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Monthly Method Polina Bee
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Monthly Method Podcast is a show for solopreneurs, creators, and artists who have a burning desire to launch a project. The project your best life depends on.
Your host, Polina Bee, is a certified SCRUM master. She brings a proven record of launching successful projects, both professional and personal.
You will hear about tested techniques that lead to calm, consistency and results.
Subscribe to turn your idea into reality one month at a time.
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Backlog: The Antidote to Chaotic Living
Backlog is where an Agile sprint begins. It's the foundation of the Agile Framework. Let's dive into the deeper meaning behind a backlog, why you need one in your life, and how to build one from scratch.
Timeline:00:00 Why Agile?01:26 Backlog - what it is01:58 Chaotic life filled with frantic action03:00 How much time we actually have04:10 How do we measure the quality of our goals?06:56 The best time management hack08:26 Agile tool for measuring the quality of your goals09:22 Example of using backlog10:06 That's how you stop the chaos12:50 How to start a backlog17:36 What you can do today19:08 Unpopular opinion21:35 The comment that made me record this video
How to apply Agile to your life: http://monthlymethod.com/start-here/
If you want to stay in touch:💌 Newsletter (notes on applying Agile, calm productivity, and finding sanity in this hustle-culture obsessed world) - http://monthlymethod.com/blog/ 💻 Website - https://monthlymethod.com𝕏 Twitter - https://twitter.com/Agile_for_One
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Agile approach for managing your goals. Sprint cycle overview.
Let's review the core components and rituals of a sprint cycle and how you can apply those to your personal goals and projects.
Link to the video version of this episode.
Timestamps:
(00:00) - - Overview
(00:20) - - Creating backlog
(01:51) - - Calculating sprint capacity
(02:18) - - Deciding on the number of goals for the sprint
(02:57) - - Sprint planning and scrum board
(03:54) - - Duration of a sprint
(05:05) - - Daily standups
(05:37) - - Sprint retrospective
(05:57) - - Cool-off week
(08:18) - - Repeat the cycle
(09:15) - - Where to start
(10:19) - - If you don't want to wait for the next video
Useful links- Subscribe to my newsletter for more frequent deep-dives into Agile life- Recent newsletter entries- Start Here page to see the blogposts on the core principles of Agile and how those can be applied to personal productivity- Twitter for regular examples of my scrum board and how it looks throughout the sprint- YouTube to 'Back to Agile Basics' type of videos- Monthly Method School for step-by-step instructions on how to run your first Agile sprint
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How I learned about Agile 10 years ago. Why traditional goal-setting doesn't work.
In this episode I talk about why long-term goals don't work and how we've been mislead all this time by the traditional goal setting advice. I also share my story of finding out about Agile and how it changed my approach to personal productivity.
Link to the video version of this episode.
Timestamps:
(00:00) - Traditional productivity advice
(00:32) - New Year's Resolutions
(00:55) - My first job at a fast-growing startup
(01:10) - Corporate world - how things are usually done
(01:40) - The time the status quo got questioned
(02:30) - Creation of Agile Framework for building software
(03:03) - How Agile works
(04:31) - My story of learning about Agile
(06:29) - I stopped creating long-term plans 10 years ago
Useful links- Subscribe to my newsletter for more frequent deep-dives into Agile life- Recent newsletter entries- Start Here page to see the blogposts on the core principles of Agile and how those can be applied to personal productivity- Twitter for regular examples of my scrum board and how it looks throughout the sprint- YouTube to 'Back to Agile Basics' type of videos- Monthly Method School for step-by-step instructions on how to run your first Agile sprint
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Updates: Where I've been? What's new? What's the plan for the future?
A quick episode to say hi and give you some updates on my life and the Monthly Method. Please let me know what you think about the group sprints I have in mind!
Timeline:00:00 Intro00:41 What happened last year? 2023 updates04:13 What's happening this year? Summer 202407:59 Plans for the fall 2024
Links mentioned in the episode:- Read blog posts from last year: https://monthlymethod.com/blog/- Subscribe to my newsletter to receive the latest blogposts to your email: https://monthlymethod.ck.page/2dd14791c4 - YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@AgileForOne- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Agile_for_One- Email: polina@monthlymethod.com
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Applying Agile to New Year's Resolutions - Part 3
Today we are discussing finalizing your sprint goals using the definition of done.
00:00 - Intro
00:51 - Recap of our progress so far
02:40 - Finalizing sprint goals
04:05 - Checkpoints
05:00 - Adding definition of done
10:08 - Recommendations of a successful first sprint
12:13 - If you want to launch a side hustle next year
12:55 - If you have questions about this series
FREE Workshop "3 steps to launching your digital product or service in 3 months or less" https://monthlymethod.com/3-month-launch-workshop/
Corresponding blog posts with all the links: https://monthlymethod.com/new-years-resolutions-3/
Submit your questions: https://monthlymethod.com/contact/
Free Guide to Plan Your Week using Monthly Method principles: https://monthlymethod.com/guide/
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Applying Agile to New Year's Resolutions - Part 2
Let's look at how you can apply agile principles to New Year's Resolutions. Today we are talking about using sprints, sprint capacity and backlog review to set new year's goals.
00:00 - Intro
00:50 - Sprints & picking sprint duration
08:15 - Don't plan the entire year
10:55 - Sprint capacity
17:30 - Backlog review
19:50 - When you have to many goals to choose from
22:00 - Homework
22:33 - If you want to launch something next year
FREE Workshop "3 steps to launching your digital product or service in 3 months or less" https://monthlymethod.com/3-month-launch-workshop/
Corresponding blog posts with all the links: https://monthlymethod.com/new-years-resolutions-2/
Submit your questions: https://monthlymethod.com/contact/
Free Guide to Plan Your Week using Monthly Method principles: https://monthlymethod.com/guide/
Support this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monthly_method