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You can find Canton Coders here: https://cantoncoders.org Canton Coders on Slack: https://cantoncoders.slack.com/ssb/redirect Canton Coders on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CantonCoders References: FIND ALL THE EPISODES FOR THIS SERIES AT THE SERIES PAGE. The post 165 Level up your life with Canton Coders first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

im Benson’s Personal Kanban: Mapping Work | Navigating Life https://www.amazon.com/Personal-Kanban-Mapping-Work-Navigating/dp/1453802266 Jim Benson’s Why Limit WIP: We Are Drowning In Work https://www.amazon.com/Why-Limit-WIP-Drowning-MemeMachine/dp/0989081230/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=limit+wip&qid=1632608045&sr=8-2 Jim Benson’s Why Plans Fail: Cognitive Bias, Decision Making, and Your Business https://www.amazon.com/Why-Plans-Fail-Business-MemeMachine/dp/0989081222/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=why+plans+fail&qid=1632605280&sr=8-2  Maritza van den Heuvel, Joanne Ho, and Jim Benson, Beyond Agile: Tales of Continuous Improvement https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0989081214/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i6 Jim Benson’s training company that […] The post 163 How Jim Benson used pair collaboration across twelve individuals to help save the planet, and did it in a week first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

Jim Benson’s Personal Kanban: Mapping Work | Navigating Life https://www.amazon.com/Personal-Kanban-Mapping-Work-Navigating/dp/1453802266 Jim Benson’s Why Limit WIP: We Are Drowning In Work https://www.amazon.com/Why-Limit-WIP-Drowning-MemeMachine/dp/0989081230/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=limit+wip&qid=1632608045&sr=8-2 Jim Benson’s Why Plans Fail: Cognitive Bias, Decision Making, and Your Business https://www.amazon.com/Why-Plans-Fail-Business-MemeMachine/dp/0989081222/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=why+plans+fail&qid=1632605280&sr=8-2  Maritza van den Heuvel, Joanne Ho, and Jim Benson, Beyond Agile: Tales of Continuous Improvement https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0989081214/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i6 Jim Benson’s training company that […] The post 162 Jim Benson’s Authorship about Improvement first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

This is the second series of Agile Framework Fight night.  This fight night was hosted in Seattle by Beyond Agile.  Like the first Agile Framework Fight Night, we brought together another winning panel of experts to represent the frameworks of DA, Fast Agile, LeSS, and SaFE.  Agile Framework Fight Night, the SECOND SERIES happened at […] The post 161 Audience battles panelist with questions about scaling Agile in big companies, during Agile Framework Fight Night #2 first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

This is the second series of Agile Framework Fight night.  This fight night was hosted in Seattle by Beyond Agile.  Like the first Agile Framework Fight Night, we brought together another winning panel of experts to represent the frameworks of DA, Fast Agile, LeSS, and SaFE.  Agile Framework Fight Night, the SECOND SERIES happened at […] The post 160 What is the typical organizational impact of adopting your framework?, question destroyed by panelists during Agile Framework Fight Night #2 first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

This is the second series of Agile Framework Fight night.  This fight night was hosted in Seattle by Beyond Agile.  Like the first Agile Framework Fight Night, we brought together another winning panel of experts to represent the frameworks of DA, Fast Agile, LeSS, and SaFE.  Agile Framework Fight Night, the SECOND SERIES happened at […] The post 159 Audience Invades the Ring to talk about Mastery during Agile Framework Fight Night #2 first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

This is the second series of Agile Framework Fight night.  This fight night was hosted in Seattle by Beyond Agile.  Like the first Agile Framework Fight Night, we brought together another winning panel of experts to represent the frameworks of DA, Fast Agile, LeSS, and SaFE.  Agile Framework Fight Night, the SECOND SERIES happened at […] The post 158 How do you know/decide when to create another team?, Panelists take each other to the ropes on this during Agile Framework Fight Night #2 first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

This is the second series of Agile Framework Fight night.  This fight night was hosted in Seattle by Beyond Agile.  Like the first Agile Framework Fight Night, we brought together another winning panel of experts to represent the frameworks of DA, Fast Agile, LeSS, and SaFE.  Agile Framework Fight Night, the SECOND SERIES happened at Beyond Agile, transmitted […] The post 157 How does your framework manage dependencies? , Panelists destroyed each other about this during Agile Framework Fight Night #2 first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

