This Agile Life

Episode 147: Minimum Viable Airlines

Items necessary for "Minimum Viable Airlines" and your "Minimum Viable Project". These are the items that we agreed we would need before embarking on a project together. Do you have all of these before you begin a project? Destination - Project...

Episode 146: The Developer Experience Manifesto

Join the guys as they, on the fly, create the Developer Experience Manifesto Picks Jason Book - “Exactly What to Say: The Magic Words of Influence & Impact” by Phil Jones - great insights and straights on how many of the simple things...

Episode 145: Chaotic and Confusing

Scaled Agile and the similarities between hair styling and agilist. The Picks Craig New version of git, introducing git switch and git restore: https://github.blog/2019-08-16-highlights-from-git-2-23/ Lee Pros and Cons of Scaled Agile https://www.qasymphony.com/blog/pros-cons-scaled-agile-framework-safe/ Amos Rocketbook Beacons https://getrocketbook.com/pages/beacons-how-it-works John https://daliosprinciples.fireside.fm/ My new podcast Dalio’s Principles: A Philosophical Examination

Episode 144: Inconsistent at Best

In this thrilling episode of This Agile Life, Jason asks for advice from Craig, Amos and Lee on what kind of metrics development teams can provide so there is some level of predictability as to new when features will be...

Episode 143: Skinny Agile

Topics Marriage Workshop Skinny Agile Commandments: Working software, delivered in short intervals (weekly or more often) Every story has to be deployed when it’s finished Every story has to be valuable (to the stakeholders) and observable Picks Craig Jessica Kerr’s talk about Opera at Agile: Deliver, https://www.agilealliance.org/resources/sessions/the-origins-of-opera-and-the-future-of-programming-jessica-kerr/ John This is 40,...

Episode 142: Alone in the Ring

Jason and Amos in a steel cage match of death. Picks Tice Live Event - Play For Agile NA - September 26 - 29, 2019 - Corwall, ON - Multi-Day Open Space conference focused on collaboration for high performing teams - theme...

Episode 141: Letting People Be Vulnerable

What to do when team members don’t want to follow the established team rules? How to deal with your emotions getting the better of you? How Craig prefers to work Introverted, but likes to work with people Thinking out loud OK with taking criticism...

Episode 140: Squad, Squad, Squad, Squad

How to tell how well your team is doing Happiness Productivity Informed (communication) Needed a break? Learned/improved? How many times did you feel pain? Trust Feeling important/useful Self-organizing Have you tried “all” the Agile practices? Amos: team complains about chairs https://labs.spotify.com/2014/09/16/squad-health-check-model/ Picks John Empathy Map exercise, https://www.solutionsiq.com/resource/blog-post/what-is-an-empathy-map/ Lee Plickers - App for doing live anonymous polls, https://get.plickers.com/ Craig TCR...

Episode 138: Dirty Diapers

Episode 137: Geological Separation

Picks John test && commit || revert with Kent Beck on https://hanselminutes.com/663/test-commit-revert-with-kent-beck GTD, for $1.99 https://www.amazon.com/Getting-Things-Done-Stress-Free-Productivity-ebook/dp/B00KWG9M2E Amos GullyTown Double Barrel Aged by Restless Spirits in Kansas City A Philosophy of Software Design by John Ousterhout Elixir Outlaws - https://elixiroutlaws.com

Episode 136: Natural Flow

Picks Craig A critique of “the 5 whys” (not the one I saw recently, but similar) Office Space scenes with the real Michael Bolton Alchian-Allen effect Amos People Paper Getting Things Done - David Allen

Episode 135: Shower Standup

Links Agile Connection Subway Map to Agile Practices Picks Craig Doug DeMuro car videos Auto Trader column called Oversteer Music without lyrics, but that I like 2Cellos Harp Twins Lee Agile Connection Bonus pick not mentioned in the show John 2017 Top 66 Developer Resources Agile Coalition

Episode 134: Ideas to Increase Agility in 2018

Special Guests Don Peters Marc Chouinard Topics Real-Time Team Improvements Setting Clear Objectives, Goals, and Working Agreements Try Pair Testing in 2018 Find Your Personal Impact / Motivation Picks Liftoff (Book) by Diana Larsen & Ainsley Nies – provides specific methods for “agile chartering” to help teams define their...

Episode 133: Agile Tribal Council

Topics Leadership by example Picks Craig Clean Architecture by Robert “Uncle Bob” Martin Building Evolutionary Architectures by Neal Ford and Rebecca Parsons John The Mother of All Demos, presented by Douglas Engelbart 1968 The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Jason Liberating Structures - helpful and well designed frameworks for specific...

