The Agile Daily Standup - AgileDad

Have you ever wondered what it takes to become an AgileDad Coach? Have you ever asked yourself how you could truly master the responsibilities of being a world class ScrumMaster? Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder fo AgileDad as we discuss what skills we really should focus on in a three part series. Part 3: 5) Be an EXCELLENT Communicator 6) Make it personal with the team. 

Join Sara Bierman, Business Agility Coach for AgileDad on the first episode of an eight part series on Living Agile. What motivates you? Do you know what truly makes you happy? Learn why knowing yourself will empower you to make all of your dreams come true.

Have you ever wondered what it takes to become an AgileDad Coach? Have you ever asked yourself how you could truly master the responsibilities of being a world class ScrumMaster? Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder fo AgileDad as we discuss what skills we really should focus on in a three part series. Part 2: 3) Ask the right more powerful questions4) Prepare what is needed for success

Have you ever wondered what it takes to become an AgileDad Coach? Have you ever asked yourself how you could truly master the responsibilities of being a world class ScrumMaster? Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder fo AgileDad as we discuss what skills we really should focus on in a three part series. Part 1: 1) Do not be afraid to introduce and talk openly about your battle scars2) Understand the needs of individuals, teams and organizations

Do you know what drives you? What makes you happy to be alive and makes you a better person? Are you doing what you can to leave the world better than when you arrived? Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we learn how to better use the FORCE to guide and drive our daily lives. 

A listener asked me to review an AMAZING blog post by Adrian Baker titled Be an Inspirational Agile Leader.Goals in ScrumWHY Statement and the BacklogSprint PlanningInspirational Scrum Master Inspirational Agile Transformation

Can you tell if something is the real deal or if it is too good to be true? Join Sara Bierman, AgileDad Business Agility Coach as we explore how we know if something is the real deal or not. This is a great Agile, Personal, and or Business lesson! Is it the Real Deal? Or is it NO Deal? 

I have recently seen MANY teams struggle woth work carrying over from one sprint to the next. My good friends at Agilemania asked that I review the top ten reasons this happens: 1) The team fails to inspect and adapt based on learnings from the precious sprint or release2) Having people step in as the "proxy" product owner when things are not moving in the right direction or when decisions are not made fast enough. 3) No T-Shaped Teams. Suffering caused by inter-team and intra-team dependencies 4) No regular updates to the Sprint Backlog - No use of visual indicators5) No Proper backlog refinement/grooming prior to sprint planning 6) Nearly Done Work Syndrome (NDWS) It is a terrible disease7) Limited or missing definition of done8) Teams as working groups and not well formed teams. Focus is on individual performance and lacks team accountability9) Abuse of how in-sprint interruptions are handled. Trying to squeeze in unplanned work 10) Teams using TIME to forecast instead of points. I cannot believe this is still even an issue! 

Can you believe it? We hit a HUGE milestone! Episode 300! Join Sara Bierman, Business Agility Coach and V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad for this VERY special episode where we discuss the AgileDad coaching difference and straight up celebrate our 300th Daily Standup Podcast Episode. 

The ONLY true path to happiness is in helping others find the happiness they deserve. Join V. Lee Henson in this Agile not so Agile episode of The Daily Standup where we learn: Helping others brings us happiness for three reasons:Diversion: When you worry less about your own needs–in this case, finding your own balloon–the stress of that hunt decreases. Taking your focus away from the fact that you can’t find your own balloon lets you divert your attention away from your own problem. The feeling of compassion replaces the feeling of need.Perspective: Having concern for other people helps us remember that we are all facing similar problems in life–no matter what the individual severity of the issue is. Sometimes when we are focused on our own issues, they get put into perspective when we encounter the true suffering of others. It’s easy to then realize the excess amount of attention we’ve been giving our own problems. Having compassion helps us put our problems into perspective.Connection: Connecting with others by helping them can bring happiness into your life. Humans are social beings that need to have positive connections with other people in order to be happy. Connecting with other people enriches our lives and gives us a sense of fulfillment.