LeadingAgile SoundNotes: an Agile Podcast Dave Prior, Agile Consultant & Certified Scrum Trainer

Business Agility is all about creating strategic alignment between different parts of your organization. One of the ways that we help our clients create strategic alignment is by implementing a four-tiered governance model that has a dedicated strategy team, or investment team on top. This team is responsible for setting the strategy, applying context for all the other teams, and making sure that they are holding the system of delivery accountable.
But this requires a shift in how you think about things like metrics, OKRs and KPIs. IT requires a shift in how you think about funding and what it means to have a system of delivery. We explore all this and more in this episode of SoundNotes.
Contacting Andrew Young
LeadingAgile: www.leadingagile.com/guides/andrew-young/LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/atyoung/Email: andrew.young@leadingagile.com
Contacting Andy Fine
LeadingAgile: www.leadingagile.com/guides/andy-fine/LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/andyfine/Email: andy.fine@leadingagile.com 
Contacting Dave Prior
If you’d like to contact Dave, you can reach him at:
LeadingAgile: www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungoTwitter: twitter.com/mrsungoEmail: dave.prior@leadingagile.com
If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to dave.prior@leadingagile.com
Interested in CSM or CSPO Training?You can find all the details at www.leadingagile.com/scrum-training/
 

Culture eats strategy for breakfast was a quote from the legendary management consultant and author Peter Drucker. If that’s true, then what does it mean when there are competing views on culture? What type of culture gets to eat strategy for breakfast? Who gets to decide and why do we have to choose?
In this podcast, Mike and Dave sit down to discuss how your personality type influences the way you see and value culture, and the implications that can have on your business. Together they explore different types of personalities, how they manifest in the Agile community, and some ways the Agile community can find some common ground to achieve what we’re all chasing—greater Business Agility.
Contacting Mike Cottmeyer
If you’d like to contact Mike, you can reach him at:
LeadingAgile: www.leadingagile.com/guides/mike-cottmeyerLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/cottmeyer/Twitter: twitter.com/mcottmeyerEmail: mike@leadingagile.com
Contacting Dave Prior
If you’d like to contact Dave, you can reach him at:
LeadingAgile: www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungoTwitter: twitter.com/mrsungoEmail: dave.prior@leadingagile.com
If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to dave.prior@leadingagile.com
Interested in CSM or CSPO Training?You can find all the details at www.leadingagile.com/scrum-training/

Most developers aren’t waking up in the morning and wondering how they’re going to mess up the sprint today. There’s usually a reason why they can’t get their work done on time. Still, if one developer isn’t meeting their commitment, then the whole team isn’t meeting their commitment. So, something’s got to give. In this episode of SoundNotes, Vic Bonacci and Dave Prior draw on their vast experience as CSTs and dish out some tips on what you can do when you have one developer slowing you down.
Contacting Vic Bonacci
If you’d like to contact Vic you can reach him at:
LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/victor-bonacciLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vbonacci/Email: Victor.Bonacci@leadingagile.com
Contacting Dave Prior
If you’d like to contact Dave, you can reach him at:
LeadingAgile: www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungoTwitter: twitter.com/mrsungoEmail: dave.prior@leadingagile.com
If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to dave.prior@leadingagile.com
Interested in CSM or CSPO Training?You can find all the details at www.leadingagile.com/scrum-training/

During the height of the pandemic, many teams learned how to work from home. As people start heading back to the office, many teams are in this weird in-between space where things aren’t always what they need to be to get the most out of your team. In this short podcast, Dave and Vic explore how hybrid teams are impacting your ability to do Scrum successfully, and discuss some tips and tricks to get the most out of your Scrum team while ensuring you’re also getting what you need to do your best work.
Contacting Vic Bonacci
If you’d like to contact Vic you can reach him at:
LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/victor-bonacciLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vbonacci/Email: Victor.Bonacci@leadingagile.com
Contacting Dave Prior
If you’d like to contact Dave, you can reach him at:
LeadingAgile: www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungoTwitter: twitter.com/mrsungoEmail: dave.prior@leadingagile.com
If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to dave.prior@leadingagile.com
Interested in CSM or CSPO Training?You can find all the details at www.leadingagile.com/scrum-training/
 

Sometimes you have a product owner that’s wearing too many hats, traveling, or spread across too many teams. This can leave the rest of the people on your team feeling lost, or it can cause the ScrumMaster to take on more than maybe what should be required of them. In this podcast, Vic and Dave explore some ways to manage expectations and divide the work so that no one is overwhelmed and ensure the delivery teams are getting what they need.
Contacting Vic Bonacci
If you’d like to contact Vic you can reach him at:
LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/victor-bonacciLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vbonacci/Email: Victor.Bonacci@leadingagile.com
Contacting Dave Prior
If you’d like to contact Dave, you can reach him at:
LeadingAgile: www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungoTwitter: twitter.com/mrsungoEmail: dave.prior@leadingagile.com
If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to dave.prior@leadingagile.com
Interested in CSM or CSPO Training?You can find all the details at www.leadingagile.com/scrum-training/

In this short podcast, two CST's, Dave Prior and Vic Bonacci, sit down to discuss specialized roles in Scrum. They dig into why that's a problem, how it impedes Agile, and explore some ways to get your team more cross-functional. Additionally, as a bonus, they discuss what to do when there's a lack of QA on the team.
Contacting Vic Bonacci
If you’d like to contact Vic you can reach him at:
LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/victor-bonacciLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vbonacci/Email: Victor.Bonacci@leadingagile.com
Contacting Dave Prior
If you’d like to contact Dave, you can reach him at:
LeadingAgile: www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungoTwitter: twitter.com/mrsungoEmail: dave.prior@leadingagile.com
If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to dave.prior@leadingagile.com
Interested in CSM or CSPO Training?You can find all the details at www.leadingagile.com/scrum-training/