Greatest Hits: Why Can’t We Ship Today?

About this episode

The episode revisits stories from CITCON in Ghent, exploring reasons why shipping may be delayed.

Why can’t you ship today? In the run-up to the next CITCON:AI in Helsinki, we re-live this previous episode from CITCON in Ghent, back in 2019, where Squirrel and Jeffrey we’re re-telling three interesting stories from the event, all starting with different answers to Jeffrey's question, "Why can't we ship that today?" LINKS: - Value stream mapping: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value-stream_mapping - CITCON notes: https://citconf.com/wiki/index.php?title=WarStoriesAndSuccesses - Poppendieck and Poppendieck, Lean Software Development: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lean-Software-Development-Agile-Toolkit/dp/0321150783 - CITCON:AI in 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…

People in this episode

Hosts: Douglas Squirrel, Jeffrey Fredrick

Topics covered

• shipping challenges
• agile practices
• value stream mapping
• CITCON stories
• communication in management

Keywords

• shipping
• agile
• CITCON
• value stream mapping
• management communication

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CITCON

Books & works: Lean Software Development

Places: Helsinki, Ghent

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