what are the right ones that give leaders what they need to make the necessary changes to the system and improve overall performance. Contacting Mike Cottmeyer If you’d like to contact Mike you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: <a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/mike-cottmeyer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/mike-cottmeyer</a> LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/cottmeyer/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/cottmeyer/</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/mcottmeyer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/mcottmeyer</a> Email: <a>mike@leadingagile.com</a> Contacting Dave Prior If you’d like to contact Dave you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: <a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/</a> LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/mrsungo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/mrsungo</a> Email: <a>dave.prior@leadingagile.com</a> If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to dave.prior@leadingagile.com Interested in CSM or CSPO Training? You can find all the details at <a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/our-gear/training/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/our-gear/training/</a>

Maximizing the Value of Agile Metrics

LeadingAgile's resident Scrum trainer Dave Prior, hosts a weekly podcast that covers all sorts of topics about Agile, Scrum, Organizational Transformation and Leadership. No matter if you're new to Agile development or an Agile veteran, Dave and his guest are sure to make you think about Agile in a whole new way! Alexa knows us as Leading Agile Sound Notes.

Great podcast for old and new agile enthusiasts!

Always an enjoyable listen

Great platform with great ideas on facilitating agile transformations.

SoundNotes with Dave Prior is fantastic!

LeadingAgile SoundNotes: an Agile Podcast

Devin Hedge

In this edition of our Sound Notes podcast, we sat down with Enterprise Transformation Consultant, Devin Hedge and CST, Dave Prior to share our experiences introducing innovation into an organization through the program and portfolio levels.

In this edition of our Sound Notes podcast, we sat down with Enterprise Transformation Consultant, Devin Hedge and CST, Dave Prior to share our experiences introducing innovation into an organization through the program and portfolio levels.

Portfolio Innovation w/ Devin Hedge

Mike Cottmeyer

“Culture is just the boogeyman people use when they don't know how to articulate an organizational change management strategy that executives will buy into.”  ~ Mike Cottmeyer In this episode of SoundNotes, LeadingAgile CEO, Mike Cottmeyer shares his thoughts on why we need to stop blaming culture when organizations are unable to adopt Agile. During the interview, Mike and Dave dig into the reasons why many of the organizations that struggle with Agile are dealing with deeply rooted mechanisms that extend far beyond culture. Unfortunately, one of the most common refrains in the Agile community is that the culture is the primary thing that must be addressed, and once that is solved, the rest will take care of itself. For many organizations that buy into the promise of Agile without having clarity on the organizational impediments they must overcome for Agile to be able to exist, maybe culture isn't the best place to start. If you'd like to read Mike's blog post on the topic, you can find it here: https://bit.ly/2pO8YU4 Contacting Mike If you’d like to contact Mike you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/mike-cottmeyer/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cottmeyer/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mcottmeyer Email: mike@leadingagile.com  Contacting Dave If you’d like to contact Dave you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrsungo Email: dave.prior@leadingagile.com  If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to dave.prior@leadingagile.com And if you're interested in taking one of our upcoming Certified ScrumMaster or Certified Scrum Product Owner classes, you can find all the details at https://www.leadingagile.com/our-gear/training/

“Culture is just the boogeyman people use when they don't know how to articulate an organizational change management strategy that executives will buy into.” ~ Mike Cottmeyer In this episode of SoundNotes, LeadingAgile CEO, Mike Cottmeyer shares his thoughts on why we need to stop blaming culture when organizations are unable to adopt Agile. During the interview, Mike and Dave dig into the reasons why many of the organizations that struggle with Agile are dealing with deeply rooted mechanisms that extend far beyond culture. Unfortunately, one of the most common refrains in the Agile community is that the culture is the primary thing that must be addressed, and once that is solved, the rest will take care of itself. For many organizations that buy into the promise of Agile without having clarity on the organizational impediments they must overcome for Agile to be able to exist, maybe culture isn't the best place to start. If you'd like to read Mike's blog post on the topic, you can find it here: <a href="https://bit.ly/2pO8YU4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2pO8YU4</a> Contacting Mike If you’d like to contact Mike you can reach him at: <ul><li>LeadingAgile: <a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/mike-cottmeyer/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/mike-cottmeyer/</a></li> <li>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/cottmeyer/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/cottmeyer/</a></li> <li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/mcottmeyer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/mcottmeyer</a></li> <li>Email: <a href="mailto:mike@leadingagile.com">mike@leadingagile.com</a></li> </ul> Contacting Dave If you’d like to contact Dave you can reach him at: <ul><li>LeadingAgile: <a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/</a></li> <li>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo</a></li> <li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/mrsungo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/mrsungo</a></li> <li>Email: <a href="mailto:dave.prior@leadingagile.com">dave.prior@leadingagile.com</a></li> </ul> If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to <a href="mailto:dave.prior@leadingagile.com">dave.prior@leadingagile.com</a> And if you're interested in taking one of our upcoming Certified ScrumMaster or Certified Scrum Product Owner classes, you can find all the details at <a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/our-gear/training/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/our-gear/training/</a>