This is the second series of Agile Framework Fight night.  This fight night was hosted in Seattle by Beyond Agile.  Like the first Agile Framework Fight Night, we brought together another winning panel of experts to represent the frameworks of DA, Fast Agile, LeSS, and SaFE.  Agile Framework Fight Night, the SECOND SERIES happened at […] The post 156 How can teams go beyond what is prescribed in the framework, Battled over during Agile Framework Fight Night #2 first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

This is the first episode of the second bout (series) of Agile Framework Fight night. This fight night was hosted in Seattle by Beyond Agile. Like the first Agile Framework Fight Night, we brought together another winning panel of experts to represent the frameworks of DA, Fast Agile, LeSS, and SaFE. This second bout happened at Beyond […] The post 155 What’s a single MUST DO for your framework, asked during Agile Framework Fight Night bout #2 first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

154 How a Product Manager’s role is different than a Product Owner tags: UX, design, user interface testing, requirements, waterfall, Agile, kanban, digital lead, digital, strategy, product manager, product owner Denise Lodge is a digital lead at EPAM: https://www.linkedin.com/in/denise-sparhawk-lodge/ Here is a model of Denise’s Discovery board: Discovery Board —————————————————————————————————————– | Opportunity Queue   | Ready to […] The post 154 How a Product Manager’s role is different than a Product Owner first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

Denise Lodge is a digital lead at EPAM: https://www.linkedin.com/in/denise-sparhawk-lodge/ Here is a model of Denise’s Discovery board: Discovery Board —————————————————————————————————————– | Opportunity Queue   | Ready to Research | Doing (research) | Ready to Groom | Doing (grooming) | Ready to Build | ——————————————————————————————————————– Below is an actual pic of Denise’s Discovery board: Find all […] The post 153 Tips For Designers who are New to Agile first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

Denise Lodge is a digital lead at EPAM: https://www.linkedin.com/in/denise-sparhawk-lodge/ Here is a model of Denise’s Discovery board: Discovery Board —————————————————————————————————————– | Opportunity Queue   | Ready to Research | Doing (research) | Ready to Groom | Doing (grooming) | Ready to Build | ——————————————————————————————————————– Below is an actual pic of Denise’s Discovery board: Find all […] The post 152 Roles of UX, Product Manager, and Product Owner first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

Denise Lodge is a digital lead at EPAM: https://www.linkedin.com/in/denise-sparhawk-lodge/ Find all the episodes for this series at the series page. The post 151 Designer Denise Lodge walks us through the DISCOVERY Board first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

Denise Lodge is a digital lead at EPAM: https://www.linkedin.com/in/denise-sparhawk-lodge/ Find all the episodes for this series at the series page. The post 150 Going from 6-9 months of design documentation to a Sprint first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

Aleks Somlev can be contacted via twitter: @ASomlev FIND ALL THE EPISODES FOR THIS SERIES AT THE SERIES PAGE. Coding Stories is here: http://CodingStories.io The post 149 How to Author coding stories on CodingStories.io first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

Aleks Somlev can be contacted via twitter: @ASomlev Coding Stories is here: http://CodingStories.io FIND ALL THE EPISODES FOR THIS SERIES AT THE SERIES PAGE. The post 148 CodingStories.io levels up Developers first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

Lee Ackerman’s article: https://medium.com/digit-l/teaching-tdd-experiences-in-pivoting-a285aab82835 Lee Akerman’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ackermanlee/ Sunil Srivastava LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sunil-srivastava/ Sunil’s email: [email protected] TDD Gurus: https://tddgurus.weebly.com Agile Thoughts episode where Sunil Srivastava is interviewed about TDD Gurus: https://agilenoir.biz/podcast/tdd-guru/ Agile Thoughts has many episodes on the topic of TDD that are suitable for managers and members of development teams. The Agile Thoughts TDD Series […] The post 147 What would you do differently the NEXT time you do a TDD Transformation at Scale? first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

Lee Ackerman’s article: https://medium.com/digit-l/teaching-tdd-experiences-in-pivoting-a285aab82835 TDD Gurus: https://tddgurus.weebly.com Agile Thoughts episode where Sunil Srivastava is interviewed about TDD Gurus: https://agilenoir.biz/podcast/tdd-guru/ Agile Thoughts has many episodes on the topic of TDD that are suitable for managers and members of development teams. The Agile Thoughts TDD Series (https://agilenoir.biz/en/agilethoughts/test-driven-development-series/) will take you through: •the test automation pyramid,  •why TDD […] The post 146 Getting Teams to own their TDD Transformation first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

