The Agile Daily Standup - AgileDad

It's Friday, time for our Agile not-so-Agile episode of the Podcast.How much time do you spend on your phone?What impression are you leaving upon your friends and family?Join Kim Dickerson, Agile coach from AgileDad as she shares how technology impacts relationships with those that we love.

Not everyone feels like they need advice from Jeff Bezos, but this article highlighted 12 amazing pieces of advice from Jeff that we can actually all use. Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we breakdown each nugget of advice over the next two days. (Article shared by Business Insider) Build a dreamy businessCreate more than you consumeMaintain individualityDo more than just discuss projected outputsLook long term instead of striving for instant gratification

Not everyone feels like they need advice from Jeff Bezos, but this article highlighted 12 amazing pieces of advice from Jeff that we can actually all use. Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we breakdown each nugget of advice over the next two days. (Article shared by Business Insider) Failure is ImportantWork & life should not be a balancing gameFocus your business on what will not change long termBusiness ideas should have some element of riskDelight your customersFear your customers, NOT your competitionMake key decisions before the afternoon 

Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we explore the top five things you can do in order to improve your backlog prioritization in order to achieve maximum impact.Ask Why and Say NoTreat Defects as part of the backlogAvoid stories with little or no user valueLeverage hypothesis in order to become predictiveRely on the BAFATA to assist the PO in completing Objective Stack Ranking

In this episode of the Agile Expert Series we Join Kellie Tyler, Head of Agile Practices at Bitt and Part of the Organizing Board of Utah Agile. Today we discuss Psychological safety and what impact is has on establishing culture and on the Agile community as a whole.

Thanks for joining us for our Agile/Not-So-Agile episode of The Daily Standup Podcast where we discuss how to live your best life in just a few easy steps: Try visualizationFind your purposeAim for growthPrioritize healthTake actionFigure out your financesNurture your environmentConsider your routineServe othersBecome spiritually grounded

The trillion dollar question for any organization I train or coach at is do story points provide any value? And if so, how do we benefit from the value accordingly? Learn what Ron Jefferies, Ken Schwaber, Jim Highsmith, Martin Fowler, and Alistair Cockburn had to say regarding the use and abuse of story points!

With COVID and its variants still lurking in our lives, more and more people are seeking employment in non-traditional methods. Jin Kim Dickerson, Full time recruiter and AgileDad Coach as she explores with you how to avoid predatory recruiters and give you the tips you need to know that you are engaging the right person and company. 

Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we explore the top 5 objections to Scrum and how handle each with dignity.Too many meetings—we don’t have time!  (Scrum events actually SAVE time.)We can’t deliver working software in less than one month!  (You can if you deliver smaller pieces)We have deadlines; we can’t use Scrum!  (Scrum increases the probability of meeting deadlines.)We need to PLAN!  There’s no PLANNING in Scrum.  (Scrum Teams actually PLAN more)Our management team will never go for it (They might with the right approach)

It is time for the next installment of our Agile Expert Series where we are joined by the author of Amazon Best Selling book Essential Scrum, Ken Rubin. Ken is the Principal of Innolution and has been part of the Agile movement from the very onset of Agile. Join us for a discussion around how dependencies are killing your agility! Join A VERY Special 8-hour course (two ½-day sessions) on October 27-28, 2021 Dependencies Are Killing Your Agility: Learn to Fight BackListeners of the Agile Dad podcast can get a 15% discount on the class if they use the code agiledad15 during checkout!https://innolution.com/