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AgileToolkit PodcastAgile Mentors Podcast - Exploring Lean Thinking in Agile Development with Bob PayneI joined Brian Milner from MountainGoat Software and we chatted on the Agile Mentor Podcast. Enjoy this cross posted podcast from Brian. I always enjoy speaking with him. Join Brian and his guest Bob Payne as they discuss the principles of lean thinking and how they apply to Agile methodologies. In this episode of the “Agile Mentors” Podcast, Brian sits down with Bob Payne to discuss the intersection of Agile and lean thinking. As an experienced Agile coach and host of the “Agile Toolkit Podcast,” Bob shares his insights and offers practical tips for implem...
2023-05-1037 minAgileToolkit PodcastLean + Agile DC 2019 - Padmini Nidumolu - Women in Agile Panel DiscussionWelcome to this special edition of the Agiletoolkit Podcast hosted by Padmini Nidumolu. Padmini is one of the founders of Lean In Agile for Women here in the DC area and also hosts a meetup focused connecting women in the Agile community to share their stories. http://leaninagile.org/team.html https://www.meetup.com/NOVA-LeanInAgile/ In this podcast he speaks with several speakers from Lean+Agile DC. Enjoy her conversation with Jessica Hall, Lisa Mabli, Christina Garnett and Rachael Bradstock. Enjoy this podcast. - Bob P...
2019-07-1900 minAgileToolkit PodcastAgile Business Consortium - Geof Ellingham - Business Agility 2019I spoke with @geofellingham about the Agile Business Consortium and using an Agile approach to hire an executive for the organization. Enjoy Bob Payne
2019-04-2400 minAgileToolkit PodcastBusiness Agility Sparks - Evan Leybourn - Business Agility 2019I switch seats and let Evan Leybourn interview Sanjiv Augustine and me about the Business Agility Sparks framework we have published from LitheSpeed We are excited to be promoting the cause of Business Agility with Evan and look forward to the Business Agility Conference in NYC. For more on the Business Agility Sparks and the Business Agility Conference Visit the following links. Business Agility Sparks Business Agility Conference - NYC Enjoy Bob Payne
2019-03-0600 min
AgileToolkit PodcastKevin Fisher - DevOps Enterprise Summit 2018Kevin Fisher, Nationwide Insurance Associate Vice President, Lean Process Management (Lean, Agile, DevOps) sat down with Bob at the DevOps Enterprise Summit 2018. Connect with Bob on Twitter. Transcript Bob Payne: "The Agile Toolkit." [music] Bob: Hi. I'm your host, Bob Payne. I'm here at the DevOps Enterprise Summit 2018 and I'm here with Kevin Fisher from Nationwide. Kevin, we worked together an awfully long time, back from the early days of Agile, at Nationwide. I remember, actually I Tweeted, because it was in the talk with a couple of...
2019-02-0600 minAgileToolkit PodcastMik Kersten - DevOps Enterprise Summit 2018CEO of Tasktop Technologies Mik Kersten discusses his session "Project to Product: How Value Stream Networks Will Transform IT and Business" at the DevOps Enterprise Summit 2018. Connect with Mik and Bob on Twitter. Learn more about AgileToolkit Sponsor LitheSpeed at lithespeed.com. Transcript: Mik Kersten ‑ DevOps Enterprise Summit 2018 Bob Payne: "The Agile Toolkit." [music] Bob: Hi, I'm your host, Bob Payne, here at the DevOps Enterprise Summit 2018 with Mik Kersten. Mik, you gave a really great talk, one of the keyno...
2018-11-0700 min
AgileToolkit PodcastSam Guckenheimer - DevOps Enterprise Summit 2018Bob 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 Sam Guckenheimer. Welcome, Sam. Sam Guckenheimer: Thank you, Bob. It's great to be here. Bob: It's the first time we're really chatting. We chatted a...
2018-11-0100 min
AgileToolkit PodcastJeff Sutherland - Agile2018Where 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, one of the co‑creators of Scrum. Now you're working on Scrum at Scale. We're very excited about that at LitheSp...
2018-08-2100 min
AgileToolkit PodcastEvan Leybourn - Agile2018Business 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: Evan Leybourn ‑ Agile2018 Announcer: The Agile Toolkit. [music] Bob Payne: I'm your host, Bob Payne. I'm here with Evan Leybourn from Austral...
2018-08-2100 min
AgileToolkit PodcastAgile2018 - Tammy Gretz & Wendy JacobsTammy 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 this, but this is the first time you guys are doing a podcast, I think. Wendy Jacobs: A live podcast, yes....
2018-08-2100 min
AgileToolkit PodcastMichael Carrel - Nationwide InsuranceCIO 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 together years ago. What are you what are you doing now at Nationwide? Michael Carrel: [00:00:31] Thanks. Yeah I'm the CIO for enterprise applications at Nationwide. So what I have a responsibility for is all plan build...
2018-07-1900 min
AgileToolkit PodcastDan James - Lean+Agile DC 2018Agile 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 a pipeline of smooth handoffs, and decoupling release from deployment. TRANSCRIPT Bob Payne: [00:00:01] Hi, I'm your host Bob Payne I'm here at Lean+Agile D.C...
2018-06-2800 min
AgileToolkit PodcastBen Scott - Lean+Agile DC 2018After 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 bridging the gap between IT and business. Bob Payne: [00:00:03] Hi I'm your host Bob Payne. I'm here at Lean+Agile D.C.. I'm here with Ben Scott and we're listening to "Stand in the...
