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Essence with Ivar Jacobson
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Ivar Jacobson about Essence; a standard to develop patterns and pattern libraries that is being used by Scrum, SAFE, Lean and Kanban organisations. We discuss object oriented software engineering, use cases, UML, RUP, Essence and AI assisted method coaching. Join us to hear from one of the founders of the software engineering industry.
The Art of Action with Stephen Bungay
Join Murray Robinson, Shane Gibson, and special guest Stephen Bungay to discuss how military principles like “Mission Command” can be applied to manage teams effectively in uncertain conditions.
Empowering teams to take initiative with Jose Corella
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they dive into a discussion with Jose Corella on how leadership principles from the US Air Force can find applications in civilian organisations.
Recoding America with Jennifer Pahlka
Join hosts Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Jen Pahlka, founder of Code for America and author of "Recoding America". They discuss the current challenges faced by governments...
Product thinking and user story mapping with Jeff Patton
Join hosts Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Jeff Patton, an advocate of agile and lean ways of working and author of the book “User Story Mapping.” In this episode, we focus on the concepts of product thinking and user story mapping.
Amazons product development process with Ryan Lysne
Join hosts Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they sit down with special guest Ryan Lysne, a Product Director at Amazon, responsible for the Amazon app, the content creator economy, and worldwide...
Working with executives with Peter Lam
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they discuss the nuances of agile transformations with management consultant expert, Peter Lam. We delve deep into: 🔹 The value and effectiveness of...
Can you be an agile project manager with Jem Jelly
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they delve into a comprehensive discussion on agile project management with certified scrum trainer, Jem ‘Jelly’ D’jalel.
From the Wild West to Agile and Beyond with Jim Highsmith
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Jim Highsmith, one of the authors of the Agile Manifesto. Take a journey through the history of software development, from the wild west to structured methods and the emergence of the agile movement.
Modern Product Management with Pawel Huryn
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Pawel Huryn about product management. What it is, and isn’t? How to motivate teams and what makes a product succeed. We discuss the difference between product management, which focuses on discovery and project management, which focuses on delivery. And how to do both at the same time in one empowered product team. We talk about how you can become a product manager and the best product management tools to use. Join us as we uncover valuable insights to help you succeed in this critical role.
Scrum Anti Patterns with Stefan Wolpers
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Stefan Wolpers about scrum anti-patterns. Explore common anti-patterns, such as scrum masters assigning tasks to disempowered teams, and...
What really happened at Spotify with Brendan Marsh
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they converse with Brendan Marsh about his experience working at Spotify. Understand how Spotify's agile methodologies aim to achieve speed to market and...
Fundamentals of product management with Roman Pichler
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they delve into the fundamentals of product management with Roman Pichler, renowned author of 'Agile Product Management with Scrum'. Topics we'll explore in...
The agile brand has been destroyed by con men and clowns with Brett Maytom and Michael Kusters
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they take a critical look at the current state of the agile industry with guests Michael Kusters and Brett Maytom. In this episode, we address: 🔸 The...
Bring back business analysis with Howard Podeswa
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they dive into the world of agile business analysis with guest Howard Podeswa. In this episode, we'll uncover: 🔸 The role and value of a business analyst 🔸...
How to make better decisions using Ammerse with Jonathan Crossland
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they talk with veteran developer, Jonathan Crossland about Ammerse, a value based decision making guide for products and teams. Ammerse is a mnemonic for...
The problem with sales led development with Rich Mironov
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they talk with Rich Mironov about the problem with sales led development. It's easy for B2B enterprise companies to fall into a sales lead development model...
UX Design in empowered product teams with Donna Spencer
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they talk with Donna Spencer from Maker X about user experience design in empowered product teams. We discuss user research, information architecture, and...
Pattern Libraries for knowledge work with Al Shalloway
Join hosts Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Al Shalloway, the founder of Amplio, as they discuss the re-emergence of pattern libraries in the realm of knowledge work. In this...
Kanban and the Collaboration Equation with Jim Benson
Join hosts Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in conversation with Jim Benson, renowned author of "Personal Kanban," as they delve into his new book, "The Collaboration Equation." In this episode: Jim...
agile innovation
Join hosts Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they share their unique insights and experiences with startups, scale-ups, venture capitalists, and corporate innovation. In this episode: We delve...
Mission command with Eric Lopez
Join hosts Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in an intriguing conversation with special guest Eric Lopez, a seasoned management consultant, CEO, and retired US Army Colonel who commanded troops in...
