Agile Quality Beyond the Buzzwords - Derk-Jan de Grood

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"If you don't know when you're going to accept, how can I know what I need to test?" - Derk-Jan de Grood

In this episode, I chat with Derk-Jan de Grood. We explore what it means to live agility beyond just following frameworks. Derk-Jan shares insights on scaling skills over frameworks and connecting strategy to team actions. We discuss common pitfalls where quality often falls through the cracks, particularly at the management level. There's a focus on breaking down testing and improvement into small, actionable practices. It's all about making Agile effective and meaningful.

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Derk-Jan de Grood works as a Principal Consultant and Inspirator at InnSpire. He helps organizations take the next step in their agile transformation and improve the flow of value delivery. As an Agile Transformation Consultant, RTE Coach, and Value Delivery Expert, Derk-Jan is passionate about optimizing the development process. He actively collaborates with leaders, RTEs, Scrum Masters, and Product Owners to co-create effective solutions. While he is not afraid to lead by example, his main goal is to empower people within the organization, help them grow, and encourage them to embrace agile values. With his enthusiastic and engaging approach, Derk-Jan inspires the people he works with. He is a sought-after speaker at international conferences, a frequent columnist, and a regular contributor to various industry magazines. He shares his insights and experiences through his blog and his monthly podcast series. Derk-Jan is also the author of several bestselling books.

Highlights:

• Break quality improvement into small practices, not big frameworks—teams can actually grasp and adopt them.
• One tester cannot outpace five developers—shift testers from execution to strategy ownership instead.
• Stop asking "Are we Agile?" Start asking "Why do we want this transformation?"
• Management's lack of quality awareness blocks progress more than teams' technical skill gaps.
• Agile is declining as a goal; agility and value delivery are what organizations actually need.