Agile Coaching Network

In this episode, (1:03) Narrative Project: we explore ways to dampen stories around somebody feeling that they don't get training opportunities | (14:59) What are some small steps to get started in shifting a large 3K employee organization from multi-year project funding to a more Agile funding model? | (23:59) What are the best approaches/ideas/personal experiences when trying to strengthen or build team trust when scrum coach and team are not co-located? | (35:33) What books are your reading? | (38:37) Wrap up: join Ray at the following events.Support the show (https://www.agilealliance.org/membership-pricing/)

In this episode, (00:40) Narrative Project: Great leaders build strong Agile teams. How to make more stories like this?; (16:50) Business value delivered is a valuable metric to track for senior leadership. What are some of the best ways to calculate this?; (31:24) What research, studies, literature do you draw on during conversations with management regarding the need for cultural change?; (38:00) How do you hold a team accountable?; (44:40) Wrap up... Join us at Deliver:Agile 2019 in Nashville.Support the show (https://www.agilealliance.org/membership-pricing/)

In this episode, we talk about (00:26) a story from the Agile Narrative Project titled "What about the code?" and how to empower the team to write great code; (20:23) How do you move teams to go beyond agile rituals and really develop Agile mindset? ; (33:59) What is the best practice for nonfunctional requirements in Agile?; (47:50) How do you address if somebody is using misleading terminology?; (55:25) Wrap up.Support the show (https://www.agilealliance.org/membership-pricing/)

In this episode we talk about (00:39) the problem with calling Agile adoption being done and letting go of the coaches; (05:59) story points being a time estimate rather than a relative size estimation. How can a coach change this mindset?; (21:03) How to encourage continuous development in a company that is already doing agile?; (27:49) As a coach, are there any concerns you see with organizations implementing SAFe? Is there anything you would caution others to be wary of?; (34:30) How much of agile is the team structures Vs work methods/approaches?; (40:17) Wrap up join me at Agile Open Northwest in Feb and Agile India in March. More info: http://https://2019.agileindia.org/; take a look at ING bank http://https://vimeo.com/312152257 Support the show (https://www.agilealliance.org/membership-pricing/)

A special holiday episode with the Agile Alliance's Supporting Agile Adoption (SAA) initiative team talking about the 12 principles of Agile in Amsterdam. Hendrik Esser, Jens Coldewey, Jorgen Hesselberg, Jutta Eckstein, Bjarte Bogsnes, Boris Kneisel, Marcin Floryan, and Eric Abelem. (01:09) SAA team introduction, (02:40) Is it really just about software?, (11:12) Reflecting on our work, (18:20) Business people and developers working together daily, (27:25) Self Organization and motivated individuals, (36:13) Welcoming requirements even late in development, (43:15 ) Face-to-face communications is it outdated?, (50:02) What is Supporting Agile Adoption?, (52:44) More info on Beyond Budgeting, (53:20) Wrap up.Support the show (https://www.agilealliance.org/membership-pricing/)

In this episode, we talk about (00:50) how Agile reduces overtime and improves work-life balance, (17:30) How to implement Agile in everyday business processes, (29:00) How do you help traditional project managers transition to agile project management, (41:07) What are best practices to distinguish project, product, delivery, and strategic goals to focus management, business, the organization, and shareholders, (48:44) wrap up.Support the show (https://www.agilealliance.org/membership-pricing/)

In this episode, we talk about (00:55) the Agile narrative project story on being burned out by Agile, (16:33) There don't seem to be many training programs for managers in an organization undergoing an Agile transformation. What are good ideas and curriculum content?, (29:31) Is there any good Agile certification programs?, (37:54) As a Scrum Master how do I show or which measurement I can use to show that I am bringing value to the company and Scrum Teams? How do I prove my worth?, (47:16) Wrap up.Support the show (https://www.agilealliance.org/membership-pricing/)