Episode 132: Stockholm Syndrome

Discussion The standardization of agile process across an organization. Picks Lee 22 Scrum Master Anti-Patterns from Job Ads, blog post by Stefan Wolpers Nate Mellowcreme pumpkins The Greatest Generation Amos (channeling Tice) ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct How a Raccoon Became an Aardvark Deep Teases ;-) John WASD Keyboards

Episode 131: Great Bathtubs

The Discussion We discuss ways that you can create a virtual "Save Point" in your project, both technically and with your relationships. Picks Nate Audible Content Exchange Lee Welcome Inn Manor - B&B; in Chicago Jason Jason’s Recommended Bed & Breakfast in Boulder, CO - The Alps...

Episode 130: Intelligent Monkeys

Picks Amos Moon Monkey - Ginger Beer from Saint Louis’ Urban Chestnut Quixir - Property-based testing in Elixir Lee Artillery - performance testing tool Testing Pyramid - from Martin Fowler Craig Ansible Server builds/configs My server configs Linux or macOS software install/configuration My macOS configs Puppet is also acceptable Chef is also acceptable Approval testing Previous...

Episode 129: What Happened

Links Maslow’s Hierarchy Needs Picks Jason The DevOps Lego Chocolate Game - a great way to learn about DevOps practices and how to apply them on your team Team First Development - 3-minute Improv games to improve team dynamics, collaboration and communication - all the...

Episode 128: Pickle Buckets

Recorded at the Rolla Brewpub Amos and Craig head out to a Brewery...Yes, a Brewery, and talk Josh Stacy, one of the co-owners of Public House Brewing Company. They talk about learning from our mistakes, continuous improvement, scaling, producing quality, and,...

Episode 127: Someone Stank

Working from Home / Pairing Suggests on how to pair Mob Programming Picks Amos Maltopia, Hermitage Brewing Strange Loop ElixirConf Elixir Rocks Craig Ruby Conf

Episode 126: Cat Killed the WiFi

Job Interviews Hiring without Whiteboards The Utter Uselessness of Job Interviews from the New York Times John Krewson - Casting Casting Casting Craig's standard interview questions Picks Craig 99 Bottles of OOP by Sandi Metz and Katrina Owen I’ll be giving a workshop at Agile Alliance Technical Conference Smaller!...

Episode 125: DevOps Extravaganza of Tangents

Picks Craig Supporting Open Source projects Ruby Together 5 Web Trends for 2017 Progressive Web Apps - mobile first, responsive, offline, cross-platform, Amos Elixir Daze - because I’m speaking The Commodore - Ballast Point brewer Stout All the Indiana Jones movies are on Amazon Prime, but we can...

Episode 124: The 12 Days of Agile

Below are the most impactful words that Craig and Jason selected from each of the 12 principles Principle #1: Delivery & Customer Principle #2: Welcome & Change Principle #3: Frequently & Shorter Principle #4: Business-People & Together Principle #5: Trust & Trust Principle #6: Face-To-Face &...

Episode 123: Return of the Amos King

Amos interview David Bernstein

Episode 122: The Amos Files, Part 2

Amos King interviews Fadik Houry, Francie Van Wirkus and Ryan Ripley following their presentations at Agile Dev East

Episode 121: The Amos Files, Part 1

Amos King interviews John Krewson and David Hussman following their presentations at Agile Dev East

Episode 120: 2 Person Retro

Craig shows how to open yourself up for feedback as he and Amos discuss his recent presentation at Ruby Conf. Craig and Amos demonstrate how to do a retrospective with 2 people, and how to give and receive feedback.

Episode 119: Trust, Transparency and Truth

This presentation was recorded at Agile Gravy 2016 Trust Transparency Truth Sponsored By:Agile Dev East Promo Code: AGILELIFE

Trust, Transparency and Truth – 119

Released Sunday, October 2, 2016 Hosts: John Sextro Discussion This presentation was recorded at Agile Gravy 2016 Trust Transparency Truth This Episode Sponsored By

Episode 118: At the Wheelhouse (Agile Lunch)

Co-location Remote teams Measurement and measuring Sponsored By:Agile Dev East Promo Code: AGILELIFE

At the Wheelhouse (Agile Lunch) – 118

Released Sunday, September 18, 2016 Hosts: John Sextro, Craig Buchek, and Amos King Discussion Co-location Remote teams Measurement and measuring This Episode Sponsored By

Quick Announcement from Amos

Look out UK. Here comes Amos!

