John Sextro is a husband and father of four with a passion for agile development, mobile development and podcasting. John specializes in helping organizations adopt agile and lean development principles to improve quality and efficiency. John wrote his first program at age twelve and has been addicted to computers, technology and gadgets ever since. When John doesn’t have his nose buried in his computer you can find him podcasting, speaking at user group meetings, attending conferences or talking to anyone that will stand still long enough to listen to him wax on about these topics. When he has free time John loves relaxing with his family.
John Sextro has hosted 88 Episodes.
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Episode 67: Death by Charts (Code Coverage)
November 23rd, 2014 | 51 mins 26 secs
The holy practice of measuring code coverage: http://www.stickyminds.com/article/code-coverage-silver-bullet
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Episode 66: Standups
November 16th, 2014 | 47 mins 44 secs
Effective standups Purpose all about communication and commitment not about status updates
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Episode 65: Checklists (Education & Code Reviews)
November 3rd, 2014 | 1 hr 6 mins
College/University what they should teach? Code Reviews Do you need to do code reviews when pairing? How much time should you spend on a code review?
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Episode 64: Anything that is Sacred is Not Agile (Scrum)
October 5th, 2014 | 1 hr 9 mins
Why Scrum Should Basically Just Die in a Fire
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Episode 63: A Team of A-Holes (Servant Leadership)
September 21st, 2014 | 1 hr 1 min
Demystifying Servant Leadership
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Episode 61: I’m Still Being a Jerk (Bullying in the Workplace)
September 7th, 2014 | 57 mins 56 secs
Bullying in the workplace
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Episode 60: Wine Will Fix My Problems (Following Through on your Retros)
August 31st, 2014 | 54 mins 30 secs
Capturing Retro Notes
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Episode 59: Center of Amos Excellence (Writing Stories)
August 24th, 2014 | 57 mins 18 secs
Writing great stories
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Episode 58: Splitting, Slicing and Breaking Down Stories
August 3rd, 2014 | 44 mins 54 secs
The importance of slicing stories
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Episode 57: I’ve Got a Story to Tell Ya (PMs in Agile)
July 20th, 2014 | 58 mins 7 secs
What is the role of the Project Manager in the “agile” world?
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Episode 56: Talking Out of Both Ends (Product Ownership)
July 13th, 2014 | 57 mins 25 secs
How do Product Owners Fit on a Team
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Episode 55: They Can’t All Be Blockbusters
June 29th, 2014 | 48 mins 16 secs
Is the “whole team approach” attainable?
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Episode 54: Tice is Immune to Sarcasm (Good to Great)
June 22nd, 2014 | 52 mins 43 secs
Agile…Good to Great John’s Recommendation
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Episode 52: This Agile Gaming Life on the Charles River (Agile Games 2014)
June 8th, 2014 | 52 mins 57 secs
Agile Games 2014 Jason summarizing the games session by Chris Simms and Laura Powers