In the second of a two-part series, Johan Abildskov of Eficode has a conversation with Jeffrey and Squirrel about tools for using conversations to implement agile and DevOps methods, including Test-Driven Development for People (aka the Ladder of Inference).
 
SHOW LINKS:
- Eficode: https://www.eficode.com/
- TDD for People: https://www.douglassquirrel.com/how-i-work.html

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A Conversation with Johan, Part II

Troubleshooting Checklists

Checklists are a great way to capture learning in any organisation, but sometimes they don't work - why not? A recent study of hospitals with varying levels of success in adopting checklists helps us reflect on similar adoption challenges for agile methods.

SHOW LINKS:
- Checklist article from Nature: https://www.nature.com/news/hospital-checklists-are-meant-to-save-lives-so-why-do-they-often-fail-1.18057 

- Agile principle 12 on reflection and improvement: https://www.agilealliance.org/agile101/12-principles-behind-the-agile-manifesto/ 

- Atul Gawande's The Checklist Manifesto: http://atulgawande.com/book/the-checklist-manifesto/

- Ignaz Semmelweis, promoter of hand-washing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Semmelweis 

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Troubleshooting Checklists

Alistair Cockburn gets us thinking about how agile methods are spreading, even to non-software teams like sales. Further, we bring in the idea of Wardley Mapping to see how, ironically, this very spread can lead to the conclusion that agile development is headed for the dustbin, but conclude (phew!) that agile methods have a healthy future.

Apologies for a minor audio problem about 12 minutes in.

SHOW LINKS:

- Alistair Cockburn says Agile isn't dead: https://heartofagile.com/agile-is-not-dead-quite-the-opposite/

- Moore, Crossing the Chasm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossing_the_Chasm

- Sheridan, Joy, Inc.: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Joy-Inc-Built-Workplace-People/dp/1591847125

- Wardley Maps: https://www.slideshare.net/swardley/an-introduction-to-wardley-maps

- Previous episode on Agile beyond software: https://soundcloud.com/troubleshootingagile/agile-outside-software-teams

- Heresy.io: https://heresy.io/ 

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