AgileNEXT

035 - Kim Brainard - Episode 35 - 20170410 - AgileNEXT by AgileNEXT

In this episode of AgileNEXT, Victor Bonacci, Agile Coach at Bio-Rad Laboratories, joins Daniel and Stephen to discuss: Agile in Health Care Mob Development Being a Scrum Gathering co-Chair

In this episode of AgileNEXT, Ken Fritz, an Agile and Lean Coach, joins Daniel and Stephen to discuss: Agile Transformations Agile Coaching Agile and Medicine and other non traditional environments Community and Events

In this episode of AgileNEXT, Al Shalloway, an Agile and Lean Coach, joins Daniel and Stephen to discuss: Scaling Agile SAFe Scrum and the role of Agile Brands Object Oriented design Community Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alshalloway From Al: As founder of Net Objectives, I am committed to leading the industry in learning how organizations can transition to Enterprise Agility with Lean-Agile methods. I have co-authored the following books: Lean-Agile Software Development: Achieving Enterprise Agility, Essential Skills for the Agile Developer: A Guide to Better Programming and Design, The Lean-Agile Pocket Guide for Scrum Teams, and Design Patterns Explained: A New Perspective on Object-Oriented Design. I am currently one of a couple dozen SPC Trainers outside of SAI. Although I co-founded Lean-Kanban University, I am no longer affiliated with it. Specialties: Consulting, training and coaching in Lean Software, SAFe, Kanban, Agile, Scrum, Design Patterns, Object-Oriented Analysis and Design

In this episode of AgileNEXT, James Gifford, an Agile and Lean Coach, joins Daniel and Stephen live at the Scrum Gathering to discuss: Agile Uprising Heart of Agile Agile Tools Community

In this episode of AgileNEXT, Zuzi Sochova, Agile & Scrum coach and latest addition to the Scrum Alliance Board of Directors, joins Daniel and Stephen live at the Scrum Gathering to discuss: Scrum Master as Agile Coach Kaizen in Scrum Agile Brands and Scaling Community Involvement

In this episode of AgileNEXT, Dave Prior, CST at LeadingAgile, joins Daniel and Stephen and talks to us about many awesome topics including: Transitioning from PMI / Traditional PM to Agile How playing in a band is agile Mindfulness practices, social engineering; i.e. meditation, etc. Training Style and Comedic timing Scrum for Girlscouts… Agile outside of IT Agile Brands and Scaling

Rob Richman, independent consultant, joins Daniel and Stephen and talks to us about Agile and the Agile ecosystem. Some topics include: Holacracy Agile and culture while working at Zappos.com Culture Hacking AgileNEXT

In this episode of AgileNEXT, Bill Wagner, Senior Content Developer at Microsoft, joins Daniel and Stephen and talks to us about Agile and the Agile ecosystem. Some topics include: Is Agile too process focused today? Using Agile on a massive worldwide open-source project Agile outside of IT Building the open-source nonprofit Humanitarian Toolbox AgileNEXT

In this episode of AgileNEXT, Dave West CEO of Scrum.org, joins Daniel and Stephen and talks to us about Agile and the Agile ecosystem. Some topics include: Scrum and its evolution Agile Brands Technical Revolution vs Industrial Revolution The value of certification AgileNEXT

In this episode of AgileNEXT, Dean Leffingwell, joins Daniel and Stephen and talks to us about Scaling Agile and the SAFe methodology he founded. Some topics include: Lean, Kanban, Scrum, FLOW, and the move toward unbranded Agility The origins of and evolution of SAFe Startups Indiana Jones ride at Disney AgileNEXT