Lee Ackerman’s article: https://medium.com/digit-l/teaching-tdd-experiences-in-pivoting-a285aab82835 TDD Gurus: https://tddgurus.weebly.com Agile Thoughts episode where Sunil Srivastava is interviewed about TDD Gurus: https://agilenoir.biz/podcast/tdd-guru/ Agile Thoughts has many episodes on the topic of TDD that are suitable for managers and members of development teams. The Agile Thoughts TDD Series (https://agilenoir.biz/en/agilethoughts/test-driven-development-series/) will take you through: •the test automation pyramid,  •why TDD […] The post 145 Scaling Tech Coaching via Apprentice Team Coaches first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

Lee Ackerman’s article: https://medium.com/digit-l/teaching-tdd-experiences-in-pivoting-a285aab82835 TDD Gurus: https://tddgurus.weebly.com Agile Thoughts episode where Sunil Srivastava is interviewed about TDD Gurus: https://agilenoir.biz/podcast/tdd-guru/ Agile Thoughts has many episodes on the topic of TDD that are suitable for managers and members of development teams. The Agile Thoughts TDD Series will take you through: the test automation pyramid,  why TDD is […] The post 144 How Scaled TDD Coaching got Traction at a Fortune 50 Enterprise first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

Lee Ackerman’s article: https://medium.com/digit-l/teaching-tdd-experiences-in-pivoting-a285aab82835 TDD Gurus: https://tddgurus.weebly.com Agile Thoughts episode where Sunil Srivastava is interviewed about TDD Gurus: https://agilenoir.biz/podcast/tdd-guru/ Agile Thoughts as more episodes about TDD that are suitable for managers and members of development teams: The TDD Series will take you through the test automation pyramid, why TDD is critical for development teams, and […] The post 143 TDD Enterprise Rollout with one Tech Coach first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

A short video on Story Mapping: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_4SchJgAI4 A long video on Story Mapping: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyGRdC27QqY An article about Story Mapping: https://cardboardit.com/2018/10/user-story-mapping-for-beginners/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAs5eCBhCBARIsAEhk4r6ng6CKuQy9sd8ucsLYNF73dllsQHhpM_K5FjzWDCH65HGW_l38E8gaAvRXEALw_wcB FIND ALL THE EPISODES FOR THIS SERIES AT THE SERIES PAGE. The post 142 How Brett Dusek does Design work With Agile Teams first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

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Flyway DB migration automation: https://flywaydb.org utPLSQL, a unit test framework for PLSQL developers: http://utplsql.org If you’re interested in having Lancer write an article for doing test driven PLSQL development with the above tools, encourage him by sending him a tweet: http://Twitter.com/LancerKind Some sound effects were used from the following FreeSound.org users: Robinhood76, zagi2 FIND ALL […] The post 139 Katas for DB Developers and Administrators first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

Anadi recommends these devops katas: https://www.katacoda.com The periodic table of devops: https://digital.ai/periodic-table-of-devops-tools Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) trail map: https://github.com/cncf/landscape/blob/master/README.md#trail-map Coding Stories (more focused on Dev at this time, but you can contribute others): https://codingstories.io/about Some sound effects were used from the following FreeSound.org users: Robinhood76, zagi2 FIND ALL THE EPISODES FOR THIS SERIES AT THE […] The post 138 What Katas should devs start with, what katas should sysops start with, and what about Network Engineers? first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

Anadi recommends these devops katas: https://www.katacoda.com Some sound effects were used from the following FreeSound.org users: Robinhood76, zagi2 FIND ALL THE EPISODES FOR THIS SERIES AT THE SERIES PAGE. The post 137 Devops Quandary: stay with Task Oriented Shell Scripts or learn High Level Programing Languages first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

Anadi recommends these devops katas: https://www.katacoda.com Some sound effects were used from the following FreeSound.org users: Robinhood76, zagi2 FIND ALL THE EPISODES FOR THIS SERIES AT THE SERIES PAGE. The post 136 Automating Infrastructure: Test Drive Outcomes before Developing Automation first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

