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Mark and Johanna Co-Presented a talk at Agile 2018 entitled: You have to Say More There: Effective Communication in a Distributed Agile Team

Their book is called From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teamsit can be purchased on LeanPub

Johanna led another session at Agile 2018: Agile and Lean Roadmapping

Mark also led an additional session at Agile 2018: Agile Distributed Teams—Oxymoron or Option?

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Agile 2018 is almost here! Whether you’re attending for the very first time, or you’re a seasoned veteran, getting the most out of this Agile experience…all comes down to how you show up.

In this episode of SoundNotes, Dave has recruited Rachel Howard and Tim Zack—our Chief Cultural Officer and Chief Marketing Officer, respectively. Together, these three will help you prepare for—and maximize your time in—San Diego. Whether you’re coming to find a new gig, learn new techniques you can bring back to work, or you just want to network. There are tips in this podcast that can help.

And just in case you aren't able to attend the conference, keep an eye on LeadingAgile's Facebook Pageand our YouTube feed. We'll be streaming and posting interviews with speakers and thought leaders all week long at Agile 2018.

If you’d like to contact Rachel you can reach her at:

• LeadingAgile https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/rachel-howard/

LeadingAgile's CFO, Paul Argiry, will be at Agile 2018 to lead a session on Addressing Your CFO's Concerns To An Enterprise-Wide Agile Transformation. In this episode of LeadingAgile's SoundNotes, Paul offers a preview of the session he'll be leading in San Diego.

During the interview, Paul and Dave discuss why it's so important to understand what your CFO's concerns are when it comes to making the case for—or tracking progress towards—Agile Transformation. They also touch on the level of financial literacy that we should be expecting Agile coaches to have.

• Mike Cottmeyer - Agile Transformation Explained- Tuesday, August 7 • 15:45 - 17:00

• LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/paul-argiry/

LeadingAgile's CFO, Paul Argiry, will be at Agile 2018 to lead a session on Addressing Your CFO's Concerns To An Enterprise-Wide Agile Transformation. In this episode of LeadingAgile's SoundNotes, Paul offers a preview of the session he'll be leading in San Diego.

During the interview, Paul and Dave discuss why it's so important to understand what your CFO's concerns are when it comes to making the case for—or tracking progress towards—Agile Transformation. They also touch on the level of financial literacy that we should be expecting Agile coaches to have.

• Mike Cottmeyer - Agile Transformation Explained- Tuesday, August 7 • 15:45 - 17:00

• LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/paul-argiry/

If you’d like to contact Dave you can reach him at:

• LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/

If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to [email protected]

And if you're interested in taking one of our upcoming Certified ScrumMaster or Certified Scrum Product Owner classes, you can find all the details at https://www.leadingagile.com/our-gear/training/

John Tanner is going to be at Agile 2018 delivering his talk entitled: Agile Metrics - The GQM Approach. The session will take place on Wednesday, August 8 at 10:45 AM. If you're new to GQM, it stands for Goal - Question - Metrics—which has been John's key area of focus for quite some time. If you're working towards gaining clarity around what data to collect at the different levels of your organization—and what to do with the information those metrics provide—John's session is one you won't want to miss.

In this episode of SoundNotes, John provides a quick preview of some of the topics he'll be covering during his session in San Diego and some of the new elements he's included based on using these techniques in the field.

• Mike Cottmeyer - Agile Transformation Explained- Tuesday, August 7 • 15:45 - 17:00

• LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/john-tanner/

Creating a Definition of Ready is one of the best ways to help your Team(s) make sure they're only committing to work they can actually get done. It's also one of the best ways for a Product Owner to make sure they're not going to waste valuable time in Sprint Planning by asking the Team to work on things that aren't in an actionable state.

In this episode of SoundNotes, Rick Austin and Dave Prior discuss how to go about creating a Definition of Ready and why it's so critical to your Team's ability to deliver. They also cover some examples of the types of things you might want to include in your Definition of Ready.

If you'd like some background on this topic before listening, check out the following:

• Why You Need A Definition of Ready w/ Dave Nicolette(podcast)

If you'd like to reach out to Rick for more information, here is his contact info:

• Email: https://twitter.com/rickaustin

If you’d like to contact Dave you can reach him at:

• LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/

In this episode of SoundNotes, Mike Cottmeyer and Dave Prior discuss how organizational Transformation continues to evolve. The conversation offers a brief preview of some of the things Mike will be covering at his Agile 2018session: “Agile Transformation Explained”http://sched.co/EUF1

During the interview, Mike and Dave discuss how the skill sets needed to lead and shepherd those Transformations have grown to include much more than what we would have expected from an Agile coach several years ago. They also explore how we continue to refine our understanding of what happens during organizational Transformation and how we can better prepare our clients for the changes they will experience.

Mike Cottmeyer’s session “Agile Transformation Explained”will take place on Tuesday, August 7 at 3:45 PM.  You can learn more about it here: http://sched.co/EUF1

Paul Argiry’s session “Addressing Your CFO’s Concerns to an Enterprise-Wide Agile Transformation”will take place on Thursday, August 9 at 9:00 AM. You can learn more about it here: http://sched.co/EU93

John Tanner’s session “Agile Metrics - The GQM Approach”will be held on Wednesday, August 8 at 10:45 AM. You can learn more about it here: http://sched.co/EUCr

If you’d like to contact Mike you can reach him at:

• LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/mike-cottmeyer/

This episode of SoundNotes focuses on Definition of Ready. A few weeks ago, Dave Nicolette created a post in Field Notes that was the result of a current debate in the Agile community about whether having a Definition of Ready helps, or harms our ability to deliver value for the customer.

The episode begins with Dave Nicolette explaining Definition of Ready within the context of the LeadingAgile model. After that, he and Dave Prior discuss/debate the the pros and cons of DoR from their respective backgrounds (Developer vs. PM).

Links From The Podcast

The LeadingAgile Compass

Dave Nicolette's Field Notes Post "Should Agile Teams Have a Definition of Ready?

Mike Cohn's blog post "The Dangers of a Definition of Ready

Jeff Sutherland's Definition of Ready post on Scrum Inc. with comments from Michael James

If you'd like to check out a sample Definition of Ready, here is one provided by Kenny Rubin.

For more on Alexander Laufer's work on Uncertainty

Or you can read Mike Cohn's explanation here.

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Contacting Dave Nicolette

If you’d like to contact Dave you can reach him at:

If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to [email protected]

And if you're interested in taking one of our upcoming Certified ScrumMaster or Certified Scrum Product Owner classes, you can find all the details at: