Podcast appearances and mentions of Kenneth S Rubin

Dave Smith: Agile Adoption, How To Break Through Scrum Skepticism Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. In this episode, Dave talks about the importance of team-designed processes and shares a story from a local government group in the UK. Facing skepticism and pessimism within the team, Dave illustrates the transformative power of looking for the positive impacts of change, and Agile methodologies. Dave shares how embracing Scrum from all levels can lead to significant organizational change and why questioning what holds you back could be the key to your team's success. Featured Book of the Week: Essential Scrum by Kenneth S. Rubin Dave recommends "Essential Scrum" by Kenneth S. Rubin, a treasure trove of learning and anecdotes that will enrich your understanding of Scrum. Dave shares some of the book's insights on the importance of team-designed processes   [IMAGE HERE] Do you wish you had decades of experience? Learn from the Best Scrum Masters In The World, Today! The Tips from the Trenches - Scrum Master edition audiobook includes hours of audio interviews with SM's that have decades of experience: from Mike Cohn to Linda Rising, Christopher Avery, and many more. Super-experienced Scrum Masters share their hard-earned lessons with you. Learn those today, make your teams awesome!     About Dave Smith Dave, has over 20 years in training and consulting, having taught Scrum he continues to be active in the agile community, mentoring and helping others who are joining the agile community. You can link with Dave Smith on LinkedIn.

This week's guest is Jeremiah Lee, who was previously a manager at Stripe and product manager at Spotify. This conversation focuses on org structure, and specifically Jeremiah's experience with the popular squad model from Spotify. Jeremiah provides the backstory on where the model came from, what parts of the model were a challenge, and advice for leaders either already adopting the model or considering doing so. Discussion points:(1:40) What the Spotify model is(4:39) Jeremiah's impression of the Spotify model as he joined the company(7:29) Spotify's progress in adopting the model as Jeremiah joined(9:55) Challenges with matrix management(12:02) The role of engineering managers (14:40) What the model was designed to solve (15:54) Good autonomy versus toxic autonomy (18:51) How Agile coaches were used at Spotify (21:39) Advice for teams who are struggling to implement the Spotify model(24:50) Advice for leaders who are starting to think about org design(27:30) How Stripe approached org structure (30:26) How org structure affects a platform team's work (33:32) Tracking engineering org structures (36:02) Why the squad model became so popular(39:37) What the original authors may have felt about the popularity of the modelMentions and links: Follow Jeremiah on LinkedInJeremiah's Spotify's Failed #SquadGoalsThe original whitepaper on the Spotify model: Scaling Agile at SpotifyTeam Topologies by Matthew Skelton and Manuel PaisEssential Scrum by Kenneth S. Rubin

Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. Raj was working with a team, where some people were just not ready to accept and adopt Agile. Some of the team members did not attend the ceremonies on a regular basis, and presented all kinds of “excuses”. He heard: “it slows down my productivity”, “I have other meetings” and many more. When some team members don't buy in to the Scrum framework, that starts spreading and creating questions and doubts in those that were previously on board. In this episode, we discuss how to tackle this kind of resistance to Scrum adoption, and Raj shares how he was able to turn this story around, and help the team succeed in their adoption of Scrum.  Featured Book of the Week: Essential Scrum by Kenneth S. Rubin In Essential Scrum by Kenneth S. Rubin, Raj found a simple and welcoming description of Scrum for newcomers. The book goes through what is scrum and is easy to understand even if you don't have a long background in Agile.  How can Angela (the Agile Coach) quickly build healthy relationships with the teams she's supposed to help? What were the steps she followed to help the Breeze App team fight off the competition? Find out how Angela helped Naomi and the team go from “behind” to being ahead of Intuition Bank, by focusing on the people! Download the first 4 chapters of the BOOK for FREE while it is in Beta!   About Raj Solanki Raj is a Manager, Technical program manager as well as Scrum master. He focuses on helping the teams learn about Agile, overcoming obstacles, foster a collaborative community, and more.  He constantly reads about agile and seeks out coaches when he feels stuck. He seeks constant feedback and helps teams be transparent and build trust. You can link with Raj Solanki on LinkedIn and connect with Raj Solanki on Twitter.