Anadi recommends these devops katas: https://www.katacoda.com Some sound effects were used from the following FreeSound.org users: Robinhood76, zagi2 Lisa is a co-author of Testing eXtreme Programing: https://www.amazon.com/Testing-Extreme-Programming-Lisa-Crispin/dp/0321113551 FIND ALL THE EPISODES FOR THIS SERIES AT THE SERIES PAGE. The post 135 Katas for DevOps with Anadi Misra first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

Lisa Crispin is a founder of the Agile Testing Fellowship: https://agiletestingfellow.com Lisa is a co-author of Testing eXtreme Programing: https://www.amazon.com/Testing-Extreme-Programming-Lisa-Crispin/dp/0321113551 Other mentions: Accelerate book recommended by Lisa for Testers to read: https://itrevolution.com/book/accelerate/ Test Automation University course by Lisa Crispin: https://testautomationu.applitools.com/test-automation-in-devops/ Leading Quality book recommended by Lisa to prepare you to speak the language of business […] The post 134 Continuous Delivery is about Testing, Lisa Crispin first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

Lisa Crispin is a founder of the Agile Testing Fellowship: https://agiletestingfellow.com Lisa is a co-author of Testing eXtreme Programing: https://www.amazon.com/Testing-Extreme-Programming-Lisa-Crispin/dp/0321113551 Other mentions: The Strangler pattern for legacy code rescue: https://martinfowler.com/bliki/StranglerFigApplication.html FIND ALL THE EPISODES FOR THIS SERIES AT THE SERIES PAGE. The post 133 Why we XP, with Lisa Crispin first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

Lisa Crispin is a founder of the Agile Testing Fellowship: https://agiletestingfellow.com Mentions: Testing eXtreme Programing: https://www.amazon.com/Testing-Extreme-Programming-Lisa-Crispin/dp/0321113551 FIND ALL THE EPISODES FOR THIS SERIES AT THE SERIES PAGE. The post 132 The Tester’s Mental Shift from Quality Boss in Waterfall to Testing in XP, Lisa Crispin first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

Lisa Crispin is a founder of the Agile Testing Fellowship: https://agiletestingfellow.com Mentions: Testing eXtreme Programing: https://www.amazon.com/Testing-Extreme-Programming-Lisa-Crispin/dp/0321113551 FIND ALL THE EPISODES FOR THIS SERIES AT THE SERIES PAGE. The post 131 Lisa Crispin an original eXtreme Programming Tester first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

Kevin Callahan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-callahan-mspod/ Kevin on Twitter: @changesteward Kevin’s company is Interaction Agility: https://www.interactionagility.com Mentioned in this episode: Principles for Designers When shared across teams, the designer plans for near 70% utilization, 30% slack time. Deliver insight rather than artifacts. A designer has empathy for end user so the result is something the market wants AND […] The post 130 Designers and Agile: Principles to getting Great Design Results first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

Kevin Callahan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-callahan-mspod/ Kevin on Twitter: @changesteward Kevin’s company is Interaction Agility: https://www.interactionagility.com Kevin Callahan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-callahan-mspod/ Kevin on Twitter: @changesteward Kevin’s company is Interaction Agility: https://www.interactionagility.com Mentioned in this episode: Balsamic rapid prototyping software: https://balsamiq.com Real Options theory: An enjoyable illustration of options theory is the graphic business novel COMMITMENT: https://www.amazon.com/Commitment-Novel-about-Managing-Project/dp/9462410038 An article about Real […] The post 129 Designers and Agile: When Heroic Prototyping Wags the Dog first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

Kevin Callahan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-callahan-mspod/ Kevin on Twitter: @changesteward Kevin’s company is Interaction Agility: https://www.interactionagility.com FIND ALL THE EPISODES FOR THIS SERIES AT THE SERIES PAGE. The post 128 Designers and Agile: What is a Designer? first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

Tools mentioned in this episode: Dred : https://dredd.org/en/latest/ Tools mentioned in this series: Montebank for testing APIs via over the wire test doubles: http://www.mbtest.org/docs/api/overview Jargon: Virtual Service – this is a network endpoint that is a mock up of a real service, however it is simple, fast to launch, and can be setup and controlled […] The post 127 How to get started with Contract Testing first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

