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This discussion could not be contained to 15 min or less, so here’s the parking lot on feedback loops, from the last iteration with Sunny, Jesse, and Dominik joined by Brent. They introduce the topic of feedback loops with a discussion about musical instruments and buying unbroken eggs from the store. Our experts discuss several types of feedback, some ways for teams to get feedback fast, and some thoughts on making sure you have good code quality.

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In this fourth iteration of a series of DevOps fundamentals, Sunny, Jesse, and Dominik discuss the technical aspects of how we get things going inside teams. They discuss improving the Developer experience by “shifting left”, value stream mapping, and the three ways of DevOps. 

They also discuss the “claim your 20% campaign,” which allows engineers an opportunity to speak up. This approach is best when it’s embedded into the structure of the work and when Managers create space for improvement.  

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In this third iteration of a series of DevOps fundamentals, Sunny, Jesse, and Dominik discuss culture and change. They define culture, and discuss ways to the shift culture in DevOps. They share some microsteps to affect behavior change as well as some actions that are never effective at promoting change. For more information, check out these resources which were recommended during this podcast: the Westrum Culture Survey, and Our Iceberg Is Melting: Changing and Succeeding under Any Conditions by John Kotter.

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In this second iteration of a series of DevOps fundamentals, Sunny, Jesse, and Dominik discuss the theory and the important contributors to the origins of DevOps. 
They discuss the difference between being complicated versus being complex, the importance of customers (and competitors), and the DevOps mindset.

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In this first iteration of a series of DevOps fundamentals, Sunny is joined by Jesse and Dominik, who share how they got into DevOps and how failure was part of that journey. There are many reasons why failure can exist, and our experts share some things that are important to make failure a growth opportunity.

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Brent, Sunny, and Justin continue the conversation from the last iteration. They discuss a variety of topics, such as backlog refinement and the characteristics of good Product Owners. They also discuss what happens to teams that don’t do a backlog refinement, and why Scrum Masters could bring snacks to sprint planning.

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In this fifth iteration of a series of scrum fundamentals, we discuss backlog refinement.

Brent, Justin, and Sunny give their definition of backlog refinement and discuss if it should be considered an event. They share an interesting example of a team that had a unique way of handling refinement, and they discuss the Product Owner role.

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In this fourth iteration of a series of scrum fundamentals, we discuss retrospectives.

Brent, Danielle, Sunny, and Justin share their thoughts on retrospectives. They talk about some important questions and data to consider during this team introspection, before creating the insights from this meeting. They also discuss which roles should be included in a retro, who should not be invited, and whether they think it’s OK to share out information afterward.

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In this third iteration of a series of scrum fundamentals, we discuss sprint reviews.

Brent, Danielle, and Sunny define the importance of a sprint review meeting and well as share their opinions on showcasing the work done in the sprint. They also discuss the roles during the sprint review, especially that of the product owner and the stakeholder. In the end, they answer that important question…”What’s the one thing that you want to see happen during a sprint review?”

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As a continuation of iteration 87 from last season (Adhering to the principles and values), we have our first parking lot, discussing viewpoints on timeboxed or pointed spikes.

Brent, Justin, and Sunny discuss questions such as, “What spikes are used for? Should spikes be time-boxed or story-pointed? Does the time come out of capacity? Is the spike for a future sprint? Will this work be part of your codebase/project, or will it answer a question? Should work done in spike be thrown away?

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