Are Stretch Goals OK? w/ Tim Wise

In this week’s SoundNotes, Tim Wise joins Dave Prior for a short conversation about Stretch Goals. Even if this is a topic you have a strong opinion about, this podcast has valuable information for you. Before the end the discussion, Tim offers up a version of stretch goals that is positive and healthy for a team.

SHOW NOTES

• 02:35 Podcast Begins
• 02:44 Topic Intro: Stretch Goals
• 03:20 Tim’s initial thoughts on Stretch Goals at Team and Portfolio Level
• 06:08 Technical Debt
• 06:39 The difference between stretch goals and having a well groomed backlog full of “sprint ready” items
• 08:40 The lazy queue
• 09:13 Dave’s thoughts on Stretch Goals
• 10:31 A story of stretch goals gone wrong
• 11:30 The Stretch Goal Paradox explained
• 12:40 The negative Scrum team is not a knife you want to sharpen
• 13:12 Slack Resources and planning for personal slack which will be used for personal growth
• 17:38 Planning Healthy Stretch Goals to invest in giving the team more flexibility.
• 18:22 It’s not  always about points.
• 21:00 Atlanta Scrum User Group update

HBR ARTICLE

The Stretch Goal Paradox
https://hbr.org/2017/01/the-stretch-goal-paradox

Atlanta Scrum User Group

https://www.meetup.com/agile-38/

CONTACTING TIM

LeadingAgile https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/tim-wise/
WiseAgile http://www.wiseagile.com
Tim on Twitter https://twitter.com/timswise
Tim on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/timwise

CONTACTING DAVE

LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/
Email: dave.prior@leadingagile.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/mrsungo
Personal Blog: http://drunkenpm.net

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FEEDBACK/QUESTIONS

If you have comments on the podcast, or have questions for the LeadingAgile coaches that you’d like to have addressed in a future episode of LeadingAgile’s SoundNotes, you can reach Dave at dave.prior@leadingagile.com