Mentioned in the episode: Montebank for testing APIs via over the wire test doubles: http://www.mbtest.org/docs/api/overview Jargon: Virtual Service – this is a network endpoint that is a mock up of a real service, however it is simple, fast to launch, and can be setup and controlled from test automation code. Provider – the service that […] The post 126 Tests to TEST Tests? Bryan Finster explains himself! first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

Jargon: Virtual Service – this is a network endpoint that is a mock up of a real service, however it is simple, fast to launch, and can be setup and controlled from test automation code. Provider – the service that is creating information Consumer – the client that is consuming information from a Provider. The […] The post 125 How to Contract Test a new API Produced by a Team in a Different Department first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

Jargon: Virtual Service – this is a network endpoint that is a mock up of a real service, however it is simple, fast to launch, and can be setup and controlled from test automation code. Provider – the service that is creating information Consumer – the client that is consuming information from a Provider. The […] The post 124 Test Automation with Virtual Servers first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

Jargon: Static Mock – this is a simple mock object, also referred to as a stub. Virtual Service – this is a network endpoint that is a mock up of a real service, however it is simple, fast to launch, and can be setup and controlled from test automation code. Provider – the service that […] The post 123 Contract Testing—The Difference between Provider Tests and Consumer Tests first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

Bryan Finster is a software engineer who leads a DevOps Dojo a large enterprise. You can contact him on Twitter: @BryanFinster or on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-finster/ Bryan writes on Medium about all things DevOps: https://medium.com/@bdfinst Contract Testing, per Martin Fowler https://www.martinfowler.com/bliki/ContractTest.html Integration testing per Martin Fowler https://martinfowler.com/bliki/IntegrationTest.html FIND ALL THE EPISODES FOR THIS SERIES AT THE SERIES […] The post 122 Contract Testing with Bryan Finster first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

Here is Geof Ellingham’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/geofellingham/ The paper we are discussing, Geof’s paper, is here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/human-centric-agility-coaching-geof-ellingham/?trackingId= You can find Geof’s other work at these places: https://www.geofellingham.com/ and https://www.humancentricagility.org/ Leadership Agility®360 https://www.cambriaconsulting.com/leadership-agility-360/ The post 121 How Agile Coaches can applying Human-Centric Agility’s Model first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

The paper we are discussing, Geof’s paper, is here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/human-centric-agility-coaching-geof-ellingham/?trackingId= You can find Geof’s other work at these places: https://www.geofellingham.com/ and https://www.humancentricagility.org/ Leadership Agility®360 https://www.cambriaconsulting.com/leadership-agility-360/ The post 120 Human-Centric Agility, Developmental Stage Coaching Model first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

The paper we are discussing, Geof’s paper, is here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/human-centric-agility-coaching-geof-ellingham/?trackingId= You can find Geof’s other work at these places: https://www.geofellingham.com/ and https://www.humancentricagility.org/ 1. The expert paradox Clients hire agile coaches in large part because of their expertise in agile, yet coaching orthodoxy suggests that domain expertise is of low value. The result of this paradox is […] The post 119 Paradoxes in Wonderland, with Geof Ellingham first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

The paper we are discussing, Geof’s paper, is here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/human-centric-agility-coaching-geof-ellingham/?trackingId= You can find Geof’s other work at these places: https://www.geofellingham.com/ and https://www.humancentricagility.org/ The post 118 Agile in Wonderland: Human Centric Coaching, with Geof Ellingham first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

Contact Mike at: [email protected] Full SAFe framework defined here: https://www.scaledagileframework.com/# The post 117 Does SAFe make doing Behavior Driven Development Hard? first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

Examples Mapping by Matt Wynne https://cucumber.io/blog/bdd/example-mapping-introduction/ INVEST User Stories: https://agileforall.com/new-to-agile-invest-in-good-user-stories/ How to use Three Amigos with BDD: https://automationpanda.com/2017/02/20/the-behavior-driven-three-amigos/ The post 116 Systems Thinking on BDD and SAFe first appeared on Agile Thoughts.

Define full SAFe framework https://www.scaledagileframework.com/# Examples Mapping by Matt Wynne https://cucumber.io/blog/bdd/example-mapping-introduction/ INVEST User Stories: https://agileforall.com/new-to-agile-invest-in-good-user-stories/ How to use Three Amigos with BDD: https://automationpanda.com/2017/02/20/the-behavior-driven-three-amigos/ The post 115 Behavior Driven Development at Scale with SAFe first appeared on Agile Thoughts.