{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"AA 0020 : How do we break down silos when doing government contract work using Scrum?","description":"Ed works for a government integrator and is finding it very difficult to deliver thin vertical slices of functionality every sprint. The difficulty is that, by law, his company cannot&amp;nbsp;have access to the full system they're working on. I've enlisted the help of my friend&amp;nbsp;Patrick McConnell, who's an Agilist with tons of government experience to help me tackle this thorny issue. While this question mainly applies&amp;nbsp;to government integrators, the discussion will likely spur some ideas on how you can&amp;nbsp;help remove silos in your organization and improve your definition of done. A non-scrum related note about Patrick:&amp;nbsp;He was on an episode of Marketplace. The episode is charming and wonderful. You should listen to it:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.marketplace.org\/2015\/10\/09\/life\/transaction\/transaction-bar-tab Like the podcast?&amp;nbsp;I'd love it if you'd take 60 seconds to&amp;nbsp;rate it in iTunes. Do you have a question for the show?&amp;nbsp;Submit it at&amp;nbsp;http:\/\/GetAgileAnswers.com ","author_name":"Agile Answers Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/getagileanswers.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/5343099\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/15230678"}