AgileToolkit Podcast

Bob chats with Microsoft Azure DevOps Product Owner and author of Agile   Software Engineering with Visual Studio,  Sam Guckenheimer, at the DevOps Enterprise Summit 2018. Connect with Sam and Bob on Twitter.   Transcript Sam Guckenheimer ‑ DevOps Enterprise Summit 2018 Bob Payne :  "The Agile Toolkit." [music] Bob :  Hi, I'm your host Bob Payne. I'm here at the DevOps Enterprise Summit 2018 with...

Esther Derby chatted with Bob at Agile2018 about her two sessions -  Creating an Environment for Successful Agile Teams and  Clarity, Conditions, Constraints: An Alternative to Top Down Control.   Connect with Esther and Bob on Twitter.    

Scott Ambler joined Bob on the podcast at Agile2018.  Hear about Scott's Agile2018 talks " Database DevOps: Strategies to Address DevOps' "Last Mile" and " Agile Architecture: Mindset, skills, and practices."   Connect with Bob on Twitter and @LitheSpeed .

How's the Agile world growing up?  Dr. Steve Mayner, SAFe Fellow and Principle Consultant at Scaled Agile, Inc. joins Bob on the podcast at Agile2018.   Connect with Steve on Twitter.  Follow Bob's Twitter and visit LitheSpeed.com for support building an Agile organization.

Where will Scrum@Scale  take the Agile industry?  Co-creator of Scrum Jeff Sutherland sits down with @AgileToolkit to explore Scrum@Scale  at Agile2018. Connect with Jeff Sutherland on Twitter . Learn more about Scrum@Scale.   @AgileToolkit is sponsored by LitheSpeed .   Transcript:   Bob Payne :  The Agile Toolkit. [background music] Bob :  I'm your host, Bob Payne. I'm here with Jeff Sutherland,...

Business Agility Institute founder Evan Leybourn shares results from the 2018 Business Agility report at Agile2018. Connect with Evan on Twitter: @Eleybourn Download the Business Agility Report (2018) . Add your voice to this report: Take the Business Agility Survey for 2019's report here. Follow @AgileToolkit . Visit  LitheSpeed.com to help your organization embrace Business Agility.   Transcript...

Tammy Gretz and Wendy Jacobs discuss their talk "From Self Obsession to Self Selection: A Scaled Org's Journey to Value Reorganization" at Agile2018.   Transcript Tammy Gretz Wendy Jacobs ‑ Agile2018   Bob Payne :  "The Agile toolkit." [music] Bob :  Hi. I'm your host, Bob Payne. I'm here with Tammy Gretz of [inaudible 0:25] ... [laughter] Bob :  ...and Wendy Jacobs. We've chatted a bit before thi...

CIO for Enterprise Applications at Nationwide Insurance Michael Carrel covers rolling out agile enterprise-wide at scale, becoming comfortable with failure, and the ins and outs of building a culture of visual management, accountability, and innovation at this financial services giant.   Transcript   Bob Payne: [00:00:21] I'm here with Michael Carrel from Nationwide. So Michael we've worked togeth...

Agile at scale can get you to code very quickly, but then sometimes everything comes to a screeching halt.  The biggest bottlenecks are often found after teams are done with the code.  Dan James of Icon Agility Services joined Bob Payne on the Agile Toolkit Podcast to discuss Dan's session at Lean+Agile DC 2018: Building a Lean Enterprise with DevOps.  Dan and Bob explore "shifting left," creating...

After coding live at Lean+Agile DC 2018, Ben Scott of Ippon Technologies joins Bob Payne to talk code craftsmanship and getting proper feedback from the business side.  Ben explains a way to quickly build a quality demo from scratch – creating the first demonstrable piece of value.  Bob and Scott walk through their opinions on (shudder) best practices, living in ambiguity in agile methods, and bri...

