The Delivery Space

Scrum or Kanban? Does it have to be choice?

🚀A fresh episode of The Delivery Space podcast has landed, featuring our stellar guest, Helen Meek!🚀Scrum Masters & Agile Coaches! Do you ever feel like there's more you could do to boost your team's performance? The title "Scrum Master" may suggest a sole emphasis on Scrum, but that doesn't mean we're restricted from incorporating other methods to elevate team effectiveness. Helen Meek comes on board to discuss how embracing Kanban practices can lead to data-driven insights and unveil team enhancements that'll leave you questioning why you didn't give it a shot earlier 🤯.Helen is an outgoing and driven coach and trainer who is passionate about working with Individuals, teams and organisations on their road to agility. Helen has working with many varied organisations and teams in many different industries and brings this vast wealth of experience and knowledge to her training and coaching.Helen has a holistic approach to coaching operating with individual team members, whole teams, leaders, managers and executives across technical and non-technical departments. You will often find her working with clients on rolling out enterprise level Kanban or Scrum.Helen is proud to be an Accredited Kanban Trainer with the Kanban University (KU) and runs regular classes publicly and privately. Helen is also one of the few people to hold the Train the Trainer title for the KU. Not forgetting her roots Helen is a regular trainer for Agile and Scrum.Helen's Linkedin Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenjmeek/We discussed:1️⃣ Tackling misconceptions directly that it must be either Scrum or Kanban, as if they're in some sort of rivalry, rather than considering their potential to complement one another. (2:08)2️⃣ Helen’s direct experiences of why Scrum teams switch to Kanban practices - the good and the bad (3:21)3️⃣ No framework is a silver bullet. The importance of using your Scrum practice to the fullest extent and not just jumping from one framework to another, but dealing with dysfunctions and challenges as they come up. (6:10)4️⃣ Merging the worlds of the Agile advocates and Senior leadership whose aim is to grow and evolve their businesses (8:01) 5️⃣ Evolving through the Kanban Maturity Model to get consistent results and showing visibility of the flow work through the entire system. (15:00)6️⃣ Helen’s take on securing leadership buy-in when introducing new practices and ways of working. (20:11)Follow the Delivery Space on: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2HW2Ni2 LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-delivery-space/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/delivspace/ Follow Nisha on: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nishajoshi1/ Follow Sharon on: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharon-williams-pmo/

Dysfunction Mapping, Helping Agile Teams Thrive

🗣 Agile Coaches and Scrum Masters play a crucial role in overcoming dysfunctions within Agile teams. These dysfunctions can present as behaviours, or patterns that can hinder teams in their ability to work effectively, collaborate, and deliver business outcomes.⭐️ Michael Lloyd has created #DysfunctionMapping as a means to surface anti-patterns, monitor symptoms and help fellow Scrum Masters and Agile coaches tailor their coaching strategies, to ensure they are making lasting changes, and bringing the most benefit to teams and organisations. 🚀Michael joined us on The Delivery Space to talk about the Dysfunction Mapping method that he’s offering in a workshop format, to equip Agile Coaches and Scrum Masters to solve challenges faced by teams. Michael's Linkedin Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-lloyd-124621177/We discussed:📌 Michael’s motivation for creating Dysfunction Mapping (2:27)📌 Feedback on the Dysfunction Mapping tool from those in the community, that have used it (3:45)📌 Our early experiences as Scrum Masters (15:39)📌 Using the method to form a coaching backlog (25:06)📌 The importance of articulating our value as Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches (27:02)Make sure you follow The Delivery Space for more great episodes like this 🚀Follow the Delivery Space on: Spotify & all other podcast platformshttps://open.spotify.com/show/2HW2Ni2ZAetmzUnqXFbZzD?si=Iwd9zcbtQiCqgGTziY-3Hw&utm_source=copy-link LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/77075379 Instagram ttps://instagram.com/delivspace?utm_medium=copy_linkFollow Nisha on https://www.linkedin.com/in/nishajoshi1/ Follow Sharon on https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharon-williams-pmo/

Automation in the PMO

👉🏽Do you use automation to drive the maximum value in your PMO❔❔Automation allows team members to focus time & energy on the high value activities which in turn can help with more informed decision making from portfolio level to projects, deliver value to customers, boost overall morale and improve job satisfaction & staff retention. 💡We had the opportunity to speak to John McIntyre from Hot PMO 🔥 on all things automation! 🤖John heads up a niche UK project management office (PMO) consultancy, HotPMO, which promises to help organizations “deliver the right things, faster.” He has over 20 years of experience helping organizations deliver projects and programs that deliver business outcomes.You can get in touch with John on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnmcintyrepmo/We discussed:📌 What automation means in a PMO context📌 Where & how automation can add value in PMO’s📌 The link between use of automation tools & improved delivery of projects and programmes📌 Future automation trendsFollow the Delivery Space on: LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/the-delivery-spaceInstagram https://www.instagram.com/delivspace/Follow Nisha on: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nishajoshi1/Follow Sharon on:https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharon-williams-pmo/

