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In this episode, hosts Troy Lightfoot and Andy Cleff sit down with Prateek Singh and Dan Vacanti about the new book "Scaling Simplified ." which can be currently found on Leanpub and Amazon. It challenges many common assumptions about "Scaling Agile" and teaches techniques for simplifying scaling by focusing on flow. Resources Mentioned:     About the Agile Uprising   If you enjoyed this episode, please give us a review a rating, or leave comments on iTunes, Stitcher or your podcasting platform of choice. It helps others find us.   Many thanks to the artist from who provided us our outro music free of charge!   If you like what you heard, check out these links to find more music you might enjoy! If you’d like to join the discussion and share your stories,  please jump into the fray at our We at the Agile Uprising are committed to being free.  However, we have a if you’d like to contribute and help us defray hosting and production costs.  Who knows, you might even get some surprises in the mail!

This week we sit down with Maarten Dalmijn, author of Driving Value with Sprint Goals to discuss the importance of a sprint goal.  We start off with the confession that for some practitioners this concept is a bit too "woo", but then we use Maarten's book to peel back the onion and develop greater understanding around how your sprint goal is both a leading and lagging indicator of not only team health, but the health of your organization.  Enjoy! Wanna see faces? Here's the videocast: If you enjoyed this episode, please give us a review, a rating, or leave comments on iTunes, Stitcher or your podcasting platform of choice. It really helps others find us.  Much thanks to the artist  from  who provided us our outro music free-of-charge!  If you like what you heard,     to find more music you might enjoy! If you’d like to join the discussion and share your stories,  please jump into the fray at our  We at the Agile Uprising are committed to being totally free.  However, if you’d like to contribute and help us defray hosting and production costs we do have a .  Who knows, you might even get some surprises in the mail!    

The crew (Jay Hrscko, Brad Stokes, Chris Murman, James Gifford, Andy Cleff, Troy Lightfoot, and Andrew Leff) get together to celebrate seven years of continuous weekly podcasts: 899,245 unique downloads. 380 releases.  We reminisce about all the shenanigans we've been up to. We spill the beans on our favorite episodes, spill the tea on memorable moments, and shine a light on a few of the growth spurts we've had – personally and professionally.  (Kind of like looking back at our awkward teenage years, but with more Agile and less acne.) We share our love for and give shoutouts to the diverse gang in the Uprising Discord community.  No matter where we're headed, we're doing it together.  Let's raise a virtual glass to the Uprising, our podcast guests, listeners... and all the amazing folks who've joined the ride. It has been a rollercoaster, and we're strapping in for the next loop-de-loop. Cheers to a million downloads!  VideoCast Version: About the Agile Uprising If you enjoyed this episode, please give us a review, a rating, or leave comments on iTunes, Stitcher or your podcasting platform of choice. It really helps others find us.  If you’d like to join the discussion and share your stories,  please jump into the fray at our  We at the Agile Uprising are committed to being totally free.  However, if you’d like to contribute and help us defray hosting and production costs we do have a .  Who knows, you might even get some surprises in the mail!  

In this episode, host Troy Lightfoot discusses a topic he's been thinking about for a while but has yet to discuss publicly. Are smaller teams REALLY better? Let's talk about it! Feel free to comment and discuss in our Discord! Resources Mentioned: Troy teaches for About the Agile Uprising If you enjoyed this episode, please give us a review a rating, or leave comments on iTunes, Stitcher or your podcasting platform of choice. It helps others find us.  Many thanks to the artist  from  who provided us our outro music free of charge!  If you like what you heard,     to find more music you might enjoy! If you’d like to join the discussion and share your stories,  please jump into the fray at our  We at the Agile Uprising are committed to being free.  However, we have a Patreon if you’d like to contribute and help us defray hosting and production costs.  Who knows, you might even get some surprises in the mail!

In this episode, host Troy Lightfoot sits down with Dan Vacanti and Prateek Singh about the new book "" which can be currently found on Leanpub.  7 years Later, with the help of Prateek, Dan released the follow-up to his book Actional Agile Metrics for Predictability. It challenges many common assumptions about "Agile" and teaches techniques for understanding variation for process improvement, forecasting, and avoiding common mistakes. It's also a deep dive into flow metrics. Resources Mentioned: About the Agile Uprising If you enjoyed this episode, please give us a review a rating, or leave comments on iTunes, Stitcher or your podcasting platform of choice. It helps others find us.  Many thanks to the artist  from  who provided us our outro music free of charge!  If you like what you heard,     to find more music you might enjoy! If you’d like to join the discussion and share your stories,  please jump into the fray at our  We at the Agile Uprising are committed to being free.  However, we have a Patreon if you’d like to contribute and help us defray hosting and production costs.  Who knows, you might even get some surprises in the mail!  

FROM THE ARCHIVES:  This week we're re-running a fave of ours, a conversation we had with Graham Scott to discuss his book Practice Makes Profit.  This book takes a smart and jargon-free look at how to optimize your business using practices like Theory of Constraints and Throughput Accounting.  Enjoy! If you enjoyed this episode, please give us a review, a rating, or leave comments on iTunes, Stitcher or your podcasting platform of choice. It really helps others find us.  Much thanks to the artist  from  who provided us our outro music free-of-charge!  If you like what you heard,     to find more music you might enjoy! If you’d like to join the discussion and share your stories,  please jump into the fray at our  We at the Agile Uprising are committed to being totally free.  However, if you’d like to contribute and help us defray hosting and production costs we do have a .  Who knows, you might even get some surprises in the mail!