Is Culture Really the Issue? w/ Mike Cottmeyer

Derek Huether

This podcast features a question from one of the students in a recent LeadingAgile CSM class. Cheri (the student) asked for advice on how to use Jira with Scrum and her organization's SDLC. In the podcast LeadingAgile Principle Consultant, Derek Huether, offers advice on how to go about using/customizing Jira to work with Scrum and an existing SDLC. If you'd like to reach Derek with follow up questions you can find him: the LeadingAgile site (https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/derek-huether/), via Twitter (https://twitter.com/derekhuether), on his personal website (http://www.derekhuether.com) or via email at derek@leadingagile.com.

This podcast features a question from one of the students in a recent LeadingAgile CSM class. Cheri (the student) asked for advice on how to use Jira with Scrum and her organization's SDLC. In the podcast LeadingAgile Principle Consultant, Derek Huether, offers advice on how to go about using/customizing Jira to work with Scrum and an existing SDLC. If you'd like to reach Derek with follow up questions you can find him: the LeadingAgile site (<a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/derek-huether/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/derek-huether/</a>), via Twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/derekhuether" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/derekhuether</a>), on his personal website (<a href="http://www.derekhuether.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.derekhuether.com</a>) or via email at derek@leadingagile.com.

Student Q&amp;A:  Using Jira with an SDLC and Scrum w/ Derek Huether

Lyssa Adkins

At Agile 2018, Lyssa and Dave sat down to  talk about Lyssa's Inspire Me Deck, Integral Life Practice, and the concept of "shadow work." Contact Info agilecoachinginstitute.com https://twitter.com/CoachAgileTeams Lyssa on Twitter

At Agile 2018, Lyssa and Dave sat down to  talk about Lyssa's Inspire Me Deck, Integral Life Practice, and the concept of "shadow work." Contact Info <a href="http://agilecoachinginstitute.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">agilecoachinginstitute.com</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/CoachAgileTeams" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/CoachAgileTeams</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/lyssaadkins" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lyssa on Twitter</a>

Live from Agile 2018 w/ Lyssa Adkins

Dennis Stevens

Our very own Chief Methodologist popped in to sit down with Dave and talk shop. Contact Info:  https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dennis-stevens/ https://twitter.com/dennisstevens

Our very own Chief Methodologist popped in to sit down with Dave and talk shop. Contact Info:  <a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dennis-stevens/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dennis-stevens/</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/dennisstevens" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/dennisstevens</a>

Live from Agile 2018 w/ Dennis Stevens

Tim Wise

For Development Teams transitioning to Agile one common challenge is breaking the work down into small vertical slices that can go from a Post-It Note to shippable product in 2-3 days. Most of the time, (there are always exceptions) the issue is not that the work cannot be broken down, but that the Development Team is accustomed to looking at the work in a more traditional way and they are not able to see how they could break it down into smaller actionable elements that can be developed independently and provide value and the opportunity to learn. If you're working with a team that is struggling with this, and you do not come from a technical background, the issue may be even more daunting. Without the in-depth knowledge of how the work might be executed, many people will feel ill-at-ease challenging the Dev Team's assertion that the work is just that big and can't be broken down. In this podcast, Tim Wise and Dave Prior take on the topic of what to do when the Development Team can't break down the work. They share how they've each approached this challenge with teams and offer some ideas about how you could help your team find a way to break the work down. Agile Day Atlanta http://agiledayatlanta.com  Contacting Tim Email: tim@leadingagile.com LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/tim-wise/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timwise/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/timswise Scrum Atlanta User Group: https://www.meetup.com/agile-38/  Contacting Dave Email: dave.prior@leadingagile.com LeadingAgile: http://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/mrsungo Personal blog: http://drunkenpm.net  Feedback/Questions If you have comments on the podcast, or have questions for the LeadingAgile coaches that you’d like to have addressed in a future episode of LeadingAgile’s SoundNotes, you can reach Dave at dave.prior@leadingagile.com LeadingAgile CSM and CSPO Classes For information on LeadingAgile’s upcoming public CSM and CSPO classes, please go to: http://www.leadingagile.com/our-gear/training/  Use the discount code: LA_Podcast to receive a 15% discount on the class.