In this episode, we talk about (01:04) the Agile Narrative Project story of the overpowering scrum master, (18:35) what coaching techniques do people use to gain leverage and traction when undertaking an Agile transformation in a more traditional environment?, (31:32) is it possible to release plan without planning out sprints in advance when you are working on three projects at one time?, (36:40) How do you convince leaders to give Product Owners the authority they need?, (39:50) What are ways to persuade teams of the value of breaking their work down into very small chunks?, (45:03) The org leadership doesn’t get how long-lived teams are superior to “deploying resources to projects,” sources to explain the behavioral science behind teams? , (49:54) wrap up.Support the show (https://www.agilealliance.org/membership-pricing/)

In this episode we (01:07) A few words on the passing of David Hussman, (03:14) Agile Narrative Project: How do we build physiological safety in companies, (20:11) What is the benefit of waiting until Sprint Planning to task out a story instead of doing it in a Grooming session when the team is larger, (26:40) What are useful metrics to show leadership, Leadership wants to see metrics. (32:18) What is a best practice around Agile release planning, and (43:16) Can agile adoption on one team be different from another team.Support the show (https://www.agilealliance.org/membership-pricing/)

In this episode, we talk about (00:34) how an IT Agile coach can influence the business side of an organization, (15:23) how an Agile coach knows they are going in the right direction, (23:15) How a coach first engages with a client, (29:14) what techniques to facilitate Agile principles and values, and (34:45) what are ways to coach a team to make realistic sprint goals.Support the show (https://www.agilealliance.org/membership-pricing/)

This episode we talk about (00:36) tactics and strategies to engage upper and executive management in adopting business agility, (12:49) how can you bring the most value to line-managers that might be willing to change but not yet see or understand the full implication, (32:04) how does an Agile Coach know that he has done a good job, and (41:05) how can a coach help a business head or a product manager on budget allocation.Support the show (https://www.agilealliance.org/membership-pricing/)

In this episode, we talk about (00:55) are all Agile transformations extremely slow, (20:00) how to do backlog grooming in Kanban, (22:18) what are the deliverables of an Agile coach vs. scrum master, and (33:14) Where is the line between modifying Agile frameworks for need and ignoring Agile values and principles.Support the show (https://www.agilealliance.org/membership-pricing/)

In this episode, we talk about (00:54) what are some ways to promote the value of Agile Coaching, and (25:46) we talk about what are the limits to scaling the Agile adoption to a larger organization.Support the show (https://www.agilealliance.org/membership-pricing/)

In this episode, we talk about (00:36) is culture an emergent property of a complex system and how we can affect that culture, and (20:48) we talk about steps to adopt Agile in classical organizations.Support the show (https://www.agilealliance.org/membership-pricing/)

In this episode we talk about the risk of setting up an internal coaching group, should we set a deadline for our Agile adoption to be done, and how do we coach a team with an over-aggressive functional manager.Support the show (https://www.agilealliance.org/membership-pricing/)

In this episode, we are talking about why scaled frameworks may feel like waterfall, how to talk to executives, and what the heck is this business agility.Support the show (https://www.agilealliance.org/membership-pricing/)

In this episode we talk about how to overcome the negative bias from a previous failed Agile adoption, tips for working with geographically dispersed teams, what to do if your company can’t or is unwilling to have a trained full time Scrum master, and what to do to build credibility as a non-developer scrum master/coach.Support the show (https://www.agilealliance.org/membership-pricing/)

This week we talk about how to motivate a team that is working on older products, what makes a good agile coach, and what resources are a must read/watch for Agile practitioners.Support the show (https://www.agilealliance.org/membership-pricing/)

In this episode we talk about how do Agile teams handle interrupts, why teams should use story points vs. hours, getting a vertical slice of a user story, how do you integrate Agile into teams outside of software, and when can you call yourself Agile.Support the show (https://www.agilealliance.org/membership-pricing/)

This week we talk about what if we had "unlimited power” on how we would guide Agile adoption across a large heterogeneous organization, How we would start to agilize a team, and about what is the criteria for having the title of Agile Coach.Support the show (https://www.agilealliance.org/membership-pricing/)