AgileToolkit Podcast

What can I say about this secular messianic figure that is constantly challenging and stretching agile methods to suit his will. Must be the portland air. We talked about Naked Planning for quite a while. He has essentially taken many of the techniques from Lean Software Development and warped them to suit his particular organization. He has a penchant for experimenting with his team and with his...

I met Jon at my most recent client. He is a dynamic person and is highly committed to Agile Delivery. Jon has taken the enjoyable workplace and run with it. We talk about that topic and others in this interview. Expect to hear more from Jon in the Agile Community in the future. Enjoy. -bob payne

I speak again with Johanna Rothman at Agile 2008.   Johanna and I talk about her new work on Agile Portfolio Management.   She will be the chair of the Agile 2009 conference in Chicago.  I am looking forward to her book and participating in the next Agile conference. I hope you enjoy this podcast  as much as I did recording it. -bob

I talk with Sanjiv Augustine about his work with Agile Project/Portfolio Management and the Middle Managers that execute projects within organizations. Sanjiv and I have worked together for years on client engagements, training and publishing. More recently we have been working to kick off Agile Philanthropy. LitheSpeed was the sponsor for the LiveAid Stage this year and you will be seeing more of...

I spoke at the Agile IT X conference in Reston VA. This conference is put on by the No Fluff Just Stuff folks and ended up being quite fun. The Panel Discussion took some tangents as they always do but I think you will find it interesting none the less. It looks like they will be running several regional shows next year so drop by if you can and maybe I will see you there. Listen and enjoy. Bob Pa...

We chat about their new book on Retrospectives and the Conference within a Conference (CWAC) at Agile 2007. I always enjoy chatting with Esther and Diana and hope to talk with them this year. The CWAC was a great at Agile 2007 and I will be running the Live Aid Stage right next to the Open Jam space this year so I expect to see you there.  -bob payne

I spoke with Nancy V. about her survey of bugs in agile teams and a lot of other topics. She has been a regular on the podcast and is always entertaining to talk to. Hope you enjoy. -bob payne

Deb Hartmann ... Deb Hartmann. She is not a Soap Opera from the 70's, she is the editor of the Agile Series at InfoQ. I've known Deb for a long time and got a chance to speak with her after here busy time at the conference. Enjoy -Bob Payne

Ole and I chat about the world of Agile Certifications, the conference and a bunch of other things. I first met Ole through his work with the APLN. Enjoy. -Bob Payne

I speak with Rick Mugridge about ZeBreve, Fit, and the conference. Enjoy. -bob payne

David Celimsky is one of the development powerhouses behind RSpec, one of the first frameworks for Ruby to implement the Behavior Driven Development process. BDD is an interesting process and I like the increased move toward using language that the "user" can understand when describing or systems in executable form. I can now put another face (not Dave Astels as I usually do) to RSpec David. David...

I spoke with "Joe" Krebs at the Agile Conference regarding the somewhat contentious topic of certification. Enjoy -Bob Payne

I spoke with James Shore about his new book.  I have not yet read it but enjoyed the sample chapter that was provided int the packet. My guess is that it will make it onto my permanent bookshelf. Enjoy -bob payne

Johanna is one of those people that I have just never run into until Agile 2007.  I really enjoyed my conversation with her and I believe that you will find it rewarding as well. -bob

I recently attended the Gartner Mid-Size conference with Cyber Korp.  Cyber Korp provides Agile Development, Delivery and Transformations to organizations.  I helped them deliver a software project over two days of the conference using requirements that had been gathered from one of the IT executives at the conference.  In this episode I speak with several folks from Cyber Korp and Paul Smith of A...

I finally got a chance to record a podcast with Josh.  He is great fun to chat with and has also produced a classic in the field.  If you do not have a copy of Refactoring to Patterns grab one for yourself or someone who develops code for a living.  We chatted about his companies new e-learning offering, certification and scaling teaching. Hope you enjoy this as much as I did recording it. Many mo...

If you have not heard Pollyanna Pixton you are in for a treat.  Not only does she have the best Cold War Super Hero name of all the agilists she is a great speaker.  Enjoy this presentation that she gave to the Washington DC APLN chapter last year. This has been sitting on my hard drive for a long time and it needed to get out.  Please do not be confused about the her reference to the Agile Confer...

I talked with Bruce Williams about the Ruby community near the Boulder, living in snow, the RailsEdge, Rails Plugins and UI Frameworks.  We talked about the tools that are available to Ruby and Rails developers and how these combined with attitude within the community may have created the sweet spot that Rails now occupies.  He also mentions that conferences should blur the line between speaker an...

In the first Agile Skypecast, Robert "Uncle Bob" Martin answers the question of "What is Agile?" He goes back to the start, to the Snowbird meeting, the formation of the Agile Alliance and the drafting of the Agile Manifesto. He also looks at the core principles and key practices of Agile software development. This Skypecast was hosted and arranged by Tim Haughton and had participants from around...

I spoke with Jim after his Rake Talk at the RailsEdge.  If this is not your favorite build tool now it will be.  Jim is the creator of Rake and RubyGems package management for Ruby.  These two tools have made my life a lot easier and if you have not used them, then you are probably not using ruby.  Jim talks about using Rake and db migrations with a recent java project.  I also spoke with Jim abou...

I spoke with Ryan about Rally software and the Eclipse plugin that they are releasing.  We talk about the movement of teams from my favorite "Cards on a Wall" to the use of Rally for their planning and reporting.  Ryan talks about his experience with the APLN Agile Leadership summit at the Agile 2006 conference.  -bob payne

Joe and I talk about his work with XP Day around the globe.  We also enjoyed some excellent buffalo jerky from the farmers market in Minneapolis.  Joe has is the publisher of JUnit Recipes.  This book is a must on the bookshelf of any agile Java programmer. I'm sure I will have more interviews with JB in the future so...Stay Tuned. -bob