Episode 116: The Heart of Modern Agile

07/10/201607/10/2016 / Craig Smith / Leave a comment

Craig and Tony are sipping a sarsaparilla or two on a balcony in Brisbane and start trying to dissect the state and heart of modern agility:

You can trust the team if you listen to them
Keys to transformation is LLL – leadership, leadership, leadership
If you have Agile leaders maybe you don’t need Agile coaches
Craig and Renee’s talk “Coaching Nightmares: Lessons We Can Learn From Gordon Ramsay“
Heart of Agile by Alistair Cockburn – collaborate, deliver, reflect and improve
Agile is Dead (Long Love Agility) by Dave Thomas and the related YOW! Conference talk
Modern Agile by Joshua Kerievsky – also the original article and the keynote talk at Agile 2016 – make people awesome, deliver value continuously, make safety a prerequisite and experiment and learn rapidly
Survey to rewrite the Agile Manifesto (again)
Tony is a tenner – he believes in “simplicity is the art of…

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Agile 2016 Keynote: Modern Agile

21/08/201617/08/2026 / Craig Smith / Leave a comment

At the recent Agile 2016 conference in Atlanta, Joshua Kerievsky, CEO of Industrial Logic and author of ‘Refactoring to Patterns’ gave a thought provoking keynote around the idea of Modern Agile.

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Episode 109 – The Art of Agile Fluency with James Shore

01/06/201601/06/2016 / Craig Smith / Leave a comment

The Agile Revolution Podcast

Craig and Tony at the Agile Australia conference sit down with James Shore, best known as for his work as author of “The Art of Agile Development” and co-creator of the Agile Fluency Model and talk about a wide range of Agile topics including:

“Java Modeling in Color with UML” book mentioned Feature Driven Development (an Australian Agile method!), learnt a valuable lesson to pay attention to the financials and, no matter how much you talk to your customer, seeing is not enough (they need to use it)
“Extreme Programming Explained“, both editions are the same problem but coming from different experiences with the benefit of seven years of experience
the bulk of the “Art of Agile Development” book, particularly section 2, is mostly online, the major thing that probably needs to be updated is the section on customer testing
Agile Australia keynote “The Reward”
language…

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Jeff Patton on User Story Mapping and Product Management

23/10/201520/08/2026 / Craig Smith / Leave a comment

Jeff Patton talks about his book “User Story Mapping” and the background and approaches to the story mapping process as well as upcoming trends in relation to product management.

Source: Jeff Patton on User Story Mapping and Product Management

Episode 70: Hello Is This Thing On?

09/04/201405/01/2021 / Craig Smith / Leave a comment

The Agile Revolution Podcast

Craig, Renee and Tony catch up again and discuss the wonderfully diverse world of Agile :

Tony starts the SAFe conversation again via @RonJeffries blog post SAFe – Good not Good Enough
I want Agile back , you ? via Tim Ottinger
Craig brings the Raccoon back whilst discussing ” Reports of Agile’s death” from @jbrains, “Agile is Dead (Long Live Agility) ” from @pragdave
What is ScrumStudy and the “Scrum Master Certified” ? via @sdunnrocket9
We’ll ask for estimates @jonelf
Renee gets in a shameless plug for the “Who Is Agile in Australia and New Zealand ?” Book
Siemens success story ” Kanban at Scale” via InfoQ
“Kanban in Action” book review via authors @marcusoftnet and @joakimsunden
“The Human Side of Agile ” book review @gilbroza

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Episode 69: DevOps with Michael Nygard

29/03/201405/01/2021 / Craig Smith / Leave a comment

The Agile Revolution Podcast

At YOW 2013 in Sydney, Craig and Renee catch up with Michael Nygard and discuss the world of DevOps including:

Michael’s book “Release it!: Design and Deploy Production Ready Software“
What DevOps really is
The values of DevOps and its relationship to the Agile Manifesto
Could DevOps have occurred without Agile?
How much of Release it is still holding well?
Anti-patterns in DevOps (eg. a separate DevOps group)
Cognitect and Closure
Development is production
Where does ITIL fit in with DevOps?
Why Problem Management may no longer be relevant
How good are we really in DevOps?

You can contact Michael on twitter at @mtnygard or at the Think Relevance Blog.

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Episode 58: Don’t Drink and Podcast!

23/06/201305/01/2021 / Craig Smith / Leave a comment

The Agile Revolution Podcast

Craig and Renee are in Sydney and dangerously podcast after Renee’s one (1) drink and Craig’s two (2) drinks. Along the way they fumble over the following topics:

Agile Sydney meetup – Agile 101
Build Your Own Manifesto and Adam Weisbart’s Build Your Own Manifesto (and my Interview with Adam Weisbart at Agile 2012 in case you missed it)
Wordle – awesome word cloud generation tool
Agile observations from Dave Thomas (not Dave Thomas)
YOW! Lambda Jam and Lambda Jam and the buzz around functional programming
Emergent Design
Mike Cohn on “Hard to Read Handwriting is Best for User Stories” (and the associated research)
Craig’s notes from Tech Connect 2013 in Brisbane
Startup Metrics for Pirates (AARRR)
When would you pick waterfall over agile (…we think you know the answer!)
DWP drops agile from flagship government software project
New book Commitment from Chris Matts and Olav Maassen has…

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Episode 49: Merry Manifesto Madness with Alistair Cockburn

14/11/201205/01/2021 / Craig Smith / Leave a comment

The Agile Revolution Podcast

Craig and Renee lob around to Tony’ abode to interview his house guest, Alistair Cockburn. Alistair spends time:

denying a K Stew affair
answering what brings him to Australia
plugging his fantastic Advanced Agile Course
presenting his thoughts on where Agile is going
answering how the Agile Manifesto has shifted and whether the last line should be shifted earlier
talking about the simplicity principle
explaining the difficulty of Agile Organisational transformations
answering whether transformation that succeed better can be big-bang or have to evolve
discussing the sticky middle management layer where transformations become hard
ponderings on what is happening in the ICAgile space
generally taking the p*ss out of Renee, Tony and Craig

You can contact Alistair Cockburn for any work opportunities or Advanced Agile Training on totheralistair@gmail.com or totheralistair@aol.com.

You can contact Renee for any work opportunities or Agile 101 Training at renee@theagilerevolution.com.

Special thanks…

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Henrik Kniberg on Lean From The Trenches, Translating the Agile Manifesto and Living Agile

19/09/201229/08/2026 / Craig Smith / Leave a comment

Henrik Kniberg discusses the journey to writing his latest book “Lean from the Trenches”, the translation of the Agile Manifesto as well as his recent travels and Lean Startup projects.

Source: Henrik Kniberg on Lean From The Trenches, Translating the Agile Manifesto and Living Agile

Individuals and Interactions are Important, but so are Processes and Tools

07/10/201130/08/2026 / Craig Smith / Leave a comment

There has been a lot of discussion recently about the tension inherent in the Agile Manifesto value “individuals and interactions over processes and tools”. This item examines some of the points that have been made.

Source: Individuals and Interactions are Important, but so are Processes and Tools