Bob and Josh come right back to the Release Planning topic to dig into some of its juicier bits. In this episode, Bob and Josh tackle the ever challenging topic of estimation. When should you do it? Who should do it? In the end, a basic blueprint is assembled giving guidance on these questions.

Bob and Josh return after a 5 month hiatus!!!

In this episode, Bob and Josh discuss styles of release planning and some of the pitfalls we've run into in our travels.

In this episode, Bob and Josh discuss various ways to drive innovation within your teams. Ideas include 20% time, FedEx/Innovation days, and a couple of others. Insight is also given into how to battle some of the normal push-back/challenges when these ideas are introduced into your organization.

In this episode Bob and Josh review lessons learned over the past year and discuss some of the improvements currently at the top of their personal backlog.

In this meta-cast Bob and Josh go topic-less and chat about challenges facing each of their current teams. Topics range from oscillating between Scrum and Kanban to getting that mystical, magical agile "switch" to flip in people.

In this episode, Bob and Josh discuss some common patterns displayed by truly mature agile teams. We cover a wide range of patters including teamwork, test infection, and automation.

Bob and Josh discuss tips and tricks you can use when starting an agile project. We cover the concept of a Sprint 0, rolling wave planning, and the varying levels of planning needed for small and large projects.

Bob and Josh discuss the various methodologies in use across the agile community and how mixing them together can benefit your teams. We cover numerous use cases in which applying techniques from Scrum, XP, Lean, and Kanban can help improve your team's performance.

Bob and Josh discuss technology conferences. With a goal of helping you get the most out of any technology conference you are attending, our topics of discussion include attendee etiquette, how to plan for attending a conference, different conference types, and speaker styles. Having attended many conferences and spoken at quite a few, we attempt to tackle each subject from both angles (attendee and speaker) in hopes of providing increased insight into each topic.

Bob and Josh discuss common causes of failed sprints. We not only tackle the causes, but we also provide options for preventing future failures and identify early warning signals for sprint failures.