The Standup Podcast

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.

There are so many electronic tools out now that organizations use to track and organize their Scrum teams, but sometimes what they don't realize is they've molded their process around the tool and not the team. It's time for them to go Unplugged!

This week on the Standup Podcast we discuss the topic of Scrum Unplugged, and the benefits of taking things back to basics and materializing Scrum artifacts in physical forms. Physical Burndown Charts, 3x5 and note card planning walls, and more! Join us and let us know your thoughts!

Agile Teams are very much a community, and it's the Scrum Masters job to make sure that the community is interacting and communicating in a healthy manner. But what happens when your team has a toxic team member? Jennifer Nusbaum, CSP joins The Standup this week to discuss the different types of toxic team members, and strategies to help these individuals as well as the team.

Backlog Refinement is one of those ceremonies in Scrum that often gets looked over, but honestly it's the one ceremony you can have that will make literally every other ceremony easier. It gives the Delivery Team an opportunity to see work coming down the pipes and a venue for discussions to be had with the Product Owner about the work.