Episode 16: Motivated To Make Walls Fun

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WallWith Tony on assignment on an island, Craig and Renee talk about motivation, Renee makes a ballsy prediction about fun and we talk about dead walls, tools for walls and everything in between:

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Episode 18: Scrum vs Kanban War

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TanksBreaking out from our normal format Craig, Tony and Renee talk about the recent flurry of tweets from the Scrum and Kanban communities.

It all started with Jeff Sutherland and his tweet and blog cross reference: Deep analysis of #kanban by Jim Coplien

The twitter feed that was captured by us (and hence is not a comprehensive feed on the subject and contains some leetspeak cleanup) includes:

David Anderson (@agilemanager):

Interesting FUD Jeff, I thought you were more professional than this?    

Jim’s post on Jeff’s blog contains lies which fly in the face of the well documented evidence with teams around the world   

Jeff and Jim, I challenge you to produce the evidence to backup claims like…   

“Kanban (the methodology) discourages teamwork and increases the risk of not completing agreed work”   

I often wonder how people without integrity go through life and live…

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Episode 17: Bad Smell Bingo

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BingoWith Tony MIA, Craig and Renee talk about bad smells, geek stuff and daily retrospectives:

Bad Smell Bingo for stand-ups:

  • Starts late
  • Not everyone turns up
  • Not enough of a quorum
  • Not standing up
  • Running over 10 minutes (too long)
  • No focus on roadblocks
  • Not touching cards
  • No understanding/association to a story
  • Talks too long (particular individual)
  • Not focussing on the three questions (What I did yesterday, What I plan on doing today and roadblocks)
  • No consistency in the way it is run
  • Too big
  • Directed to PM
  • Directed to IM/Scrum Master
  • Conversations are not off-lined
  • Conversations are off-lined too quickly
  • Risks to delivery not understood
  • No one volunteers to help
  • Too short/not meaniful enough
  • Too boring/monotonous
  • Run like…

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