Agile as a framework is focused beyond just the team, but the system as a whole. Your system might be on a more macro level as your department, or even your entire company. In this weeks episode of The Standup Podcast we discuss the concept of Systems Thinking and how Agile Coaches can pull their mindset to the macro level to look at their Agility at the Systems level. We sincerely hope everyone is staying safe and healthy during the current COVID-19 pandemic. While we have some episodes in the can ready to go, we're not sure when we'll be able to record more. Because of that, expect new episodes to be spaced out a little until life returns to back to normal.

Agile as a framework is focused beyond just the team, but the system as a whole. Your system might be on a more macro level as your department, or even your entire company. In this weeks episode of The Standup Podcast we discuss the concept of Systems Thinking and how Agile Coaches can pull their mindset to the macro level to look at their Agility at the Systems level. We sincerely hope everyone is staying safe and healthy during the current COVID-19 pandemic. While we have some episodes in the can ready to go, we're not sure when we'll be able to record more. Because of that, expect new episodes to be spaced out a little until life returns to back to normal.

Episode 67 - Systems Thinking

We're diving right into the first episode of 2020 with a hot button topic in the Agile community: No Estimates. Agile Coaches and Scrum teams are starting to adopt a "No Estimates" mentality when it comes to planning and building out their backlog. How does it work? How will it impact the organization? We tackle these questions and give our guidance as well to this controversial topic.

We're diving right into the first episode of 2020 with a hot button topic in the Agile community: No Estimates. Agile Coaches and Scrum teams are starting to adopt a "No Estimates" mentality when it comes to planning and building out their backlog. How does it work? How will it impact the organization? We tackle these questions and give our guidance as well to this controversial topic.

Episode 66 - No Estimates

Jennifer Nusbaum

Agile Teams are very much a community, and it's the Scrum Masters job to make sure that the community is interacting and communicating in a healthy manner. But what happens when your team has a toxic team member? Jennifer Nusbaum, CSP joins The Standup this week to discuss the different types of toxic team members, and strategies to help these individuals as well as the team.

Agile Teams are very much a community, and it's the Scrum Masters job to make sure that the community is interacting and communicating in a healthy manner. But what happens when your team has a toxic team member? Jennifer Nusbaum, CSP joins The Standup this week to discuss the different types of toxic team members, and strategies to help these individuals as well as the team.

Episode 65 - Toxic Team Members (Guest Jennifer Nusbaum, CSP)

Backlog Refinement is one of those ceremonies in Scrum that often gets looked over, but honestly it's the one ceremony you can have that will make literally every other ceremony easier. It gives the Delivery Team an opportunity to see work coming down the pipes and a venue for discussions to be had with the Product Owner about the work.

Backlog Refinement is one of those ceremonies in Scrum that often gets looked over, but honestly it's the one ceremony you can have that will make literally every other ceremony easier. It gives the Delivery Team an opportunity to see work coming down the pipes and a venue for discussions to be had with the Product Owner about the work.

Episode 64 - Backlog Refinement

We talk a lot on The Standup Podcast about developing software and delivering features to our customers in an Agile methodology, but what happens in Agile prior to actually writing software? What does the Product Development side of an Agile process look like? Join us this week on The Standup Podcast where we take a deep dive on Agile Product Development!

We talk a lot on The Standup Podcast about developing software and delivering features to our customers in an Agile methodology, but what happens in Agile prior to actually writing software? What does the Product Development side of an Agile process look like? Join us this week on The Standup Podcast where we take a deep dive on Agile Product Development!

Episode 63 - Agile Product Development

There are so many electronic tools out now that organizations use to track and organize their Scrum teams, but sometimes what they don't realize is they've molded their process around the tool and not the team. It's time for them to go Unplugged! This week on the Standup Podcast we discuss the topic of Scrum Unplugged, and the benefits of taking things back to basics and materializing Scrum artifacts in physical forms. Physical Burndown Charts, 3x5 and note card planning walls, and more! Join us and let us know your thoughts!

There are so many electronic tools out now that organizations use to track and organize their Scrum teams, but sometimes what they don't realize is they've molded their process around the tool and not the team. It's time for them to go Unplugged! This week on the Standup Podcast we discuss the topic of Scrum Unplugged, and the benefits of taking things back to basics and materializing Scrum artifacts in physical forms. Physical Burndown Charts, 3x5 and note card planning walls, and more! Join us and let us know your thoughts!

