Agile Toolkit Podcast

Michael and I talk about his company Cogility and his work with organizations.  I have seen Michael on the agile circuit for some time and shared several OpenSpaces with him.  I'm sure we will be hearing more from Michael.  I certainly enjoyed my chat with him.-bob payne

APLN - DC Chapter - Transitioning to AgilityPanel:  - Sanjiv Augustine, Thad Sheer, Bob Payne, and Cliff Berg.We talked about our experiences transitioning organizations to Agile Practices.  This was a fun discussion.  It is long but I hope you enjoy it.-bob payne

Scott and I talk about his new work with the Eclipse Process Framework and a variety of other topics.  As with all my conversations with Scott this one went on for a while.Hope you enjoy.-bob

Ward and I talk about his new position as the Director of Committer Community Development at Eclipse.  He discusses the release of Callisto by the Eclipse foundation, it’s Agile roots and other fun tool related topics.-bob

Mary Lynn is the co author of Fearless Change and the Chair of the Agile 2007 Conference here in Washington DC.  What can I say ... the book is great and I look forward to working with her on Agile 2007.I did not get as much time to talk with her at the conference as I would have liked since she was swamped.  - bob

Dot is the first practicioner of DSDM that I have spoken with on the Agile Toolkit Podcast.  DSDM is one of the early Agile Metodologies that has taken hold in Europe and the UK but has not made the jump to the states yet.DSDM has a more formalized  prioritization process that is refered to as the  MoSCoW process.  - Must Have- Should Have- Could Have - Won't HaveI enjoyed my talk with Dot and I hope you will also.-bob

I spoke with Nancy V. last year about using Agile in the embedded software space.  Now she is coaching organizational change in the UK and loving it.  That is bad for Boston but Good for the England.Hope you enjoy.-bob payne

I speak with Chris Matts about Real Options.  Chris is as high energy about financial options and risk profiles as anyone I know.  Expect to hear more from Chris in the future.Hope you enjoy.-bob payne

This is a recorded Experience Report from the APLN Leadership summit at Agile 2006.Leading the Agile Way: Duty, Honor, Delivery by Mark Salamango and John Cunningham. A contractors experience doing a project for the military and the challenges involved providing security monitoring for the Super Bowl.Hope you enjoy.-bob payne

This is a recorded Experience Report from the APLN Leadership summit at Agile 2006.Leading from a Position of No Power: A Customer's Perspective of an Agile Team by Alexia Bowers. Leadership challenges that customers face on an agile project.Alexia is the COO of Ternary software and she speaks of her challenges leading from the customer seat.Hope you enjoy.-bob payne

David Hussman and Tor Stenstad discuss about their experience working together on the transition of GMAC-RFC to an agile delivery approach.  “Better Faster Cheaper, Everyday…It’s a competitive advantage.?Customizing Agile for a large implementation.-bob

This panel discussion from the APLN Leadership Summit brings the voice of large company executives speaking about their implementation of Agile.  You may want to make sure your Executives listen to this podcast.  These people never thought Agile can’t scale.Steven Ambrose – Director DTE EnergyIsrael Gat – IBM, Digital, Microsoft, EMC, BMCPeter George – Senior VP Engineering, CTO Kronos Bud Phillips – VP of Decisioning Services – CapOneListen and enjoy.-bob

Tim Lister is a well know author and all around funny speaker.  I recorded his tutorial at the APLN Leadership Summit at the Agile 2006 Conference.   This was the second time I have heard him talk and I always find his talks humorous and informative.  There are a few audio glitches as he puts on his mic and when people ask questions without a mic but all and all it is well worth a listen.-bob 

Straight from the VP's mouth.  Bud and I talk about his adoption of Agile and Lean practices in his line of business.  Who said you can not do Agile in an opreations group...Not Me.  Capital One has a large Agile implimentation and Bud was one of the early adopters.I enjoyed this interview quite a bit.  I hope to see Bud on the next Agile tour here in DC at Agile 2007. -bob

François Beauregard and I talk about his new venture at GreenPepper software.  This tool is a combined test tool, bug tracking and management software.  I've known him for several years and I always like talking to him.-bob

James Shore is working on CardMeeting.com.  I love this tool.  I think it has a lot of great potential.  I generally do not like online planning tools since they usually need to be single threaded and do not feel right.  People at a table are better but ......  if you are not in the same room .... Go to the site with several people on different computers and have a blast.-bob

I speak with Brian Robertson about the project governance structure  called Holocracy.  This is an interesting process of structuring the organization while still allowing self orgnaization within the structure.  This seems like it could work in Agile Organization.Brian has a ton of energy and I'm sure he will be taking this forward.  Enjoy it.-bob

Gary Pollice is a Professor of Practice, Computer Science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He discusses his use of project simulation to bring "Real World Challenges" into an academic setting. While he does not specifically teach Agile Methods in the class, many of the processes and practices that emerge will look shockingly familiar to those of us in the agile community. Plus he has fun with it ... I wish he had been one of my professors so that I could have learned some of the hard lessons in the classroom rather than on the job. -bob payne

Tom and Mary Poppendieck talk with me about their new book: Implementing Lean Software Development: From Concept to Cash Since the interview I have read a draft chapter from the book.  It looks like it will be another great book.-bob payne

Sanjiv and I talk about his book Managing Agile Projects and his work.  He is on the board of the APLN and active in the local DC chapter of the APLN.  I've worked and published with Sanjiv and was glad to get a podcast wtih him at last.-bob