For Development Teams transitioning to Agile one common challenge is breaking the work down into small vertical slices that can go from a Post-It Note to shippable product in 2-3 days. Most of the time, (there are always exceptions) the issue is not that the work cannot be broken down, but that the Development Team is accustomed to looking at the work in a more traditional way and they are not able to see how they could break it down into smaller actionable elements that can be developed independently and provide value and the opportunity to learn. If you're working with a team that is struggling with this, and you do not come from a technical background, the issue may be even more daunting. Without the in-depth knowledge of how the work might be executed, many people will feel ill-at-ease challenging the Dev Team's assertion that the work is just that big and can't be broken down. In this podcast, Tim Wise and Dave Prior take on the topic of what to do when the Development Team can't break down the work. They share how they've each approached this challenge with teams and offer some ideas about how you could help your team find a way to break the work down. Agile Day Atlanta <ul><li><a href="http://agiledayatlanta.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://agiledayatlanta.com</a></li> </ul> Contacting Tim <ul><li>Email: <a href="mailto:tim@leadingagile.com">tim@leadingagile.com</a></li> <li>LeadingAgile: <a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/tim-wise/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/tim-wise/</a></li> <li>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/timwise/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/timwise/</a></li> <li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/timswise" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/timswise</a></li> <li>Scrum Atlanta User Group: <a href="https://www.meetup.com/agile-38/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.meetup.com/agile-38/</a></li> </ul> Contacting Dave <ul><li>Email: <a href="mailto:dave.prior@leadingagile.com">dave.prior@leadingagile.com</a></li> <li>LeadingAgile: <a href="http://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/</a></li> <li>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo/</a></li> <li>Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/mrsungo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/mrsungo</a></li> <li>Personal blog: <a href="http://drunkenpm.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://drunkenpm.net</a></li> </ul> Feedback/Questions If you have comments on the podcast, or have questions for the LeadingAgile coaches that you’d like to have addressed in a future episode of LeadingAgile’s SoundNotes, you can reach Dave at <a href="mailto:dave.prior@leadingagile.com">dave.prior@leadingagile.com</a> LeadingAgile CSM and CSPO Classes For information on LeadingAgile’s upcoming public CSM and CSPO classes, please go to: <a href="http://www.leadingagile.com/our-gear/training/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.leadingagile.com/our-gear/training/</a> Use the discount code: LA_Podcast to receive a 15% discount on the class.

What Do You Do When the Team Can't Break the Work Down? w/ Tim Wise

Jeff Patton

Jeff Patton led an Ask Me Almost Anything session at Agile 2018. And, Jeff has also authored a book called User Story Mapping Contact Info jpattonassociates.com/ Twitter

Jeff Patton led an Ask Me Almost Anything session at Agile 2018. And, Jeff has also authored a book called <a href="https://bitly.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">User Story Mapping</a> Contact Info <a href="http://jpattonassociates.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">jpattonassociates.com</a>/ <a href="https://twitter.com/jeffpatton" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>

Live from Agile 2018 w/ Jeff Patton

Estimating work in Agile is something many people struggle to understand. It's not that it's an especially complicated thing, but there is often confusion about things like why many people prefer to use story points instead of hours, why some people feel compelled to try and convert story points to hours (and why some of us find that so frightening), how t-shirt sizing works, and the eternal question of how do I get my teams to estimate accurately. Hint:  They're called estimates, not exactimates for a reason. There's even a whole camp dedicated to the idea of notestimating work. So, if this is something you're struggling with, you're not alone. This episode of SoundNotes is a brief tutorial on Agile Estimation and some of the ways you and your team could estimate work. The podcast offers some tips in general about Agile estimation, things to watch out for, how to estimate work using Story Points and Poker Planning, how to estimate work using T-shirt sizing, and–once you break your Product Backlog Items down into discrete tasks—how to estimate the using Ideal Hours. There are volumes that can be said about how to estimate work and a lot of fun "debates" to be had along the way, but if you're struggling to understand it, if you need to get a sense of whether your current approach makes sense, or if you just want a refresher on how to go about it, this podcast should give you plenty to start working with.For More on Agile EstimationLeadingAgile's FieldNotes has a number of posts covering different aspects of how to estimate work in Agile. Two great posts to start with are: Agile Estimation Guidanceby Marty Bradley The Real Reason We Estimateby Mike Cottmeyer  To see in index of all our posts on estimation,click here.Contacting Dave PriorIf you’d like to contact Dave you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrsungo Email: https://www.leadingagile.com/our-gear/training/    

