Awaken Agile

Jordan Bailey and Adam Murray wanted to create a podcast aimed at people who are learning Agile ways of working focussing on Scrum as a product development framework. We hope this brief snippet will encourage you to listen to the rest of our work. Please enjoy!

In this episode Jordan and Adam talk about stress. Providing an insight in to their own stresses and what they do about them. Recognising stress in teams and team members and some tips on how to handle those situations when they arise.

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In this week's episode of Awaken Agile Adam and Jordan talk about leaning in to change at the organisational level in order to help your team becoming even more high performing. We hope you enjoy it, come along for the ride!

In this episode Jordan and Adam run through the Scrum checklist that was created by Henrik Kniberg. you can find the checklist here - https://www.crisp.se/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Scrum-checklist.pdf. We find that this is a great tool to have in your kit to run through with your teams from time to time. 

Another great video by Henrik - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CostXs2p6r0

In this episode Adam and Jordan talk about transparency. Transparency for the team, within the team and towards those outside of the team. How to build some trust and get the help the team needs when they need it most - as early as possible. 

In this episode Jordan and Adam discuss some tips for getting more out of your meetings and ceremonies using some examples they have employed to good effect. Feel free to contact us on LinkedIn and ask for some topics you would like us to discuss.

In this episode Adam and Jordan reflect on the definition of Scrum from the Scrum guide 2020. They use this to chat about some things Scrum Masters are doing in their organisations that is likely not part of the job description and some tips on how to have conversations around getting to the things you should be doing.

In this episode Adam and Jordan discuss as recruiters what they tend to look for in a Scrum Master, what Scrum Masters should look out for in job advertisements and what to look for in an organisation. Jordan has a special shout out and a new monthly book club has begun.

In this episode Jordan and Adam talk about what to do in a sprint planning session. Why it is important to separate refining the work and planning the work in to separate meetings. We also talk about having a singular sprint goal, or goals for some teams and how that can help. We also start with some banter, because banter is fun. Please enjoy.

In this episode Jordan gives us insight into his plan for the first few weeks with a new team. Please forgive the audio on this episode, we were experimenting with a new setup! We are both energised by a strange occurrence in a corporate environment, you will know it when you hear it.

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