Agile Amped Podcast - Inspiring Conversations

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Alex Yakyma, SAFe Summit Talks and SAFe 4.1 - "No Reason to Freak Out" Nov 03, 2016

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Alex Yakyma, SAFe Fellow and principal consultant, stops by Agile Amped to talk about his three talks at this year's SAFe Summit: 1. "Advances in DevOps with SAFe" 2. "Applying SAFe to Large and Complex Value Streams" 3. "Lean-Agile Development for Large Enterprises: Adding Hardware to the Mix" Alex also encourages organizations not to lock themselves down "to early decisions that will inevitably be wrong". Lean practices can help orgs "find the middle ground" between planning big upfront and no upfront thinking at all. The author discusses his book "The Rollout", a narrative that uses an Agile Release Train launch as a vehicle for understanding SAFe better, before sharing that they all already working on the next version of SAFe, 4.1--but don't freak out: it's meant to be "additive" rather than a full revamp. SolutionsIQ SAFe consultant Scott Frost hosts at SAFe Summit 2016 in Denver, Colorado. About Agile Amped The Agile Amped podcast series connects the community through compelling stories, passionate people, shared knowledge, and innovative ideas. Fueled by inspiring conversations with industry thoughtleaders, Agile Amped offers valuable content – anytime, anywhere. To receive real-time updates, subscribe! Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SIQYouTube, http://bit.ly/SIQiTunes, http://www.solutionsiq.com/agile-amped/ Follow: http://bit.ly/SIQTwitter Like: http://bit.ly/SIQFacebook

Agile in Education at Leysin American School in Switzerland Oct 31, 2016

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How would our education system be different using agile principles and values? In this InDepth edition, our conversation focuses around the American School in Leysin, Switzerland, and their experiments over the past 3 yrs in Agile in Education. My guests are Paul Magnuson ( Director of Curriculum & Director of the Middle School) and Bill Tihen ( Director of IT, Teacher, and runs the Makers Space ) Empowering students, making learning visible, and creating life long learners are goals for Paul and Bill as they lead this movement at Leysin. You can find Paul and Bill and the Leysin School at https://www.las.ch/ Special thanks to John Miller for introducing me, and making this conversation possible. you can find John on Twitter at @agileschools The Agile Amped podcast series connects the community through compelling stories, passionate people, shared knowledge, and innovative ideas. Fueled by inspiring conversations with industry thought leaders, Agile Amped offers valuable content – anytime, anywhere. To receive real-time updates, subscribe at YouTube, iTunes or SolutionsIQ.com. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SIQ YouTube, http://bit.ly/ SIQiTunes, http://www.solutionsiq.com/agile-amped/ Follow: http://bit.ly/SIQTwitter Like: http://bit.ly/SIQFacebook

Becoming a CST - a story from two perspectives with Karim Harbott and Richard Cheng Oct 19, 2016

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The journey to become a CST is a long and rewarding one. In this episode, I get to discuss Karim Harbott's journey to becoming a CST just 2 days after he found out he had received the certification. Richard Cheng is a CST and a volunteer on the Trainer Approval Committee ( TAC) . He shares his side of the journey and what the TAC is looking for, some tips, and encouragement. One story, two perspectives. It should be interesting. The Agile Amped podcast series connects the community through compelling stories, passionate people, shared knowledge, and innovative ideas. Fueled by inspiring conversations with industry thought leaders, Agile Amped offers valuable content – anytime, anywhere. To receive real-time updates, subscribe at YouTube, iTunes or SolutionsIQ.com. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SIQ YouTube, http://bit.ly/ SIQiTunes, http://www.solutionsiq.com/agile-amped/ Follow: http://bit.ly/SIQTwitter Like: http://bit.ly/SIQFacebook

Creating Disruptive Innovation Inside the Enterprise with Jeff Steinberg Oct 10, 2016