The Scrum Master and Product Owner Relationship

If you want to learn more about how the Scrum Master and Product Owner relationship is crucial to high performing teams, this episode is for you !On this episode, we are joined by Maarten DalmijnMaarten has been in the trenches for more than 10 years wearing many hats that are necessary to deliver value. Maarten Dalmijn has worked with many award-winning start-ups, scale-ups and corporations in various roles before taking the leap as an independent Product Management, Agile and Scrum consultant working with companies all over the globe.Maarten believes in 'less, but better'. Product management is about getting the right things done. It is easy to come up with a list of things to add to make something better. It is much harder to decide which things to leave out to make something better.Maarten Dalmijn’s LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maarten-dalmijn/In this podcast we discuss:Examples from Maarten’s own career when the SM and PO relationship has worked wellWhy a sense of play is important to high-performing teamsImpact of Silos on this relationshipScaling and solving dysfunctions in an agile wayScrum Master - does the role name truly represent the function the Scrum Master performs today in the quest to bring more agility into their teams and organizations?Importance of data driven evidence to changes made to the Scrum GuideTips to deal with conflict between Product Owners and Scrum MastersBeing visible at high levels within Organisations to make the bigger impactsFollow the Delivery Space on: Spotify & all other podcast platformshttps://open.spotify.com/show/2HW2Ni2ZAetmzUnqXFbZzD?si=Iwd9zcbtQiCqgGTziY-3Hw&utm_source=copy-link LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/77075379 Instagram ttps://instagram.com/delivspace?utm_medium=copy_linkFollow Nisha on https://www.linkedin.com/in/nishajoshi1/ Follow Sharon on https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharon-williams-pmo/

What Makes an Effective Leader?

What Makes an Effective Leader ? Is it title, status, authority, the impressive salary and benefits, having all the answers or the ability to influence others and help teams work together for the best outcomes ? When life passes you the leadership mantle, what you do with it has a significant impact on the teams you serve.Authentic leadership is truly an inside out job and the ability to self reflect is key.Which qualities do you pull from within yourself to show up for your teams ?Our teams can become our mirrors.As leaders, when we hold ourselves to high standards, our teams get inspired and crush it !This week we are joined by Pete Brown. Pete Brown’s LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pbrown3Pete has been a senior leader for over 25 years, working with global clients across retail, financial, hospitality, logistics, travel, and construction on a vast array of operational and digital transformation programmes. Pete prides himself as being a professional disrupter and has built an impressive reputation in helping organisations reach optimal performance and growth ambitions. In this podcast we discuss:The character traits of a good leader.The different styles of leadership, & what scenarios they are effective.How Leaders can empower the team to also become leaders in their own right.The impact the pandemic has played on leadershipTips for our listeners who want to develop leadership skills and any resources or tools that can help.How a leader can foster diverse thinking to deliver programmes.Follow the Delivery Space on: Spotify & all other podcast platformshttps://open.spotify.com/show/2HW2Ni2ZAetmzUnqXFbZzD?si=Iwd9zcbtQiCqgGTziY-3Hw&utm_source=copy-link LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/77075379 Instagram ttps://instagram.com/delivspace?utm_medium=copy_linkFollow Nisha on https://www.linkedin.com/in/nishajoshi1/ Follow Sharon on https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharon-williams-pmo/

Navigating a career as a parent

If you ever needed advice on how to navigate a progressing career and parenthood, this is the podcast for you!This week we are joined by Jana!Jana is a Project Manager, who has a wealth of experience within the real estate industry and has recently completed an MBA in real estate and construction. Outside of her day job she enjoys spending time with her son, reading, sewing and mentoring young people. As a natural planner Jana strongly believes victory loves preparation so if you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.Jana LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jana-stone-767a2aa4/In this podcast we discussed:✔ How Jana’s career began & how it progressed✔ Some of the adjustments made once she became a parent✔ What the transition was from full time professional to working single parent & dealing with workplace resistance✔ Advice/ tips for other parents that are also progressing their careers✔ Support frameworks✔ Things that companies can do to support working parentsFollow the Delivery Space on: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2HW2Ni2 LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-delivery-space/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/delivspace/ Follow Nisha on: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nishajoshi1/ Follow Sharon on: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharon-williams-pmo/

