David Hussman, building physiological safety, sprint planning, useful metrics, and best practices for release planning

In this episode we (01:07) A few words on the passing of David Hussman, (03:14) Agile Narrative Project: How do we build physiological safety in companies, (20:11) What is the benefit of waiting until Sprint Planning to task out a story instead of doing it in a Grooming session when the team is larger, (26:40) What are useful metrics to show leadership, Leadership wants to see metrics. (32:18) What is a best practice around Agile release planning, and (43:16) Can agile adoption on one team be different from another team.

Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction
• 1:33 A few words on the passing of David Hussman
• 3:40 Agile Narrative Project: How do we build a safe work environment?
• 20:37 What is a best practice around agile release planning? How are others doing this? Is anyone pre-planning sprints in advance to provide an overall roadmap?
• 27:06 Can agile adoption on one team be different from another team? When an organization is transitioning to agile, what rules should all teams follow?
• 32:44 What is the benefit of waiting until Sprint Planning to task out a story instead of doing it in a Grooming session when the team is larger?
• 43:42 Leadership wants to see metrics. While Velocity is an easy metric to show, it does not tell them anything of value. What metrics are best to give them?
• 51:37 Wrap up