Awaken Agile

In this episode, the first after a well deserved break, Jordan and Adam talk about goals. The guys ponder setting goals and what to do if you have no idea where to begin with determining some goals for yourself, your team or your organisation.

In this episode, Adam and Jordan discuss the importance of focusing on idle work over idle workers. They unpack some examples of idle work, helping others in the team and focusing on visualising work using idle Fire Fighters as an example. Stay around to the end of the episode for an extra special end of year present.

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In this episode Adam and Jordan respond to some feedback received, explaining the Scrum framework by comparing to sporting teams. They dive in to what scrum masters do, how ceremonies can compare to events in sporting teams and why scrum is used over the traditional project methods.

Taking a cue from last week, Jordan and Adam talk about some of the things to consider when becoming the Scrum Master of a new team. Whether the team is established or brand new there are some essential things to think about doing with and for the team in order to build up their trust in your skills.

In this episode, Jordan brings some topics from his Scrum Master Guild lean coffee board for him and Adam to discuss. Topics include Definition of Done vs Acceptance criteria, Do you size work that is not part of your current scope, How to get buy in on ceremonies, How to estimate or plan analysis work and planning to start up a new team.

In this episode Adam and Jordan discuss the changes to the Scrum Guide, version 2020. Unpacking what the Scrum Guide is, why it exists and the changes that have occurred.

In this episode, Adam and Jordan discuss integrating changes in to your teams. Diving in to examples of when might be a good time and a bad time to introduce change.

In this episode, Adam asks Jordan about his initial challenges and learnings when stepping in to the Scrum Master role for the first time. Specifically, how Jordan introduced some change in to the team which may have resulted in injured team health.

In this very first episode, Adam and Jordan discuss the purpose of Awaken Agile, what they aim to talk about and who the predominant audience may be.