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Adam Weisbart: Certified Scrum Trainer & Agile Coach
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Get actionable answers to your questions about agile software development, the Scrum framework, and agile management. Adam tackles questions from callers to help them conquer their real-world challenges.

  1. 18/01/2022

    What should we do instead of painful “Annual Planning”?

    🎉 The podcast is BACK! Before we jump into the show, I want to invite you to join me for the LIVE Open Space event I’m hosting on January 27th, 2022! Now on with the show! 🎉 If your organization is like most, you’re rushing around a bit more than usual right now. Why? Because it’s the start...

    17 min

  2. 16/05/2020

    Agile Virtual Summit Preview: Lyssa Adkins

    === Before the show: Join me for our LIVE Open Space event on January 27th, 2022! === There are few people in the agile world that have had a bigger impact on our work than Lyssa. In this episode, we’ll talk about her upcoming session at the Agile Virtual Summit entitled Running Around Like Crazy? Use...

    16 min

  3. 01/06/2017

    How do we make sure we have cross-functional teams and why does it matter?

    Every once in a while I stumble upon a facilitation tool that works so well I’m a little shocked. Recently I was helping several teams work together to create a backlog for their large project and I had a sneaking suspicion that the teams they had formed were not truly cross-functional. The trouble was, as...

    14 min

  4. 17/05/2017

    What agile practices can you recommend to our game development studio?

    Whether you build video games for a living, or just like playing them for fun today’s episode will help you improve your Scrum implementation. I’m always looking for practical tips on how teams can improve their work together and my friend Clinton Keith (who wrote Agile Game Development with Scrum) just came out with a new book...

    24 min

  5. 10/05/2017

    How do we remove silos when doing government contract work using Scrum?

    Ed works for a government integrator and is finding it very difficult to deliver thin vertical slices of functionality every sprint. The difficulty is that, by law, his company cannot have access to the full system they’re working on. I’ve enlisted the help of my friend Patrick McConnell, who’s an Agilist with tons of government experience...

    17 min

  6. 03/05/2017

    How should we form new Scrum teams?

    In my courses and coaching, I’m often asked how a Scrum team should be formed. Since the Scrum Guide gives no guidance on this, organizations usually decide to have managers form these new teams. Sadly, this approach doesn’t work well in the long run for a myriad of reasons. Thankfully, there’s a better way. On today’s show,...

    31 min

  7. 27/04/2017

    How can we have good retrospectives (about our Scrum Master)?

    The podcast is BACK! Today’s question comes from Stig, who is wondering how to help his team give honest and constructive feedback to their Scrum Master during retrospectives. We’ll talk about an approach you can use to help your team to break through the power imbalance that might be keeping them from sharing useful information with your Scrum...

    13 min

  8. 26/05/2016

    When’s the podcast coming back?

    I’ve gotten the same question from several different people over the last several weeks”What happened to the podcast?” and “Is it ever coming back?”. > Yes it’s coming back. Soon Listen to this quick update to find out what the heck happened to it. Like the podcast? I’d love it if you’d take...

    3 min
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Get actionable answers to your questions about agile software development, the Scrum framework, and agile management. Adam tackles questions from callers to help them conquer their real-world challenges.

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  • Creator
    Adam Weisbart: Certified Scrum Trainer & Agile Coach
  • Years Active
    2015 - 2022
  • Episodes
    25
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Weisbart Consulting, Inc