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Dysfunction Mapping with Michael Lloyd
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Michael Lloyd about dysfunction mapping.
Whether you are new to the agile world or a seasoned professional, you’ll find valuable insights as we delve into understanding team dynamics, honing the coaching process. And the essential principle of iterative hypothesis testing. Join us as we learned the power of mapping dysfunctions to unveil powerful solutions in agile environments.
2024 the year of the Intelligent Data Platform
AI was the buzzword for 2023 and it will continue to be the buzzword for 2024.
I have been thinking about our approach to AI in our product for a while and landed on 3 patterns that I use as a reference.
Ask AI
Assisted AI
Automated AI
Adopting these patterns moves a data platform from being a manual data platform, towards a data platform that can do some of the data work for you.
An Intelligent Data Platform.
Developing digital products in China with Bianca Grizhar
In this episode, we talk to Bianca Grizhar about developing digital products in China. We discuss the cultural differences between Germany and China, and how Scrum improved team collaboration. We talk about the benefits of working directly with people offshore in cross functional, cross organisational teams. Whether you’re a product manager or a developer, this episode is packed with practical advice that will help you work more successfully with your offshore teams.
The 3 patterns of AgileData AI
Having AI embedded in your product have become table stakes it seems.
I have been thinking about our approach to AI in our product for a while and landed on 3 patterns that I use as a reference.
Ask AI
Assisted AI
Automated AI
Knowledge Graphs with Juan Sequeda
Dive deep into the world of knowledge graphs with Juan Sequeda on the Agile Data Podcast, hosted by Shane Gibson. Explore key insights from Juan’s journey in computer science, his pivotal role in semantic web development, and the transformative power of knowledge graphs in data integration. Discover how these technologies are reshaping the landscape of data management and the exciting future prospects with the advent of Large Language Models (LLMs). Tune in to understand the practical applications, challenges, and the future of knowledge graphs in enterprise data strategy.
Data Storytelling with Kat Greenbrook
Explore the Art of Data Storytelling with Kat Greenbrook on the Agile Data Podcast. Dive into Kat’s transformative journey from aspiring vet to a data storytelling expert, and discover the power of the ABT (And, But, Therefore) narrative framework in conveying compelling data insights. Uncover common pitfalls and learn crucial differences between data visualization and storytelling. Enhance your business communication skills with practical tips and insights from ‘The Data Storyteller’s Handbook.’ Perfect for professionals in data analytics, business intelligence, and anyone keen to master the art of turning data into impactful stories.
Mobius loop with Gabrielle Benefield
In this episode, we talked with with Gabrielle Benefield, the inventor of the Mobius loop, an outcome focused product development framework. Gabrielle shares her journey in agile product development from Silicon valley to Yahoo. And the importance of focusing on outcomes of outputs and improving decision speed. We discuss why organisations don’t focus on outcomes, the problem with contracts and scaling an outcome based approach. And finally, we talk about how you can use an experimental approach to bring an outcome driven, focus to your organisation.
Demystifying CDP’s vs. Data Warehouse’s
In this article we describe the concepts of Customer Data Platforms (CDP) versus Data Warehouses.
The magic of DocOps
TD:LR Patterns like DocOps provide massive value by increasing collaboration across team members and automating manual tasks. But it still requires a high level of technical skills to work in a DocOps way. For the AgileData App and Platform, we want to delvier those...
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Reducing Manual Effort, Everywhere, Every-time
Some tasks seem really small and only take minutes, but multiply that effort by completing that task a hundred times and you have found a task that should be automated. Collect your data In AgileData we automate the...
Why assumptions are just that
When we first sketched out our plans for AgileData we were pretty clear what AgileData would do and what it wouldn’t do. Those assumptions didn’t last long. Combine with magic We knew we wanted to focus on what we call...
Micro Actions, ensuring a little bit of Magic Happens Here everytime
We are currently doing some work on creating rule patterns that enable us to automagically find duplicate Concept values and create a master view of them. For example creating a master view of Customers, or a master...
Buy, Build or Lease
One of the (many) things we needed to decide when we started to build out the AgileData Minimal Magical Product (MMP), was which capabilities we would build vs which capabilities we would lease or buy. As part of our...
What problem(s) does AgileData solve?
This should be an easy one for me to answer right? Understand the customers problem first We get told in startup land that you need to understand the customers problem in-depth, before you start building your product....
Flying the airplane while building it – Jan Sheppard
Join Shane and Blair as they chat with Jan Sheppard about the experience of building a new agile way of working while still ensuring you are delivering data and analytical value to your stakeholders.
Why we chose Google Cloud as the infrastructure platform for AgileData
Pick a few things that really matter, not thousands of “requirements” We when first started developing the core of the AgileData backend for the MVP, we knew we would need a cloud database to store...
Why we founded AgileData
My co-founder Nigel and I have been working in the data and analytics domain for over 30 years (well I have, he is slightly younger). We have both held multiple roles through these years, Nigel primarily in the...
Leading agile data at scale – Chris La Grange
Join Shane and Blair as they chat with Chris La Grange about leading agile data teams in large organisations.
A DataOps and Data Science Journey
Join Shane as he chats to Hamish and Liam in a pub in the middle of the North Island about their journey to adopting a way of working that combines DataOps with Data Science.
Maturing product owner capability
Join Shane and Blair as they chat amongst themselves on maturing the product owner capability.
Prototype to Production – Gerhard DeBeer
Join Shane and Blair as they chat with Gerhard DeBeer on moving prototypes to production in an agile way.
Innovation iteration
Join Shane and Blair as they chat amongst themselves on their experience running innovation iterations.
The art of Business Agility – Andy Cooper
Join Shane and Blair as they chat to Andy Cooper on his experience working with senior executives to help them introduce Business Agility to their organisations.Guests Andy CooperBlair TemperoShane GibsonResources...
Tips for a New Scrum Master – Blair Tempero
Join Shane and Blair as they chat about tips for up skilling a new scrum masterGuests Blair TemperoShane GibsonResources Subscribe | Apple Podcast | Spotify | Google Podcast | Amazon Audible | TuneIn |...
The art of data story telling – Kat Greenbrook
Join Shane and Blair as they chat to Kat Greenbrook on her experience doing and training teams on Data Story telling.
The Life of a Awesome Product Owner – Hiria Te Rangi
Join Shane and Blair as they chat to Hiria Te Rangi on her experience of being and coaching awesome product owners.Guests Hiria Te RangiBlair TemperoShane GibsonResources Find out more about Hiria's social enterprise...
Adopting the AgileData Way of Working – Sam Sewell
Join Shane and Blair as they chat to Sam Sewell on his experience adopting the AgileData way of working as part of building a new agile team.
Thoughts of a new Scrum Master – Juan Dione
Join Shane and Blair as they chat to Juan Dione on his experience as a new scrum masterGuests Juan Dione Blair Tempero Shane GibsonResources Subscribe | Apple Podcast | Spotify | Google Podcast | Amazon Audible...
Google BigQuery – Online Training resources
As part of our journey to exploring the use of the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) as the core of our infrastructure for AgileData.io we have had to start unlearning a lot of our AWS and Microsoft Azure knowledge and...
Its 2019 – Isn’t the Data Warehouse dead?
With the advent of self-service data discovery tools and big data platforms, the bold announcements of "the data warehouse is dead" started to ring out around the world. So why, you would ask, are we building a new...