AP40 - Interview with Agile Coach: Caurie Waddell

On this episode, Brian Orlando and Om Patel sit down with our favorite Agile Coach - Caurie Waddell. We talk through topics such as having a rockstar vs. collaborator team member, dealing with management, Scrum Masters having (or not having) technical skills, as well as negative and positive experiences in Product.

0:00 Intro
0:32 We Only Hire Rockstars
3:25 Example of a Dysfunctional Rockstar
7:19 Management Interference (and what it looks like)
11:11 Choose Your Agility Battles
16:50 Team on an Island
19:45 How NOT to "Go Agile"
22:20 SM without Technical Experience
26:00 Technical Skill to Avoid Blockers
29:37 POs without Domain Knowledge
32:21 Dividing the PO and PM Roles
36:46 Problem with Discovery
42:53 B2B vs. B2C, a Usabity Story
48:29 Not Realizing You Are a Change-Agent
51:47 Negative Experiences
57:04 Wrap-Up

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AP40 - Interview with Agile Coach: Caurie Waddell