Hosts
Ryan Ripley and Zach Bonaker
Discussion
Zach is an independent consultant who recently posted a provocative article called: “The Subversion of Agile: Agile is a Cancer”. We discussed his post, talked about what the cancer is in the community that needs to be removed about posts from others in the community about the “death of Agile”.
We moved on to what Agile in a business language would look like – agile base patterns – and he shared some ideas that he and Dan Greening have been contemplating. We discussed the 5 pillars of an agile organization, which include:
Measure economic progress
Experiment
Limit work in progress
Embrace collective responsibility
Solve systemic problems
From there the discussion pivoted to top down vs. bottom up agile transformations. We discuss how they work, the pitfalls of each, and our personal experiences with trying to help organizations adopt agile. Of course I found a way to bring up agile management. We added a few more books to Don’s book club, talked about the difficulty of filling the role of the product owner, and then…called it a night.
Zach was a great guest who I hope becomes a regular contributor to the podcast. He recently posted a follow-up to his original post called “Agile Cancer: Stop Whining and Cure It” which has expanded the conversation, set off a few flame wars, and provoked some important conversations about our industry.
Resources, Plugs, and More
Ryan – http://agileanswerman.com
Management 3.0 by Jurgen Appelo
Drive by Dan Pink
Lean Change Management by Jason Little
Scrum Product Ownership: Balancing Value from the Inside Out by Bob Galen
Zach – https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachbonaker
Reinventing Organizations by Frederic Laloux
Joy Inc. by Richard Sheridan
Dan Greening’s Site
Agile is Dead – Long Live Agility
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