Show overview
Agile Plays has been publishing since 2024, and across the 2 years since has built a catalogue of 10 episodes. That works out to roughly 3 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a roughly quarterly cadence.
Episodes typically run ten to twenty minutes — most land between 13 min and 18 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Technology show.
There hasn’t been a new episode in the last ninety days; the most recent episode landed 4 months ago.
From the publisher
For the past decade I have been working with scaling technology organizations who need to address the challenges of how to scale revenue, customer base, and employee headcount. "Agile Plays" (http://agileplays.co.uk) are a set of strategies for scalability. Like a successful sports team you compile a set of strategies or “Plays”. These give potential solutions and the team chooses Plays as appropriate to gain advantage.
Latest Episodes
Episode 25 – Projects and agile development
This dialogue explores the fundamental tension between traditional project management and agile methodologies The post Episode 25 – Projects and agile development first appeared on Agile Plays.
Episode 0 – The Agile Playbook
A good look at the core ideas in this resource we're calling the agile playbook because it's more than just like a management challenge, right? The post Episode 0 – The Agile Playbook first appeared on Agile Plays.
Episode 24 – From firefighting to flow
A deep dive into an operational routine designed specifically to build that sustainable habit of improvement, the Toyota Kata. The post Episode 24 – From firefighting to flow first appeared on Agile Plays.
Episode 23 – The productivity illusion
Attempts to measure developer performance seem inevitably to lead to conflict. Why is productivity such a challenging concept? And why specifically in software development? The post Episode 23 – The productivity illusion first appeared on Agile Plays.
Episode 22 – Lean, waste and bananas
Everything which aligns with the customer need is considered “Value”. The customer will pay for this because the product is addressing the customer need. The post Episode 22 – Lean, waste and bananas first appeared on Agile Plays.
Episode 21 – Management as a service?
Teams should be empowered to make decisions but will not be able to do this unaided. So we should look at what support they will need in order to succeed. The post Episode 21 – Management as a service? first appeared on Agile Plays.
Episode 20 – A common language
It is critically important to get on top of the terminology used and ensure that there is enough consistency across the organization. The post Episode 20 – A common language first appeared on Agile Plays.
Episode 19 – Managing debt
As argued by Cunningham, as soon as you deliver your first code, you have a set of implied commitments. From that point, the code which you have shipped will incur an on-going cost. Effectively you have incurred a debt from releasing that code. The post Episode 19 – Managing debt first appeared on Agile Plays.
Episode 18 – Feedback for Excellence
As leaders, we focus on feedback to help people to do better. But how should we deliver feedback to be most effective? The post Episode 18 – Feedback for Excellence first appeared on Agile Plays.
Episode 17 – Motivating Agile teams
Scientific Management sees workers as inherently unmotivated. Given an option the worker will avoid or minimise.. The post Episode 17 – Motivating Agile teams first appeared on Agile Plays.