Estimating work in Agile is something many people struggle to understand. It's not that it's an especially complicated thing, but there is often confusion about things like why many people prefer to use story points instead of hours, why some people feel compelled to try and convert story points to hours (and why some of us find that so frightening), how t-shirt sizing works, and the eternal question of how do I get my teams to estimate accurately. Hint: They're called estimates, not exactimates for a reason. There's even a whole camp dedicated to the idea of notestimating work. So, if this is something you're struggling with, you're not alone. This episode of SoundNotes is a brief tutorial on Agile Estimation and some of the ways you and your team could estimate work. The podcast offers some tips in general about Agile estimation, things to watch out for, how to estimate work using Story Points and Poker Planning, how to estimate work using T-shirt sizing, and–once you break your Product Backlog Items down into discrete tasks—how to estimate the using Ideal Hours. There are volumes that can be said about how to estimate work and a lot of fun "debates" to be had along the way, but if you're struggling to understand it, if you need to get a sense of whether your current approach makes sense, or if you just want a refresher on how to go about it, this podcast should give you plenty to start working with.For More on Agile Estimation LeadingAgile's FieldNotes has a number of posts covering different aspects of how to estimate work in Agile. Two great posts to start with are: <ul><li><a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/2016/08/agile-estimation-guidance/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Agile Estimation Guidance</a>by Marty Bradley</li> <li><a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/2011/09/the-real-reason-we-estimate/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Real Reason We Estimate</a>by Mike Cottmeyer</li> </ul> To see in index of all our posts on estimation,<a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/?s=Estimation&amp;post_type=post" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">click here</a>.Contacting Dave Prior If you’d like to contact Dave you can reach him at: <ul><li>LeadingAgile: <a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/</a></li> <li>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo</a></li> <li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/mrsungo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/mrsungo</a></li> <li>Email: <a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/our-gear/training/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/our-gear/training/</a>  </li></ul>

Agile Estimation: A SoundNotes Tutorial

Jeff Sutherland

This week, at the 2018 North American Global Scrum Gathering, the Scrum Alliance and Scrum co-founder, Dr. Jeff Sutherland, announced the creation of a new joint venture to train, coach, and promote Scrum@Scale. Scrum@Scale is an extension of the Scrum Framework that is designed to deliver business Agility across an entire organization. Dave Prior had a chance to sit down with Jeff during the Scrum Gathering and ask some questions about his partnership with the Scrum Alliance, Scrum@Scale, and how it can help organizations achieve greater business Agility.Links from the PodcastIf you’d like to read the press release on the joint venture, you can find it here: https://tinyurl.com/yc5z4w3p Here is a link to the Scrum@Scale Guide Here is a link to Jeff's latest book, "Scrum, The Art of Doing Twice The Work In Half The Time".  Contacting Dr. Jeff SutherlandIf you’d like to contact Jeff you can reach him at: Scrum@Scale: https://www.scrumatscale.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeffsutherland Email: jeff@scruminc.com Jeff's books on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2H9ZePkContacting DaveIf you’d like to contact Dave you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrsungo Email: dave.prior@leadingagile.com  If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to dave.prior@leadingagile.com And if you're interested in taking one of our upcoming Certified ScrumMaster or Certified Scrum Product Owner classes, you can find all the details at https://www.leadingagile.com/our-gear/training/

This week, at the 2018 North American Global Scrum Gathering, the Scrum Alliance and Scrum co-founder, Dr. Jeff Sutherland, announced the creation of a new joint venture to train, coach, and promote Scrum@Scale. Scrum@Scale is an extension of the Scrum Framework that is designed to deliver business Agility across an entire organization. Dave Prior had a chance to sit down with Jeff during the Scrum Gathering and ask some questions about his partnership with the Scrum Alliance, Scrum@Scale, and how it can help organizations achieve greater business Agility.Links from the Podcast If you’d like to read the press release on the joint venture, you can find it here: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/yc5z4w3p" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/yc5z4w3p</a> Here is a link to the <a href="https://www.scrumatscale.com/scrum-at-scale-guide-read-online/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scrum@Scale Guide</a> Here is a link to Jeff's latest book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Scrum-Doing-Twice-Work-Half/dp/038534645X/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Scrum, The Art of Doing Twice The Work In Half The Time"</a>.  Contacting Dr. Jeff Sutherland If you’d like to contact Jeff you can reach him at: <ul><li>Scrum@Scale: <a href="https://www.scrumatscale.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.scrumatscale.com</a></li> <li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/jeffsutherland" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/jeffsutherland</a></li> <li>Email: <a href="mailto:jeff@scruminc.com">jeff@scruminc.com</a></li> <li>Jeff's books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/2H9ZePk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/2H9ZePk</a></li></ul>Contacting Dave If you’d like to contact Dave you can reach him at: <ul><li>LeadingAgile: <a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/</a></li> <li>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo</a></li> <li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/mrsungo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/mrsungo</a></li> <li>Email: <a href="mailto:dave.prior@leadingagile.com">dave.prior@leadingagile.com</a></li> </ul> If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to <a href="mailto:dave.prior@leadingagile.com">dave.prior@leadingagile.com</a> And if you're interested in taking one of our upcoming Certified ScrumMaster or Certified Scrum Product Owner classes, you can find all the details at <a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/our-gear/training/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/our-gear/training/</a>

The 2018 North American Global Scrum Gathering w/ Dr. Jeff Sutherland

Scott Ambler

Scott is one of the thought leaders behind Disciplined Agile. He stopped by the booth to talk about not only Disciplined Agile, but also his Agile 2018 session entitled: Agile Architecture: Mindset, Skills, ad Practices. Contact Info: @scottambler