Episode 62 - Scrum Unplugged

An important part of having values is our willingness to defend them, to actually stand for what we believe in. Agile is no different, and if you truly value the Agile principles you will, at some point in your career, have to take a stand. This week on The Standup Podcast we cover what this means and what it looks like to take a stand in your organization for Agile values.

An important part of having values is our willingness to defend them, to actually stand for what we believe in. Agile is no different, and if you truly value the Agile principles you will, at some point in your career, have to take a stand. This week on The Standup Podcast we cover what this means and what it looks like to take a stand in your organization for Agile values.

Episode 61 - Be Bold

An Anti-pattern is a common response to a recurring problem that is usually ineffective and risks being highly counterproductive. You run into a lot of these in the Scrum and Agile community, with some of these actually being considered a "best" or "standard" practice. This week on The Standup Podcast we call out some of these Anti-patterns that have worked their way into our community.

An Anti-pattern is a common response to a recurring problem that is usually ineffective and risks being highly counterproductive. You run into a lot of these in the Scrum and Agile community, with some of these actually being considered a "best" or "standard" practice. This week on The Standup Podcast we call out some of these Anti-patterns that have worked their way into our community.

Episode 60 - Scrum Anti-Patterns

It's not always perfect, and STUFF happens. Your team could find itself one day without a Scrum Master, or perhaps you lose your Product Owner to another project. What do you do? Obviously these are very important roles and the ultimate long term success of your team relies on your ability to backfill this role, but what about short term?  In this weeks episode of The Standup Podcast we talk about strategies teams can take short term to temporarily fill empty team roles like Product Owner or Scrum Master to make sure the team is still productive in their absence.

It's not always perfect, and STUFF happens. Your team could find itself one day without a Scrum Master, or perhaps you lose your Product Owner to another project. What do you do? Obviously these are very important roles and the ultimate long term success of your team relies on your ability to backfill this role, but what about short term?  In this weeks episode of The Standup Podcast we talk about strategies teams can take short term to temporarily fill empty team roles like Product Owner or Scrum Master to make sure the team is still productive in their absence.

Episode 59 - Missing Scrum Team Roles

In physics, the hardest friction to overcome is static friction, or the friction from first starting motion. Same goes for Scrum and Agile in that there's a lot of work and effort that goes into successfully starting a new team. Today on The Standup Podcast we talk about what goes into starting a new team and strategies for you to be successful.

In physics, the hardest friction to overcome is static friction, or the friction from first starting motion. Same goes for Scrum and Agile in that there's a lot of work and effort that goes into successfully starting a new team. Today on The Standup Podcast we talk about what goes into starting a new team and strategies for you to be successful.

Episode 58 - New Scrum Team

Welcome to The Standup Podcast! A weekly, 15-Minute show about Agile &amp; Scrum brought to you by two guys from different backgrounds in Software Development. Hernande Silva is an Agile Coach with over 15 years of experience helping organizations and teams navigate the waters of the various Agile frameworks. Eric Nusbaum is an executive with over 20 years of hands-on experience in software development and converting organizations to Scrum. Together they'll bring you various topics important to the Agile community such as Team Dynamics, Organizational Culture, Emotional Intelligence, and discussions around the artifacts as well as ceremonies in Agile.

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LISTENER REQUEST! Super excited to deliver our latest episode of The Standup Podcast where we talk about Agile Sprint Planning and more importantly, the artifacts and ceremonies you can do before Sprint Planning which will make a Sprint Planning session more successful. The goal here as Hernande says is, simply, come prepared. But this means different things to people in different roles. So we go over pre-Sprint Planning topics such as Backlog Refinement (STORY TIME!) and how these quick sessions can help make Sprint Planning much more effective since it enables so much communication early on. On the topic of Planning itself, we cover the different events that happen during planning including the topic of sub-tasking User Stories and methods teams can be productive and successful in this task. Hope you enjoy the latest edition of The Standup Podcast!

