Casandra Minichiello–Agile Coaching Senior Advisor for Cigna–joins us for this episode of The 1:1 Podcast.
We talk about the emotional roots of the Agile Manifesto, how Agile has been misapplied, and what it looks like when Agile coaching is done right. We also reminisce about the joy of using a physical Kanban board.
0:00 - Intro
2:50 - Where Agility started for Casandra (reminiscing about 2005 WebMD)
11:37 - Agile is NOT a project management methodology
14:13 - PMI / Scrum Alliance merger
15:48 - How upper management can support Agile teams
20:38 - The joys of a physical Kanban board
24:44 - Some Agile history / terminology
33:14 - Evolving Agile to work better in hybrid and remote environments
43:15 - Signs a company isn’t really Agile
45:47 - Doing Agile vs. being Agile
52:32 - Why Casandra prefers Kanban over Scrum
56:48 - Agile pet peeves
1:03:27 - One small change a leader can make to foster more agility
1:08:32 - Final thoughts
Takeaways:
* Agile is NOT dead, contrary to what you might have read on LinkedIn. But it is evolving to adapt to a software industry which has undergone many changes since the Agile Manifesto was written in 2001.
* Agile is NOT a project management framework, which makes the Scrum Alliance merger with PMI confusing and frustrating
* Kanban is the best Agile methodology for most people (sorry Scrum)