Scott is one of the thought leaders behind Disciplined Agile. He stopped by the booth to talk about not only Disciplined Agile, but also his Agile 2018 session entitled: Agile Architecture: Mindset, Skills, ad Practices. Contact Info: <a href="https://twitter.com/scottwambler" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@scottambler</a>

Live from Agile 2018 w/Scott Ambler

In this episode of LeadingAgile’s SoundNotes, Devin Hedge makes the case for focusing on Agile IT Operations in order to increase speed within your organization. If you’ve been considering working with (or have already adopted) DevOps, the information Devin shares in this interview may help you discover how your organizations Operations function is limiting your ability to increase flow. Show Notes 01:08 Podcast Begins - Introductions 01:36 Background on Devin 02:14 Topic Introduction: Agile IT Operations 02:49 The relationship between Agile IT Operations and DevOps 03:48 Why DevOps is picking up again 04:34 Our new problems are our old problems 05:29 It’s about awareness and maturity 06:37 An indicator that IT Ops is where you need to focus your attention in order to increase your speed 07:02 Speed creates dependencies 08:52 Why IT Operations is the bottleneck 10:18 Agile is not going to fix your lack of solid disaster recovery planning, but it may force you to acknowledge that you need to do something about it 11:41 Automating the process of server creation all the way through the system 15:02 How to get started with understanding what the issues actually are 16:46 What do we do with the folks who need something new to do after we automate? 18:22 An example of automated templates for virtual machine creation 20:12 Organizational Debt = Technical Administrative Debt 21:50 A case study in how Agile IT Operations can impact an organization 24:50 Not trusting the automation and not being able to see the ball moving at 90 mph 27:27 How do you maintain the situational awareness that can’t come from an algorithm set up to review logs? 30:37 It’s all about establishing and maintaining a “practice” 33:49 How do I get started with this? Where can I get more information on Agile IT Operations? 34:44 How Lean Practices and Value Stream Mapping can help you get started 36:55 How gaining visibility and awareness can help you establish yourself within the organization you work for 37:54 How does this work within the context of scaling to things like SAFe? 39:51 Failure is a gift - don’t blink! 41:34 How to reach Devin Links from the podcast The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim http://amzn.to/2i3pURL Additional titles by Gene Kim http://amzn.to/2i3xDPI LeadingAgile Basecamps https://www.leadingagile.com/the-journey/ Contacting Devin If you’d like to get in touch with Devin with follow up questions you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/devin-hedge/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/agiledevin LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/devinhedge Contacting Dave If you’d like to get in touch with Dave LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrsungo LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo For Information on LeadingAgile CSM and CSPO Classes If you’d like to attend one of LeadingAgile’s CSM or CSPO classes, you can find a full list of upcoming classes here: https://www.leadingagile.com/our-gear/training/

In this episode of LeadingAgile’s SoundNotes, Devin Hedge makes the case for focusing on Agile IT Operations in order to increase speed within your organization. If you’ve been considering working with (or have already adopted) DevOps, the information Devin shares in this interview may help you discover how your organizations Operations function is limiting your ability to increase flow. Show Notes 01:08 Podcast Begins - Introductions 01:36 Background on Devin 02:14 Topic Introduction: Agile IT Operations 02:49 The relationship between Agile IT Operations and DevOps 03:48 Why DevOps is picking up again 04:34 Our new problems are our old problems 05:29 It’s about awareness and maturity 06:37 An indicator that IT Ops is where you need to focus your attention in order to increase your speed 07:02 Speed creates dependencies 08:52 Why IT Operations is the bottleneck 10:18 Agile is not going to fix your lack of solid disaster recovery planning, but it may force you to acknowledge that you need to do something about it 11:41 Automating the process of server creation all the way through the system 15:02 How to get started with understanding what the issues actually are 16:46 What do we do with the folks who need something new to do after we automate? 18:22 An example of automated templates for virtual machine creation 20:12 Organizational Debt = Technical Administrative Debt 21:50 A case study in how Agile IT Operations can impact an organization 24:50 Not trusting the automation and not being able to see the ball moving at 90 mph 27:27 How do you maintain the situational awareness that can’t come from an algorithm set up to review logs? 30:37 It’s all about establishing and maintaining a “practice” 33:49 How do I get started with this? Where can I get more information on Agile IT Operations? 34:44 How Lean Practices and Value Stream Mapping can help you get started 36:55 How gaining visibility and awareness can help you establish yourself within the organization you work for 37:54 How does this work within the context of scaling to things like SAFe? 39:51 Failure is a gift - don’t blink! 41:34 How to reach Devin Links from the podcast The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim <a href="http://amzn.to/2i3pURL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://amzn.to/2i3pURL</a> Additional titles by Gene Kim <a href="http://amzn.to/2i3xDPI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://amzn.to/2i3xDPI</a> LeadingAgile Basecamps <a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/the-journey/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/the-journey/</a> Contacting Devin If you’d like to get in touch with Devin with follow up questions you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: <a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/devin-hedge/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/devin-hedge/</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/agiledevin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/agiledevin</a> LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/devinhedge" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/devinhedge</a> Contacting Dave If you’d like to get in touch with Dave LeadingAgile: <a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/mrsungo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/mrsungo</a> LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo</a> For Information on LeadingAgile CSM and CSPO Classes If you’d like to attend one of LeadingAgile’s CSM or CSPO classes, you can find a full list of upcoming classes here: <a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/our-gear/training/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/our-gear/training/</a>

