Agile Amped Podcast - Inspiring Conversations
447 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 62 ratingsThe Agile Amped podcast is the shared voice of the Agile community, driven by compelling stories, passionate people, and innovative ideas. Together, we are advancing the impact of business agility.
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5 Steps For Creating High Performing Teams - Mark Levison at Agile 2015
August 13, 2015 20:21 - 10 minutes - 13.9 MBDrum Roll Please..... - Form Stable Teams - Value Cohesion - Coach the Team - Watch Where You Place the Water Cooler - Help the Team Set Specific and Challenging Performance Goals Bonus Step* - Listen to this podcast.
Keystone Habits Leading to Sustainable Enterprise Agility - Ahmed Sidky at Agile 2015
August 13, 2015 19:12 - 10 minutes - 14.1 MBTransforming an organization to become more agile requires more than just process change. Rather, it requires a complete culture shift. Sustainable, effective agile transformations affect all the elements of culture such as, leadership style, leadership values, work structures, reward systems, processes, and of course the work habits of people.
The Responsibility Process With Christopher Avery at Agile 2015
August 13, 2015 18:10 - 10 minutes - 14.6 MBThe responsibility process consists of a number of levels of progressive awareness: blame: looking outward and pointing at others as the source of your problems: they didn't deliver their part of the project in time for me to complete my work justification: finding reasons in your environment for why things are the way they are: my computer wasn't working well and it slowed me down shame: an inward laying of blame or guilt for the situation: why can't I work harder and get this done? obl...
The Responsibility Process With Christopher Avery at Agile 2015
August 13, 2015 18:10The responsibility process consists of a number of levels of progressive awareness:blame: looking outward and pointing at others as the source of your problems: they didn't deliver their part of the project in time for me to complete my workjustification: finding reasons in your environment for why things are the way they are: my computer wasn't working well and it slowed me downshame: an inward laying of blame or guilt for the situation: why can't I work harder and get this done?obligation: ...
Tim Ottinger - Find Your Calm at Agile 2015
August 13, 2015 16:05 - 9 minutes - 12.9 MBTim's journey towards the year of living shamelessly - and what that means for his every day life.
Stop, Collaborate & Listen Mark Kilby Talks Distributed Teams at Agile2015
August 12, 2015 18:04 - 7 minutes - 9.98 MBCan you mix distribute open source culture with agile and lean principles? Sonatype is a unique company of open source leaders that produces software development support tools for companies that are struggling to keep track of their usage and risks of open source software components. Mark discusses how this startup has successfully used Scrum with completely distributed teams spread across multiple time zones. Find out what pre-conditions exist, principles we’re discovering, practices we use ...
Jeff Patton - User Story Mapping: Don't Lose the Big Picture at Agile 2015
August 12, 2015 18:03 - 10 minutes - 14.2 MBA story map is a simple way to visualize your product idea from your users’ perspective. Mapping your product's story uses the same approach scriptwriters use to think through a movie or TV story idea. It's fast, collaborative, and telling your product's story helps you spot the holes in your thinking. Once created, a map lets you think through options and alternative ideas that'll make your product better. It's easy to slice out what you think is a smallest viable product, and to identify th...
Declan Whelan & Jason Little - Navigating the Complexity of Organizational Change at Agile 2015
August 12, 2015 17:59 - 9 minutes - 13.1 MBEinstein said "We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them" yet many organizations that want to adopt Agile end up using existing organizational structures to make it happen. That is, they create a centralized team to roll Agile out, define metrics, create a dashboard, communication and training plan and finally a Sharepoint site to push the change outwards. The outcome ends up being another failed Agile transformation story because people either resisted ...
Ken Rubin - How to Embrace Agile Throughout the Enterprise at Agile 2015
August 12, 2015 17:58 - 16 minutes - 22.8 MBDo you work in an organization that expects development to be agile but doesn’t see any advantage of changing the way the rest of the organization operates? Do your colleagues in sales, marketing, finance, legal, HR, governance, etc., unintentionally make your job more difficult just by doing things they way they’ve always done them? Do you try to explain that agile requires changes across the organization, only to hear, “But agile is all about development, right?”The reality is that if we wa...
Manny Gonzalez Scrum Alliance CEO is 90 days in & ready to Rock at Agile 2015
August 11, 2015 16:32 - 9 minutes - 13.3 MBManny Gonzalez, talks about what's next for the Scrum Alliance! He is 90 days in to his new role as CEO and he is ready to rock the future!
