Podcasts and Videos
Podcasts
60 Steps in the Right Direction
A simple exercise that explains the natural formation of self-organizing teams.
How to get your meetings to start on time
This is companion piece to the article: Meeting Agenda #1 - Start on Time!
Non-IT Uses of Agile
A discussion on Agile in various environments.
Asking the Right Questions to Get to the Root of the Problem
This is a companion piece to the article: Questions You Should Ask
“The Agile World”
Michele Sliger discusses “The Agile World” and what it means to today’s project managers on R. Camper Bull’s Project Leadership Podcast series.
NUMMI (Toyota & General Motors joint venture)
From NPR's "This American Life," this is the story of the plant created by the joint venture of Toyota and General Motors (NUMMI). It's a great first-hand narration of how dysfunctional teams can become high-performing teams simply by changing the system they must work in. And how, if management doesn't buy in to the new methods, it can all fall apart again.
Videos
A Day in the Life of a Scrum Team
A six minute video in fast-forward showing one day in the life of a Scrum team. Note the paired programming, daily scrum, and collaboration.
Agile in the Waterfall Enterprise
In large organizations, it’s simply not practical to just "flip a switch" and have your IT department start doing agile all at once. In these situations, agile pilot teams and non-agile teams/departments find themselves having to figure out how to work together during the transition.
Light Bulb Moments in Agile
Michele Sliger presents stories about how agile adoption has affected people and how it has changed individuals--their perceptions of agile, their leadership styles, and even their personal lives.
Webinars
Selling Agile: How to Get Buy-In From Your Team, Your Customer, and Your Management
This presentation looks at questions surrounding how to best sell agile in your organization. From VersionOne’s "Agile101" webinar series.
Being a PMP and an Agile Project Manager – Can You Do Both?
Michele Sliger and Stacia Broderick give this presentation for the PMI ITT-SIG.
Agile Project Management for PMPs
This presentation is aimed at traditionally trained software project managers who are new to agile. From VersionOne's "Agile Project Management" webinar series.
Begin with Values
In this presentation, the importance of values and the role they play in driving behavior will be discussed. From VersionOne's "Agile Best Practices" webinar series.
Agile Fun
Scrum Team Removes Impediment
A melodrama/silent film parody complete with monkey impersonation and guest starring the Managing Director of the Scrum Alliance
High Moon Studios: A Portrait – Scrum
A gaming company with a great sense of humor adopts Scrum.
There’s No Crying in Retrospectives!
Agile Rule -- a parody of the "man rule" beer commercials.
Being Agile is Our Favorite Thing
Sing along!
The Dysfunctional Daily Scrum
With cast members in black turtlenecks in homage to Ken Schwaber’s style of choice.
Metrics Drill Sergeant (Real Men of Agile Genius)
A parody of yet another beer commercial, this video from VersionOne pokes fun at the Agile Drill Sergeant, who forces his dev team to run laps until they meet his metric goals.