Agile IT Operations w/ Devin Hedge

Jessica Wolfe

Jessica and Dave take a look at the Sprint Report template Dave uses in his CSM and CSPO classes. Using the report as a starting point, Jessica and Dave talk through the most valuable data points for new Scrum Teams as well as additional variables which are an important part of tracking the information that matters as your team learns to work together and gets better at delivering value for their customer.  Contacting Jessica If you’d like to contact Jessica you can reach her at: LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/jessica-wolfe/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-wolfe-ab025a36/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thejessicawolfe Email: jessica.wolfe@leadingagile.com  Contacting Dave If you’d like to contact Dave you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrsungo Email: dave.prior@leadingagile.com  If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to dave.prior@leadingagile.com And if you are interested in taking one of our upcoming Certified Scrum Master or Certified Scrum Product Owner classes, you can find all the details at https://www.leadingagile.com/our-gear/training/

Jessica and Dave take a look at the Sprint Report template Dave uses in his CSM and CSPO classes. Using the report as a starting point, Jessica and Dave talk through the most valuable data points for new Scrum Teams as well as additional variables which are an important part of tracking the information that matters as your team learns to work together and gets better at delivering value for their customer.  Contacting Jessica If you’d like to contact Jessica you can reach her at: <ul><li>LeadingAgile: <a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/jessica-wolfe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/jessica-wolfe/</a></li> <li>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-wolfe-ab025a36/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-wolfe-ab025a36/</a></li> <li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/thejessicawolfe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/thejessicawolfe</a></li> <li>Email: <a href="mailto:jessica.wolfe@leadingagile.com">jessica.wolfe@leadingagile.com</a></li> </ul> Contacting Dave If you’d like to contact Dave you can reach him at: <ul><li>LeadingAgile: <a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/</a></li> <li>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo</a></li> <li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/mrsungo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/mrsungo</a></li> <li>Email: <a href="mailto:dave.prior@leadingagile.com">dave.prior@leadingagile.com</a></li> </ul> If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to <a href="mailto:dave.prior@leadingagile.com">dave.prior@leadingagile.com</a> And if you are interested in taking one of our upcoming Certified Scrum Master or Certified Scrum Product Owner classes, you can find all the details at <a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/our-gear/training/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/our-gear/training/</a>

Sprint Report Basics: What Should You Be Tracking?  w/ Jessica Wolfe

Dave Prior

We frequently get questions from clients who are transitioning to Agile when they begin working through the challenge of determining which roles are the best fit for individuals in their organization. Since many of our clients begin their Agile journey by taking on Scrum, the question usually shows up as: Who should I make a Product Owner and who should I make a ScrumMaster? While there is no locked down definition of who should transition into what role, there are some standard patterns that appear across organizations. A lot of it though depends on how an organization views the individuals in those positions and what level of responsibility they are given by the company. In this short video, Dave Prior, LeadingAgile’s resident Certified Scrum Trainer, offers some advice and guidance with respect to sorting out which individuals in your organization should move into a Product Owner role and who is a better fit for ScrumMaster. CONTACTING DAVE If you’d like to contact Dave you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrsungo Email: prior@leadingagile.com  If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to dave.prior@leadingagile.com And if you are interested in taking one of our upcoming Certified Scrum Master or Certified Scrum Product Owner classes, you can find all the details at https://www.leadingagile.com/our-gear/training/

We frequently get questions from clients who are transitioning to Agile when they begin working through the challenge of determining which roles are the best fit for individuals in their organization. Since many of our clients begin their Agile journey by taking on Scrum, the question usually shows up as: Who should I make a Product Owner and who should I make a ScrumMaster? While there is no locked down definition of who should transition into what role, there are some standard patterns that appear across organizations. A lot of it though depends on how an organization views the individuals in those positions and what level of responsibility they are given by the company. In this short video, Dave Prior, LeadingAgile’s resident Certified Scrum Trainer, offers some advice and guidance with respect to sorting out which individuals in your organization should move into a Product Owner role and who is a better fit for ScrumMaster. CONTACTING DAVE If you’d like to contact Dave you can reach him at: <ul><li>LeadingAgile: <a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/</a></li> <li>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo</a></li> <li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/mrsungo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/mrsungo</a></li> <li>Email: <a href="mailto:dave.prior@leadingagile.com">prior@leadingagile.com</a></li> </ul> If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to <a href="mailto:dave.prior@leadingagile.com">dave.prior@leadingagile.com</a> And if you are interested in taking one of our upcoming Certified Scrum Master or Certified Scrum Product Owner classes, you can find all the details at <a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/our-gear/training/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/our-gear/training/</a>