LISTENER REQUEST! Super excited to deliver our latest episode of The Standup Podcast where we talk about Agile Sprint Planning and more importantly, the artifacts and ceremonies you can do before Sprint Planning which will make a Sprint Planning session more successful. The goal here as Hernande says is, simply, come prepared. But this means different things to people in different roles. So we go over pre-Sprint Planning topics such as Backlog Refinement (STORY TIME!) and how these quick sessions can help make Sprint Planning much more effective since it enables so much communication early on. On the topic of Planning itself, we cover the different events that happen during planning including the topic of sub-tasking User Stories and methods teams can be productive and successful in this task. Hope you enjoy the latest edition of The Standup Podcast!

Episode 06 - Agile Sprint Planning

Hey everyone! Welcome to The Standup Podcast this week where we'll be discussing how a Culture of Collaboration facilitates success within any Agile implementation and organizations in general. Such a great topic that we went past our time-box and the band had to play us off! ;) Several important topics we cover this week are how office space impacts collaboration, leadership impact on culture, meetings(!), and how to maintain a healthy, collaborative culture with a decentralized team or remote employees. A great quote from Nande this episode is simply: "Agile is loud." -- in that any successful Agile implementation is going to be highly collaborative, and the cornerstone of collaboration is communication. Tune in this week to pick up some tips on how to facilitate a Culture of Collaboration within your organization!

Hey everyone! Welcome to The Standup Podcast this week where we'll be discussing how a Culture of Collaboration facilitates success within any Agile implementation and organizations in general. Such a great topic that we went past our time-box and the band had to play us off! ;) Several important topics we cover this week are how office space impacts collaboration, leadership impact on culture, meetings(!), and how to maintain a healthy, collaborative culture with a decentralized team or remote employees. A great quote from Nande this episode is simply: "Agile is loud." -- in that any successful Agile implementation is going to be highly collaborative, and the cornerstone of collaboration is communication. Tune in this week to pick up some tips on how to facilitate a Culture of Collaboration within your organization!

Episode 07 - Culture of Collaboration

Hey Everyone and welcome to a special Halloween episode of The Standup Podcast where we bring you a spooktacular episode talking about things you've seen or over heard about Agile adoptions that scare you! You know the scene, you're at a Meet-Up group talking to someone about Agile and your hear someone say something like, "Oh yeah, we don't need a Scrum Master"..... or perhaps ... "Yeah, we have a team of Product Owners for our delivery team". Scared yet? Listen if you date to this episode where we cover those and many other super scary things we've seen/heard about Agile adoptions!

Hey Everyone and welcome to a special Halloween episode of The Standup Podcast where we bring you a spooktacular episode talking about things you've seen or over heard about Agile adoptions that scare you! You know the scene, you're at a Meet-Up group talking to someone about Agile and your hear someone say something like, "Oh yeah, we don't need a Scrum Master"..... or perhaps ... "Yeah, we have a team of Product Owners for our delivery team". Scared yet? Listen if you date to this episode where we cover those and many other super scary things we've seen/heard about Agile adoptions!

Episode 15 - Scary Agile (Halloween Special)

Hey everyone and welcome to this week's Standup! On this episode of The Standup Podcast we'll be tackling the complex topic of the role of Management, Middle Management, and Organizational Leaders within an Agile Organization. These are deep waters we're wading into and it's also a sensitive topic as people in management roles can feel vulnerable or threatened by an Agile program because the lack of formal definitions for them in any Agile framework. The truth is any team and organization needs strong leadership to thrive and survive, so Nande and I start in on strategies for companies to be successful in building out an org chart that not only fosters personal/professional growth, but also fosters a successful environment for Agile to flourish!

Hey everyone and welcome to this week's Standup! On this episode of The Standup Podcast we'll be tackling the complex topic of the role of Management, Middle Management, and Organizational Leaders within an Agile Organization. These are deep waters we're wading into and it's also a sensitive topic as people in management roles can feel vulnerable or threatened by an Agile program because the lack of formal definitions for them in any Agile framework. The truth is any team and organization needs strong leadership to thrive and survive, so Nande and I start in on strategies for companies to be successful in building out an org chart that not only fosters personal/professional growth, but also fosters a successful environment for Agile to flourish!