For this week’s episode, your host Dan Neumann is shaking things up! He’ll be answering some of the frequently asked questions that often come up in his work as well as some miscellaneous questions on Quora on the themes of Agile and Scrum.   In his coaching, Dan often finds that there are a lot of misconceptions, questions, or themes that continuously come up. Throughout this podcast, he’s hoping that the selected questions today will add some value to your own practice! Some of the questions include: “What resources would be good reading for an Agile Scrum Master,” “What is a road map in Agile,” “In practice, does waterfall planning ever accurately predict (or guarantee) completion dates for tasks and projects,” and more!   If you have any questions you’d like to ask for yourself, you can email them to Podcast@AgileThought.com or Tweet @AgileThought using #AgileThoughtPodcast!   Key Takeaways What resources would be good reading for an Agile Scrum Master? Agile Project Management with Scrum, by Ken Schwaber (Very approachable for those even brand new Agile and Scrum) Anything by Mike Cohn, including his blog on Mountain Goat Software Essential Scrum: A Practical Guide to the Most Popular Agile Process, by Kenneth S. Rubin Listen to this podcast, of course! You can tweet or email in your own questions to have them answered in a future episode Always be sure to ask others in-person what they suggest and also to just simply pick up books and resources in whatever current challenges you may be facing For team dysfunction, check out the book: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable, by Patrick Lencioni, as well as his follow-up book: Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers, and Facilitators If you’re interested in building your skills as a coach, read: Coaching Agile Teams: A Companion for ScrumMasters, Agile Coaches, and Project Managers in Transition, by Lyssa Adkins One of the opportunities for Scrum Masters to really help their teams is in facilitating effective retrospectives — in Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great, by Esther Derby and Diana Larsen, they lay out a five-step framework for an effective retrospective *Dan considers this a must-read! Dan’s final tip: always keep learning Can a product owner change a sprint backlog any day? The product owner’s role is to optimize the product backlog for value Hopefully, the product owner is participating during the sprint, but really the sprint backlog is the domain of the development team, and one would not expect to see them changing the sprint backlog day-in and day-out The product owner’s role is in the product backlog and to accept items as they are being delivered in the sprint, to clarify questions, and to make sure that sprint goal is achieved The sprint backlog will usually change throughout the sprint but it would be done in collaboration with the scrum team always keeping the sprint goal in mind What is a road map in Agile? A road map is simply a plan on how to get from one point to another Part of the mindset and approach to Agile road maps is really realizing that we’re not able to predict the future to a high degree of certainty or very specifically and that we need to be able to respond to change In practice, does waterfall planning ever accurately predict (or guarantee) completion dates for tasks and projects? Does it ever? Yes, there are times when waterfall or highly predictive planning can accurately predict completion dates for tasks and projects The scenarios or conditions under which it happens tend to be those that have a high degree of certainty about the capabilities that are needed If you have a team that’s done a particular type of development before with technology that they’re using again and really well-understood requirements, waterfall planning can accurately predict dates for tasks and projects The less certainty there is, that’s where waterfall planning breaks down   Mentioned in this Episode: Quora Agile Project Management with Scrum, by Ken Schwaber Mike Cohn’s Amazon Book Page Mike Cohn’s Blog on Mountain Goat Software Essential Scrum: A Practical Guide to the Most Popular Agile Process, by Kenneth S. Rubin The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable, by Patrick Lencioni Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers, and Facilitators, by Patrick Lencioni Coaching Agile Teams: A Companion for ScrumMasters, Agile Coaches, and Project Managers in Transition, by Lyssa Adkins Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great, by Esther Derby and Diana Larsen Agile Coaches’ Corner Episode: “Creating Effective Retrospectives with Sam Falco” The Agile Manifesto Quora Questions: “What resources would be a good reading for an Agile Scrum Master?” Asked by Alex Shaw “Can a product owner change a sprint backlog any day?” Asked by Mohammed Saiful Alam Siddiquee “What is a road map in Agile?” Asked by Maxime Sauvaget “In practice, does waterfall planning ever accurately predict (or guarantee) completion dates for tasks and projects?” Asked by Alan Pita   Dan Neumann’s Book Picks: Essential Kanban Condensed, by David J. Anderson and Andy Carmichael Making Work Visible: Exposing Time Theft to Optimize Work & Flow, by Dominica DeGrandis   Want to Learn More or Get in Touch? Visit the website and catch up with all the episodes on AgileThought.com! Email your thoughts or suggestions to Podcast@AgileThought.com or Tweet @AgileThought using #AgileThoughtPodcast!