Continuous discovery with Teresa Torres
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they converse with special guest, Teresa Torres, a renowned product coach, speaker, and author of "Continuous Discovery Habits." In this episode: Torres...
The lean product development playbook with Dan Olsen
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Dan Olson, author of the lean product development playbook. A practical guide to building products that customers love. Most new products...
ProductOps with Anabela Cesario
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Anabela Cesário VP of product ops at OutSystems, a low code development platform. Anabela describes what product ops is and how her team...
Jonathan Hall – implementing continuous delivery
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Jonathan Hall about implementing Continuous Delivery. CI/CD requires a level of test automation that seems impossible for most...
Jeff Gothelf – Lean UX and Sense and Respond
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Jeff Gothelf about Lean UX and Sense and Respond. Lean UX explains how to do UX design and product development in a highly agile way.
Adam Thomas – product survival metrics
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Adam Thomas about Product Survival Metrics. Empower the product team to make decisions quickly in uncertain situations by negotiating...
Christian Crumlish – the intersection between UX design and product management
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Christian Crumlish about the intersection between UX Design and Product Management.
Agile project management and leadership with Willem-Jan Ageling
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they engage in an insightful conversation with Willem-Jan Ageling on agile project management and leadership.
Understand the importance of a goal-oriented leader who supports and empowers their team, and the common anti-patterns to avoid.
Bryan Finster – continuous delivery
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Bryan Finster about Continuous Delivery and SAFe. Continuous delivery improves quality, productivity, value, and developers’ lives
Product Management with Scott Baldwin
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Scott Baldwin about product management
Chris Butler – agile product management
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Chris Butler about agile Product Management at Microsoft, Facebook and Google. Three core things, that product managers should do.
Matthew Skelton – Team Topologies
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Matthew Skelton about Team topologies.
Sandy Mamoli – Building great teams
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Sandy Mamoli about building great teams. Why do some teams perform well and others perform poorly.
Simon Wardley – Wardley maps
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Simon Wardley about Wardley maps. Wardely maps are a discussion tool that surfaces assumptions about competitive landscapes.
Assessing agile capability
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation about assessing the agile capability of individuals, teams and partners.
Tony Ulwick – Outcome driven innovation
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation about Outcome-Driven Innovation with Tony Ulwick. Most products fail in the market because they don’t meet customers’ needs better than the alternatives
Debbie Levitt – UX design
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation about UX design with Debbie Levitt. UX Design is research based information architecture and interaction design that requires deep expertise.
Tom Gilb – Software metrics
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation about Software Metrics with Tom Gilb. Tom Gilb inspired the authors of the Agile manifesto with his innovative incremental and scientific approach to Software Engineering. In this podcast we talk about Evo and Value Agile.
Todd Lankford – Agile anti patterns
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation about Agile anti patterns with Todd Lankford. Patterns are common solutions to common problems.
Erik de Bos – Agile is a paradigm shift
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation about Agile as a paradigm shift with Erik de Bos. Most organisations are slow moving bureaucracies defined by authoritarian hierarchies, rules and contracts. Agile is a completely new way of thinking and a new vocabulary which makes new concepts and information available.
Team Skills vs Roles
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation about effective agile product teams. T-shaped people. Should everyone be a developer? Are specialised roles useful?
Agile and flow with Staffan Noteberg
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Staffan Noteberg about Agile and Flow. Agile is about adapting to unexpected change.
Mary and Tom Poppendieck – Lean software development
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Mary and Tom Poppendieck about Lean and Software Development. Organizations have queues because they don’t care about the customer.
Bruce Taylor – Working with offshore teams
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Bruce Taylor about working with offshore teams in developing countries. Why do people send their work offshore? Cost or talent? Is it cheaper to send work offshore or not?
Kyle Griffin – Uncertainty, complexity and change
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Kyle Griffin about uncertainty, complexity and change. Our requirements are probably wrong. So show people and build small bets. Our plan...
agile 2 with Raj Nagappan
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson for a conversation with Raj Nagappan on using Agile 2 to create awesome products.
Lisa Crispin – Holistic testing
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Lisa Crispin on Holistic Testing. Build quality in. Continuous testing for continuous delivery.
LeSS with Bas Vodde
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Bas Vodde on LeSS. LeSS is true Scrum at Scale not just at the team level.
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