Episode 117: Rubber Duck Effect (Scrum to Kanban)

Scrum vs. Kanban Sponsored By:Agile Dev East Promo Code: AGILELIFE

Rubber Duck Effect (Scrum to Kanban) – 117

Released Sunday, August 21, 2016 Hosts: John Sextro, Craig Buchek, and Lee McCauley Discussion Scrum vs. Kanban Kanban Kanban board WIP limiting Flow of work Pull versus push work-flow Things covered: Planning / grooming Continuous flow Story points versus cycle time Monte...

Episode 116: It’s Called a Comic Book – Pt. 2 (State of Agile)

The Version One 10th Annual State of Agile Sponsored By:Agile Dev East Promo Code: AGILELIFE

It’s Called a Comic Book – Pt. 2 (State of Agile) – 116

Released Sunday, August 7, 2016 Hosts: Amos, Craig Buchek, and Lee McCauley Would you like to support the show and get a great looking t-shirt while you’re at it? Click on the image of the t-shirt and order yours today. Act now,...

Episode 115: It’s Called a Comic Book – Pt. 1 (State of Agile)

The Version One 10th Annual State of Agile Sponsored By:Agile Dev East Promo Code: AGILELIFE

It’s Called a Comic Book – Pt. 1 (State of Agile) – 115

Released Sunday, July 31 2016 Hosts: Amos, Craig Buchek, and Lee McCauley Would you like to support the show and get a great looking t-shirt while you’re at it? Click on the image of the t-shirt and order yours today. Act now,...

Episode 114: You Can’t Handle the Truth (Trust, Truth and Transparency)

Dealing with constructive criticism Sponsored By:Agile Dev East Promo Code: AGILELIFE

You Can’t Handle the Truth (Trust, Truth and Transparency) – 114

Released Sunday, July 24 2016 Hosts: John Sextro, Craig Buchek, and Lee McCauley Would you like to support the show and get a great looking t-shirt while you’re at it? Click on the image of the t-shirt and order yours today....

Episode 113: Wiggly and Stabler (Return of Waterfall)

The Return of Waterfall, video from Kent Beck, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4IncnNVzMA Vision Strategy Product Design Engineering

Wiggly and Stabler (Return of Waterfall) – 113

Released Sunday, July 17, 2016 Hosts: John Sextro, Craig Buchek, and Jason Tice Discussion The Return of Waterfall, video from Kent Beck, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4IncnNVzMA Vision Strategy Product Design Engineering Get Lucky or Iterate Picks Craig Summerfest in Milwaukee The Agile Alliance glossary of...

Episode 112: Agile Dev East

Special Guest: Lee Copeland, Conference Chair at Agile Dev East Discussion Agile Dev East Program Tracks Quality Software DevOps Agile Software Training Leadership Summit Social Networking The Expo

Agile Dev East – 112

Released Sunday, July 10, 2016 Hosts: John Sextro With Special Guest: Lee Copeland, Conference Chair at Agile Dev East Discussion Agile Dev East Program Tracks Quality Software DevOps Agile Software Training Leadership Summit Social Networking The Expo

Episode 111: Scrum (You Can’t Reason with a Methodologist)

Special Guest: Dave West, Product Owner at Scrum.org Discusses

Scrum (You Can’t Reason with a Methodologist) – 111

Released Sunday, July 3, 2016 Hosts: John Sextro, Craig Buchek, and Jason Tice With Special Guest: Dave West, Product Owner at Scrum.org Discussion Jeff Sutherland and Ken Schwaber Grady Booch (Rational Software) Difference between Scrum Alliance and Scrum.org 2008 Ken left...

Episode 110: Silver Search (Trouble with POs)

Problems in communication and the behavior of a PO

Silver Search (Trouble with POs) – 110

Released Sunday, June 26, 2016 Hosts: John Sextro, Craig Buchek, Lee McCauley and Amos King Discussion Problems in communication and the behaviour of a PO Assume, the dev team is totally happy to work in an Agile way. The PO...

Episode 109: Slack Dander (Fallacies of Software Developers)

Todd Kaufman, Test Double Discussion Fallacies of Software Developers (Todd Kaufman’s presentation at Agile and Beyond 2016)

Slack Dander (Fallacies of Software Developers) – 109

Released Sunday, May 22, 2016 Hosts: John Sextro, Craig Buchek Special Guest Host: Todd Kaufman, Test Double Discussion Fallacies of Software Developers (Todd Kaufman’s presentation at Agile and Beyond 2016) Todd’s presentation Fallacies (We will probably need to pick 3...