All Episodes

#66 The Sunk Cost Fallacy

#65 Estimating the Unknown

#64 Design by Contract

#63 Acceptance Criteria

#62 Risk Management

#61 Scaling Patterns

#60 The F Word in Software

#59 Total Project Quality

#58 Team Organization

#57 Risk-Based Testing

#56 Product Visions to Product Roadmaps

#55 Practitioner Quizzes Construx - Session 1

#54 Stories from a Long Career

#53 Cynefin Framework

#52 The Triad

#51 Professional Development 2024

#50 Staffing the Product Owner

#49 The New

#48 Cone of Uncertainty

#47 Retrospectives

#46 Reverse Agile Scaling

#45 Value Identification

#44 Bringing it All Together – the Successful Leadership of Hardware/Software Teams

#43 Project Managers 2023

#42 Splitting User Stories

#41 Special Guest: John Belbute, Engineering Metrics

#40 Waterfall vs. Agile 2023

#39 Product Owner vs. Product Manager

#38 The Engineering Manager in Agile

#37 2022 Disaster Stories and Improvement Ideas

#36 Right-Sizing Software Process: Going Meta

#35 Individual Estimation

#34 Backlog Refinement

#33 How Much Testing Is Enough?

#32 Leadership for Women in Software

#31 The Daily

#30 Scaling Agile: Three Agile Scaling Frameworks and Six Scaling Recommendations

#29 Twenty Years Is Enough! It’s Time to Update the Agile Principles and Values

#28 Six Ways to Decrease Stress in Development Partnerships

#27 More Effective Kanban, Part 3: Kanban for Portfolios and Programs

#26 Software Estimation Lessons Learned from Covid-19 Forecasting

#25 Crafting Software, Part 1: Beers to Pair with Requirements, Design, & Estimation

#24 More Effective Kanban, Part 2: Operating and Optimizing Your Kanban System

#23 Exploring Metrics: Using Landing Zones to Define and Guide Success

#22 More Effective Agile, Part 9: Focus on Throughput, Not Activity; Plan Based on Measured Team Capacity; Decriminalize Mistakes

#21 More Effective Agile, Part 8: Express Clear Purpose with Commander’s Intent; Model Key Agile Behaviors; Manage to Outcomes, Not Details

#20 More Effective Agile, Part 7: Create and Use a Definition of Done; Maintain a Releasable Level of Quality; Use Automated Tests, Created by the Development Team

#19 More Effective Kanban, Part 1: Five Misconceptions About Kanban

#18 More Effective Agile, Part 6: Refine the Product Backlog, Create and Use a Definition of Ready, Minimize the Defect Detection Gap

#17 Exploring Metrics: Cultural Issues, Metrics vs. Indicators, Launching a Program, and Controlling Costs/Time

#16 Preproject Planning: Lowering Inherent Uncertainty on Large Work Efforts

#15 Construx Services: What Are Organizational Assessments?

#14 WFH in the Age of Coronavirus: Lessons for Today and Tomorrow

#13 More Effective Agile, Part 5: Manage Technical Debt, Support Large Agile Projects Through Architecture, Automate Repetitive Activities

#12 More Effective Agile, Part 4: Keep Projects Small, Keep Sprints Short, Deliver in Vertical Slices

#11 New to Scrum? From Individuals to Team, the Persistent Role of Design, and Staffing Scrum Roles

#10 More Effective Agile, Part 3: Tighten Feedback Loops; Fix the System, Not the Individual; Increase Team Capacity by Building Individual Capacity

#9 More Effective Agile, Part 2: Motivate Teams Through Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose; Develop a Growth Mindset; Develop Business Focus

#8 Scaling Agile: The Importance of Batch Size, Using Backfilling to Clarify Direction, and the Key to Collaboration

#7 Special Guest Jeff Atwood, Part 2: Jeff and Steve on Effective Software Development Process

#6 Special Guest Jeff Atwood, Part 1: Jeff and Steve on Effective Software Development Process

#5 Design Patterns: What's Their Connection to Fundamental Design Principles?

#4 More Effective Agile, Part 1: Inspect and Adapt, Start with Scrum, Build Cross-Functional Teams, Integrate Testers into the Development Teams

#3 Developer Testing: The Legacy Code Dilemma, Modified Condition Decision Coverage, and Pairwise Testing

#2 Getting Unstuck: Addressing Struggling Scrum Adoptions, Responding to the Agile Test, and Properly Sizing Backlog Items

#1 Our Inaugural Episode: Gradients of Agreement, Forms of Waste, Real Kanban Boards, and Longer-Term Scrum Planning