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Episode 68: Together Again Like Peas & Carrots

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peascarrotsCan you believe it ! Yes it’s a real Forest Gump moment, the revolutionists are finally back together again just like peas and carrots . They are back to their best discussing :

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Olav Maassen, Liz Keogh & Chris Matts on Commitment and Real Options

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Olav Maassen, Liz Keogh and Chris Matts talk about real options and the story behind “Commitment: A Novel About Managing Product Risk”, as well as discussing growing experts and leader archetypes.

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Todd Charron on Lean Startup Machine & Improv in Agile

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Todd Charron talks about some of the outcomes from Lean Startup Machine in Toronto, applying Lean Startup in the Enterprise and how can us improvisation techniques in Agile to reduce our fears.

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Chris Clarke on the State of Agile ALM

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Chris Clarke from Collabnet talks about the evolution of ALM, how Agile has affected its uptake across all levels of the organisation and some of the important metrics Agile teams should be measuring.

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Craig Smith on Agile Outside of IT and the 7 Deadly Sins of Agile Test Automation

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I stepped aside from a number of interviews I was conducting at Agile 2013 and let Todd Charon interview me about my talk at the conference.

Craig Smith lets us in on the 7 deadly sins of Agile Test Automation and how we can take Agile out of the IT department.

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Esther Derby on Language, Communication and Change

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Esther Derby shares her thoughts on language, communication and change and their importance in organisations, the definition of metaphor and designing your environment for Agile success.

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Episode 67: A Boys Night Out

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boysnightoutCraig and Tony take the opportunity in Renee’s absence to talk about the year that was , conferences and workshops attended and generally cover all things Agile: 

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Chris McMahon on Open Software Testing at Wikipedia

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Chris McMahon discusses radically open source testing at Wikipedia and has put out a call for the testing community to participate, as well as discussing approaches to browser test automation.

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Episode 66: Agile Coaching with Lyssa Adkins and Michael Spayd

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Michael-Craig-LyssaAt YOW 2013 in Sydney, Craig, Renee and Jeremie Benazra catch up with Lyssa Adkins, author of “Coaching Agile Teams” and Michael Spayd, both Agile Coaches at the Agile Coaching Institute and chew the fat on:

  • What is Agile?
  • Lyssa’s “Coaching Agile Teams” book
  • The difficulties in being an Agile Coach
  • The XP Coach
  • Coaching as a more mature version of leadership
  • Where professional coaching fits into Agile Coaching
  • Why Agile Coaches are sought after whereas general organisational coaching is less prevalent
  • The training of managers and its impact on mindsets
  • Michael’s “Coaching the Agile Enterprise” book
  • Team coaches vs enterprise coaches – what is the difference
  • Scrum Mastering an enterprise transformation
  • ICAgile
  • How to teach a pig to sing
  • The coaching oath of non-allegiance
  • Certified Scrum Coach versus ICAgile Coach
  • The myriad of skill sets needed as an Agile Coach
  • Agile…

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Woody Zuill on Mob Programming and No Estimates

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Woody Zuill discusses Mob Programming, a practice where the whole team works on the same thing, at the same time in the same space on the same computer, as well as his thoughts on No Estimates.

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