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YDS: Our Product Owner Won't Create a Sprint Goal!
Ryan and Todd discuss a common issue in Scrum where a product owner is unwilling to create a sprint goal. They suggest that it may be due to outside pressure and suggest approaching the problem with empathy and understanding. They recommend understanding the root cause of the product owner's frustration,... Read more
Mar 21, 2023
YDS: What are Some Good User Story Slicing Techniques?
Ryan and Todd suggest various techniques for slicing stories in software development, including breaking down acceptance criteria and slicing by persona, data, workflow, features, business rules, and interfaces. He recommends starting with Neil Killick's work on value-focused slicing and mentions a future slicing class. ⏩ Check out Neil's video here:... Read more
Mar 21, 2023
YDS: What are the Best Agile Books for a New Scrum Master?
Ryan and Todd suggest their own book, "Fixing Your Scrum," which could be suitable for someone who wants to learn about Agile software development and become a Scrum Master. They also recommend checking out the Scrum Guide, "Scrum Mastery" by Geoff Watts, and the Agile for Humans YouTube channel for... Read more
Mar 21, 2023
Breaking the SAFe: Deconstructing PI Planning
Breaking the SAFe with Yuval Yeret and Ryan Ripley ⏩ Join Ryan and Todd for a Scrum.org course: https://buytickets.at/agileforhumansllc Todd and Ryan also co-authored a book - Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems. 👉 Buy Fixing Your Scrum at Amazon: https://amzn.to/3BMvkcX ✅Subscribe to our Channel to learn... Read more
Mar 21, 2023
Breaking the SAFe: Ken Schwaber's "UnSAFE at any Speed" Post
Breaking the SAFe with Yuval Yeret and Ryan Ripley ⏩ Join Ryan and Todd for a Scrum.org course: https://buytickets.at/agileforhumansllc Todd and Ryan also co-authored a book - Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems. 👉 Buy Fixing Your Scrum at Amazon: https://amzn.to/3BMvkcX ✅Subscribe to our Channel to learn... Read more
Mar 21, 2023
YDS: How Do Flow Metrics in Sprint Planning Work?
The video is about flow metrics in Sprint Planning on a Scrum Team. The speaker is joined by Pratik Singh, Head of Learning and Development at ProKanban.org, to discuss how flow metrics can be used in Sprint Planning. Todd and Ryan mention that many people have debated the usefulness of... Read more
Mar 21, 2023
Breaking the SAFe: Reviewing Marty Cagan's Site on SAFe and Scaling Agile
Breaking the SAFe with Yuval Yeret and Ryan Ripley  ⏩ Join Ryan and Todd for a Scrum.org course: https://buytickets.at/agileforhumansllc Todd and Ryan also co-authored a book - Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems. 👉 Buy Fixing Your Scrum at Amazon: https://amzn.to/3BMvkcX ✅Subscribe to our Channel to learn... Read more
Mar 21, 2023
YDS: Should We Track Business Value as We Would Velocity?
Todd and Ryan discuss tracking business value as a metric similar to velocity. They believe that measuring business value is essential for understanding the success of products and that evidence-based management is a good approach. They also suggest that metrics such as cycle time, throughput, and item age may be... Read more
Mar 21, 2023
Breaking the SAFe: Why Did SAFe Break the Product Owner Role?
⏩ Join Ryan and Todd for a Scrum.org's course: https://buytickets.at/agileforhumansllc 🔥 This Professional Scrum online training course introduces you to the principle of facilitation and gives you a fast path to Scrum Event facilitation and certification. This is the best first step you can take down your path to facilitation... Read more
Mar 10, 2023
YDS: What's Up with the Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills Course?
The Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills Course is a one-day class that focuses on teaching facilitation techniques in the context of being a Scrum Master. The course covers various attributes of facilitation, including facilitating ideas into consensus, and looks at ways to effectively facilitate Scrum events. The course is designed to... Read more
Mar 10, 2023
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Ryan is committed to helping teams break the cycle of “bad Scrum” so they can deliver valuable software that delights their customers. The host of “Agile for Humans,” the top agile podcast on iTunes, Ryan lives in Indiana with his wife, Kristin, and three children.

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