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Ken Rubin - How to Embrace Agile Throughout the Enterprise at Agile 2015 Aug 12, 2015

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Do 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 want to be successful with agile, I mean truly reap the benefits of what we expect to get from agility, then we need to embrace agile throughout the full value chain. In other words, the non-development parts of the organization have to embrace agile and align their efforts with those of development.

Manny Gonzalez Scrum Alliance CEO is 90 days in & ready to Rock at Agile 2015 Aug 11, 2015

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Manny 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 Aug 11, 2015

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Will 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 increase the optionality in the product development pipeline while mitigating risk. These principles and methods in experimental design based on the scientific method don't come naturally, but they are very useful and valuable if you are interested in increasing organizational learning, reducing risk, and delivering real value to customers.

Lisa Crispin talks about Agile Testing and Donkeys At Agile 2015 Aug 11, 2015

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Brains, 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 Aug 11, 2015

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Mike 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 Aug 11, 2015

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Learn 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 Jun 30, 2015

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Scrum 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 Jun 19, 2015

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Maria 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 Jun 18, 2015

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We 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 Jun 17, 2015

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Michael discusses his passion around group interaction and getting people to interact in meaningful ways. Podcasts are brought to you SolutionsIQ and the Scrum Alliance