The Waste of Waiting

Episode 10 - Agendashift Surveys

We like Agile surveys, we especially like Agendashift surveys. We use them a lot, to open up a conversation in teams. We find this especially useful when we’re being introduced to a new organisation, particularly an organisation that is looking to begin or fix its agile adoption. Our Agendashift expert- Steve Mackenzie, gives you an overview of how to use the Agendashift Survey platform and talks about how we use them to generate a conversation that uncovers some of the obstacles to progress.

Episode 9 - The Wastes of Lean - Defects

Defects potentially have a huge cost to businesses. We give some examples of those costs from our own experiences and we talk about one recent famous comedy defect that had huge implications for MacDonalds. We talk about how to improve quality and reduce defects by building quality in throughout the whole software development lifecycle; with examples that include both of us fessing up to some of the mistakes we’ve made in past roles and how you can avoid making the same mistakes we did.

Why are you not using data to make your teams better?

In this session Antonio shares some of his decades of experience in using data improve the performance of his teams. Convincing people inside and out side the team to spend their time and budgets differently to get better outcomes. We know some of it can be faked, we know we cannot measure everything that matters. We know some people won’t like it! But in the end more is achieved if you can prove what works.

The Waste of Waiting

Here we look at how the concept from lean: the waste of waiting applies to software development. How bad is waiting? Really, what are the costs? What actually causes it and if you think your team is suffering from excessive waiting what should you do about it?

Why do long lived teams perform better? And how do you keep a team together for a long time? - Agile on Air: Episode 4

We all know it can take a while for teams to play well together. It’s as true at work as it is in sports. But why? What makes a long lived deliver faster and to a higher quality?   How do we build a team that lasts a long time. There is more to it than “just bring work to the team”.  There are a bunch of things leaders can do to preserve the culture, performance and the trust achieved from having a mature team. It can be harder than you think in organisations that fund projects rather than teams.   Finally we cover the idea of a team both building the thing and maintaining the thing. The ultimate motivator for quality.   Presented by veteran agile coaches and trainers: Phil Cutcliffe, Dan Gibson and Steven Mackenzie of Add Agility.