The Power of Volunteering w Reese Schmit
It’s the start of a brand new year! And one of the best things you can do for yourself and your career is to start volunteering for a professional organization. By offering a little of your time, you ...
7 Jan 202024min
2019 Retrospective - 10 Years as PMPs Working in Agile with Jesse Fewell
It has been 10 years since Jesse Fewell and I became Certified Scrum Trainers. We both came to it from backgrounds deeply rooted in traditional project management. We were both PMPs, which was somethi...
30 Des 201941min
The Italian Dinner - How Work Flows from Release to Story to Task with Judy Neher CST
When I am teaching CSM and CSPO classes I frequently get questions from students who have trouble understanding how work flows from the release level down through product backlog items like User Stori...
27 Des 201915min
What to do when your team won't to talk In Retrospectives w Adam Weisbart
This episode features a student question and a special appearance by Adam Weisbart. I recently had a student in class who was struggling to get her team to participate during retrospectives. This is...
8 Des 201936min
Using Improv to Improve Your Listening Skills w Jessie Shternshus
Jessie Shternshus founded The Improv Effect (https://improveffect.com) to help businesses reach their full potential by means of interpersonal-communication skills training. Her work includes leveragi...
19 Nov 201943min
Melissa Watts - Tips for ScrumMasters
This episode of the Reluctant Agilist features an interview with Melissa Watts. Melissa works for Major League Baseball as a Technical Project Manager and acts in the capacity of ScrumMaster for a Scr...
10 Nov 201934min
Chris Bailey - Hyperfocus and Optimizing Your Productivity
"The state of our attention determines the state of our life" ~ Chris Bailey This summer at Agile 2019, author Chris Bailey kicked off the conference with his keynote session “How to Manage Your Att...
22 Okt 201939min
Scott Ambler on PMI's Acquisition of Disciplined Agile
In August of 2019, The Project Management Institute announced that it had acquired Disciplined Agile. According to Mark Lines, who together with Scott Ambler created Disciplined Agile, " The Disciplin...
5 Okt 201934min
