#33 Mob Programming with Woody Zuill
February 01, 2023 • 40 minutes
Join Woody Zuill and Brian Milner as they discuss the benefits of teams working together through Mob Programming.
Agile Mentors Podcast
Practical advice for making agile work in the real world
The Agile Mentors podcast is for agilists of all levels. Whether you’re new to agile and Scrum or have years of experience, listen in to find answers to your questions and new ways to succeed with agile.
About Your Host
Brian Milner is Senior VP of Agile Training at Mountain Goat Software. Each episode features a guest co-host to discuss different aspects of agile as well as address your questions.
Latest Episodes
#32: Scrum in High School Sports with Cort Sharp
January 25, 2023 • 34 minutes
Join Cort Sharp and Brian Milner as they discuss experimenting with Scrum in other out-of-the-box environments, including how Cort uses it to train the high school swim team he coaches.
#31: Starting Strong: Tips for Successfully Starting with a New Organization with Julie Chickering
January 18, 2023 • 35 minutes
Join Julie Chickering and Brian Milner as they discuss strategies you can use to get started on the right foot with your new organization.
#30: How to Get the Best Out of the New Year with Lance Dacy
January 11, 2023 • 29 minutes
Join Lance Dacy and Brian Milner as they discuss how to get the best out of the new year.
#29: Influencing Up with Scott Dunn
December 21, 2022 • 30 minutes
Join Scott Dunn and Brian Milner as they discuss how to influence up, including the tools you can use to overcome difficulties and step into a partnership with the influential people in your organization for influence that creates lasting change.
#28: The Most Valuable Books for Leadership, Learning, and Sharing with Julie Chickering
December 14, 2022 • 34 minutes
Julie Chickering sits down with Brian to share the best gift books for the Scrum masters in your life.
#27: Leading Without Blame with Tricia Broderick
December 07, 2022 • 32 minutes
Tricia Broderick joins Brian to discuss how to lead without blame.
#26: How Getting to Small Helps Teams Get Things Done with Lance Dacy
November 30, 2022 • 35 minutes
Lance Dacy joins Brian to discuss breaking down stories to get things done.
#25: Scaling with Henrik Kniberg
November 16, 2022 • 37 minutes
Henrik Kniberg joins Brian to talk about creating the Spotify Model.
#24: How Agile Organizations Respond to Challenging Economic Times with Scott Dunn
November 09, 2022 • 34 minutes
Scott Dunn joins Brian to talk about how Agile teams and organizations respond in difficult economic times.
#23 How Agile Works in Education with John Miller
November 02, 2022 • 36 minutes
John Miller joins Brian to talk about Agile in the classroom.
#22: How to Create Helpful Product Roadmaps with Roman Pichler
October 26, 2022 • 44 minutes
Roman Pichler joins Brian to talk about Product Roadmaps.
#21: Agile Marketing Teams with Stacey Ackerman
October 19, 2022 • 31 minutes
Brian speaks with Stacey Ackerman about working with Marketing teams using Agile.
#20: Best of Coaching Calls with Mike Cohn
October 05, 2022 • 31 minutes
Mike and Brian take audience questions in the “best of” from the Agile Mentors Community’s monthly coaching calls.
#19: How does project management work in Agile? with Julie Chickering
September 28, 2022 • 38 minutes
This week, Brian Milner is joined by Julie Chickering to talk about the wild world of Project Management.
#18: Coaching in an Agile world with Lyssa Adkins
September 21, 2022 • 34 minutes
Lyssa Adkins joins Brian to talk about the wonderful world of Agile coaching.
#17: Getting There From Here: Agile Transformations with David Hawks
September 14, 2022 • 40 minutes
David Hawks joins Brian to discuss the process of an organization becoming Agile.
#16: Quality: The Hidden Secret Ingredient with Mitch Lacey
September 07, 2022 • 31 minutes
Mitch Lacey joins Brian to talk about building quality into our work.
#15: Answering Questions from Quora with Brian Milner
August 31, 2022 • 36 minutes
Brian takes some of the most popular questions about Scrum from Quora.com and answers them.
#14: What does it mean to be Product-Centric? With Scott Dunn
August 24, 2022 • 40 minutes
Scott Dunn joins Brian to talk about what it means to be product-centric
#13: What does cross-functional really mean?
August 17, 2022 • 45 minutes
Lance Dacy joins Brian to dig into cross-functionality.
#12: Kanban with Kert Peterson
August 10, 2022 • 29 minutes
Kert joins Brian again to talk about Kanban
#11: Estimating in Agile with Mike Cohn
August 03, 2022 • 34 minutes
Brian and Mike talk about why and how to use Story Points in estimating.
#10: Why User Stories are the Best Way to Capture Requirements with Mike Cohn
July 27, 2022 • 35 minutes
Brian and Mike talk about how to capture requirements with User Stories.
#9: Scrum Artifacts with Kert Peterson
July 20, 2022 • 40 minutes
Brian and Kert talk about the final component of the Scrum Framework - Artifacts.