Episode 13 - The Role of Management and Leadership in Agile

Hey Everyone and welcome to The Standup Podcast where this week we're going to be diving into the topic of Prioritization, specifically problems many Product Owners or companies face and methods which you can use to be successful when prioritizing your backlog. It's all too common that companies lack the bandwidth to get everything they want done, so having smart, concise prioritization is the key to success for any Agile adoption. The reason prioritization is important is because it forces the conversation of value to the end customer, be they internal or external. One common issue early Agile adoptions face is just a flood of new User Stories in the backlog of a new Scrum team or new Agile program with no real strategy to begin chopping that pile of wood. This week on the Standup Podcast we cover these problems and more and give you strategies to resolve these problems.

Hey Everyone and welcome to The Standup Podcast where this week we're going to be diving into the topic of Prioritization, specifically problems many Product Owners or companies face and methods which you can use to be successful when prioritizing your backlog. It's all too common that companies lack the bandwidth to get everything they want done, so having smart, concise prioritization is the key to success for any Agile adoption. The reason prioritization is important is because it forces the conversation of value to the end customer, be they internal or external. One common issue early Agile adoptions face is just a flood of new User Stories in the backlog of a new Scrum team or new Agile program with no real strategy to begin chopping that pile of wood. This week on the Standup Podcast we cover these problems and more and give you strategies to resolve these problems.

Episode 28 - Prioritization

Hey Everyone and welcome to this weeks episode of The Standup Podcast where we're going to to be covering the topic of Self Organization.  You hear it everywhere in the Agile community, that Scrum teams should be "Self Organizing"... without anyone actually giving you guidance on what that means or how to get there. You'd think something as critical to the framework as that would be spelled out a little better, but alas. So this week on The Standup Podcast we actually go deep on the topic of Self Organization, what it means, what's involved, and how you start to get teams there. It doesn't just happen, and Self Organization doesn't just mean "no rules". After this weeks Standup, you should have clear direction on next steps to get your teams to a true state of Self Organization.

Hey Everyone and welcome to this weeks episode of The Standup Podcast where we're going to to be covering the topic of Self Organization.  You hear it everywhere in the Agile community, that Scrum teams should be "Self Organizing"... without anyone actually giving you guidance on what that means or how to get there. You'd think something as critical to the framework as that would be spelled out a little better, but alas. So this week on The Standup Podcast we actually go deep on the topic of Self Organization, what it means, what's involved, and how you start to get teams there. It doesn't just happen, and Self Organization doesn't just mean "no rules". After this weeks Standup, you should have clear direction on next steps to get your teams to a true state of Self Organization.

Episode 29 - Self Organization

We learn lessons as we progress through life and our careers. Some large, some small, some easy, and some hard. This week on The Standup Podcast we wanted to share some of the hard lessons we had to learn both in Leadership and Agile in the hope that others don't have to learn these lessons the hard way as well.

We learn lessons as we progress through life and our careers. Some large, some small, some easy, and some hard. This week on The Standup Podcast we wanted to share some of the hard lessons we had to learn both in Leadership and Agile in the hope that others don't have to learn these lessons the hard way as well.

Episode 53 - Hard Lessons

Hey Everyone -- This week on the Standup Podcast we're talking about Stakeholders! We love asking the question of Agile practitioners, if we value our users feedback and our users should drive the value.... what role do the stakeholders play? The old joke in the Agile world is the Chicken and the Pig, right? Well, if Stakeholders are just involved, what is that involvement? How do you know who your stakeholders are and how their feedback/priority items should be synthesized into the product backlog. Join us this week on The Standup Podcast where we give clarity around the role of Stakeholders in an Agile environment.

Hey Everyone -- This week on the Standup Podcast we're talking about Stakeholders! We love asking the question of Agile practitioners, if we value our users feedback and our users should drive the value.... what role do the stakeholders play? The old joke in the Agile world is the Chicken and the Pig, right? Well, if Stakeholders are just involved, what is that involvement? How do you know who your stakeholders are and how their feedback/priority items should be synthesized into the product backlog. Join us this week on The Standup Podcast where we give clarity around the role of Stakeholders in an Agile environment.

