30. Agile Community Events on the Beach
Theme: Agile Community Events Dr. Dave (@DrCorneliusInfo) joins Vic (@AgileCoffee) for a beautiful morning on Huntington Beach discussing all manner of Agile community events: Agile Opens (and other open space uses), coaching retreats and camps, lean coffees, hackathons. Dave talks about the 5Saturdays model, and we tell how to find, get involved and host these activities. This is one of my favorite episodes. In addition to the excellent scenery and the superb company, I very much enjoy talking about community events. Not only do I believe that community is important and fulfilling, but I have a penchant for organizing these…
27. Putting Together an Agile Coach Camp
To share an abundance of topics, Victor is joined by Dale Ellis (@theDigitalDale), Larry Lawhead (@LarryLawhead), Jon Jorgensen (@waterScrumBan) and Dr. Dave Cornelius (@DrCorneliusInfo) in the Irvine studio for a lively morning of Agile and Coffee. In this episode, our Agile heroes discuss: A brief report on last month’s ACCUS West Applying Agile to students Hang the DJ Can Agile practices change us psychologically? We’re at a crossroads, and you can help! Is this format working for you? How can we improve upon it? AND – what ideas do you have for recording the sessions over the interwebs? Would you like to join one?…
26. Visiting the Agile Open Northwest
This episode is composed of two separate sessions. The first part was recorded on location at the 9th Annual Agile Open Northwest (Portland, OR) with Ben Sherwood, Michael Wolf, Alicia Lanier and Ian Savage. For the second part, I returned to the home studio and was joined by Dale Ellis, Jon Jorgensen, Brett Palmer and Larry Lawhead. Between the two sessions, we dove deep into the following topics: Facilitation Tools – Groupwork cards Adaptive Action and Agile – aka What? So what? Now what? One more huge shout of gratitude to Ian, Alicia, Michael and Ben, to Diana, Tündér, Ainsley and…
24. How to Budget for Agile Software Development
Vic is joined by Brett Palmer (@brett_palmer), Jon Jorgensen (@waterscrumban) and Larry Lawhead (@LarryLawhead) for a lively morning of Agile and coffee. Today our heroes discuss the following topics: Agile Budgeting – Larry lent his copy of Agile Estimating and Planning to his CEO. Will he get it back? The power of Standing for Agile – getting the team to arise Mike Lavery (@baconPhilosophy) asks about tips for moderating the initial Product Backlog meeting Framework Regression pain – when can a team create a circle of excellence? Initial product backlog mtgs are always the toughest with new teams. Are there best practices for moderating the meeting?#askAgileCoffee —…
23. We Discuss a Listener’s Topic!!
Vic is joined by Dale Ellis (@thedigitaldale), Dr. Dave Cornelius (@DrCorneliusInfo) and Larry Lawhead (@LarryLawhead) for a lively morning of Agile and coffee. Today our heroes discuss the following topics: Agile Coach kits – what do you keep handy? Dale mentioned a handout by CarbonFive. He actually meant Lane Halley‘s Lean UX recipe cards. You can find them on Slideshare here and here. Your most memorable retrospective Story Mapping User Story Mapping, by Jeff Patton “Why Documents Fail And What You Can Do About It” (video on YouTube) “Why are we still failing with agile?” @jasonlittle asks book: The Servant by James C Hunter why…
12. Three Amigos or the Dirty Dozen?
A fresh brew: Vic is joined by Jon Jorgensen (@waterScrumBan) and Brett Palmer (@Brett_Palmer) for another morning of Agile and Coffee. In this episode, our heroes discuss the following topics: pre-review of “Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time”, Jeff Sutherland’s upcoming book from Crown Publishing. we’ll be holding a review of the book in an upcoming episode, including book giveaways – stay tuned how does this book relate to Joy, Drive Collaboration Explained and Tribal Leadership? Nerf Gun Economy inspiration from S.Bowman’s “Training from the Back of the Room” Brett recommends the video of Katie Brown,…
4. Coffee is Done When it’s Done
Live from Paradise Perks, Jon and Vic use the lean coffee format to discuss the following topics: Agile Games and Gamification Scrum as a gamification platform techniques used by people like Bryan Beecham (@BillyGarnet) at Iceberg Ideas Agile in Japan referenced The New New Product Development Game by Takeuchi and Nonaka, 1986 Training, Taboos and Readiness Jon’s favorite book: Training from the Back of the Room by Sharon L Bowman Recursion: Use it or Lose it Jim McCarthy (Software for your Head, the Booted, etc.) Jon brought up the movie Ed Wood starring Johnny Depp, but I thought he said “Elwood” and completely missed…
3. Lean Coffee for Two: Minimally Viable Agile
Vic (@AgileCoffee) and Jon use the lean coffee format to discuss the following topics: Minimally Viable Agile Transparency between POs, SMs and teams Non-IT Agile Safe environments and the Soup Plus we take a look ahead to the following agile/lean events both in California and across the USA: Scrum Day San Diego – June 13 Interact with local executives, ask why they went with Scrum and Agile and hear the benefits they received from this new way of working. Agile2014 – Orlando, FL — July 31 – Aug 1 AgileAlliance’s annual conference will reinforce our understanding of proven methods and will illuminate some of the exciting…
2. We’re Here and We’re Motivated
In this second episode of Agile Coffee podcast, Vic (@AgileCoffee) is joined by Jon and they use the lean coffee format to discuss the following topics: what motivates people making a difference body of work coddling teams are we overly idealistic? 50 new Agile coaches hired We mention the following books: Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us – Daniel H Pink The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable (J-B Lencioni Series) – Patrick M. Lencioni Software for Your Head – Jim McCarthy Co-Active Coaching: Changing Business, Transforming Lives – Henry Kimsey-House, Laura Whitworth, et al. Plus we take a look…
upcoming Diana Larsen workshop in San Diego
Great news for those of you in sunny SoCal: expert agilist Diana Larsen is holding an Advanced Retrospectives workshop in San Diego on March 6th. The full title of the workshop is “Advanced Practices for Leading Agile Retrospectives: New Techniques and Activities”, and full details can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/advanced-retrospective-techniques-with-diana-larsen-tickets-8807454333 from her abstract: “Agile Retrospectives improve any project or process — building on a team’s immediate past experience of success and failure. Smart teams and organizations hold Retrospective meetings iteratively, throughout the work cycle and at important release milestones. With effective meeting design and facilitation, Retrospective leaders help team members systematically evaluate…