Who Should be a ScrumMaster? Who Should be a Product Owner? w/ Dave Prior

In this week's SoundNotes we're focusing on one of the fundamental elements in Scrum: The Sprint Planning Meeting. During the podcast, Dave Prior reviews the key aspects of Sprint Planning: its purpose, how it works, who attends, what it produces, and tips to help you make sure yours are achieving the desired result. If you want to help protect your team from over (or under) committing during Sprint Planning, each team member is going to need to have a solid understanding of their capacity for work during the Sprint. If you'd like to check out the Individual Capacity Calculator that Dave mentioned in the podcast, you can find that here: Individual Capacity Calculator And if you'd like to check out the official explanation of Sprint Planning and how it fits into a Sprint, check out the Sprint Planning section of The Scrum Guide.Contacting Dave PriorIf you’d like to contact Dave you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrsungo Email: https://www.leadingagile.com/our-gear/training/

In this week's SoundNotes we're focusing on one of the fundamental elements in Scrum: The Sprint Planning Meeting. During the podcast, Dave Prior reviews the key aspects of Sprint Planning: its purpose, how it works, who attends, what it produces, and tips to help you make sure yours are achieving the desired result. If you want to help protect your team from over (or under) committing during Sprint Planning, each team member is going to need to have a solid understanding of their capacity for work during the Sprint. If you'd like to check out the Individual Capacity Calculator that Dave mentioned in the podcast, you can find that here: <a href="https://drunkenpm.blogspot.com/2013/02/individual-capacity-calculator.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Individual Capacity Calculator</a> And if you'd like to check out the official explanation of Sprint Planning and how it fits into a Sprint, <a href="https://www.scrumguides.org/scrum-guide.html#events-planning" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">check out the Sprint Planning section of The Scrum Guide</a>.Contacting Dave Prior If you’d like to contact Dave you can reach him at: <ul><li>LeadingAgile: <a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/</a></li> <li>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo</a></li> <li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/mrsungo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/mrsungo</a></li> <li>Email: <a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/our-gear/training/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/our-gear/training/</a></li></ul>

How Does Sprint Planning Work?: A SoundNotes Tutorial

In this episode of LeadingAgile’s SoundNotes, Derek Huether and Dave Prior take on the topic of Leading and Lagging Indicators. During the podcast they discuss how Key Performance indicators can help guide you towards an understanding of what to track with the expectation that it will create a certain result in the future (leading indicators), and what to measure in order to confirm if that result has in fact occurred (lagging indicators). One example they touch on in the podcast is:  if you are trying to lose weight, tracking things like how much you exercise and how many calories you are consuming each day are leading indicators because it is reasonable to expect that if you are exercising regularly and limiting your caloric intake, that these actions could result in you losing weight. This is a way of tracking the actions you are taking to in order to bring about a desired change. But, we still need a way to confirm if the desired result has actually occurred. The only way you will know if you have actually lost weight, is to climb up on the scale and check your weight. That is a lagging indicator because it confirms whether or not the actions you took had resulted in the desired outcome. Audio Version Only:  https://soundcloud.com/leadingagile/introduction-to-leading-and-lagging-indicators-w-derek-huether Links If you’d like to learn more about Leading and Lagging Indicators, check out Derek’s recent blog post on the topic here: https://www.leadingagile.com/2018/02/leading-lagging-indicators/ Contacting Derek If you’d like to contact Derek you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/derek-huether/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekhuether/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/derekhuether Email: derek@leadingagile.com Contacting Dave If you’d like to contact Dave you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrsungo Email: dave.prior@leadingagile.com If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to dave.prior@leadingagile.com And if you are interested in taking one of our upcoming Certified Scrum Master or Certified Scrum Product Owner classes, you can find all the details at https://www.leadingagile.com/our-gear/training/

