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Troubleshooting Agile

Troubleshooting Agile

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Troubleshooting Agile is a problem-solving session for agile teams. Jeffrey Fredrick and Douglas Squirrel look at common problems agile teams face and provide practical, immediately useful advice for getting back on track.All rights reserved Economics
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  • Why You Should Shift-Right Your Testing

    Why You Should Shift-Right Your Testing
    Jun 4 2026
    Are your software tests a beautiful work of fiction? In this episode of Troubleshooting Agile, Squirrel and Jeffrey question the obsession with "shift left" and instead make the case for shifting right i.e. testing right in production where the real world happens. Join us for a discussion on AI logging, Etsy's continuous real-world tests, and why keeping your code in a sterile sandbox is costing you money. Links: CITCON 2026 Discussion “Why shift-right is a great approach for testing” https://citconf.com/wiki/index.php?title=Why_shift-right_is_a_great_approach_for_testing - CITCON: https://citconf.com/ -------------------------------------------------- You'll find free videos and practice material, plus our book Agile Conversations, at agileconversations.com And we'd love to hear any thoughts, ideas, or feedback you have about the show: email us at info@agileconversations.com -------------------------------------------------- About Your Hosts Douglas Squirrel and Jeffrey Fredrick joined forces at TIM Group in 2013, where they studied and practised the art of management through difficult conversations. Over a decade later, they remain united in their passion for growing profitable organisations through better communication. Squirrel is an advisor, author, keynote speaker, coach, and consultant, and he's helped over 300 companies of all sizes make huge, profitable improvements in their culture, skills, and processes. You can find out more about his work here: douglassquirrel.com/index.html Jeffrey is Vice President of Engineering at ION Analytics, Organiser at CITCON, the Continuous Integration and Testing Conference, and is an accomplished author and speaker. You can connect with him here: www.linkedin.com/in/jfredrick/
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    20 mins
  • When shouldn’t you use AI?

    When shouldn’t you use AI?
    May 27 2026
    Are you treating your AI like an expert consultant or an overly enthusiastic intern? In this week’s episode of Troubleshooting Agile, we’re Live from CITCON:AI in Helsinki, Finland, unpacking the critical boundaries of AI ownership and risk. Join us to learn why AI doesn't create new problems, it just accelerates our old ones, and why you need human "centaurs" to maintain accountability when real money is on the line. Links - CITCON:AI 2026 sessions: https://citconf.com/wiki/index.php?title=CITCONEurope2026Sessions - System 1 vs System 2: https://fs.blog/daniel-kahneman-the-two-systems/ - KYC: Know Your Client: https://www.bitsaboutmoney.com/archive/kyc-and-aml-beyond-the-acronyms/ -------------------------------------------------- You'll find free videos and practice material, plus our book Agile Conversations, at agileconversations.com And we'd love to hear any thoughts, ideas, or feedback you have about the show: email us at info@agileconversations.com -------------------------------------------------- About Your Hosts Douglas Squirrel and Jeffrey Fredrick joined forces at TIM Group in 2013, where they studied and practised the art of management through difficult conversations. Over a decade later, they remain united in their passion for growing profitable organisations through better communication. Squirrel is an advisor, author, keynote speaker, coach, and consultant, and he's helped over 300 companies of all sizes make huge, profitable improvements in their culture, skills, and processes. You can find out more about his work here: douglassquirrel.com/index.html Jeffrey is Vice President of Engineering at ION Analytics, Organiser at CITCON, the Continuous Integration and Testing Conference, and is an accomplished author and speaker. You can connect with him here: www.linkedin.com/in/jfredrick/
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    19 mins
  • Learning From The Lizardmen Questions

    Learning From The Lizardmen Questions
    May 20 2026
    Are you answering questions instead of questioning assumptions? Because you might be missing your biggest product wins! In this episode, Squirrel and Jefrey discuss why the best response to a client or user question is sometimes mu - unasking the question entirely. Join us to hear about Gojko Adzic's "lizard optimization" (and what 4% of the population believing in lizardmen has to do with your software), how the photo-sharing site Flickr was created entirely by mistake, and our own recent user-interface nightmare trying to record this very podcast. Links - “Don’t Answer The Question First:” https://lalitm.com/post/dont-answer-the-first-question/ - Lizard Optimization: https://gojko.net/books/lizard-optimization/ - Lizardman’s Constant: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lizardman%27s_Constant - CITCON:AI Helsinki: https://citconf.com/helsinki2026/ -------------------------------------------------- You'll find free videos and practice material, plus our book Agile Conversations, at agileconversations.com And we'd love to hear any thoughts, ideas, or feedback you have about the show: email us at info@agileconversations.com -------------------------------------------------- About Your Hosts Douglas Squirrel and Jeffrey Fredrick joined forces at TIM Group in 2013, where they studied and practised the art of management through difficult conversations. Over a decade later, they remain united in their passion for growing profitable organisations through better communication. Squirrel is an advisor, author, keynote speaker, coach, and consultant, and he's helped over 300 companies of all sizes make huge, profitable improvements in their culture, skills, and processes. You can find out more about his work here: douglassquirrel.com/index.html Jeffrey is Vice President of Engineering at ION Analytics, Organiser at CITCON, the Continuous Integration and Testing Conference, and is an accomplished author and speaker. You can connect with him here: www.linkedin.com/in/jfredrick/
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    15 mins
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