Carlos Rojas, Director of Technology and Operations at Fannie Mae, sat down with Bob Payne at Lean+Agile DC 2018 to discuss Business-Driven Agile Engineering.  Carlos shares thoughts on Fannie Mae's trailblazing Agile transformation – from prioritizing agility-supporting corporate shared services (recruiting, contracts & procurement, and facilities), to machine learning and a mantra of "Automate E...

Modern Agile stickers everywhere are helping Modern Agile stick.  Dean Chanter of Capital One recalls his Accidental Experiment with Modern Agile (cake for every release!).  Bob and Dean talk through the power of the laptop sticker, evolving and "upskilling" ScrumMasters, and Lean roots.   Transcript Bob Payne: [00:00:05] Hi I'm your host Bob Payne and i'm here with Dean Chanter and Dean you're fr...

Agile didn't work as your silver bullet?  Not a surprise, according to Very's Dan Fish, Product Manager & Agile Coach, and Gabe Weaver, Chief Product Officer.  Dan and Gabe joined Bob Payne at Lean+Agile DC 2018 to talk Agile methods, holacracy, and the hard work required to solve organizational impediments after adopting Agile. TRANSCRIPT: Bob Payne: [00:00:01] Hi I'm your host Bob Payne, i'm her...

BUSINESS AGILITY:  Evan Leybourn, founder of the Business Agility Institute and Conference, has been screaming into the void about Business Agility, and the void is finally screaming back.  Evan is building a strong community around business agility across diverse industries, and plans to reclaim business agility from the consultants and marketing folks that keep using the buzzword. Evan sat down...

The Agile Toolkit Podcast I always say that DevOps in one sense is really an extension of agile principles out to everybody on the ship. -Jeffery Payne Bob Payne chats with Jeffery Payne, Founder of Coveros, at Lean+Agile DC 2018.  The Payne Cousins (not really) chat DevOps and tips for pairing developers and testers.  The discussion covers moving toward a generalized specialist model, testers sho...

I sat down with Manjit Singh and Antonio Medina to talk about details of their new book The Lean Playbook . See more below and subscribe now.    Fresh off the release of their The Lean Playbook book. Most books were very theoretical and didn't show how to practically implement these techniques and tools, so what we did was collect a set of experiences from many teams in which we achieved some spec...

I spoke with Business Agility Conference organizer Evan Leybourn on some of the inner workings and the future of the conference.    The people are the best part of the conference. 40% of attendees were from over seas and 95% of all attendees flew in just for this event - which is incredible! Truly a global audience.  We really approached our topics differently this year. It was designed specifical...

I sat down with Ellen Grove and Sue John to talk all things facilitation. See more below and subscribe now.      Facilitation essentially is holding people safely in a space to express themselves is critical. It isn't just about the fun thing - it isn't just about playing with Lego's. It's about the debrief and helping the participants reflect and think about "what did we just learn here." And tha...

People make agile seem pretty complicated when they first hear about it. There are clear successes when you implement agile if you are able to incorporate a few things. If you don't understand the underlying philosophies of scrum, you may have a harder time being successful. Listen with Bob and George Dinwiddie as they give advice and tips on how to organize your work, do it, and work as a team. ...

I talked all things Lean Startup with Teague Hopkins of the Teague Hopkins Group at the Agile DC Executive Summit.    Enjoy Bob Payne

I speak with Sevatec's Josh Seckel, formerly at USCIS, at the Agile DC Executive Summit.    Enjoy Bob Payne

John Hughes from Sevatec keeps popping up at virtually every conference, so I think I'd snag him for some podcasting.    Enjoy Bob Payne

I sat down with Amber King from CapitalOne Innovation Labs at the Agile DC Executive Conference.    Enjoy Bob Payne   This podcast brought to you by LitheSpeed.  

I sat down with Lymari Castro from DoD and Warren Smith with Rein LLC to chat about their talk, Infusing an Agile Requirements Backlog in a Large DoD Program.  Enjoy Bob Payne

Since SAFe 4.5 was just recently released, I decided to ask the creator what's new. Listen to us talk new configurations, better integration of DevOps, and continuous improvement with SAFe creator Dean Leffingwell.   Enjoy Bob Payne