Episode 96: YOW! 2014 Brisbane Vox Pop

30/09/201530/09/2015 / Craig Smith / Leave a comment

Clearing out the backlog, Craig and Tony roam the corridors at YOW! 2014 in Brisbane and talk to attendees and old friends and colleagues. Despite Tony’s fetish with pineapples and the fact it took 96 episodes to get a mention of ISO-9126 they talk to:

Craig Aspinall on hosting the highly rated talk by Troy Hunt on “Hack Yourself First” and Peter Bell on “How to Undo Almost Anything with Git” and that listening to security talks is like watching horror movies, completely terrifying and entertaining at the same time!
Jason Royals and Carlo Simbag on cheesecake and great talks by Troy Hunt, Jez Humble, Gojko Adzic and Gabrielle Benefield
Andrew Newman on using Scala in the enterprise, keynotes from Martin Thompson and Todd Montgomery as well as Ed Kmett
Sharon Robson on using Agile at Tatts Group, her favourite standard ISO-9126, Boehm’s Quality Tree, getting…

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Impact Map Cheat Sheet

30/09/2015 / Craig Smith / 4 Comments

I had to facilitate a couple of workshops in the last couple of days where impact mapping would potentially prove to be a good tool to drive the discussion (and for one of them it did). I have done a number of impact maps over the years but often in the heat of the moment I have a memory blank on what order the map goes in or how best to describe what each of the stages are. So today I knocked together a pocket cheat sheet for me to refer to if I needed it:

Depending on the workshop often depends whether I use the classic mind map style or just use a left to right grid using post-it notes.

Sanjiv Augustine on Scaling Agile, No-Management and Agile 2015 Executive Forum

27/09/201527/09/2015 / Craig Smith / Leave a comment

Sanjiv Augustine talks about his new book “Scaling Agile: A Lean JumpStart”, reinventing organizations and the implementation of no-management at LitheSpeed and the Agile 2015 Executive Forum.

Source: Sanjiv Augustine on Scaling Agile, No-Management and Agile 2015 Executive Forum

Rebecca Parsons and Phil Brock on Agile 2015 and Agile Alliance Programs

20/09/201521/09/2015 / Craig Smith / Leave a comment

The Agile 2015 conference was held in August 2015 in Washington, DC. Rebecca Parsons and Phil Brock talk about the conference and the other programs the Agile Alliance has underway.

Source: Rebecca Parsons and Phil Brock on Agile 2015 and Agile Alliance Programs

Episode 95: User Story Mapping (Something Something) with Jeff Patton

15/09/201521/09/2015 / Craig Smith / Leave a comment

The Agile Revolution Podcast

After chasing him across the east coast of Australia, Craig sits down with Jeff Patton at YOW! Conference in Sydney. Along the way they fail to remember the subtitle of Jeff’s “User Story Mapping” book and talk about:

Art school dropout to software developer to early Extreme Programming
“Extreme Programming Explained” by Kent Beck (and we agree the first edition was the better version!)
One of the secrets to success is having a great relationship with customers
Early Agile colleagues included Eric Evans (“Domain-Driven Design“), Joshua Kerievsky (“Refactoring to Patterns” and Industrial Logic), Rob Mee (Pivotal Labs)
The product decisions on what to build matter most
YOW! Talk “User Story Mapping: Discover the Whole Story“
Story Mapping addressed the problem of losing sight of the big picture when building very small things
Larry Constantine and Lucy Lockwood “Software…

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Episode 94: Agile 2015 Wrap Up

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The Agile Revolution Podcast

Craig and Renee catch up after the last session at Agile 2015 in Washington, DC and talk about the highlights of the conference. Sitting in the atrium near a waterfall, they discuss:

Renee’s talk “Agile Passionfruits: Growing Agile Champion capability through a Learning Culture” received rave reviews
Stalwart sessions at Agile 2015
Day 3 keynote by Jessie Shternshus “Individuals, Interactions and Improvization”
Esther Derby and Mike Lowery talk “Coaching Flow: Moving Past Resistance”
Craig Larman and Bas Vodde talk “Introduction to Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS)”
Dan Greening and Jeff Sutherland talk “Agile Leadership Patterns: The Agile Way of Doing”
Joint podcast with “This Agile Life” – our second favourite Agile podcast!
Skip Angel and Richard Watt talk “Outcome Driven Organizations (ODO): A new operating system for organizational change”
Day 5 keynote by James Tamm “Want Better Collaboration? Don’t be so Defensive!” and some shocking numbers around effectiveness
The conference hotel…

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Craig Smith

Australian Agile Coach & IT Professional

Month: September 2015

Episode 96: YOW! 2014 Brisbane Vox Pop

Impact Map Cheat Sheet

Sanjiv Augustine on Scaling Agile, No-Management and Agile 2015 Executive Forum

Rebecca Parsons and Phil Brock on Agile 2015 and Agile Alliance Programs

Episode 95: User Story Mapping (Something Something) with Jeff Patton

Episode 94: Agile 2015 Wrap Up

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