Learn like a Scientist: Designing Experiments Using Lean UX with Will Evans at Agile 2015
August 11, 2015 16:31 - 10 minutes - 14.1 MBWill Evans discusses the challenge that companies face in creating products customers actually want, reducing cost, and eliminating waste in the process. The lean thinker does this in part through experimentation.Teams practicing LeanUX inside of organizations embracing Agile have developed a set of principles and methods for experimentation based on collaboration, customer research, problem space exploration, set-based design of solution hypotheses, and tight feedback loops. These approaches...
Lisa Crispin talks about Agile Testing and Donkeys At Agile 2015
August 11, 2015 16:30 - 11 minutes - 16.4 MBBrains, Beauty, Agile Testing, and Donkeys with Lisa Crispin at Agile 2015- what more could you possibly need?
Mike Vizdos Breaks Down the Importance of the Scrum Alliance Coaches Clinic at Agile 2015
August 11, 2015 16:26 - 4 minutes - 6.41 MBMike Vizdos talks about the power of the Scrum Alliance Coaches clinic and why its so important stop by!
Brandon Raines on Agile in the Federal Government at Agile 2015
August 11, 2015 16:25 - 6 minutes - 8.95 MBLearn how to build the bridge from the traditional government practices to a brave new world where we can plan, estimate and still inject agility with Brandon Raines at Agile 2015 - Washington D.C.
SH*T Bad Scrum Coaches Say - Bob Galen
June 30, 2015 15:00 - 14 minutes - 20.1 MBScrum coaches say many things - both good and bad. It's a toughbalancing act to be effective. This might help your coaching & teams.
Maria Matarelli on the Importance of Maintaining a Sustainable Pace
June 19, 2015 15:00 - 9 minutes - 13.7 MBMaria facilitated the CST/CSC retreat here at the Global Scrum Gathering in Phoenix. Maria is also the author of a new book titled "Workaholic" - where she offers her insight on the importance of maintaining a sustainable place.
Business Models, Pivots, Architecture and Agility - Jason Tanner
June 18, 2015 15:00 - 10 minutes - 14.2 MBWe can't always be Agile. By understanding the linkage betweenbusiness models, architecture and agility, we can make faster pivot decisions
Understanding human interactions to create better teams with Michael Wolf
June 17, 2015 15:00 - 15 minutes - 21.8 MBMichael discusses his passion around group interaction and getting people to interact in meaningful ways. Podcasts are brought to you SolutionsIQ and the Scrum Alliance
Michael Dalton and Tom Mellor on Product Owner Complexity Thinking
June 15, 2015 15:00 - 11 minutes - 15.8 MBMichael and Tom discuss their session at Global Scrum Gathering Phoenix - focused on understanding how complexity thinking can be applied in Scrum Team situations and specifically in the Product Owner context. Podcasts are brought to you by SolutionsIQ and Scrum Alliance
Kalpesh Shah on techniques to drive innovation
June 12, 2015 15:00 - 12 minutes - 16.6 MBKalpesh Shah enterprise Agile coach talks about his experience driving innovation by involving teams earlier in the vision definition and hypothesis generation process. By providing access to user behavior analytics after deployment we help teams asses the impact of their work closing the feedback loop. Kalpesh is also a sketch note ninja shows us his skills from the Global Scrum Gathering in Phoenix. Podcasts are brought to you by SolutionsIQ and Scrum Alliance.
Tirrell Payton and John Miller talk paired coaching
June 10, 2015 15:00 - 10 minutes - 14.4 MBThe power of paired coaching - finding balance, fluidity and synergy together. Podcasts are brought to you by SolutionsIQ and the Scrum Alliance
Steve Holyer - How to ensure a successful team Liftoff using Agile chartering
June 08, 2015 15:00 - 14 minutes - 19.9 MBUse Agile Chartering and Liftoff to propel your project on a trajectorythat delivers results. Every time.Discover Agile chartering and how you can establish the project container you need to deliver successful results. Explore how Agile chartering with Liftoff adds context and depth to the project start strategies you already use.Podcasts are brought to you by SolutionsIQ and Scrum Alliance
Skip Angel on "The Naked History of the Agile Transformation Industry"
June 05, 2015 15:00 - 16 minutes - 23.1 MBAs an industry that prizes stories, why don't we have more successstories? If we've got the people, process and technology, what's missing?Podcasts are brought to you by SolutionsIQ and Scrum Alliance
Mastering Retrospectives with Zuzi Sochova (and her blue hair)
June 03, 2015 15:00 - 7 minutes - 9.91 MBZuzi Sochova co-chair for the Global Scrum Gathering in Prague this November discusses her session at the Global Scrum Gathering Phoenix focused on mastering retrospectives.
