Joe Krebs speaks with Ryan Ripley, co-author of “Fixing Your Scrum”, about advancing Scrum via training and talks about challenges with Scrum.

Joe Krebs speaks with Mary and Tom Poppendieck about Lean Software Development. Together they wrote a series of books: “Lean Software Development” “Implementing Lean Software Development”, “Leading Lean Software Development” and “The Lean Mindset” in chronological order.

Mary and Tom talked about how Lean fits into the universe of processes, tools and techniques in regards to processes like Scrum or Kanban. They did that from a leaders point of view. We discussed the role of knowledge workers and how that relates to people for example in Lean Manufacturing. We also had a chance to touch on Kata practices as they gave feedback to the initial release of the Agile Kata.

Joe Krebs speaks with Peter Koning, author of the book “Agile Leadership Toolkit”, about local leadership and community learning. Peter also shares help how leaders in transition to agile want to be more effective in their future role.

Joe Krebs speaks with JJ Sutherland about his new book "The Scrum Field Book - A Masterclass on Accelerating Performance, Getting Results and defining the Future". JJ is also the co-author of the book "Scrum - The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time" with his father Jeff Sutherland.

JJ is an award-winning NPR correspondent and producer with assignments in Iraq, Afghanistan, during the Arab Spring and Japan during the Tsunami in 2011. He is also the CEO of Scrum Inc.

Joe Krebs speaks with Melissa Perri about product management and why a customer centric approach is so critical for example by distinguishing output from outcome Melissa wrote “Escaping the Build Trap” and is the keynote speaker for Agile 2022.

The white paper and poster for the agile transformation kata is available and I want to create awareness of this Kata among the Agile.FM listeners as this becomes a more and more important topic in our industry. We wee more agile transformations performed “old school” in a waterfall fashion. This Kata should tackle this issue and provide a practice that connect the improvement Kata with the concrete techniques as well as the agile manifesto.

Joe Krebs speaks with Christopher Avery about the Responsibility process and on how it increases happiness and productivity at work. Christopher shows how the process has matured over the past 10 years, since we first met in New York City.

Play the Scrummer Quiz part 5 of 5. Play the Scrummer Quiz and have a chance to win a hand-signed copy of "Software in 30 Days" by Ken Schwaber. Every week we raffle off two books, 5 week in a row. In a week from now, we will share the answers as well as announce the lucky winners of that week’s round. We will also add a complimentary copy of the Scrum Poster.

Please keep in mind, everyone participates in the raffle regardless if the answers were correct or not. Good luck and we hope you like this format.

Joe Krebs speaks with Yuval Yeret, co-author of the Scrum with Kanban Guide, about the differences of Scrum with Kanban compared to Scrum vs. Kanban. See how Kanban is built on top of Scrum, rather than modifying Scrum itself. We also explore the effectiveness of common Kanban metrics and what all that has to do with a banana peel.

Play the Scrummer Quiz part 4 of 5. Play the Scrummer Quiz and have a chance to win a hand-signed copy of "Software in 30 Days" by Ken Schwaber. Every week we raffle off two books, 5 week in a row. In a week from now, we will share the answers as well as announce the lucky winners of that week’s round. We will also add a complimentary copy of the Scrum Poster.

Please keep in mind, everyone participates in the raffle regardless if the answers were correct or not. Good luck and we hope you like this format.

Play the Scrummer Quiz part 3 of 5. Play the Scrummer Quiz and have a chance to win a hand-signed copy of "Software in 30 Days" by Ken Schwaber. Every week we raffle off two books, 5 week in a row. In a week from now, we will share the answers as well as announce the lucky winners of that week’s round. We will also add a complimentary copy of the Scrum Poster.

Please keep in mind, everyone participates in the raffle regardless if the answers were correct or not. Good luck and we hope you like this format.

Play the Scrummer Quiz part 2 of 5. Play the Scrummer Quiz and have a chance to win a hand-signed copy of "Software in 30 Days" by Ken Schwaber. Every week we raffle off two books, 5 week in a row. In a week from now, we will share the answers as well as announce the lucky winners of that week’s round. We will also add a complimentary copy of the Scrum Poster.

Please keep in mind, everyone particpates in the raffle regardless if the answers were correct or not. Good luck and we hope you like this format.

Play the Scrummer Quiz part 1 of 5. Play the Scrummer Quiz and have a chance to win a hand-signed copy of "Software in 30 Days" by Ken Schwaber. Every week we raffle off two books, 5 week in a row. In a week from now, we will share the answers as well as announce the lucky winners of that week’s round. We will also add a complimentary copy of the Scrum Poster.

Please keep in mind, everyone particpates in the raffle regardless if the answers were correct or not. Good luck and we hope you like this format.

Joe Krebs speaks with Jim Sammons, a fellow Professional Scrum Trainer about how Data Analytics teams can utilize agile in their day-to-day work. Not only did we speak about the importance of visualization, we also connect the dots between the two topics at the end of the episode again.

Jim shares a lot of practical examples about how large Data Analytics projects can be chunked if the focus is on outcome vs. output. The use of inspection and adaption can also be useful when picking the right process framework for Data Analytics projects, which could be Scrum or Kanban. He shares some pro’s and con’s and has Data Analytics build their own opinion about them. Last but not least, Jim is in his early stages of improving his visualization techniques in his classroom so listeners can learn first hand how he tackled the issue of making posters lovable. I hope you enjoy this one.

Joe Krebs speaks with Michael Herman about about open space, inviting agility and business agility based on Mike Beedle’s Enterprise Scrum original work.

For nearly thirty years, he’s worked to bring people together, identify and prioritize what’s most important, and create the conditions for getting those things done. Today’s rising global wave of “business agility” is confirming his 1990’s vision of the Inviting Organization.Michael has contributed to reorganization, leadership development, business process analysis, employee engagement, and strategic planning processes.

He is best known for his work as a facilitator, teacher and leader in the practice of Open Space Technology.

Joe Krebs speaks with Sandy Mamoli about organizational culture and leadership. From working with global enterprises in Amsterdam, Stockholm and Copenhagen to being one of New Zealand’s leading coaches, she brings her practical flair and passionate advocacy for all things Agile to businesses around the world. She works with a wide range of organizations and help them create an environment conducive to high performance and creativity. She specializes in teams outside of technology, predominantly business and leadership teams. Sandy is a former Olympian, an international keynote speaker and author of “Creating Great Teams – How Self-Selection Lets People Excel“.

In this episode, Sandy and I explore the topics of self-selection, self-organization and why this is so important for the culture of modern companies.

Joe Krebs speaks with Johanna Rothman and Mark Kilby about working with distributed teams.We touched on self-organization, working agreements, celebrations, virtual water coolers, tools and Scrum Master facilitation techniques in an distributed or dispersed environment.

Joe Krebs speaks with Daniel Lachmann-Nishibane about the Agile Leadership certification and training program. We explored how an empirical process impacts agile leadership, delegation and decision-making.

Check out this Scrum Poster which Incrementor made available as a Visual Scrum Guide. It is intended to become a learning tool for Scrum teams around the world. The hardcopy is available world-wide but not as a digital download.

Joe Krebs speaks with Dave West about a paper he co-authored in collaboration with McKinsey. We chat about favorable personally traits for team members in agile teams. You will get a confirmation about some well known facts such as handling ambiguity but also some really eye-opening findings around pride in work, extroverts and the secret sauce of agile team members.