Drunk Agile
Technology Podcasts
Dan Vacanti and Prateek Singh drink whisk(e)y and discuss various facets of agile software development. From scotch to bourbon and from metrics to human behaviour, we cover it all.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Technology Podcasts
Description:
Dan Vacanti and Prateek Singh drink whisk(e)y and discuss various facets of agile software development. From scotch to bourbon and from metrics to human behaviour, we cover it all.
Language:
English
Episodes
Episode 87 - The In Progress Column
5/2/2024
Does your board have an 'In Progress' column? #Nisha thinks that is not a great idea. Find out why on the latest episode of DrunkAgile.
Duration:00:09:42
Episode 86 - Product Roles Focus On The Wrong Things
4/22/2024
#Nisha, Dan, and Prateek are back talking about product and flow. How the most common Agile frameworks have misguided people in product roles and had them focus on the wrong things. Find out more in the latest episode of DrunkAgile.
Duration:00:12:09
Episode 85 - How Do You Manage A Product Backlog
3/25/2024
Nisha, Dan, and Prateek discuss the best strategy for managing a product backlog.
Duration:00:01:05
Episode 84 - Why Do You Hate Agile
3/11/2024
"Why do you hate Agile?" Nisha loves Agile, but do Dan and Prateek? Find out in the latest episode of #DrunkAgile.
Duration:00:21:49
Episode 83 - Return Of The Colleen
2/13/2024
Colleen Johnson visits Nisha, Dan, and Prateek to discuss what is coming up for ProKanban.org. They talk about the various roles like Scrum Mastesr, managers, and team leads who can be better equipped to help teams succeed. As Agile roles keep getting put on the chopping block, how can learning more about kanban and flow help you stand out?
Duration:00:25:55
Episode 82 - Year End Wrap Up 2023
12/31/2023
#Nisha, Dan, and Prateek wrap up 2023 by looking back at our most-watched episodes of 2023 (released and watched in 2023). Which ones were your favourites? Were there topics you were expecting to see that we did not cover?
Duration:00:18:53
Episode 81 - What If The VoP Matches The VoC
12/31/2023
What happens when you have reduced cycle time to the point that it matches your customer's needs? Should you try to reduce cycle time further? #Nisha, Daniel Vacanti, and Prateek Singh discuss this in the latest episode of #DrunkAgile.
Duration:00:08:00
Episode 80 - Voice Of The Process Vs Voice Of The Customer
12/12/2023
#Nisha, Dan, and Prateek explain the ideas of the Voice of the Process and the Voice of the Customer. Is your Sprint length VoP or VoC?
Duration:00:12:49
Episode 79 - Dependency Elimination Over Dependency Management
12/5/2023
#Nisha, Dan, and Prateek talk about all the problems with dependency management. How focusing on dependency elimination instead, can produce better results. All that, with a good dose of rambling thrown in.
Duration:00:27:14
Episode 78 - Just In Time Over Prioritization
10/30/2023
Which prioritization technique do you use? Does it even matter? Is ordering your backlog waste (Yes, it is)? What if you could save all the time you spend prioritizing and still get better results? #Nisha, Dan, and Prateek discuss how Just in Time decisions and limiting WIP are far superior to having a prioritized backlog, in the latest #DrunkAgile episode.
Duration:00:19:15
Episode 77 - Stable Systems Over Planning
10/24/2023
#Nisha, Dan, and Prateek cover their preference for creating stable systems over spending time in planning sessions. What does planning have to do with Dante's circles of hell? If Agile is about continuously learning, can you really plan in advance what you will get done?
Duration:00:22:47
Episode 76 - Change Mapping With Chris McDermott
10/17/2023
Chris McDermott stops by to talk to Nisha, Dan, and Prateek about Change Mapping. How do you look at your practices in context to figure out what to keep, improve, or discard? Come find out in this episode of #DrunkAgile. Also: Happy Birthday Nisha!
Duration:00:44:00
Episode 75 - Team Size
9/13/2023
Nisha, Dan, and Prateek discuss the dogma that agile teams have to be small. They discuss their own experiences of working on large teams that were very effective, efficient, and predictable.
Duration:00:11:48
Episode 74 - Timeboxes, Risk, And Complexity
9/8/2023
Dan and Prateek stick to the same whiskey and the same topic from the previous episode - Timeboxes. This time though we go deeper into the risk and complexity associated with them. Particularly in #Agile environments. #Nisha is as active as ever, on this latest episode of #DrunkAgile.
Duration:00:12:48
Episode 73 - Arbritary Timeboxes
9/8/2023
#Nisha, Dan, and Prateek are back after a bit of a break. The latest episode of #DrunkAgile is brought to you by the word 'Arbitrary'. From the OED: 'arbitrary, adj. & n. - Derived from mere opinion or preference; not based on the nature of things'
Duration:00:16:19
Episode 72 - Variability And Statistical Distributions
9/8/2023
Does variability directly imply that your data is distributed in some manner? How important is it to figure out which distribution your data follows? Are you even analyzing your data if you are not using a cubic spline? Nisha, Dan, and Prateek discuss.
Duration:00:12:54
Episode 71 - Variability - The Two Mistakes
7/10/2023
Does your team get done with work early? Or does your team get done with work a few days late? Are these problems to be addressed? Is it really a problem that your #scrum team got done with the #Sprint goal on day 10 of a 14-day sprint? What if they look like they will get done on day 16? Do you know what are the 'Two Mistakes' according to Shewhart? #Nisha, Daniel Vacanti and I talk about these in this week's episode of #DrunkAgile.
Duration:00:15:35
Episode 70 - Variability
7/10/2023
Episode 70 of #DrunkAgile is a start of a 3-part(at least) series on Variability. #Nisha, Dan, and Prateek start off with a high-level introduction to what the word variability means in our context.
Duration:00:10:42
Episode 69 - Invest Vs First
7/10/2023
In episode 69 of #DrunkAgile, #Nisha, Dan, and Prateek talk through a replacement for INVEST as work-item splitting criteria. Re-emphasizing our preference for right-sizing and feedback over value and estimation.
Duration:00:14:26
Episode 68 - Blockers Outside The Team's Control
5/30/2023
Nisha, Dan, and Prateek answer an audience question about how to deal with blockers that are outside the team's control. They take a little detour into Little's Law as well.
Duration:00:15:12