Episode 32 - Stakeholders

Hello everyone and welcome to The Standup! Have you been looking for a job with a company that shares your values in Agile? It can be difficult. In this week's Standup Nande and Eric discuss how to read the tea leaves of job descriptions as a first step of seeing potential red flags or things that should key you in on an organization being truly Agile. We hope that from this podcast you will take away valuable pointers that help you not only land that next opportunity, but an opportunity at an organization where you can thrive as an Agilist!

Hello everyone and welcome to The Standup! Have you been looking for a job with a company that shares your values in Agile? It can be difficult. In this week's Standup Nande and Eric discuss how to read the tea leaves of job descriptions as a first step of seeing potential red flags or things that should key you in on an organization being truly Agile. We hope that from this podcast you will take away valuable pointers that help you not only land that next opportunity, but an opportunity at an organization where you can thrive as an Agilist!

Episode 03 - Seeking an Opportunity with an Agile Organization

Hey Everyone!  Welcome to this weeks episode of The Standup Podcast where we discuss Agile Sizing. In this episode, Hernande and Eric discuss the basics around sizing, what it is, what it is not, and areas of value beyond just the resulting size that can provide value to teams and organizations. We also dive into specifically how the conversation during and around sizing is truly one of the most important artifact of this practice in Agile on helping a team come to a common understanding and goal Join us as we dip our toes into the waters of Sizing!

Hey Everyone!  Welcome to this weeks episode of The Standup Podcast where we discuss Agile Sizing. In this episode, Hernande and Eric discuss the basics around sizing, what it is, what it is not, and areas of value beyond just the resulting size that can provide value to teams and organizations. We also dive into specifically how the conversation during and around sizing is truly one of the most important artifact of this practice in Agile on helping a team come to a common understanding and goal Join us as we dip our toes into the waters of Sizing!

Episode 04 - Agile Sizing

This week on The Standup Podcast we're going to be taking an in-depth look at why some Agile adoptions fail. It's important as a community of Agile practitioners that we have the courage to have an honest discussion and do true postmortems around Agile adoptions that failed. Learning from lessons from failed Agile adoptions is just as important as learning from our failures within a Sprint, so doing a retrospective on those failures to better understand what happened better equips us to tackle the next challenge. As we discussed in a previous episode, our most impactful lessons come from our failures so having an honest discussion around those failures as it pertains to Agile adoptions is crucial.

This week on The Standup Podcast we're going to be taking an in-depth look at why some Agile adoptions fail. It's important as a community of Agile practitioners that we have the courage to have an honest discussion and do true postmortems around Agile adoptions that failed. Learning from lessons from failed Agile adoptions is just as important as learning from our failures within a Sprint, so doing a retrospective on those failures to better understand what happened better equips us to tackle the next challenge. As we discussed in a previous episode, our most impactful lessons come from our failures so having an honest discussion around those failures as it pertains to Agile adoptions is crucial.

Episode 36 - Reasons Agile Adoptions Fail

Hey Everyone! Today on The Standup Podcast we'll be continuing our series with Seven Habits of Highly Effective Scrum Masters! Being a Scrum Master or Agile Coach for a team is such a vital role in ensuring the success of not only the framework implementation but also the success of the team. It's so important that you are effective in this role so on The Standup Podcast today we start going down the list of the top seven habits every Scrum Master should embrace to really serve their team well! Let us know your thoughts!

Hey Everyone! Today on The Standup Podcast we'll be continuing our series with Seven Habits of Highly Effective Scrum Masters! Being a Scrum Master or Agile Coach for a team is such a vital role in ensuring the success of not only the framework implementation but also the success of the team. It's so important that you are effective in this role so on The Standup Podcast today we start going down the list of the top seven habits every Scrum Master should embrace to really serve their team well! Let us know your thoughts!

Episode 12 - The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Scrum Masters

This week on The Standup Podcast we continue our discussion from last week where we talked about how to describe Agile to someone with no Agile experience. This week we're covering Scrum as a Framework, and how you can describe it to someone who has either no experience in Agile methodologies or even no experience in software development whatsoever.

This week on The Standup Podcast we continue our discussion from last week where we talked about how to describe Agile to someone with no Agile experience. This week we're covering Scrum as a Framework, and how you can describe it to someone who has either no experience in Agile methodologies or even no experience in software development whatsoever.