Richard Cheng - "So you want to be a Scrum trainer" at the Global Scrum Gathering
June 01, 2015 15:00 - 9 minutes - 12.9 MBRichard Cheng on "So you want to become a Scrum Trainer" through a Pecha Kucha style presentation and how hard the presentation style has been to master! Podcasts are brought to you by SolutionsIQ and the Scrum Alliance.
Lance Dacy discusses DFW Scrum- one of the largest Scrum user groups in the world
May 30, 2015 00:00 - 12 minutes - 17.2 MBLance Dacy discuss his role as a founder of DFW Scrum (in Dallas), one of the largest and most prominent Scrum user groups in the world and what it takes to keep the group flourishing.
Bringing Creativity Back - Using story cubes to inspire conversations
May 28, 2015 17:37 - 11 minutes - 15.2 MBCarlton Nettleton talks about using story cubes to write more creative user stories. Using story cubes with your teams can help inspire conversations, spark creativity and collaboration! Podcasts are brought to you by SolutionsIQ and the Scrum Alliance
Catherine Louis talks design thinking and failure patterns
May 28, 2015 17:37 - 9 minutes - 13.1 MBCatherine Louis talks us through her session here at the Global Scrum Gathering Phoenix on how to use Design Thinking techniques to explore & identify agile transition failure patterns.Podcasts are brought to you by SolutionsIQ and the Scrum Alliance
The Agile Superhero Show - Ron Jeffries, Chet Hendrickson and Joe Justice
May 15, 2015 09:23 - 21 minutes - 29.7 MBWe captured this impromptu conversation between some of the greatest minds in the industry and trust us you are going to want to see the magic that ensued. You're welcome. Podcasts are brought to you by SolutionsIQ and the Scrum Alliance.
How to Have Agile Conversations with Executives - Bob Hartman
May 15, 2015 09:23 - 11 minutes - 15.7 MBAre you tired of being afraid of having conversations with your manager or executives? Bob Hartman discusses how to speak with the C-Suite in a meaningful way!Podcasts are brought to you by SolutionsIQ and the Scrum Alliance
Mike Cohn - Global Scrum Gathering Phoenix 2015 Keynote
May 15, 2015 09:22 - 8 minutes - 12.2 MBMike Cohn is the Global Scrum Gathering 2015 Keynote, his topic “Let Go of Knowing: How Holding onto Views May Be Holding You Back” exposes ways that biases may be preventing you from questioning your assumptions, why being open to new views is hard but vital, and why beginners so often think they know it all.Let go of knowing, and open yourself up to learning. Podcasts are brought to you by SolutionsIQ and the Scrum Alliance
Stephen Denning: Change or die, and other time tested advice
May 15, 2015 09:22 - 19 minutes - 26.9 MBSteve Denning, is the author of over 600 Forbes articles and eight books, including the award winning book - Leader's Guide to Radical Management (2010). Steve is heavily involved with the Scrum Alliance's Learning Consortium. This podcast is brought to you by SolutionsIQ and Scrum Alliance.
Jim McCarthy - Global Scrum Gathering Phoenix Closing Keynote
May 15, 2015 09:22 - 16 minutes - 23 MBJim McCarthy is the closing keynote at the Global Scrum Gathering Phoenix. His session “Freedom, Culture Design and Our PossibleDestiny” is focused on the idea of 'Culture hacks'. A culture is the set of shared attributes, values, goals, and practices that both describes and shapes a group.Our era is increasingly characterized by an emergent "software culture." Not only is software itself creating much of our global wealth, but the unique challenges of creating out software have demanded whol...
JJ Sutherland - Scrum from the streets of Baghdad to the boardrooms of Silicon Valley
May 15, 2015 09:22 - 14 minutes - 20.6 MBJJ Sutherland was an Executive Producer at NPR specializing in startups and building teams to tackle the most difficult stories of a generation from 9/11 to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. JJ takes us on a journey through his experience implementing Scrum practices while on the ground in some of the most dangerous places in the world. It doesn't get much better than this. Podcasts are brought to you by SolutionsIQ and the Scrum Alliance
Changing the world of work - Agile, Lean, and in between with Peter Green
May 15, 2015 09:21 - 14 minutes - 20.6 MBJoin us as we sit down with Peter Green at the Global Scrum Gathering Phoenix and discuss the changing world of work. Peter describes how Lean, agile, and lean startup are evolutions of the same mindset, and how with an aligned message, we might just change the world of work as we know it. Stay tuned for more podcasts from the Global Scrum Gathering Phoenix this week! Podcasts are brought to you by SolutionsIQ.
