50. Celebrating 50 from Vic’s Apartment

Fifty is the new Thirty! Or should all episodes strive to be as great as Fifty? Either way, it’s a CELEBRATION!

Vic (@AgileCoffee) is joined by Brett Palmer (@brett_palmer), Larry Lawhead (@LarryLawhead) and first-time guest L. Mark Higgins (@LMHiggins1).

Today our heroes discuss the following topics:

• Who sets the agenda for the retrospective?
• Middle Managers and the Agile Transformation
  • check out Em Campbell-Pretty’s “Thawing the Frozen Middle”
• The Agile project manager
• Scrum patterns and community at scrumplop.org
• Brett breaks down some distinctions between SAFe and LESS
  • Craig Larmen is coming back to SoCal: Sept. 12-14 in Tustin, CA
  • Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)

Come join Esther Derby and Don Gray for a two-day “Coaching Beyond the Team” workshop in Costa Mesa, CA. September 13 & 14. Registration info at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/coaching-beyond-the-team-influencing-the-organization-tickets-25695621295

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Come back for episode 51, a conversation between Vic and returning guest Kimberly Brainard (@AgileBrain1). Kim and Vic were recently named co-chairs of the Global SCRUM GATHERING® San Diego 2017. Reach out to Victor (@AgileCoffee), and use the hashtag #tellAgileCoffee to join the conversation.