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This Agile Life

126 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 22 ratings

A podcast devoted to agile and lean software development.

Technology Education How To thisagilelife john sextro amos king nate mckie lee mccauley craig
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Episodes

Episode 97: (Agile 2015 Wrap-up) Podcasting at a non-sustainable pace

August 16, 2015 23:00 - 40 minutes - 28.4 MB

Jason Tice and Natalie Simonsen Discussion Now that the Agile2015 conference has concluded, join Natalie Simonsen and Jason Tice for a round-robin discussion of their key take-aways and themes from the week

Episode 96: (Agile 2015 – Friday) I like Big Boards

August 11, 2015 01:00 - 40 minutes - 28.3 MB

Stephen Vance shares highlights from the multi-team agile framework he has put in place at his organization with Natalie and Renee.

Episode 95: (Agile 2015 – Wednesday) That’s a Wiener

August 07, 2015 23:00 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MB

ThisAgileLife celebrated a “winning” episode recorded immediately after guest Dan Parker and Jason Tice won prizes at the Agile2015 “Night at the Museums” vendor raffle event.  Jason and Dan were joined by Melanie Hopwood and Charles Elsner (also attending the conference) to discuss sessions they attended on Wednesday, August 5, 2015.

Episode 94: (Agile 2015) Booth Bitch vs. the Cucumber Guy

August 06, 2015 06:00 - 34 minutes - 24.2 MB

Natalie and Jason were joined by Agile2015 conference attendees including Renee Troughton, Rich Rose Hemlock and Joe Naumann to reflect on the second day of the conference and share a few learnings from the sessions they attended.

Episode 93: (Agile 2015) Agile Bangers & Mash

August 05, 2015 13:00 - 30 minutes - 21.7 MB

Natalie and Jason were joined by Agile2015 conference attendees Rose Hemlock and Joe Naumann to reflect on the first day of the conference and share a few learnings from the sessions they attended

Episode 92: (Agile 2015 Kickoff) Don’t Leave Your Children Unattended on the Balcony

August 03, 2015 23:00 - 24 minutes - 17.2 MB

Agile 2015 Kickoff

Episode 91: (Lean Coffee) Version 1 Spy

July 26, 2015 07:00 - 1 hour - 45.6 MB

“Lean Coffee” discussion with several regular ThisAgileLife hosts

Episode 90: (9th Annual State of Agile Survey) “MMWAP” – Making money with agile processes

July 19, 2015 06:00 - 1 hour - 64.6 MB

Our annual tradition of providing insights and commentary based upon the 9th annual state of agile survey

Episode 89: (Wishful Planning) Don’t be an agile hoarder

July 12, 2015 07:00 - 52 minutes - 36.7 MB

Join Natalie, Nate and Jason for a discussion about “Wishful planning”

Episode 88: (Commitment to Value) Diabetes Waiting to Happen

June 28, 2015 14:15 - 1 hour - 42.5 MB

Wes Higbee (Full City Tech) author of Commitment To Value: How to make technical projects worthwhile.

Episode 87: (Change Leadership) A Sense of Urgency

June 14, 2015 13:00 - 1 hour - 48.3 MB

Lee, Craig and Jason for a discussion on John Kotter’s ideas about “Change Leadership”

Episode 86: (Centralized Agile Coaching) Questatement

May 31, 2015 07:00 - 48 minutes - 34.1 MB

Central teams consisting of coaches as a barrier to organizational learning

Episode 85: (Agile Games 2015) The Theater of the Oppressed

May 24, 2015 07:00 - 51 minutes - 36.1 MB

Agile Games 2015 Recap and Review

Episode 84: (Product Ownership) That One Looks Delicious

May 17, 2015 07:00 - 51 minutes - 36 MB

Product Owners  and their product vision, or lack there of

Episode 83: (Pros/Cons of Testing & TDD) The Price is Right

May 03, 2015 15:00 - 1 hour - 44.7 MB

When should we do TDD?

Episode 82: (Agile Games) I’m Famous on this Podcast

April 26, 2015 06:00 - 59 minutes - 41.4 MB

Special guest Renee Troughton

Episode 81: (Scrum Master Anti-Patterns) Anarcho-syndicalist commune

April 19, 2015 16:00 - 1 hour - 44.1 MB

2015 Agile Indy conference entitled “The Scrum Master IS The Impediment”

Episode 80: Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwich (Live Coaching)

April 12, 2015 13:00 - 1 hour - 45.3 MB

Times when you shouldn’t test your code.

