Arguing Agile: Product Management, Business Leadership, & Org Design

Brian Orlando and Om Patel discuss Agility and some common challenges that organizations face before Brian takes off on a rant for the rest of the Episode about Scrum Masters; why we need them, and why people think they don't.

0:00 Agility & Toyota
12:23 Organizational Challenges
17:26 Can't Afford a Scrum Master
26:06 Let's Rotate our Scrum Master
36:59 More things a Scrum Master helps with...
44:45 Personal/Professional Disappointments
57:12 Final Thoughts on the Scrum Master

This American Life Article on NUMMI (2010)
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/403/nummi-2010

Also available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3DI--lIO2s

Brian sits down with Om for ROUND 2! In this Episode, we discuss some different methods to handling Sprint Planning, how not to get fired as a "effective" Scrum Master (hopefully), and "Meet them Where they Are" as a mantra.

0:00 Intro
2:26 Sprint Planning & a New PO
15:33 Division of Planning What & How
35:05 Leads outside of the Teams
47:54 Tips for Not Getting Fired
1:05:25 Agile Delivery Lead
1:16:48 Brian Hates on Spotify's App (not the model)
1:23:40 Meet Them Where They Are...
1:41:00 CI/CD & Managing Releases

Brian Orlando and Om Patel sit down to talk about anything and everything; including Story Mapping, Story writing, roles in SAFe, and offshore Scrum Masters.

0:00 Product Owners and Scrum Masters
10:11 Story Mapping (Part 1)
25:38 As a System Stories
31:55 Story Mapping (Part 2)
39:18 Coaching Tools
42:22 Nerdy BA Stuff
46:00 LinkedIn Click-baiting
48:57 SAFe
58:18 Hiring the Right People
1:10:46 Offshore Scrum Masters
1:24:40 Wrap-Up and Future Guests