Lean On Agile (& Elevate Change) Show

In this episode, ⁠Shahin⁠ talks about Kanban Ninja, KLR and New Open Space.

The following have been topics of our conversation:

• Insights from attending Kanban Leadership Retreat in San Diego
• Customized open space format for efficient topic selection and discussion.
• "Kanban ninjas" session in KLR23 to teach techniques for using Kanban method without telling people, focusing on efficiency and effectiveness
• Techniques to smooth burndown chart in scrum fashion, including "look right, look up, look left" rule.
• Encouraging team members to take ownership of tasks by providing excuses for not completing them.
• Discussing techniques like "last one to the meeting" and "CFD with arrival and departure rates" to improve team productivity and time management.
• Encouraging teams to celebrate small victories and identify areas for improvement.
• Assume positive intent keeps a healthy atmosphere in the team.
• Introducing a color-coding voting technique to help teams identify areas for improvement in Kanban maturity model.
• Discusing techniques like "What do you really do well?" to uncover sources of dissatisfaction in a team conversation.

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In this episode, Mike joined Shahin to talk about Kanban, Leadership, Strategy, Games and non prescriptive Agile and much more

Quotes from this session:

• Leadership is about providing just the right amount of space. Don’t give them so much space that they lose heart, control, or their grip on what they are trying to do.
• If Agile is something that happens to you, it’s pretty awful.
• Rolling things out is a recipe for pain, not for success!
• There is no way a leader can control anybody!
• The world would be very very dull if we are only allowed one framework.
• Agile can be done in investment banking.

The following has been topics of our conversation:

• Kanban Through Its Values
• Kanban From The Inside
• non prescriptive agile and change
• 3 layers of leadership
• Servant leadership, Host leadership, Leader leadership, Clear leadership
• Mindset of integration
• Descriptive vs. prescriptive models and designs
• Clean language
• Leader is not a therapist
• Generative question and conversations

Games:

• Featureban
• Changeban
• 15 minutes photo
• Celebration 5W

The following books we have referenced:

• Clear leadership – Gervase Bushe
• Turn the ship around

Where you can find more about Mike and his work

• academy.agendashift.com
• agendashift.com/mike
• agendashift.com/books
• agendashift.com/resources
• agendashift.com/slack

In this episode, Allen joined Shahin to talk about what truly Agile is in today’s world of Software Development.

Topics

We conversed about and around the following topics:

• Agile or Not
• Agile is nothing more than Better Software Better
• What is Real Agile Thinking? Reasons to Avoid Agile
• Fake Agile, Dark Agile (Foe Agile)
• Trust is the heart of agile
• SAFE v.s. Scrum; Kanban Board Assumes Linear Process

Agile in The Time of Corona

• Scrum’s Response to Corona
• Remote Working Went Bad – More Silos
• The Complexity Of Working From Home
• Work Is A Human Activity

Challenges of Successful Agile Transformation in Large Organization (And Typically Failures)

• Experiments Failure in Big Organizations; PMO and Agile Failure Pattern
• ING Transformation Story (New Zealand) + Home Depot
• Dunbar Number

Agile Architecture

• Designing Flexible (Agile) Code and Dependency (of code) with the Client; The Holub Principle
• Architecture Process Code Culture Connected for True Agile
• Mob Moves Forward Even If Individual Has To Drop Out And Come Back In

Social Software Development & Mentorship

People & Resources:

We referred to and/or mentioned the following people and/or resources:

Books

• Fixing Your Scrum – (Amazon US – Amazon CA)
• Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time – (Amazon US – Amazon CA)
• Holub on Patterns (Amazon US – Amazon CA)

People:

• Ryan Ripley
• Jeff Sutherland
• Ken Schwaber
• The New New Product
• Simon Brown
• Gerry Weinberg

For more details please visit http://podcast.leanonagile.com.

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In this episode, Steve joined Shahin to talk about Value Stream Mapping. For the first time, we had a live audience recording the episode. Peter, Ali, and Nasima from the audience asked questions from Steve by the end of the show.

Topics

We conversed about and around the following topics:

• Value Streams let you see the big picture and your biggest bottlenecks, risks, and opportunities.
• A value stream captures a view beyond common Agile and DevOps visibility to how we create and deliver value.
• A Value Stream Map lets to share that view with others and align on what to do next.
• A map should be simple to start (you can always add more data if you want) – avoid heavy/complex approaches.
• People are the most important part. Facilitation, handoffs, incentives, psychological safety are major factors.

People & Resources:

We referred to and/or mentioned the following people and/or resources:

Book

• Learning to See: Value Stream Mapping to Add Value and Eliminate – Amazon US | Amazon Canada
• Value Stream Mapping: How to Visualize Work and Align Leadership for Organizational Transformation Amazon US | Amazon Canada
• Toyota Kata: Managing People for Improvement, Adaptiveness and Superior Results Amazon US | Amazon Canada

People:

• Karen Martin
• Helen Beal
• Marc Hornbeek
• Jeff Keyes
• Jack Maher
• Roy Osherove
• Mike Orzen

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