In this episode of LeadingAgile’s SoundNotes, Derek Huether and Dave Prior take on the topic of Leading and Lagging Indicators. During the podcast they discuss how Key Performance indicators can help guide you towards an understanding of what to track with the expectation that it will create a certain result in the future (leading indicators), and what to measure in order to confirm if that result has in fact occurred (lagging indicators). One example they touch on in the podcast is:  if you are trying to lose weight, tracking things like how much you exercise and how many calories you are consuming each day are leading indicators because it is reasonable to expect that if you are exercising regularly and limiting your caloric intake, that these actions could result in you losing weight. This is a way of tracking the actions you are taking to in order to bring about a desired change. But, we still need a way to confirm if the desired result has actually occurred. The only way you will know if you have actually lost weight, is to climb up on the scale and check your weight. That is a lagging indicator because it confirms whether or not the actions you took had resulted in the desired outcome. Audio Version Only: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/leadingagile/introduction-to-leading-and-lagging-indicators-w-derek-huether" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/leadingagile/introduction-to-leading-and-lagging-indicators-w-derek-huether</a> Links If you’d like to learn more about Leading and Lagging Indicators, check out Derek’s recent blog post on the topic here: <a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/2018/02/leading-lagging-indicators/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/2018/02/leading-lagging-indicators/</a> Contacting Derek If you’d like to contact Derek you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: <a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/derek-huether/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/derek-huether/</a> LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekhuether/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekhuether/</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/derekhuether" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/derekhuether</a> Email: derek@leadingagile.com Contacting Dave If you’d like to contact Dave you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: <a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/</a> LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/mrsungo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/mrsungo</a> Email: dave.prior@leadingagile.com If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to dave.prior@leadingagile.com And if you are interested in taking one of our upcoming Certified Scrum Master or Certified Scrum Product Owner classes, you can find all the details at <a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/our-gear/training/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/our-gear/training/</a>

Introduction to Leading and Lagging Indicators w/ Derek Huether

In this week's episode of SoundNotes, Derek Huether and Dave Prior respond to a question from a student who works in a long-standing supply chain organization that wants to move to Agile, but has questions about how to get started. Here's the question: I took your scrum master class and your product owner class a couple weeks ago and I got a lot out of it. Thanks so much for everything you did for everyone in the class.  After taking the class I was thinking about how I could apply what I’ve learned to my organization and to all of our customers who are thinking about implementing Scrum Teams in their supply chain organizations.  So, what my question is for you Dave is, what do you think is needed for an organization to transform to develop an Agile mindset across the organization and develop successful scrum teams?  I’d imagine that new organizations have the benefit of not having a status quo to compare it to so you don’t have to deal with change so they can start with Agile mindsets and they can start Scrum teams from the get go, but organizations that have been established and have been around for decades and even centuries have the challenge of having a traditional way of doing things.  So they have to get over the change management and implementing and changing the way they think… it seems like a lot to do for an organization so I’m curious to see what your thoughts are on what an organization that’s established…what they should do?Contacting DerekIf you’d like to contact Derek you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/derek-huether/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekhuether/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/derekhuether Email: derek@leadingagile.comContacting DaveIf you’d like to contact Dave you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrsungo Email: dave.prior@leadingagile.com  If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to dave.prior@leadingagile.com And if you are interested in taking one of our upcoming Certified Scrum Master or Certified Scrum Product Owner classes, you can find all the details at https://www.leadingagile.com/our-gear/training/

In this week's episode of SoundNotes, Derek Huether and Dave Prior respond to a question from a student who works in a long-standing supply chain organization that wants to move to Agile, but has questions about how to get started. Here's the question: I took your scrum master class and your product owner class a couple weeks ago and I got a lot out of it. Thanks so much for everything you did for everyone in the class.  After taking the class I was thinking about how I could apply what I’ve learned to my organization and to all of our customers who are thinking about implementing Scrum Teams in their supply chain organizations.  So, what my question is for you Dave is, what do you think is needed for an organization to transform to develop an Agile mindset across the organization and develop successful scrum teams?  I’d imagine that new organizations have the benefit of not having a status quo to compare it to so you don’t have to deal with change so they can start with Agile mindsets and they can start Scrum teams from the get go, but organizations that have been established and have been around for decades and even centuries have the challenge of having a traditional way of doing things.  So they have to get over the change management and implementing and changing the way they think… it seems like a lot to do for an organization so I’m curious to see what your thoughts are on what an organization that’s established…what they should do?Contacting Derek If you’d like to contact Derek you can reach him at: <ul><li>LeadingAgile: <a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/derek-huether/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/derek-huether/</a></li> <li>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekhuether/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekhuether/</a></li> <li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/derekhuether" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/derekhuether</a></li> <li>Email: <a href="mailto:derek@leadingagile.com">derek@leadingagile.com</a></li></ul>Contacting Dave If you’d like to contact Dave you can reach him at: <ul><li>LeadingAgile: <a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/</a></li> <li>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo</a></li> <li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/mrsungo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/mrsungo</a></li> <li>Email: <a href="mailto:dave.prior@leadingagile.com">dave.prior@leadingagile.com</a></li> </ul> If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to <a href="mailto:dave.prior@leadingagile.com">dave.prior@leadingagile.com</a> And if you are interested in taking one of our upcoming Certified Scrum Master or Certified Scrum Product Owner classes, you can find all the details at <a href="https://www.leadingagile.com/our-gear/training/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadingagile.com/our-gear/training/</a>

Transforming a Long-Standing Traditional Organization to Agile w/ Derek Huether

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