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How does a large enterprise organization keep up, much less lead? Disruptive Innovation changes the landscape of products, and companies should want to be on the delivering end of this instead of the receiving end. Many companies focus on Sustaining Innovation, but if they really want to be leaders in their product offerings, they should be investing in Disruptive innovation. Jeff explains what is not working, and what does, and gives some great examples of success. He lays out a model he calls " Innovation Colony" and why he believes this should be a focus. The Agile Amped podcast series connects the community through compelling stories, passionate people, shared knowledge, and innovative ideas. Fueled by inspiring conversations with industry thought leaders, Agile Amped offers valuable content – anytime, anywhere. To receive real-time updates, subscribe at YouTube, iTunes or SolutionsIQ.com. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SIQ YouTube, http://bit.ly/ SIQiTunes, http://www.solutionsiq.com/agile-amped/ Follow: http://bit.ly/SIQTwitter Like: http://bit.ly/SIQFacebook

Alan Dayley says: As a leader, Empowerment is not enough. Oct 03, 2016

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Empowerment sounds like a good thing - right? What Alan is sharing is that this isn't enough. We talk through a leader/follower spectrum and identify different styles of leadership, and the types of followers that they help create. Alan makes a strong case for the manager to be a catalyst that inspires co-leaders. If you are a manager ( in almost any capacity/environment) this discussion should provide you value. How you lead, helps create behaviors in those you lead. The slides that were mentioned in this podcast can be found here The Agile Amped podcast series connects the community through compelling stories, passionate people, shared knowledge, and innovative ideas. Fueled by inspiring conversations with industry thought leaders, Agile Amped offers valuable content – anytime, anywhere. To receive real-time updates, subscribe at YouTube, iTunes or SolutionsIQ.com. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SIQ YouTube, http://bit.ly/ SIQiTunes, http://www.solutionsiq.com/agile-amped/ Follow: http://bit.ly/SIQTwitter Like: http://bit.ly/SIQFacebook

Distributed agile with Mark Kilby Sep 23, 2016

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Technology is built by people all over the world. Keeping them working as a team is one of Mark's specialties. Mark really knows distributed agile, with over 30 yrs in the software and coaching space. He has spent nearly the last 3 in a 100% distributed environment. On this InDepth distributed podcast, Mark talks about the different types of distributed teams, and offers tips for keeping people engaged. We talk a bit on the Agile Manifesto and how it still applies, plus he does give some sage advise on the tools we use to connect. If you have people working in multiple locations, this is the interview you should not miss. The Agile Amped podcast series connects the community through compelling stories, passionate people, shared knowledge, and innovative ideas. Fueled by inspiring conversations with industry thought leaders, Agile Amped offers valuable content – anytime, anywhere. To receive real-time updates, subscribe at YouTube, iTunes or SolutionsIQ.com. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SIQ YouTube, http://bit.ly/ SIQiTunes, http://www.solutionsiq.com/agile-amped/ Follow: http://bit.ly/SIQTwitter Like: http://bit.ly/SIQFacebook

Doc Norton Sez You're Using "Technical Debt" Wrong at Agile2016 Sep 20, 2016

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In his Agile2016 session "The Technical Debt Trap", Doc Norton takes all the way back to the metaphor that started it all. Doc says Ward Cunningham coined the term "technical debt" not as shorthand for lousy code but for clean code implemented with your current understanding of the requirements and covered with tests. In short, "technical debt" isn't code that you intend to clean up later: it's clean code created when the dev's knowledge is impartial that the dev can then easily refactor when they learn more about the problem. The danger with the current meaning of technical debt is that the term is benign enough that we don't give it enough attention. "In a great extent, we're using the metaphor to abdicate our own professional responsibility..." Things that teams can start doing now: create debt stories and discuss with the business what the real value of that debt is. John Esposito, Editor-in-Chief of DZone, SolutionsIQ partner, hosts at Agile2016 in Atlanta, GA. About Agile Amped The Agile Amped podcast series connects the community through compelling stories, passionate people, shared knowledge, and innovative ideas. Fueled by inspiring conversations with industry thoughtleaders, Agile Amped offers valuable content – anytime, anywhere. To receive real-time updates, subscribe at YouTube, iTunes or SolutionsIQ.com. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SIQYouTube, http://bit.ly/SIQiTunes, http://www.solutionsiq.com/agile-amped/ Follow: http://bit.ly/SIQTwitter Like: http://bit.ly/SIQFacebook