In this episode of AgileNEXT, Vinod Kumar joins Daniel and Stephen and talks to us about Agile, India, tech and the community. Some topics include: Agile Teams The role of tools The Indian market The Agile Community AgileNEXT Bio: vinodk https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinodkumar6 Currently an Architect at Microsoft Technology Center, Bangalore. Have been Application Developer, Database Administrator, R&D, Release cycles and Project Manager in a wide variety of SDLC. I am interested in database technologies using Cloud, Big Data, MS-SQL Server, Oracle and others. Interesting in spreading the world of technology to the community and would like to talk the right usage of technology. Also an community oriented person running the local SQL and .NET Group in Bangalore. Speaker at major conferences like TechEd, Author of books, Blogger and much more. Specialties: Competitive analysis with DB, SQL Server, BI, Reporting, ETL, Relational database features, .NET, Sharepoint, Office client Tools (Word, Outlook, PPT, Excel) etc. Worked with various customers who come to MTC Lab for debugging, performance, security architecture, scalability, deployment, tuning and other performance issues. Extensive experience in SQL Server optimization and fine-tuning. Extensive experience in End-to-End architecture design and implementation. Specialized in Big SQL Implementation, HA, DR, managing VLDB's Extensive experience making methodology and helping customers to the latest OS, SQL Server, Big Data and Cloud based solutions. Some of the areas I help customers are discussions around Consolidation of infrastructure, Application Tuning, Databases, BI, Productivity, Application Platform and Azure based Architecture designs.

In this episode of AgileNEXT, Natalie Warnert joins Daniel and Stephen and talks to us about Agile and the community. Some topics include: Agile Transformation Coaching Women in Agile AgileNEXT

In this episode of AgileNEXT, Thomas Friend joins Daniel and Stephen and talks to us about Agile and the community. Some topics include: Lessons learned serving in the military that translate to Agile The Military’s use of Agile (using Agile to get the bad guys!) The Agile Community AgileNEXT

In this episode of AgileNEXT, Jacob Creech joins Daniel and Stephen and talks to us about agile and scaling. Some topics include: Scaling Agile The Agile Community Lean Startup The Market for Agile overseas AgileNEXT

In this episode of AgileNEXT, Chris Guzikowski joins Daniel and Stephen and takes us inside the sausage factory: showing us how a book is made and how you can get published. Some topics include: The Agile Book market and what the future looks like for publishing How to get published Career Development The Agile Community His time on the Scrum Alliance board AgileNEXT

In this episode of AgileNEXT, Pinal Dave joins Daniel and Stephen to discuss startups, the Indian market, and what is in store for agile NEXT. Some topics include: Startups in India CI Corporate Culture Remote working Blogging

In this episode of AgileNEXT, Jean Russell joins Daniel and Stephen to discuss her thesis of Thrivabillity what is in store for agile NEXT. Some topics include: What is Thrivabillity Transforming corporate culture Corporate Innovation Agile Coaching

In this episode of AgileNEXT, Mitch Lacey joins Daniel and Stephen to discuss his work at Microsoft and what is in store for agile NEXT. Some topics include: Parenting and Agile How to get buy-in with teams by selling the value of practices Coming clean with Agility and Organizational Development Luke Skywalker for POTUS 2016

In this episode of AgileNEXT, Ian McFarland joins Daniel and Stephen to discuss his agile journey. Some topics include: Agile in Startups/Silicon Valley Agile in a regulated environment Agile in the Government Agile at Scale What is next for Agile

This week we have a very special episode insofar as we have five guests and it is the first episode that Daniel and Stephen recorded live (so please pardon some of the acoustics.) Our guests are the founding team of the Indian technology company e-Zest. We recorded it in June 2016 at their Technology Innovation Center in Pune, India during a 24 hackathon that was going on. They talk to us about how they built e-Zest as a startup (and all five of them sharing a studio apartment in Bombay), how they embraced Agile, how they implemented Agile in an offshore environment, and lastly how they scaled Agile.

