The Agile Daily Standup - AgileDad

It's a brand new year and a brand new opportunity to do a little self improvement. Here are 5 SIMPLE things you can do right NOW to improve your life!  5) Evaluate your inner circle 4) Accept advice and criticism 3) Spend wisely 2) Maximize relationships 1) Set clear and attainable goals 

Did you know that the level of understanding you have with regard to the Agile Roles directly correlates with your level of Agile Maturity? When you can easily breakdown each role and acknowledge what responsibilities lie with each, this will allow for greater Agile focus and execution. 

Join V. Lee Henson, President & Founder of AgileDad as we review a great article from David Burkus that tells us about the 3 elements of a great team culture which include: Common Understanding Psychological Safety Prosocial Purpose https://davidburkus.medium.com/3-elements-of-a-great-team-culture-10553ba46e4b

When organizations are trying to transition from Waterfall to Agile they often struggle to get a few key foundational pieces in place and this leads to major Agile Pitfalls. Today we will discuss 5 of the most commonly encountered Agile Transformation pitfalls:  1) Placing Output Over Outcome 2) Abuse & Overuse of Agile Metrics 3) Rituals/Customs Over Culture 4) Tools and Data Valued More Than Principles 5) Process and Framework Dogma Over Pragmatism

Have you ever wondered if you really know who your target customer really is? Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we explore the real difference behind having empathy maps and clear personas to improve your Agile journey. 

Did you make a New Year Resolution for 2022? Join AgileDad as we review a recent post by Russell M Nelson, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints where he invites is to consider his three suggestions as things we can do in 2022:  1) Resolve to strengthen your foundation 2) Resolve to be kind to others 3) Resolve to be resolute I also briefly cover the three tolls you need to be successful in life in this not to miss episode. 

In this episode we review an article published by Maarten Dalmijn called the 11 laws of Agile estimation:  The work still takes the same amount of time regardless of the accuracy of your estimate. No matter what you do, estimates can never be fully trusted. Imposing estimates on others is a recipe for disaster. Estimates become more reliable closer to the completion of the project. This is also when they are the least useful. The more you worry about your estimates, the more certain you can be you have bigger things you should be worrying about instead. When you suck at building software, your estimates will suck. When you’re great at building software, your estimates will be mediocre. The biggest value in estimating isn’t the estimate but to check if there is common understanding. Keeping things simple is the best way to increase the accuracy of estimates. Building something increases the accuracy of estimates more than talking about building it. Breaking all the work down to the smallest details to arrive at a better estimate means you will deliver the project later than if you hadn’t done that. Punishing wrong estimates is often like punishing a kid for something they don’t and can’t know yet. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results, especially when it comes to software estimation. In 1943, at a casino in the USA, the color red won 32 times in a row. It’s easy to fool yourself that there’s some kind of pattern, but this is a classic example of the Gambler’s fallacy

Let's see... You are on an Agile Website, listening to an Agile podcast, asking one of the most prolific Agile Coaches on the planet if Agile or Waterfall is better? The answer WILL 100% surprise you! Agile is NOT always better. Listen now to learn more! 

Product Ownership is by far the most difficult role within the Agile framework. This means as you might expect, mistakes are part of the job. Here we identify the top 5 mistakes Product Owners make: 1) Taking Over Meetings - Becoming a Project Manager 2) Creating/Allowing Interruptions 3) No Time For The Team 4) Being The People Pleaser 5) Not Allowing Outside Help - POBAFATA

Have you ever wondered how to make a New Years Resolution Stick? How do these resolutions tie to Agile and what would a successful C-Level Shark Tank Executive tell you to do in order to be successful? Learn all this and more in todays Daily Standup.