Episode 42 - Describing Scrum

A T-Shaped Developer is someone with a broad skill set, but perhaps one or two skills that run particularly deep. A specialist in an area, versus a proficient generalist. Companies run into the pitfall of stacking their teams with experts in an area they think the team will be working, and run into a major issue: A T-Shaped Team! This week on The Standup Podcast we talk about the concept of T-Shaped teams, and how organizations can avoid forming their Agile or Scrum teams around this concept while focusing on the goal of cross functional teams.

A T-Shaped Developer is someone with a broad skill set, but perhaps one or two skills that run particularly deep. A specialist in an area, versus a proficient generalist. Companies run into the pitfall of stacking their teams with experts in an area they think the team will be working, and run into a major issue: A T-Shaped Team! This week on The Standup Podcast we talk about the concept of T-Shaped teams, and how organizations can avoid forming their Agile or Scrum teams around this concept while focusing on the goal of cross functional teams.

Episode 56 - T-Shape Teams

On this weeks episode of The Standup Podcast we cover a question we've all been asked by folks who might be unfamiliar with Agile, or unfamiliar with what we actually do on a day to day basis: What is Agile? Describing Agile itself can sometimes be difficult without using the word Agile. I mean Agile... is Agile, right? Hopefully by the end of todays Standup you'll have a great answer for this question and the ability to really help guide someone on their quest to learn more about iterative, empirical software development.

On this weeks episode of The Standup Podcast we cover a question we've all been asked by folks who might be unfamiliar with Agile, or unfamiliar with what we actually do on a day to day basis: What is Agile? Describing Agile itself can sometimes be difficult without using the word Agile. I mean Agile... is Agile, right? Hopefully by the end of todays Standup you'll have a great answer for this question and the ability to really help guide someone on their quest to learn more about iterative, empirical software development.

Episode 41 - Describing Agile

Sizing is an important topic in Scrum and other Agile Frameworks. While it's important for planning, the most critical piece of Sizing is the team coming to a shared, common understanding of the work. In this weeks episode of The Standup Podcast we revisit the topic of Sizing and how teams can continue to improve on this very important ceremony.

Sizing is an important topic in Scrum and other Agile Frameworks. While it's important for planning, the most critical piece of Sizing is the team coming to a shared, common understanding of the work. In this weeks episode of The Standup Podcast we revisit the topic of Sizing and how teams can continue to improve on this very important ceremony.

Episode 55 - Sizing REDUX

Burnout is now a recognized medical condition because it is to widespread in relation to people and their jobs. How can we as fight burnout from happening to the individuals on our Scrum teams? Scrum as a framework is, at its core, about fighting burnout and finding a sustainable pace. In this weeks episode of The Standup Podcast we talk about what burnout is, how you can identify if you or a member of your team is being impacted by it, and how you can start to address it to pull that individual or team back from the brink.

Burnout is now a recognized medical condition because it is to widespread in relation to people and their jobs. How can we as fight burnout from happening to the individuals on our Scrum teams? Scrum as a framework is, at its core, about fighting burnout and finding a sustainable pace. In this weeks episode of The Standup Podcast we talk about what burnout is, how you can identify if you or a member of your team is being impacted by it, and how you can start to address it to pull that individual or team back from the brink.

Episode 45 - Burnout

Hey Everyone! This week on The Standup Podcast we're celebrating our One Year Anniversary! It was on July 11th, 2018 we put out our first episode as an experiment thinking nobody would probably listen. A year later, we still think that but the stats tell us otherwise! Thank you again everyone for your continued support and listenership. This week we pull back the curtain a little bit and give everyone insight into how we started the Podcast, our process for recording, our history together, favorite episodes, and much more looking back on the past year!

Hey Everyone! This week on The Standup Podcast we're celebrating our One Year Anniversary! It was on July 11th, 2018 we put out our first episode as an experiment thinking nobody would probably listen. A year later, we still think that but the stats tell us otherwise! Thank you again everyone for your continued support and listenership. This week we pull back the curtain a little bit and give everyone insight into how we started the Podcast, our process for recording, our history together, favorite episodes, and much more looking back on the past year!

Episode 49 - The Standup: A Retrospective

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