The Human Experience of Leadership

If you want to learn about the importance of leadership and the role it plays in creating high quality teams, this is the podcast for you!This week we were joined by Gill Bennet who is passionate about conveying the message that leadership responsibility to communicate with impact, doesn’t just lie at the senior levels of organisational structures.Born and raised in Queensland, Australia, Gill has lived and worked in the UK for the last 10 years. She has delivered some of the largest web, app, and back-end projects for the BBC and NewsUK, reaching over 35 million people around the world.Gill builds high-performing, self-organising teams. By drawing upon her own personal journey with leading teams without authority and in mental health, she always puts people at the center of anything she does. Gill Bennet LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gill-bennet-5a49b438 In this podcast we discuss:✔️ The key traits of truly human leaders ✔️Gill’s experiences of leadership ✔️ The part that leadership plays in creating connections and allowing us to form high performing teams ✔️ Gill’s advice for new leadersFollow the Delivery Space on: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2HW2Ni2 LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-delivery-space/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/delivspace/ Follow Nisha on: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nishajoshi1/ Follow Sharon on: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharon-williams-pmo/

Techniques to show your PMO impact

If you want to learn some techniques to show your PMO impact, this is the podcast for you!This week we were joined by Laura BarnardLaura Barnard is a top Global PMO Thought Leader. In 2021 she was named as global PMO influencer of the year. She is a Keynote Speaker, Trainer & Consultant & Founder and CEO of PMO StrategiesLaura’s LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurabarnard/In this podcast we discuss: ✔ Some ways in which PMO’s can transition to focusing on outcomes rather than outputs ✔ Methods in which PMO’s can get a better understanding of the problems the business are facing ✔ Tips so PMO’s can start to have a seat at the table & start to be involved in strategic conversations00:00 Introduction02:17 Some ways in which PMO’s can transition to focusing on outcomes rather than outputs11:17 Methods in which PMO’s can get a better understanding of the business problems16:47 Tips so PMO’s can start to have a seat at the strategy table23:40 Key TakeawaysFollow the Delivery Space on: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2HW2Ni2 LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-delivery-space/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/delivspace/ Follow Nisha on: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nishajoshi1/ Follow Sharon on: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharon-williams-pmo/

Embracing Agility Through Experimentation

If you want to be inspired with ways to encourage agility within your organisation, this is the podcast for you!This week we were joined by Tomasz ‘TK’ Kropiewnicki and Arif BobatTomasz is an experienced Professional Coach, change agent, facilitator and systems thinker with a focus on objective results and Servant Leadership. He strives for congruency while inviting organisations to change with his enthusiasm and humility. He appreciates and respects each organisation as an individual complex and adaptive system with its own culture and history. Arif is a Leadership and Team Coach who enjoys nurturing safe, positive and trusting spaces. He thrives in challenging environments as they are ideal conditions for growth. Arif’s key areas of focus include product management, team culture and supporting leaders through periods of change. In his individual coaching, Arif brings calmness and kindness to his relationships, creating the right environment for clients to find their own path.TK’s LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tkropiewnicki/Arif’s LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arifbobat/In this podcast we discuss:✔The importance of agility for organisations today✔The common pitfalls that we need to be aware of when it comes to increasing agility within our organisations✔The part that leadership plays in encouraging the spirit of experimentation✔Impactful changes within client organisations that ‘TK’ and Arif have worked withFollow the Delivery Space on: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2HW2Ni2 LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-delivery-space/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/delivspace/ Follow Nisha on: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nishajoshi1/ Follow Sharon on: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharon-williams-pmo/

Wellbeing In The Workplace

If you want to learn about Well-being in the workplace, this is the podcast for you!This week we are joined by Nicole Mapleson!With 15+ years experience in Supplier Relationship Management in recruitment & L&D, Nicole has learnt to hone her people skills, increase her emotional intelligence and connect with people from all walks of life.She’s currently working for Philip Morris International and manages their learning vendors, specifically for the Leadership & Coaching categories.Nicole is part of a team of Mental Health Ambassadors within PMI and believes in being mindful and that we all have mental health to take care of. Ensuring we do little things to keep that happiness bucket topped up, is essential for everyone’s wellbeing.Nicole's LinkedIn Profile:https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolemapleson/In this podcast we discuss:✔️ Whether enough is being done to engage, communicate & support Co-workers ✔️ Some of the things those of us working in teams can do to support each others wellbeing in the workplace✔️ Tips to prompt discussion about wellbeing without stigma ✔️ How to encourage people to come forward and speak on wellbeing✔️ What wellbeing tools as individuals can we put in place in day to day stressful situationsFollow the Delivery Space on: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2HW2Ni2 LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-delivery-space/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/delivspace/ Follow Nisha on: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nishajoshi1/ Follow Sharon on: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharon-williams-pmo/