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Arguing Agile
We're arguing about agile so that you don't have to!
We seek to better prepare you to deal with real-life challenges by presenting both sides of the real arguments you will encounter in your professional career.
On this podcast, working professionals explore topics and learnings from their experiences and share the stories of Agilists at all stages of their careers. We seek to do so while maintaining an unbiased position from any financial interest.
Episodes
224 episodes
AA224 - QA is the Bottleneck? | Why Your Testing Team Isn't the Real Problem
Is your QA team really slowing down delivery, or are they just revealing the cracks in your development process? In this episode of Arguing Agile, we're talking about one of the most persistent myths in software development and reveal why QA te...
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Episode 224
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37:31
AA223 - People Don't Quit Jobs, They Quit Bosses! Part II
People don't quit jobs - they quit bad bosses... OR DO THEY?!? We had so many untouched debate points from our first episode that it would have been a crime - A CRIME - to throw it all away. So we decided to do a part 2! <...
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Episode 223
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37:49
AA222 - People Don't Quit Jobs, They Quit Bosses - Or Do They?
We're challenging the most accepted wisdom in workplace culture - do people really quit bad bosses, or are they really fleeing broken systems?Join Product Manager Brian Orlando and Enterprise Business Agility Coach Om Patel as they enga...
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Episode 222
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50:22
AA221 - Steve Jobs' Radical Decision-Making: Why Consensus Beats Disagree & Commit
Steve Jobs once said he'd rather fire someone than force them to buy into a decision they disagreed with. This flies in the face of popular leadership advice like Amazon's "disagree and commit" philosophy. In this episode, we dive deep into Job...
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Episode 221
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52:56
AA220 - Why Finance is Everyone's Job: The Hidden Truth Behind Product Failures
Last episode, we talked about Instant Pot's failure via financial engineering that most product teams may never see coming.In this episode, we explore why financial literacy should be a core competency for product teams, not something l...
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Episode 220
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44:59
AA219 - How Private Equity Killed Instant Pot (And Why Your Product Could Be Next)
Instant Pot had $300M+ revenue, passionate users, and $100M cash on hand. So why did they file for bankruptcy? The answer lies in the pattern of how private equity systematically destroys beloved products through finan...
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Episode 219
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1:06:06
AA218 - Palantir's Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Revolution or Rebrand?
Today we're examining Palantir's "Forward Deployed Software Engineers" - and separating fact from the hype!Everything old is new again! Move over companies that have been doing this for decades such as SAP, IBM, and countless consulting...
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Episode 218
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37:27
AA217 - Extreme Ownership: Military Leadership Lessons for Professionals
Today, we're delivering a not-your-typical-leadership-book review: "Extreme Ownership" by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin!Ed Martin joins hosts Product Manager Brian Orlando and Enterprise Business Agility Coach Om Patel for a chapter-by-c...
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Episode 217
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1:32:51
AA216 - New Scrum Guide Expansion: Revolutionary Update or Unnecessary Complexity?
The Scrum community is buzzing about a new 55-page expansion to the Scrum Guide. Is this the depth practitioners have been asking for, or is it turning the lightweight framework into bloatware? In this episode, Enterprise Business A...
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Episode 216
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57:38
AA215 - Why One-on-Ones Still Matter and Why You Should Have Them
Jensen Huang has 60 direct reports and does no 1:1s, so neither should you - right?!? Product Manager Brian Orlando and Enterprise Business Agility Coach Om Patel examine NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang's claim that he champions "radical tr...
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Episode 215
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42:35
AA214 - Vibe Coding: New Dystopian World or Just Another Tool?
We're talking about either the terrifying or totally mundane new world of "vibe coding" - using AI to generate code without deep technical expertise. Joining Product Manager Brian Orlando and Enterprise Business Agility Coach Om Pat...
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Episode 214
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52:39
AA213 - Being a Good Engineer Kinda Sucks (Reaction)
Do you want to hear a story about stifling growth and creativity through the lens of one developer's personal story?You're in luck! Join Product Manager Brian Orlando and Enterprise Business Agility Coach Om Patel as they wa...
