Agile Toolkit Podcast

I speak with Bob about his CleanCoders.com video series.  If you code or or know someone that does these videos can be a valuable resource for continued evolution.  As always entertaining ... at least to me. Enjoy -Bob Payne

I speak with Jonathan Chashper about the challenges of bridging the gap between Business and Technology in the product managment consulting areana.  These challenges exist in large and small companies.   We speak about the path from building things right to building the right things and the upsurge of Lean Startup, Innovation Thinking and the value of feedback. Enjoy -bob payne

I speak with Mary and Ellen about their book Discover to Deliver.  Creating a Structured Conversation about the discovery process.  If you want to build the right thing you need to get people together and explore the space, find the value and find a way to confirm. They evaluate the dimensions of features along the following dimensions: User Action Data   Control Interface Environment Quality I love the fact that they went for a visual management, lean startup and agile delivery to pull this book together.   Take a look here http://www.discovertodeliver.com/voices.php -Enjoy

Karl and I chat about Kanban and Visual Management.  For those listeners who are familiar with my podcast you will know that Visual Management on physical boards is a topic that I am personally interested in and love helping my clients with.   Karl thinks about kanban boards with the following acronym T.I.P. Token - The representational piece that moves through the process, different types may be used Inscription - Graphics and words on the card representing what needs to be done Placement - Where it is within the process and the space of the board Enjoy the podcast. -bob payne

In this episode I speak with Kent McDonald regarding his work in Agile business analysis, our lab at the conference, his books and his work as the chair of Agile 2013.  I have worked with Kent for several years and find his talent, humor and pragmatism a wonderful addition to any project. Enjoy our talk and say hello to him at Agile 2013. 

An insightful keynote on adaptive leadership by Jim Highsmith: co-author of the Agile Manifesto, founding member of the Agile Alliance, prolific author, and industry thought leader. We were extrordinarily happy to have Jim Highsmith this year as our Keynote speaker. The three goals of Adaptive Leadershi: Why Agile - Envision a Responsive Organization Do Agile - Learn how to deliver a continuous stream of value Be Agile - What behaviours do we need to exibit to be an Agile leader Enjoy

Jeff Morgan and I talk about his work with Cucumber and his creation of many gems.  He is a great guy to chat with and I need to make it to Cleavland to work on the boat with him.  He and I run into each other at conferences and occasionaly on client sites. Hope you enjoy. Bob Payne

I speak with Tom and Dustin regarding the work they have done to roll out agile within Nationwide. I worked with them both in the past and it is extrordinarily gratifying to see the seeds of your labor grown into such a giant tree.  They have created the right ballance of structure that allows them to bring up teams and agility to allow those teams to innovate. I hope you enjoy. -bob payne

I speak with Diana Larsen and James Shore at the Agile 2012 conference about their recently released Agile Fluency model.  This model looks at team and organizational Agile adoption and provides a framework for looking at where you are and where you want to be. The article is here: http://martinfowler.com/articles/agileFluency.html Comments and input can be given at: http://jamesshore.com/Blog/Your-Path-Through-Agile-Fluency.html http://www.futureworksconsulting.com/blog/2012/08/08/your-path-through-agile-fluency-a-brief-guide-to-success-with-agile/ As usual I loved talking with both of them again and hope you will enjoy listening to their conversation with me. Bob Payne

I always enjoy talking with Arlo about his open data work and the strange coincidence that he and Ward Cunningham are both working on this problem.  He chats about his work with big data, his penchant for starting with XP as the initial set of agile practices for teams to allow tight feedback and real agility. This interview has been on disk for a while but I hope you enjoy.  As you can tell he is an angry, angry, bitter man. Bob Payne

I speak with Sanjiv Augustine, my friend and principal at LitheSpeed about our new tool, Sensei.  It is in beta now so go take a look http://senseitool.com  Enjoy Bob Payne

Adam and I chat about the JavaScript, the federated wiki and a wide variety of topics as usual. Adam is one of the best coaches I have worked with and I always enjoy working with him.  He is now more in the trenches working with Industrial Logic. Enjoy Bob Payne

Bob and I talk about his book and video casts of his work getting the code in clean and right.  Expanding his discussion of craftsmanship and the habits of coders that code clean.  He also discusses the 10 years of the manifesto and the growth of Agile. He has become the steadfast protecter of purity of essence for a coding nation (please refer to Dr Strangelove if the preceding sentence confuses you). Enjoy Bob Payne

I chat with Ward about the 10th anniversary of the Agile Manifesto and his newest wiki project.  The best conversation happened directly after the podcast as we discussed what an audio wiki might look like.  Sorry the bits were not rolling on the digital recorder. Hope you enjoy this. -bob payne 

George and I discuss one of the most beneficial and underutilized Agile technique, Test Driven Development.  What can I say the data is in and you need to be doing this if you want to call yourself an Agile Engineer.   Enjoy -bob payne

Ken and I talk about his ATDD book.  This is a topic that has been gaining a lot of traction in agile teams.  Acceptance Test Driven Development is a technique that some teams are using to improve quality and collaboration between business, testing and development.  Enjoy, -bob payne

Come join us at AgileDC on October 26th 2011.  This not for profit regional conference aims to have a wide varieity of talks, networking, open space and is one of the few conferences to have a Government track alongside an Agile Engineering track. We are excited and hope to see you there. Get 15% off for being a podcast regular with this discount code: AgileDCPodcast More information at AgileDC.org -bob payne

Ken and I chat about the Product Owner roll and the complexity that can emerge when we ask too much of the product owner.  This has always been a key role and we have sometimes dode the project a disservice by focusing the PO on the needs of development.  This can sometimes create a situation where the PO is focused too much on User Stories and not enough on the product context and value.   It has been quite a wihle since I have chatted with Ken and I look forward to chatting with him again. In addition to the other large conferences that Ken will be speaking at he will also be a keynote at the AgileDC conference. Enjoy Bob Payne

Kelly Allen is one of the foremost experts on Edward Deming.  I thoroughly enjoyed my conversation with him.  We wander from measurement, punishment by rewards, human factors in organizations and organizational development to education.  Kelly is an engaging speaker and conversationalist. I hope you enjoy this podcast as much as I did. -bob payne

George and I discuss the finer points of appropriatly sizing User Stories to ensure that they can be delivered.  This is a fairly tricky process and is best figgured out by experimentation and ensuring that you have good examples. Enjoy Bob Payne