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Agile & the Fluency of It Talk With Diana Larsen

Posted on by Shahin Sheidaei

In this Episode, Diana joined Shahin to talk about Agile Fluency and other related topics.

We conversed about and around the following topics:

We referred to and/or mentioned the following people:

Rebecca Wirfs-Brock – Linda Rising – Esther Derby – Klaus Leopold (LeanOnAgile Show with Klaus) – Joshua Kerievsky – Ward Cunningham – Norman Kerth – Allison Pollard – Alistair Cockburn – Ron Jeffries – Arlo Belshee – Martin Fowler – James Shore

We cited the following resources:

By Diana & Co-Authors:

By Other Authors:

For more details please visit http://podcast.leanonagile.com.

Twitter: twitter.com/LeanOnAgileShow 
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/lean-on-agile

Non Software Agile Talk with Gil Broza

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In this Episode, Shahin and Gil talked about recent events, working from home, and Gil’s new book of Agile for Non-Software Teams.

We conversed about and around the following topics:

  • Agility (small a Agile)
  • Working remotely
  • Designing your Agile
  • Need for Agile in Marketing
  • Agile for Non-Software Teams
  • Lean and Agile
  • Modern Agile

We referred to and/or mentioned the following people:

We cited the following resources:

Additional links for the show notes:

About Gil:
Gil Broza can help you increase organizational agility and team performance with minimal risk and thrashing. Dozens of companies seeking transformations, makeovers, or improvements have relied on his pragmatic, modern, and respectful support for customizing Agile in their contexts. These days, several of the world’s largest organizations are having him train hundreds of their managers in technology and business (up to SVP/CIO level) on practical Agile leadership. He is the author of three acclaimed books, The Human Side of Agile, The Agile Mind-Set, and the ground-breaking new Agile for Non-Software Teams.

For more details please visit http://podcast.leanonagile.com.

Passion Talk with Bob Galen

Posted on by Shahin Sheidaei

In this episode, Shahin and Bob talked about Passion.

We conversed about and around the following topics:

We referred to and/or mentioned the following people:

We mentioned the following resources (and maybe more):

Bob’s blog, site, podcast, and book (one of them)

Software Endgames

For more details please visit http://podcast.leanonagile.com.

Agile Alliance Talk with Declan Whelan

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In this episode, Shahin and Declan talked about Agile Alliance. Some of the topic covered are as follow:

We mentioned the following people:

How to contact Declan:

For more details please visit http://podcast.leanonagile.com.

Fixing Your Scrum with Ryan Ripley

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In this episode, Shahin and Ryan talked about the new book by Todd and Ryan’s Fixing Your Scrum. Todd and Ryan wrote this book together and published it in Jan 2020.

We talked about various topics, and mentioned some people including the following:

Topics:

  • Agile For Human Podcast
  • 242 pages of fixing Scrum v.s. 15 pages of Scrum Guide
  • Scrum meetings go overboard
  • Decision Making Frameworks
  • Data!
  • Fixing Your Process, it’s bigger than Scrum even!
  • Who this book is useful for? 
  • Approaches for Leadership to elevate Scrum
  • Scrum.org Community

People:

  • Todd Miller
  • Steve Porter
  • Dave Dame
  • Gunther Verheyen
  • Dave Sabine
  • Matthew Grierson
  • Simon Bourk
  • Daria Bagina
  • Jeff Sutherland
  • Daniel Vacanti
  • Ken Schwaber
  • Jeff Gothelf
  • Joshua Seiden
  • Troy Magennis

If you are interested to get a copy, you can get your copy of the book here:

For more details please visit http://podcast.leanonagile.com.

History behind Lean On Agile

Posted on by Shahin Sheidaei

In this short episode, Shahin will be talking about what the Lean On Agile Show is. How it started and what you can expect from it.

We referred to the following podcasts:

Bob’s keynote at GOAT (Gatineau Ottawa Agile Tour) can be found here.

You can also find a list of podcasts I recommend on Shahin’s blog here.

For more details please visit http://podcast.leanonagile.com.

A Practical Guide to Speaking at Conferences, with Johanna Rothman

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For the second episode, Shahin had the honor to talk with Johanna on the topic of Speaking at Conferences, tips and tricks on it and how to become a better one. She recently wrote the book “Write a Conference Proposal the Conference Wants and Accepts”. We discussed the book as well. If you are thinking of starting your speaking journey, We recommend to listen to the show and highly recommend to read her book.

Johanna Rothman, known as the “Pragmatic Manager,” provides frank advice for your tough problems. She helps leaders and teams see and solve their problems, resolve risks, and manage their product development. Johanna is the author of seventeen books and hundreds of articles. Find the Pragmatic Manager, a monthly email newsletter, and her blogs at jrothman.com and createadaptablelife.com.

Her new book: Write a Conference Proposal the Conference Wants and Accepts

Resources from the podcast:

For more details please visit http://podcast.leanonagile.com.

Agile Certifications

Posted on by Shahin Sheidaei

Welcome to Lean on Agile Podcast, a podcast about Agile & Beyound. I’m your host, Shahin.

This is our first episode. The topics we are covering in this episode:

How to Start in Agile Certifications?

  • What is Certification?
  • What are my thoughts about them?
  • What does it show?
  • From a beginner perspective
  • From a recruiter perspective
  • From a hiring manager perspective
  • From a knowledge perspective

Scrum bodies

ICAgile

Kanban

  • Changed recently, 3 levels

DAD

  • Recently acquired by PMI -my story

LeSS

  • Based on Scrum, I have done it, very close to Scrum@Scale it seems

SAFe

Technical Certifications

  • DevOps – ICAgile, SAFe
  • Not a unique body

For more details please visit http://podcast.leanonagile.com.