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Episode 213
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53:02
AA212 - Peak Product Management | Product Competencies
Who coaches PMs if Directors or CPOs don't understand how features get built? ...or don't understand how to build a strategy?Join Product Manager Brian Orlando and Enterprise Business Agility Coach Om Patel as we analyze Ravi...
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Episode 212
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46:44
AA211 - Communication Is Product's Only Job, OR IS IT?
Listen or watch as Enterprise Business Agility Coach Om Patel and Product Manager Brian Orlando debate whether communication is the primary function of product managers. We explore how and if PMs can balance effective communication ...
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Episode 211
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55:03
AA210 - The Need for (Engineering) Speed!
Ever been in a meeting where an executive decrees: "Engineering needs to go faster!" without any nuance or understanding of the underlying issues?What a coincidence - so have we!!!Listen or watch as Product Manager Brian Orlando a...
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Episode 210
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39:03
AA209 - Asking for What You Need: The Superpower of High Performers
Discover why the ability to ask for what you need is a critical skill that separates high performers from average ones. Join Enterprise Business Agility Coach Om Patel and Product Manager Brian Orlando as we explore the "how and why...
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Season 1
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Episode 209
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55:46
AA208 - Jamie Dimon's Rant: Leadership Lessons on Trust and Effectiveness
We're listening to each and every painful, cringeworthy word from Jamie Dimon's recent rant about remote work. Join Enterprise Business Agility Coach Om Patel and Product Manager Brian Orlando as they explore the tension between com...
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Episode 208
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45:22
AA207 - Innovation: It's Someone Else's Job?
Should innovation be outsourced to specialized teams, or integrated into your existing product teams? That's what Enterprise Business Agility Coach Om Patel and Product Manager Brian Orlando are debating today! Listen as...
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Season 1
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Episode 207
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46:05
AA206 - Reacting to Lenny's Podcast with Melissa Perri on Agile, Scrum, and SAFe
Product Manager Brian Orlando and Enterprise Business Agility Coach Om Patel are listening and reacting to Melissa Perri on Lenny's Podcast as she makes claims about product management, agile, frameworks, and why most companies struggle with pr...
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Episode 206
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AA205 - Debating Impact vs. Visibility in Product Management
We're exploring the false dichotomy between being good at your job and being seen as valuable by leadership!The framework for this conversation was an eye-opening yet brutally honest post about the tactics one product manager claims to u...
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Episode 205
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AA204 - Domain Expertise vs. PM Skills: Product Management Showdown
Is it better to hire someone with deep domain expertise and teach them product management, or to bring in an experienced PM who can learn the domain? Today, we're debating the strengths and weaknesses of both approaches across criti...
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Episode 204
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AA203 - Hating on Agile: Developer Frustrations with Agile
We're exploring the growing anti-Agile sentiment among developers as the agile-industrial complex has stitched together a grotesque imitation of what was once a vibrant movement. Like Frankenstein's creation, what began with noble i...
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Episode 203
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AA202 - Dual Track Development (aka. Dual Track Agile): Helpful or Harmful?
We're taking a critical look at the Double Diamond model, aka. Dual Track Development, aka. Dual Track Agile.This widely-adopted model might be leading leadership and/or teams astray, so we're taking some time to explore its limitations...
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Episode 202
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51:07
AA201 - Mastering Stakeholder Communication & Management
If communicating with stakeholders on a regular basis is part of your work and you're looking to improve your stakeholder management skills, this is your podcast. We promise you'll learn practical strategies for effective stakeholde...
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Episode 201
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48:29
AA200 - 20 Years in Tech: Lessons Learned
In this podcast, two tech industry veterans reflect and share candid insights from 20 years of navigating the ever-changing world of tech and software development. Join Product Manager Brian Orlando and Enterprise Business Agility Coach...
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Episode 200
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