The Agile Daily Standup - AgileDad

Join V. Lee Henson as we review the top 10 things that you need to make part of your everyday ritual!1) Put your phone on airplane mode before you go to sleep at night2) Meditate everyday for at least 10 minutes3) Stretch Everyday... or do yoga, pilates, etc. 4) Practice gratitude daily5) Keep a daily journal6) Watch what you eat - Eat to live.. 7) Habit forming & habit tracking is a good thing8) Live Slow and enjoy the ride9) Listen to one podcast per day - Make it this one10) Drink at least 8 glasses of water per day11) Exercise for 30 minutes - (Its a bonus!) 

What are the most important aspects of an Epic? In today's episode, Sara Bierman, Business Agility Coach for AgileDad, shares her top 3 must haves for every Epic. Goal/Problem StatementCustomer/End User ExperienceTargeted release date/timeline

Join V. Lee Henson as we explore the top things that people try to handoff to the scrummaster that are not their responsibilities: 1) ScrumMaster works as a proxy between the team and everyone else2) The ScrumMaster is NOT the sole person to remove impediments3) ScrumMasters should NOT be the daily scrum manager or lead4) The ScrumMaster is not the teams administrative assistant or secratary5) ScrumMasters should never be the Product Owner6) The ScrumMaster is NEVER the Quality Gatekeeper7)  ScrumMasters are not responsible for monitoring control8) The ScrumMaster is NOT your chief planning architect9) ScrumMasters do NOT control the teams schedule - they are NOT the manager   

In this edition of The Agile Expert Series we join the very AMAZING Agile Coach and Co-Creator of the Agile Disrupted Podcast Tabassun Haque where we discuss definition of customer needs and the psychology behind wants and needs in general. About Tabassun, In her own words: Being someone not of arrogance but of sincerity, who only takes pride in the work that is accomplished through a driven sense of determination and perseverance; while knowing that no task nor job is perceived without loyalty and absolute dedication. If I’m confident upon anything as a professional, it is that whatever task I pursue, I wholeheartedly and effectively pursue it with flying colors.Certified servant leader and true advocate for the Agile Manifesto.

In honor of my daughter becoming a teenager, I thought it would be neat to share another moment in time where the world stopped. I also tied in a more recent local story that helped me believe in humanity once again. Judge not lest ye be judged.

Many organizations that are fairly large in size have both product owners and product managers. Is this ok? What is the difference? What is their associated list of responsibilities? How can I best organize my RACI card so I know who to turn to? Join V. Lee Henson as we explore this interesting topic and help you see the light! Are you the Train Driver or the Track Builder?

What are the most important aspects of a User Story? In today's episode, Sara Bierman, Business Agility Coach for AgileDad, shares her top 3 must haves for every User Story. User StatementAssumptionsAcceptance Criteria

Join V. Lee Henson as we review a recent blog post from Daria Bagina surrounding the term velocity and what it should or should not really mean.. Most teams and organizations have already abused the term to death. What can we do to save velocity or is it already too late?https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/velocity-made-number

Join V. Lee Henson and Pete Behrens as they discuss the state of leadership in Agile and why or why not top down Agile support should even matter.  Pete Behrens develops leaders to transform themselves and their organizations to improve business outcomes.Pete is the founder of the Agile Leadership Journey, a collaborative community of leadership trainers and coaches built on a philosophy that agile organizations only emerge from agile leaders, and who share a passion to build better leaders.Pete is the host of the (Re)Learning Leadership Podcast, for leaders, by leaders. Podcast episodes explore real leader stories and experts who help diagnose them for all of us to learn to be better leaders.As a thought leader in agile leadership, Pete is a Certified Agile Leadership (CAL) Educator, a Certified Enterprise Coach (CEC) and former Certified Scrum Trainer (CST). For the Scrum Alliance, Pete co-developed the CEC program in 2007 and the CAL program in 2016.

Have you ever had one of those moments where the whole world feels like it is standing still so that you can completely absorb and appreciate that one moment in time?