Agile Answers

Agile Answers


Latest Episodes

11: How do I get hired as a ScrumMaster if I’ve never been one before?
December 02, 2015

Susan wants to get a new job as a Scrum Master. The problem? She’s never been a Scrum Master before and it seems that employers are only hiring people with experience. She has become a Certified Scrum Master, but that alone isn’t doing the trick.

How do I get hired as a ScrumMaster if I’ve never been one before?
December 01, 2015

Susan wants to get a new job as a Scrum Master. The problem? She’s never been a Scrum Master before and it seems that employers are only hiring people with experience. She has become a Certified Scrum Master, but that alone isn’t doing the trick.

10: Our team wants to be more agile. What agile process is best?
November 04, 2015

Alex’s team wants to be more agile, and he’s wondering what process they should try first. With so many approaches out there, how does one pick the right one? Even though I’m a Certified Scrum Trainer, my answer might surprise you. - Like the podcast?

Our team wants to be more agile. What agile process is best?
November 03, 2015

Alex’s team wants to be more agile, and he’s wondering what process they should try first. With so many approaches out there, how does one pick the right one? Even though I’m a Certified Scrum Trainer, my answer might surprise you. Like the podcast?

9: How do we improve our giant, multi-team Sprint Review session (or Sprint Reviews in general)?
October 27, 2015

Dae-Ho’s organization has multiple Scrum teams, and one giant all-day Sprint Review. People come and go throughout the day, and stakeholders are not always present. He wonders if there’s a better way to do things.

How do we improve our giant, multi-team Sprint Review session (or Sprint Reviews in general)?
October 27, 2015

Dae-Ho’s organization has multiple Scrum teams, and one giant all-day Sprint Review. People come and go throughout the day, and stakeholders are not always present. He wonders if there’s a better way to do things.

8: What are some creative & effective ways to make Retrospectives more engaging?
October 13, 2015

Anthony is looking for ways to make the Scrum meetings more engaging and useful. In this episode I’ll talk about how to get your team engaged in Retrospectives by making them FUN! If your team feels stuck, tools in this episode will help you break out ...

What are some creative & effective ways to make Retrospectives more engaging?
October 13, 2015

Anthony is looking for ways to make the Scrum meetings more engaging and useful. In this episode I’ll talk about how to get your team engaged in Retrospectives by making them FUN! If your team feels stuck, tools in this episode will help you break out ...

7: Will this hurt my Daily Scrum? And how do we deal with “non-dev” work?
October 05, 2015

Jamie has two questions: the first is about the Daily Scrum, the second is about how to account for work a team needs to do that doesn't directly affect the product they're building. I'll answer both questions this episode,

6: How do I escaped the dreaded ‘Scrummerfall’ trap?
September 29, 2015

Duncan's team has switched from waterfall to an iterative approach. Their iterations are 2 weeks in length, but it seems the team is just doing mini-waterfalls in the two-week timebox. I'll share the 3 simple steps teams can take to extract themselves ...