Over the past decade, innovative companies, software industry thought leaders and lean/agile pioneers have discovered simpler, sturdier, more streamlined ways to be agile. These modern approaches share a focus on producing exceptional outcomes and growing an outstanding culture. Today, it makes far more sense to bypass antiquated agility in favor of modern approaches. Modern agile methods are defined by four guiding principles: Make People Awesome; Make Safety a Prerequisite; Experiment and Learn Rapidly and Deliver Value Continuously. World famous organizations like Google, Amazon, AirBnB, Etsy and others are living proof of the power of these four principles. However, you don’t need to be a name brand company to leverage modern agile wisdom.
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Jez Humble Interview Lean Enterprise Trunk Based Development
Episode 7 of the Modern Agile Show features an interview with Jez Humble, co-author of Continuous Delivery, Lean Enterprise and The DevOps Handbook. Jez reads a passage from Lean Enterprise, we discuss the Modern Agile principles, Continuous Delivery and Trunk-based development.
Bargain Hunting Lean Startup Story Industrial Logic Story
Episode 8 of the Modern Agile Show is about the valuable practice of bargain hunting. You’ll hear bargain hunting stories about plumbing, a teleportation feature in IMVU (the birthplace of Lean Startup) and a security feature in Industrial Logic’s eLearning.
Thomas Edison Story Feature Fake Is MA Old or New
Story of an early failure by Thomas Edison and what he learned from it. Explanation of a Feature Fake and how it helps you remain capital efficient and avoid building features that not enough people need. Answering a question about whether Modern Agile is back to basics or modern?
Show Intro Four Principles Tom DeMarco Story
Episode #1 Why Modern Agile? A brief guide to Modern Agile's four principles. Who is Joshua Kerievsky? A "Make People Awesome" story from Tom DeMarco's classic book, Slack.
Interview with Karl Scotland
Episode 24 of the Modern Agile Show features an interview with Karl Scotland, veteran agile/lean leader, focused on helping to build learning organizations. Karl discusses how to work with agile strategically. He recognized that four statements I’d written in the first Modern Agile blog were actually strategies and he observed that they might be a better guide than even the four values of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development...
Interview with Vasco Duarte, #NoEstimates
Episode 25 of the Modern Agile Show features an interview with Vasco Duarte, an agile/lean expert, leader of the #NoEstimates movement, author of the #NoEstimates book and host of the popular ScrumMaster podcast. Vasco talks about how to conduct high-speed experiments (e.g. within 24 hours) so we invest in knowledge acquisition, not estimates. Vasco explains how he helped a car company test voice activation in cars without spending tons of time and money...