Agile Burndown charts are the WORST! They force us to focus on output instead of outcome and or impact. Join V. Lee Henson as we discuss why this is an issue and what you can do to better track sprint progress.

How does QA work in your organization? Are they a separate team? Do they assign a single individual to the team? Or are your teams completely cross-functional? Join V. Lee Henson as we explore how teams and QA should co-mingle and learn how QA is supposed to function.

How can we spread more joy in this world that is filled with so much negativity? Tell a Dad joke.. AgileDad is VERY good at those.

Help teams engage by learning to do what in the trenches:  1) Understand and leverage Team Working Agreements
2) Identify Silos and work through them
3) Implement Team John for honing of skills
4) Allow the Agile Coach to remove obstacles that the team cannot remove themselves
5) Allow teams to create a common purpose and goal
6) Incentivize teamwork & Collaboration
7) Let teams decide how to manage value flow

In This Episode of Agile In The Trenches we focus on the best ways to help teams embrace change:  1) Commit to goals, not plans or scope
2) Try pair programming, peer review, and mob programming to increase collaboration
3) Allow team members space to breathe
4) Try 'no meeting zones'
5) Do not overfill sprints. Leave space for innovation
6) Make certain backlog items are sliced very small
7) Limit WIP and stay focused

In this Agile In The Trenches episode we learn how to overcome imposed deadlines and how to regain our focus:  1) Demo or deliver value more frequently
2) Avoid the middle man
3) Stop over or under planning
4) Provide incremental and iterative value
5) Use failure as a chance to adapt
6) Bring teams and planners together
7) Build products and services together a s partners

In the United States, we celebrate Memorial Day on the Last Monday in May each year. What is Memorial Day? How did it start? Why do we celebrate this day in history? Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we explore and learn more about this topic.

Some things are worth holding on to.. Other things are important to let go. Which things do we choose to hold tight and how do they impact is spiritually and emotionally? Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad, as we review the story and think a little deeper.

Join us as we review an AMAZING article by Ronald RC : 1) Never Split The Difference
2) The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
3) Drive
4) Pre-suasion
5) Escaping The Build Trap  https://medium.com/@rcaste91/5-non-agile-books-that-leveled-up-my-scrum-master-skills-cf5527f513fe

What happens when one of your favorite students ever reaches out to you and asks you to review what many may consider the most cringeworthy article on Agile ever written? You graciously review it and try not to let your blood pressure get too high!