The Agile Pubcast

From ???? We are back! We are refreshed after our summer break and raring to go! The question is - are the lads at home or in the pub...

From our homes, UK. In the last episode before a summer break, Geoff mentions that he has been playing Product Owner again which led to a discussion about the mindset, personalities and traits of effective product ownership.  Listen through to the end to hear how you could get involved in episode 100! Enjoy!

From our homes, UK. We have a Guest Ale! For the first time, one of our Patrons has volunteered to appear on the show so we welcome self-confessed geek Gareth Thomas to take Geoff and Paul a little out of their comfort zone to discuss all things technical. From different levels of testing, leading and lagging indicators, Gherkin and Selenium and even something to do with Japanese Steel and Tin Mills!  Nice one Gareth! If you would like to appear as a guest on our pubcast, check out the "Guest Ale" benefit on our Patreon page. (The PST Gareth references in this episode is Alasdair Macleod)

From our homes. UK. What a whopper! This bumper episode covers finale of the Scrum Mastery Challenge 2020: Lockdown Edition. The final challenge is all about reflection so tune in to see what our contestants thought of the competition and who is judged to be the winner...

From our homes, UK. The pubs are open! A REAL Agile pubcast is coming very soon... we can feel it! As we approach the business end of the Scrum Mastery Challenge LOCKDOWN edition, our competitors were tasked with celebrating collaboratively with a team. This challenge required a little 'out-of-the-box' thinking but we had some great results to discuss! Enjoy!

From our homes, UK. The Scrum Mastery Challenge continues!! Task 4 was all about starting an online conversation. Our global contestants were scored by which conversation added the greatest CONTRIBUTION. Listen on to hear how they got on!In you would like to check out the online conversations our contestants started, have a look here...Team USA - https://twitter.com/AgileFaye/status/1274341425602105347Greg - https://t.co/r2oi18yC7b?amp=1Stefan - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/stefan-wertheimer_learning-learningneverstops-retrospective-activity-6681453302388936704-4WSdAnshul - https://medium.com/serious-scrum/scrum-values-are-life-values-902e6250501Vikas - https://medium.com/serious-scrum/weekly-status-reports-may-not-create-transparency-cef6fae5cd4cMike - https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6674753907975102464/

From our homes, UK. As lockdown continues so does the Scrum Mastery Challenge! In this task, our global contestants were charged with describing their most valuable "thing". Some interesting stories emerged from some "almost" everyday objects! Geoff & Paul debrief how the word "value" is highly subjective, multi-dimensional and how "pain" can be a good indicator of what to do next. Enjoy!

From Our Homes, UK. Still in lockdown - still not allowed in a pub. And now I think that BOREDOM has really set in. Has the novelty factor of working remotely now worn off? Geoff & Paul discuss the drop in energy levels they have noticed from working remotely in recent days and weeks. And this led onto a discussion about how we can guarantee that we feel SAFE when working from home? An interesting thread emerges...

From our homes, UK. The Scrum Mastery Challenge: LOCKDOWN continues! In this episode, the contestants were tasked with telling a 60-second story, inspired by this image: With points being awarded for the most engaging stories. Geoff & Paul discuss the submissions and also share some thoughts on what they are looking for in a good stories, and what good storytelling looks like too! Enjoy!

From our homes, UK. In this episode, Geoff & Paul debrief the first of the ScrumMastery Challenge: LOCKDOWN tasks. The global contestants were asked to record a 60 second video introducing themself to a new team. In the debrief, Geoff & Paul extract both positives and negatives from the submissions and also give some thoughts of their own on what makes a good introduction.You can see a full description of the task here!