In this episode of AgileNEXT, Joel Semeniuk joins Daniel and Stephen to discuss his agile journey. Some topics include: Agile at Scale Agile Transformations & The Agile Organization Startup ecosystems What is next for Agile What the heck a Chief Innovation Officer does

In this episode of AgileNEXT, Stuart Young joins Daniel and Stephen to discuss his agile journey. Some topics include: What the heck is a Live Illustrator and why is it so cool Agile at Scale The state of the community What is next for Agile

In this episode of AgileNEXT, Bill Joiner joins Daniel and Stephen to discuss his experiences leading organizational change for the past 35 years. Some topics include: Agile Leadership Corporate Culture And of course his book, Leadership Agility

In this episode of AgileNEXT, Tanya Maslach joins Daniel and Stephen to discuss her experiences building products at a super fast paced Silicon Valley startup. Some topics include: Software development best practices Using Agile in Startups Women in Tech

In this episode of AgileNEXT, Steve Smith joins Daniel and Stephen to discuss his thoughts on his experiences as a consultant and entrepreneur and his experiences with Agile over the past decade and a half . Some topics include: Software development best practices Scaling Agile Using Agile with remote teams Agile lessons learned from being in the Military

In this episode of AgileNEXT, Peter Green joins Daniel and Stephen to discuss his thoughts on his experiences as going through an Agile transformation, being a consultant, ISV, and now being part of Agile for All.

In this episode of AgileNEXT, Steve Porter joins Daniel and Stephen to discuss his thoughts on his experiences as a consultant, ISV, and now being part of Scrum.org. Some topics include: Scaling The human side of Agile Cadences Agile outside of IT Star Wars and Agile

In this episode of AgileNEXT, Aaron Bjork joins Daniel and Stephen to discuss his thoughts on the agile transformation he lived through at Microsoft, software development, corporate culture, and where Agile is headed NEXT. Some topics include: Agile transformations An Agile organization Agile outside of IT Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronbjork Aaron Bjork is a Principal Group Program Manager working on Team Foundation Server and Visual Studio Online. He is responsible for work item tracking, reporting, collaboration, and all agile experiences. Prior to joining Team Foundation Server in 2008, Aaron worked as a software engineer and development lead in Visual Studio. Aaron is passionate about Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) solutions and has a strong desire to see teams improve their software engineering practices. Aaron holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Washington. Aaron is an avid golfer, a hobby farmer, and loves spending time with his wife and three kids.

In this episode of AgileNEXT, Zach Supalla joins Daniel and Stephen to discuss his thoughts on agile for hardware, small batch manufacturing, corporate culture, and where Agile is headed NEXT. Some topics include: Using Agile to build hardware Agile hiring technicques Small batch manafacturing Silicon Valley Startups

In this episode of AgileNEXT, Steve Denning, joins Daniel and Stephen to discuss his thoughts on “The Agile Organization”, innovation at big companies, adding customer value, and where Agile is headed NEXT. Some topics include: The Agile Organization Corporate Innovation Focusing on the Customer vs Shareholder Value

In this episode of AgileNEXT, Sara Ford joins Daniel and Stephen to discuss her thoughts on agile at big companies, innovation, and where Agile is headed NEXT. Some topics include: How Sailing is the Only Real Agile Agile at large organizations Corporate Innovation

In this episode of AgileNEXT, Rich Sheridan joins Daniel and Stephen to discuss his thoughts on corporate innovation, corporate culture, and where Agile is headed NEXT. Some topics include: From getting laid off to building Menlo Innovations Building a corporate culture Bringing babies to work! Open Book Finance Corporate Innovation

In this episode of AgileNEXT, Richard Hundhausen joins Daniel and Stephen to discuss his thoughts on scaling, where Agile is headed NEXT and organizational culture. Some topics include: Adopting Agile Agile at Scale Scaling a team, not an organization Agile's compatibility non IT departments Agile "nutrition"

In this episode of AgileNEXT, Lyssa Adkins joins Daniel and Stephen to discuss her thoughts on coaching, where Agile is headed NEXT and organizational culture. Some topics include: The breakdown of the Agile brands and doing “Sustainable Agile” Dying Corporations The Agile Organization The Agile “Jedi Council” Corprate Innovation Agile Coach Development