The Standup Podcast

Hey Everyone and welcome to this weeks episode of The Standup Podcast where we're going to to be covering the topic of Self Organization.

You hear it everywhere in the Agile community, that Scrum teams should be "Self Organizing"... without anyone actually giving you guidance on what that means or how to get there. You'd think something as critical to the framework as that would be spelled out a little better, but alas.

So this week on The Standup Podcast we actually go deep on the topic of Self Organization, what it means, what's involved, and how you start to get teams there. It doesn't just happen, and Self Organization doesn't just mean "no rules".

After this weeks Standup, you should have clear direction on next steps to get your teams to a true state of Self Organization.

Agile as a framework is focused beyond just the team, but the system as a whole. Your system might be on a more macro level as your department, or even your entire company. In this weeks episode of The Standup Podcast we discuss the concept of Systems Thinking and how Agile Coaches can pull their mindset to the macro level to look at their Agility at the Systems level.

We sincerely hope everyone is staying safe and healthy during the current COVID-19 pandemic. While we have some episodes in the can ready to go, we're not sure when we'll be able to record more. Because of that, expect new episodes to be spaced out a little until life returns to back to normal.

Hey Everyone - Welcome to another weekly episode of The Standup Podcast! While we've discussed User Stories in the past, we feel there's an important part of the User Story that always gets little love, but honestly, is THE most important part of the User Story: User Voice.

AS A... I WANT TO... SO THAT I CAN

User Voice is the whole reason for the User Story's existence. It's the USER part of a User Story. Who are we building this for? Why is it important? What will it help them do? It build a share understanding and empathy with your end user.

Easily abused, frequently misunderstood, but we hope through todays episode we give more clarity around this vital component of Scrum.

Hey Everyone and welcome to The Standup Podcast where this week we're going to be diving into the topic of Prioritization, specifically problems many Product Owners or companies face and methods which you can use to be successful when prioritizing your backlog.

It's all too common that companies lack the bandwidth to get everything they want done, so having smart, concise prioritization is the key to success for any Agile adoption. The reason prioritization is important is because it forces the conversation of value to the end customer, be they internal or external.

One common issue early Agile adoptions face is just a flood of new User Stories in the backlog of a new Scrum team or new Agile program with no real strategy to begin chopping that pile of wood. This week on the Standup Podcast we cover these problems and more and give you strategies to resolve these problems.