Sep 9, 2022
This week, Dan Neumann welcomes
you to celebrate episode number 200! The Agile Coaches’ Corner Podcast
began back in 2018 and the journey
continues! During these years there were many guests, an increasing
amount of listeners, and numerous Agile topics were explored. Thank
you for being part of these first 200 shows!
In this episode, Dan is
exploring a typical situation: Trying to explain the benefits of
the Agile ways to someone who is not immersed in the Agile field.
Referring to the Agile principles, values, or even the Agile
Manifesto won’t help stakeholders. Listen to this episode and learn
to communicate how Agile can help an organization to meet its needs
(without mentioning the word Agile!)
Key Takeaways
- It can be challenging to communicate the
benefits of using Agile to stakeholders not referring to
Agile.
- If you are operating in an area of high
uncertainty (or a complex environment) Scrum is the
answer.
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- The Scrum framework works to deliver increments
every sprint, and by receiving feedback to make sure the product
developed works and meets the definition of done. This helps to
have more certainty and get closer to a solution for the
customer.
- The Scrum Framework is a great assistance in
reducing risks.
- When working with an organization in helping
them to be more effective, you need to understand what “effective”
looks like for them.
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- First, you need to know what is valuable for
the organization in order to help them along the journey of
becoming more effective.
- Beginning with the end in mind helps you learn
what is important and form tactics and strategies needed to assist
an organization in a better way.
- Dan talks about the presentation he will do
at The Agile + DevOps East
Festival: It is OK to be
unsafe: Scaling without using somebody else’s
framework.
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- Dan will talk in this presentation about what
needs to be explored in order to help an organization meet its
needs, and choose the strategies and tactics that make more sense
in that specific context (Scrum is a great framework but it might
not be the right for everyone).
Mentioned in this Episode:
Listen to
Agile Coaches’
Corner’s most popular
show:
What is Agile?
No: The Only Negotiating System
You Need for Work and Home, by Jim Camp
Begin With the End in Mind:
Habit 2 of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective
People, by Stephen
Covey
Find more about The Agile + DevOps East Festival
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