Scrum.org CEO Dave West on the Next 20 Years of Scrum at Agile2016 Sep 19, 2016

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Scrum.org CEO and Product Owner Dave West has come a long way from being a RUP Product Manager to where he is today. After realizing RUP wasn't helping developers or enabling them to build great software, Dave took a Scrum class where a light bulb went off. He saw that if you gave a team enough safety, the right problems to solve, access to the right people and some discipline in the form of XP practices (refactoring, continuous integration, etc.), you can get generate massive amounts of value. Scrum turns 21 in 2016, so what do the next twenty years look like? Dave says some of it centers on scaling product delivery, using evidence-based measurements (EBM) (i.e., value, release frequency and innovation), and actually getting to done. John Esposito, Editor-in-Chief of DZone, SolutionsIQ partner, hosts at Agile2016 in Atlanta, GA. About Agile Amped The Agile Amped podcast series connects the community through compelling stories, passionate people, shared knowledge, and innovative ideas. Fueled by inspiring conversations with industry thoughtleaders, Agile Amped offers valuable content – anytime, anywhere. To receive real-time updates, subscribe at YouTube, iTunes or SolutionsIQ.com. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SIQYouTube, http://bit.ly/SIQiTunes, http://www.solutionsiq.com/agile-amped/ Follow: http://bit.ly/SIQTwitter Like: http://bit.ly/SIQFacebook

Ken Rubin talks about the Agile Mindset (and Colonel Klink) Sep 17, 2016

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The Agile Mindset. We've all heard that term, but what does it mean? What effects can it have on an organization if they are just adopting the frameworks without the mindsets? Ken Rubin and I spend this episode discussing the Agile Mindset. He shares how it effects delivering working software in companies, how he uses it in his family, and even as an angel investor in how it helps him make decisions on who ( and who not) to fund. Ken also shares his unique "Colonel Klink" test (from Hogan's Heroes) to help determine if someone has and agile mindset or not. About Agile Amped: The Agile Amped podcast series connects the community through compelling stories, passionate people, shared knowledge, and innovative ideas. Fueled by inspiring conversations with industry thought leaders, Agile Amped offers valuable content – anytime, anywhere. To receive real-time updates, subscribe at YouTube, iTunes or SolutionsIQ.com. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SIQYouTube, http://bit.ly/SIQiTunes, http://www.solutionsiq.com/agile-amped/ Follow: http://bit.ly/SIQTwitter Like: http://bit.ly/SIQFacebook

David Bernstein on Creating Implementations of Intent and What Makes Great Developers Great Sep 16, 2016

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David Bernstein, author of the book "Beyond Legacy Code: Nine Practices to Extend the Life (and Value) of Your Software", stops by Agile Amped to educate us on "What makes great developers great?" While developers are generally thought of as being analytical, dividing and separating things apart, David says, "The great developers that I know are also good at integrating." He adds that, while many devs focus intensely on writing code, "what we really want to do is create implementations of intent." David's book is about making code maintainable and understandable, helping you see connections between processes in the code so you can remove redundancy. The importance of simplicity and elegance in the code becomes obvious when you start to scale enterprise software with millions of lines of code, where a single change can cause a domino effect of broken code. In order to keep code simple, David advocates for treating programming primarily as a way to communicate intent to another human (including your future self) and secondarily as a way to get the computer to do what you want. John Esposito, Editor-in-Chief of DZone, SolutionsIQ partner, hosts at Agile2016 in Atlanta, GA. About Agile Amped The Agile Amped podcast series connects the community through compelling stories, passionate people, shared knowledge, and innovative ideas. Fueled by inspiring conversations with industry thoughtleaders, Agile Amped offers valuable content – anytime, anywhere. To receive real-time updates, subscribe at YouTube, iTunes or SolutionsIQ.com. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SIQYouTube, http://bit.ly/SIQiTunes, http://www.solutionsiq.com/agile-amped/ Follow: http://bit.ly/SIQTwitter Like: http://bit.ly/SIQFacebook