Leading Agile

AUGUST 25, 2021

Listen to the Agile Unplugged Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to Agile Unplugged on: Apple Podcasts. Soundcloud. We know process doesn’t matter if your organization isn’t aligned to your customers and markets. Most large-scale organizations aren’t aligned in this way.

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Agile 120

Leading Agile

MARCH 3, 2021

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Soundcloud. You can have different levels of Agility in an organization—and those are all necessary and great. But it takes more to achieve Business Agility, which is entirely different from team-level Agility, or enterprise-level, and so forth.

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Agile 90

Leading Agile

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Google Play. Soundcloud. When large organizations set out to take on Agile Transformation, it’s never for Agile’s sake.

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Leading Agile

JUNE 25, 2020

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Google Play. Soundcloud. Once you reach the point where you’re ready to pursue a job in Agile, the next hurdle you’ll often face is, “How?”

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Talent Acquisition Agile 125

Leading Agile

MAY 14, 2020

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Google Play. Soundcloud. Training is a vital piece of today’s business climate.

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Agile 136

Leading Agile

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Soundcloud. What is DevOps? How does it tie into the LeadingAgile model? How do we deal with the complications it presents when we apply it at scale?

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Agile 96

Leading Agile

AUGUST 13, 2020

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Google Play. Soundcloud. This week in SoundNotes, LeadingAgile Managing Consultant Yaton Bowens joins Dave to talk about the role that trust plays in Agile Transformation.

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Agile 116

Leading Agile

JANUARY 20, 2022

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Soundcloud. This podcast is our third in a series of conversations focused on Fixed vs. Growth Mindset.

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Leading Agile

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Soundcloud. In this week’s SoundNotes podcast, Dave is joined by Vic Bonacci, CST who recently joined the LeadingAgile team.

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Leading Agile

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Google Play. Soundcloud. In this episode of SoundNotes, Matt Craig joins Dave for a discussion that centers around comparing the way biological systems and businesses function and respond to change.

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Leading Agile

JANUARY 6, 2022

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Soundcloud. Working with the Product folks at LeadingAgile is different than a lot of other Product Management gigs.

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Leading Agile

JANUARY 23, 2020

Epics, Features, and Stories. Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Google Play. Soundcloud. If you’re confused about the difference between Epics, Features, and Stories—you’re not alone.

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Leading Agile

APRIL 23, 2020

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Google Play. Soundcloud. Over the past few years, there has been an increasing push within organizations to move from a project-oriented mindset to a more product-focused approach.

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Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Google Play. Soundcloud. In this week’s episode of SoundNotes, Ross Beurmann is back to talk about how to create a funding mechanism that’s as adaptable as the governance model.

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Government Agile Planning 118

Leading Agile

APRIL 26, 2021

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Soundcloud. Many organizations of all sizes have been publicly experimenting with Dojos—immersive learning environments adopted from ancient martial arts practices—that focus on upskilling teams and producing products.

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Leading Agile

APRIL 2, 2020

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Google Play. Soundcloud. In this episode of SoundNotes, Ross Beurmann joins Dave to talk about the difference between Leadership and Management.

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Agile 118

Leading Agile

JANUARY 30, 2020

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Google Play. Soundcloud. This week in SoundNotes, LeadingAgile Founder and CEO Mike Cottmeyer joins Dave to explore the ways in which Executive Leadership plays the role of Product Owner in an organization.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 3, 2022

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Soundcloud. This is the fourth episode in our series of podcasts about Fixed vs. Growth Mindset. Using the book Mindset by Carol Dweck as a jumping-off point, Mary Kaufmann and Dave Prior dig into the topic of criticism.

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Leading Agile

JUNE 3, 2021

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Soundcloud. This week in SoundNotes Lance Kind joins Dave to talk about Scaled Agile Tech Coaching.

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Agile 62

Leading Agile

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Soundcloud. Dave Prior and Lance Kind discuss a new item from the Scrum Guide: Product Goal. Listen in while Dave teaches Lance what the product goal is, ideates on how to implement, and debates as to the value product goal provides.

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Leading Agile

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Google Play. Soundcloud. You have to deeply understand how what you’re doing at all levels of the organization is going to drive quality.

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Agile 74

Leading Agile

APRIL 14, 2020

Listen to the Agile Unplugged Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to Agile Unplugged on: Apple Podcasts. Soundcloud. Welcome to this week’s Agile Unplugged podcast. It’s our all-new podcast series with host Mike Cottmeyer, LeadingAgile’s CEO.

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Agile 77

Leading Agile

JULY 9, 2020

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Google Play. Soundcloud. This week is all about Earned Value and Justin Polk is back, spending time with Dave to discuss how Earned Value tools can be applied in an Agile Transformation.

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Agile 90

Leading Agile

JUNE 18, 2020

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Google Play. Soundcloud. Many organizations begin their journey toward becoming Agile by selecting a few initial teams or projects that are set up to test out how Agile will impact the organization and its ability to deliver work.

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Agile 87

Leading Agile

JULY 16, 2020

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Google Play. Soundcloud. Creating a space where people can feel safe working together, developing products, and growing and learning as a team is important.

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Leading Agile

MAY 28, 2020

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Google Play. Soundcloud. Getting a few teams up and running using Scrum, Kanban or some other form of Agile is great. But that doesn’t necessarily mean your organization has become Agile.

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Agile 96

Leading Agile

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Google Play. Soundcloud. This week in SoundNotes we’re focusing on a question asked by a student in a recent class: Can you use Agile for Mergers and Acquisitions?

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Agile 104

Leading Agile

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Google Play. Soundcloud. This week in LeadingAgile’s SoundNotes, Justin Polk is here to discuss the role that capitalization plays in helping an organization adopt an Agile approach to work.

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Agile 71

Leading Agile

MARCH 5, 2020

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Google Play. Soundcloud. Ross Beurmann is back! And this week in SoundNotes Ross and Dave discuss ATOs and PMOs.

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Project Management Agile 94

Leading Agile

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Soundcloud. A Scrum Master wears many hats. They act as a servant leader to the team and the organization.

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Agile 62

Leading Agile

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Google Play. Soundcloud.

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Agile 71

Leading Agile

JANUARY 9, 2020

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Google Play. Soundcloud. HAPPY NEW YEAR! In this episode, LeadingAgile Senior Consultant, Ross Buermann shares an approach that involves bifurcating the work of creating the documentation so that we can create and deliver in smaller increments.

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Documentation Agile 105

Leading Agile

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Soundcloud. This week’s SoundNotes features a question submitted by a student during a recent Certified Scrum Master class.

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Planning 77

Leading Agile

APRIL 30, 2020

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Google Play. Soundcloud. When we are trying to figure out what products to build, we have to develop a deep understanding of the problem we are solving.

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Leading Agile

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Google Play. Soundcloud. This week in LeadingAgile’s SoundNotes, Tina Wang spends some time with Dave talking about Lean Portfolio Management.

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Portfolio Management 90

Leading Agile

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Google Play. Soundcloud. When large enterprises make the decision to invest in Agile Transformation they often do so with the expectation that it will have some positive impact on their ability to deliver.

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Agile 93

Leading Agile

MAY 12, 2021

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Soundcloud. One of the things you need for Agile practices to deliver on their promise is a fully dedicated team of people working together to deliver value in a predictable manner.

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Agile 62