This week, Dan Neumann, your host, is joined by Christine Bush. In this episode, Dan and Christine embark on an insightful exploration of Disciplined Agile, a domain in which Christine is certified. They unravel some of the intricacies of Disciplined Agile, addressing its profound impact on organizations.   Throughout the episode, you’ll gain a general understanding of what Disciplined Agile is, learn more about the six distinct life cycles that define this approach, and discover how they contribute to organizational growth and success. Tune in to today’s show and gain valuable insights t ..read more

This week, Dan Neumann is joined by his colleague Justin Thatil to explore POWER Start, a great strategy to help you plan, structure, and run your meetings effectively.   In this episode, Dan and Justin dive deep into the structure of POWER Start and the fantastic benefits that result from using it as the most effective tool to make meetings productive and, even sometimes, the way of knowing when an event needs to be canceled.   Key Takeaways What is POWER Start? It is a formula that was created to allow people invited to a meeting to have the right frame in order to have a pro ..read more

This week, Ola Tunde joins Dan Neumann to explore the innovations on SAFe, which just launched the 6.0 version.   In this episode, they talk about the new features of SAFe 6.0, including new strategic themes. Dan and Ola Tunde dive deep into the benefits and advancements this latest version of SAFe offers Teams and Organizations.  Key Takeaways Strategic Themes that SAFe presents:  Strengthening the Foundation for Business Agility Empowering the Agile Team even in their responsibilities, giving decision-making authority to the Teams. Accelerating value flow: How doe ..read more

This week, Dan Neumann is joined by Mike Guiler to discuss the benefits of Agility, including employee satisfaction, predictable delivery, and speed to market among others.   Key Takeaways: Agility leads to employee satisfaction since every Team member is connected to the purpose of the work. Sustainable pace is enabled by Agile Methods Agile done well eliminates the “death march” Deliver slices of value  Deliver the most valuable items first Agile delivery is not “all-or-nothing,” enabling us to decide what we can release without Predictable delivery is mostly assu ..read more

This week, Dan Neumann is handing his role as a host to Buyi Kalala and Mike Guiler, who are leading today’s episode. Gerardo DeLaFuente and Eric Lindgren join them to discuss information radiators for leadership.   In this episode, they explore how information radiators influence a Team’s performance and the delivery of value when going from one engagement to the next. They also dive deep into the benefits and challenges of using these tools and list which tools are best, to begin with.   Key Takeaways What are some of the best Agile engagement tools? These tools provide excel ..read more

This week, Dan Neumann is joined by Buyi‌ ‌Kalala‌ to talk about the Scrum Master role and the misconceptions associated with it.   In this episode, Dan and Buyi address the personality types that seem more effective/successful in the Scrum Master role.   Key Takeaways What do Scrum Masters really do? There are a lot of misconceptions regarding the roles of a Scrum Master. A Scrum Master guides Team members to find a more effective way to deliver work, improving what they do and ensuring they follow Agile principles. Teams are diverse, and each Scrum Master is responsible f ..read more

This week, Dan Neumann is joined by his colleague Mike Guiler to talk about Teams. Dan and Mike explore the four types of Team topologies and the three different types of interactions among them. They also dive deep into how to design effective Teams and how to help them grow so they can move at the speed of the customer.   Key Takeaways Why is a Team more than just a group of people? Sometimes you can see a collection of people, not really a Team. It is impossible for everyone to talk to everybody; the Team structure supports effective communication. A Team must have the power ..read more

In this episode, Eric Landes addresses the challenge of doing Continuous Delivery on a Scrum team. Many teams and organizations struggle with Continuous Delivery, and some think that in a Sprint there can be only one release. Or, they struggle with getting their Increment good enough to be “potentially shippable.” What’s a Scrum Team to do? Check out our public Scrum training courses if you want to attend Scrum training. Key Takeaways: The 2020 Scrum Guide talks about Scrum teams creating multiple increments within one Sprint. Now the Scrum Guide is encouraging frequent releases. Whi ..read more

This week, Dan Neumann is joined by his colleague and friend, Adam Ulery, to talk about product backlogs.   In this episode, Dan and Adam explore the recent patterns showing interesting ways of using Agile terms, as it is an example nowadays that people call product backlogs the source of requirements for the Team, they discuss today the challenges that may arise as a result of this misinterpretation.   Key Takeaways What are product backlogs? And why they are not just the source of requirements. A product backlog is a list of all the things that will be needed for product deve ..read more

This week, Dan Neumann is joined by Quincy Jordan. In this episode, Dan and Quincy discuss the current state of events for the Agile movement, they dive into an insightful discussion about what Agility really means and what the key elements are that make a sustainable transformation to Agile. Quincy and Dan share how Agile works when an organization is true to its principles, follows its manifesto, and embraces its mindset.   Key Takeaways Agile impasse point: People are trying to decide whether Agile works or is it just smoke and mirrors. Agile has proven outcomes with many succe ..read more