What is Agile?

Hosts Caitlin and Emily, speak with former (G)LOWdown podcaster, Tracy Lee on being an Agile Champion at Mayo Clinic. Tracy’s experience with agile stem from leading process improvement projects in research finance and financial accounting services at Mayo.  

 

Show Highlights: 

1:27 What is agile? 

2:15 When you first started working, what did you plan on pursuing? Was agile or finance on that track for you? 

3:15 How did you end up in finance?  

4:15 Who helped you on your career path, and how did they help you? 

6:20 What is an Agile Champion? 

6:53 Discussion on favorite aspects of being an Agile Champion 

8:14 Why is agile so important? Why is it a buzzword lately?  

9:50 How is agile being used today from your perspective? 

11:20 Discussion of agile vs. waterfall and it’s adaptability 

16:20 Are any projects sticking with waterfall? Or can all projects basically do agile? 

17:50 The best way to learn agile, is to just start doing it 

19:45 Discussion about team dynamics 

20:45 External resources discussions 

22:25 Where is agile heading? How it will transition teams and projects overall? 

25:30 What would you tell yourself if you went back to your first day on the job? 

 

External Resources: 

Scaled Agile Framework 

PMI 

Instagram @agilehumor 

 

We hope you have enjoyed this episode of The (G)LOWdown, and thank you for joining us in cultivating the future of women in leadership.     

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Special thanks to our team: Heather Vinge Hanson, Bethany Brown, Priya Behl, Ribu Goyal, Ashley Xiong, Jill Brady Schatz, Melissa Peterson, Emily Rasmussen, & Caitlin Summers. 

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