Muy buenas a todos! Estoy muy contento de retomar Game Stuff, el podcast donde entrevisto a profesionales del sector de los videojuegos. Para el episodio número 5 tengo el placer de contar con la presencia de Pablo Domingo, Agile Coach y Scrum Master de King. Pablo es un profesional con una carrera de más de 13 años en el mundo de las metodologías ágiles, en la entrevista de hoy vamos a tener la oportunidad de conocer de primera mano cómo se organizan los equipos en empresas que intentan estar a la vanguardia en la gestión de equipos y el desarrollo de software. Además Pablo nos da muchísimo contenido útil para todos aquello interesados en las metodologías ágiles, si te interesa conocer más sobre ésta manera de desarrollar software no puedes perderte éste episodio. Si al escuchar el podcast os surge alguna duda podéis usar los comentarios para exponerla y Pablo estará encantado de resolverla. EN ÉSTE EPISODIO APRENDERÁS: Qué son las metodología ágiles y que cambio implican respecto al desarrollo de software tradicional Cómo se organizan los equipos en empresas punteras de software Cuáles son las mayores dificultades al implementar las metodologías ágiles Cómo mejorar el flujo de trabajo de los equipos. Cuáles son los referentes en metodologías ágiles en la actualidad Puedes escucharlo aquí. LINKS Y RECURSOS DE LOS QUE HABLAMOS EN EL EPISODIO: (INCLUYE BIBLIOGRAFÍA RECOMENDADA POR PABLO DOMINGO) LEAN Y KANBAN Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business de David J.Anderson Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit de Tom Poppendieck y Marie Poppendieck AGILE Agile Kaizen: Managing Continuous Improvement Far Beyond Retrospectives de Ángel Medenilla Management 3.0: Leading Agile Developers, Developing Agile Leaders de Jurgen Appelo Essential Scrum: A Practical Guide to the Most Popular Agile Process de Kenneth S. Rubin COACHING Co-Active Coaching: Changing Business, Transforming Lives de Henry Kimsey-House DESARROLLO DE SOFTWARE Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices de Robert C. Martín Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code de Martín Fowler MOB PROGRAMMING http://mobprogramming.org/ An experience of its author PABLO DOMINGO @pavleras https://www.linkedin.com/pub/pablo-domingo/22/939/5b3 becomeagile.wordpress.com GRACIAS POR ESCUCHAR! Muchas gracias por unirte a Game Stuff y escuchar el episodio, si quieres dejar feedback estaré encantado de responderte en la sección de comentarios de más abajo. Además si te ha gustado el episodio sería increíble si lo compartieras en redes sociales mediante los botones del lateral de la página. También puede dejar una reseña en Itunes y me ayudarás a llegar a más personas y seguir generando contenido de utilidad para la comunidad. Puedes suscribirte al podcast en Itunes o en Ivoox para recibir automáticamente los nuevos podcast sin preocuparte de nada. No olvides que puedes seguirme en @danielgguillen o en Facebook! Y por último agradecer a @pavleras su asistencia al podcast, hasta la próxima!