Global Scrum Gathering Phoenix Recap with Manny Gonzalez
May 15, 2015 02:24 - 6 minutes - 9.47 MBWrap up the Global Scrum Gathering Phoenix with the new CEO Manny Gonzalez.
Global Scrum Gathering Phoenix 2015 Co - Chairs Daniel Gullo & Stephen Forte
May 15, 2015 02:24 - 13 minutes - 18.4 MBDaniel and Stephen discuss the blood, sweat and tears that went in to planning the Global Scrum Gathering Phoenix 2015!
How to Conduct Large Distributed Team Retrospectives with Luke Hohmann
May 15, 2015 02:23 - 11 minutes - 15.9 MBLuke discusses a new approach to conducting enterpriseretrospectives that overcomes the limitations of traditional models.
Joe Justice on Scrum for Full-Scale Manufacturing
May 15, 2015 02:23 - 17 minutes - 24.4 MBJoe discusses Scrum for full-scaling manufacturing: a groundbreaking agile discipline that combines Scrum with modular architecture and Lean/XP practices.
XP, Scrum, SAFe and beyond - Hot topics with Ron Jeffries & Chet Hendrickson
May 15, 2015 02:23 - 21 minutes - 29.4 MBChet and Ron discuss hot topics, current trends and future directions of XP, Scrum and the industry in general.
Harvey Wheaton - Scrum Alliance Chairman of the Board
May 15, 2015 02:23 - 13 minutes - 18.5 MBHarvey Wheaton, Chairman of the Board for the Scrum Alliance, discusses the new Scrum Alliance offices in Colorado, current trends in scrum, certifications, and Agile as an industry.
Stories of Scrum at Hope High School: The Freedom to Teach and Learn
May 15, 2015 02:22 - 19 minutes - 26.4 MBHope High School faculty & students share how they use Scrum to pivot the lives of some of the most disadvantaged students in Phoenix. We sit down with John Miller and Mark French to discuss how this idea was born, what it took to make it a reality, and the results that were produced. Krissyn Miller the principle of Hope High School and one of the teachers involved in the transformation Chris BuehnerKemper, share their experiences from within - including stories from their students, the passi...
Get to know Manny Gonzalez the new CEO of the Scrum Alliance!
May 15, 2015 02:21 - 11 minutes - 15.3 MBWith an eclectic background ranging from experience working with zoo's, theme parks, hospitality and more - Manny Gonzalez could not be more excited to take on his new adventure as the Scrum Alliance's first ever CEO. Get to know Manny, his plans for the Scrum Alliance and his new passion for Scrum! Stay tuned this week for more podcasts on the ground at the Global Scrum Gathering Phoenix Brought to you by SolutionsIQ and the Scrum Alliance.
Agile 2014 Keynote Speaker Diana Larsen - Best Job Ever!
April 28, 2015 21:23 - 17 minutes - 23.5 MBAgile2014 Keynote speaker Diana Larsen reminds us of how to reclaim our goal of reaching for and achieving what she calls “the best job ever” by focusing on the three aims: finding work you love, working with purpose, and caring for your tribe.
David Bland - How to Build Products that Matter with Innovation Accounting at Agile 2014
April 28, 2015 21:21 - 10 minutes - 15 MBThe awesome David Bland stops by the BigVisible un-booth at Agile2014. Topic for discussion: Innovative Accounting will land you in prison, but Innovation Accounting will land you a product that matters. David covers the basics of Innovation Accounting and dives into Pirate Metrics, Lean Analytics Phases and the Passionate User Model.
Carol McEwan - Managing Director of Scrum Alliance - at Agile 2014
April 28, 2015 21:18 - 4 minutes - 5.95 MBCarol McEwan, Managing Director at the Scrum Alliance, highlights the organization's growth strategy and evolution over the past few years.
Dean Leffingwell Talks About SAFe 3.0 at Agile 2014
April 28, 2015 21:15 - 14 minutes - 19.7 MBCreator of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Dean Leffingwell, stops by the BigVisible booth to talk about recent updates. The latest version of SAFe features extensive refinements to many elements of the methodology infrastructure, as well as new content and guidance that helps enterprises better organize around value delivery, and improve coordination of large value streams.