Episode 79: March Metaphor Madness (Celebrate as a Team)

April 05, 2015 16:00 - 52 minutes - 36.9 MB

Celebrate as a Team

Episode 78: Squirrels (Team Practices)

March 29, 2015 14:00 - 1 hour - 43 MB

Round Robin Discussion

Episode 77: Sniffleupagus (Hardware)

March 22, 2015 23:00 - 44 minutes - 31.3 MB

Hardware The intersection between software and hardware on agile teams

Episode 76: Contrivance of Humans (#NoEstimates)

March 15, 2015 06:00 - 1 hour - 47.8 MB

No Estimates with Woody Zuill (https://twitter.com/woodyzuill)

Episode 75: Sass Factor (Managing Up)

March 08, 2015 07:00 - 58 minutes - 40.7 MB

Managing Up

Episode 74: Perfect Rundown (Working the Board)

March 01, 2015 21:00 - 56 minutes - 39.4 MB

Working the Board

Episode 73: In a World (No BAs / No SMs)

February 15, 2015 17:00 - 54 minutes - 38.1 MB

We don’t need Scrum Masters and Business Analysts In the future agile teams will optimize around 2 roles, PO and Engineer

Episode 72: Lawyer’s worst nightmare (Continuous Improvement)

February 01, 2015 15:00 - 57 minutes - 40.1 MB

How much time is considered healthy for an agile team to spend improving themselves?

Episode 71: Woo, I Smell Somethin’ (Stories & Prioritization)

January 18, 2015 06:00 - 1 hour - 44.4 MB

Driving teams to small stories Cards “Twitter sized” stories

Episode 70: Horrible Waste of Space (Open Space Floor Plans)

January 11, 2015 06:00 - 56 minutes - 39.1 MB

Open Floor Plan Offices

Episode 69: Wookiees and Cookies (Ops. Review & Incentives)

December 28, 2014 19:00 - 52 minutes - 36.8 MB

Raising our Podcast Assurance

Episode 68: Just Dance Jason (Collaboration)

December 14, 2014 17:15 - 43 minutes - 30.5 MB

Let’s talk about collaboration in a large group, and what happens to a group’s ability to build / maintain a mental model as it becomes larger

Episode 67: Death by Charts (Code Coverage)

November 23, 2014 07:00 - 51 minutes - 35.9 MB

The holy practice of measuring code coverage

Episode 66: Standups

November 16, 2014 07:00 - 47 minutes - 33.3 MB

Effective standups Purpose all about communication and commitment not about status updates

Episode 65: Checklists (Education & Code Reviews)

November 03, 2014 23:00 - 1 hour - 46.1 MB

College/University what they should teach? Code Reviews Do you need to do code reviews when pairing? How much time should you spend on a code review?

Episode 64: Anything that is Sacred is Not Agile (Scrum)

October 05, 2014 07:00 - 1 hour - 48.3 MB

Why Scrum Should Basically Just Die in a Fire 

Episode 63: A Team of A-Holes (Servant Leadership)

September 21, 2014 07:00 - 1 hour - 56.4 MB

Demystifying Servant Leadership

Episode 62: Death Rattle

September 14, 2014 07:00 - 1 hour - 42.1 MB

When agility starts to fail

Episode 61: I’m Still Being a Jerk (Bullying in the Workplace)

September 07, 2014 07:00 - 57 minutes - 53.6 MB

Bullying in the workplace

Episode 60: Wine Will Fix My Problems (Following Through on your Retros)

August 31, 2014 07:00 - 54 minutes - 50.4 MB

Capturing Retro Notes

Episode 59: Center of Amos Excellence (Writing Stories)

August 24, 2014 07:00 - 57 minutes - 53 MB

Writing great stories

Episode 58: Splitting, Slicing and Breaking Down Stories

August 03, 2014 07:00 - 44 minutes - 18.6 MB

The importance of slicing stories

Episode 57: I’ve Got a Story to Tell Ya (PMs in Agile)

July 20, 2014 16:00 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MB

How do Product Owners Fit on a Team

Episode 56: Talking Out of Both Ends (Product Ownership)

July 13, 2014 07:00 - 57 minutes - 53.1 MB

How do Product Owners Fit on a Team

Happy July 4th

July 06, 2014 07:00 - 37 seconds - 1.48 MB

Released Sunday, July 6th, 2014 Hosts: John Sextro Happy July 4th The show will return to its regular schedule on Sunday, July 13, 2014

Episode 55: They Can’t All Be Blockbusters

June 29, 2014 07:00 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MB

Is the “whole team approach” attainable?

Episode 54: Tice is Immune to Sarcasm (Good to Great)

June 22, 2014 07:00 - 52 minutes - 73 MB

Agile…Good to Great John’s Recommendation

Episode 53: Gnat Crap Chart (Agile Practices)

June 15, 2014 12:00 - 1 hour - 84.1 MB

Agile Practices

Episode 52: This Agile Gaming Life on the Charles River (Agile Games 2014)

June 08, 2014 07:00 - 52 minutes - 49 MB

Agile Games 2014 Jason summarizing the games session by Chris Simms and Laura Powers

Episode 51: I Do Run From Chickens (Adopting Agile)

June 01, 2014 07:00 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MB

Adopting Agile

Episode 50: Tice Doesn’t Have a Dirty Bone in His Body (Improving ThisAgileLife)

May 25, 2014 07:00 - 50 minutes - 46.9 MB

A self-facilitated retrospective on what we have learned doing the last 50 episodes of ThisAgileLife.

Episode 49: Amos on Fire (Feature Prioritization)

May 18, 2014 07:00 - 51 minutes - 48.1 MB

Feature Prioritization

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