Agile/Lean +Ai

Leaning into Agile Ai: Transforming Ceremonies, Standard Work
& Telemetry with Agentics

A modern field guide for Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and Ai delivery enablement teams who want Agile Ai projects to stick at scale. Learn how to convert ceremonies into standard work, instrument the system with practical telemetry, and use agentics to remove busywork without losing the human nuance.

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Audio Book Sample: Chapter 1


Written for experienced delivery pros who need to become Ai-ready fast-without hype, and without pretending they've had "7+ years of Ai" in a 3-year market.


Built for real delivery teams:

17 Chapters
350+ Pages
DoR/DoD/DoAR Templates
Mode B Draft → Approve
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Why this isn't your traditional eBook!

This patent-pending eBook turns static reading into guided mastery with your personal Learning Management Coach (LMC) - a decoupled coach that follows along as you learn. Think: Agile/Lean + AI coaching in your pocket, 24/7.

Context-Aware Coaching Your LMC isn't generic - it learns with you. Ask a question on any section and it responds using the exact chapter/page context, then points you back to the right spot when you need a quick reset.
Decoupled Certification Skip the LMS lock-in. The LMC can administer short, standardized checks (written or oral) right inside the reading experience - so certification is built into the learning, not bolted on.
Multilingual Coaching Learn in your preferred language. The LMC can explain concepts, answer questions, and guide review steps in multiple languages - without losing the meaning of the original material.
Semantic Truth Verification The LMC doesn't just test memorization - it verifies comprehension through dialogue, so you learn the why, not just the what.

If This is You...

"We're doing Agile, but nothing's changed."

Standups, sprints, retrospectives..but delivery is still slow, quality is noisy, and morale is slipping.

"Our metrics are green...but the product is red."

Velocity looks great while defects, rework, and churn quietly rise underneath the dashboard.

"We don't know what to measure."

Burndowns don't tell you if you're improving-telemetry does.

"We adopted a scaling framework and got slower."

More meetings, more artifacts, more coordination debates-less time delivering value.

"Transformation worked - then decayed."

Six months later the org reverts to old habits because nobody owned the operating system.

"Leadership wants Agile speed with waterfall certainty."

Wrong incentives. Wrong questions. And teams get punished for telling the truth.


...these are the problems this playbook solves, without Agile theater.

From SDLC to ADLC

Ai-Ready Delivery Leadership

Hiring expectations jumped to "7+ years of Ai" overnight. This book shows experienced delivery leaders how to ramp up fast: agent-assisted workflows, telemetry guardrails, and practical patterns that convert Agile/Lean experience into modern, credible Ai-enabled delivery.

Mode B delivery Draft ⇒ Approve workflows that keep accountability explicit.
Telemetry guardrails Signals that prevent drift, defects, and dashboard theater.
Professional translation Turn what you already know into Ai-ready operating patterns.

What You'll Learn

Practical patterns you can apply Monday morning - plus the deeper mechanics behind why they work.

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The Hidden Mechanics

Measurement debt, governance debt, decision latent silent forces that turn Agile into AgileFall.

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Telemetry That Tells the Truth

Flow efficiency, leading indicators, and signals that predict drift before delivery breaks.

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Standard Work for Ceremonies

Turn standups, planning, reviews, and retros into reusable playbooks - not performative meetings.

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Agentics Without Losing the Human

Mode B workflows: draft with Ai and approve with humans, so nuance stays human-owned.

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Stories as Schemas

Write work so agents can execute deterministically: clear inputs, constraints, outputs, and checks.

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Scaling Frameworks, Compared

Scrum@Scale, SAFe, LeSS, Spotify what fits your context and what to avoid.

Foundation & Strategy

  • The AgiLean Foundation
  • Strategic Problem-Solving
  • Understanding Methodologies
  • Launching Your Transformation
  • Lean Principles in Practice

Execution & Tools

  • Common Pitfalls & Antipatterns
  • Tools & Techniques
  • Value Stream Optimization
  • Lean Metrics for Agile Teams
  • Cultivating Agile Leadership

Advanced Topics

  • Standard Work - The Hidden Foundation
  • Telemetry vs Vanity Metrics
  • Ai-Enhanced Agile Practices
  • Scaling Frameworks Deep Dive
  • Decision Latency Solutions
  • Flow Efficiency Mastery
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Finally an Agile book that tells the truth about metrics. We stopped gaming velocity and started improving flow.

Scrum Master
FinTech
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The drift/entropy framing was exactly what our transformation was missing. The playbooks made it stick.

Engineering Manager
Healthcare
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Practical enough to use Monday morning, deep enough to reference for years. The schema examples are gold.

Product Owner
E-commerce

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Agile Al Smith - Author
"Agile" Al Smith
Agile/Lean +Ai Transformation Consultant

About the Author

"Agile" Al Smith leads end-to-end Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) transformations and extends those disciplines into the Agentic Delivery Lifecycle (ADLC)—where Ai drafts, humans approve, and accountability stays explicit.

He is a Lean/Agile transformation leader, Certified Enterprise Architect, and Ai Business Enablement Architect with 20+ years helping organizations deliver faster with higher quality—without burning out the people doing the work. His work spans public sector, healthcare, and enterprise delivery, including California DHCS (Department of Health Care Services) GE Healthcare and government programs, plus consulting/training for Amazon, Costco, General Dynamics, Office of Naval Research (ONR), lululemon, Home Depot Supply, Cox Communications, and the Project Management Institute. He also brings Big 5 consulting experience through Accenture and IBM Global Services engagements.

Credentials: Lean Six Sigma Black Belt • Certified Agile Coach • Certified Product Owner • Certified Ai Consultant • Certified Risk & Systems Control Manager • Certified Enterprise Architect • Ai governance aligned to NIST/ISO principles

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