2018-06-2200 min
AgileToolkit PodcastCarlos Rojas - Lean+Agile DC 2018Carlos 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 Everything.” Transcript Bob Payne: [00:00:01] Start there. Carlos Rojas: [00:00:02] OK. Bob Payne: [00:00:03] Hi I'm your host Bob Payne. I'm here with Carlos Rojas. And Carlos you're talking about transformation. We were chatting you mentioned how to how to use share...
2018-06-1300 min
AgileToolkit PodcastDean Chanter - Lean+Agile DC 2018Modern 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 from, You're at Cap One. Dean Chanter: [00:00:11] Yeah, Currently at Cap One. Bob Payne: [00:00:14] You're doing some work with scaled Agile and you're saying you sort...
2018-06-0800 min
AgileToolkit PodcastDan Fish & Gabe Weaver - Lean+Agile DC 2018Agile 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 here at Lean+Agile DC. Why don't you guys introduce yourself since. Dan Fish: [00:00:08] Sure. I'm Dan fish I'm a product manager and agile coach at Very. Gabe We...
2018-05-3100 min
AgileToolkit PodcastEvan Leybourn - Agile2017BUSINESS 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 with Bob Payne of the Agile Toolkit podcast to discuss. How do you define Business Agility? How do we de-buzzword it? Hearing so many stories, I came to the position that we don't wan...
2018-05-2300 min
AgileToolkit PodcastJeffery Payne - Lean+Agile DC 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 showing up like a demolition crew, and the true meaning of pairing. [caption id="attachment_7988" align="alignnone" width="2024"] Jeffery Payne sits down with Bob Payne (not cousins..)[/caption] TRANSCRIPT Bob Payne: [00:00:02] Hi I'm...
2018-05-1800 minAgileToolkit PodcastAgile DC Executive Summit - Teague HopkinsI talked all things Lean Startup with Teague Hopkins of the Teague Hopkins Group at the Agile DC Executive Summit. Enjoy Bob Payne
2017-10-1800 minAgileToolkit PodcastAgile DC Executive Summit - Josh SeckelI speak with Sevatec's Josh Seckel, formerly at USCIS, at the Agile DC Executive Summit. Enjoy Bob Payne
2017-10-1800 minAgileToolkit PodcastAgile DC Executive Summit - John HughesJohn Hughes from Sevatec keeps popping up at virtually every conference, so I think I'd snag him for some podcasting. Enjoy Bob Payne
2017-10-1800 minAgileToolkit PodcastAgile DC Executive Summit - Amber KingI 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.
2017-10-1800 minAgileToolkit PodcastLymari Castro and Warren Smith - Agile2017I 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
2017-08-1800 minAgileToolkit PodcastDean Leffingwell - Agile2017Since 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
2017-08-1800 minAgileToolkit PodcastAgile 2016 -Joshua Kerievsky - Modern AgileJosh and I chat about his key note talk regarding Modern Agile. Possibly the most influential sticker driven development project ever. Always a pleasure chatting wth Josh and I have changed my practice to be a bit more modern. What will you do? Follow him at @JoshuaKerievsky Enjoy Bob Payne
2016-08-0400 minAgileToolkit PodcastLean+Agile DC 2016 - Tom Paider - Author of the Lean IT Field GuideI speak with Tom Paider at Lean + Agile DC 2016. I have worked with Tom for many years and always love to see how he has helped transform his organization. Enjoy Bob Payne
2016-05-2800 minAgileToolkit PodcastLean + Agile DC 2016 - Max Keeler of the Motley FoolI speak with Max Keeler from the Motley Fool at the LitheSpeed Lean + Agile DC conference. Max talks about the culture and the evolution of Agile at the Motley Fool. Enjoy Bob Payne
2016-05-2800 minAgileToolkit PodcastPeter Green - Scrum Gathering 2016I discuss the Laloux Culture Model with Peter Green (@tptman) at the Scrum Gathering 2016 in Orlando. He has a great explanatory video for Teal and how Agile Fits in. See the video herehttps://vimeo.com/121517508 Enjoy Bob Payne
2016-04-2500 minAgileToolkit PodcastAgile Coffee Guys Brett Palmer and Jon Jorgensen - Agile Coaches Camp 2014I chat with Brett Palmer (@brett_palmer), Jon Jorgensen (@waterscrumban) from the Agile Coffee Podcast. I met Brett and Jon at the coaches camp in 2014 and when they mentioned that they would like to chat on the AgileToolkit podcast. Little did I know that they also had their own podcast and that I had listened to a few episodes myself.
Agile Coffee Episodes.
http://agilecoffee.com/category/podcast/
We chat about the coaches camp, podcasts and a bit about SAFe.
Enjoy
Bob Payne
2015-04-2400 minAgileToolkit PodcastAgileGamesDay2014 - Lego Serious Play with Ellen Grove and Andrew AnnettEllen, Andrew and I talk about Lego Serious Play at the Agile Games Day 2014. I first encountered the serious play series at this Games Day. It is an amazing system and I hope to use it in my Agile coaching and consulting soon. I think you will enjoy this interview as much as I did.
Here are some links to Serious Play:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Serious_Play
http://www.lego.com/en-us/seriousplay/
Thanks
Bob Payne
2015-03-2700 minAgileToolkit PodcastEsther Derby - Agile Coaches Camp 2014In the first of my video series I chat with Esther Derby. We talk about Organizational Models and analyzing team dynamics vs individual coaching. Among other ideas we discuss the following change models.
Hackman Model:
http://www.team-diagnostics.com/the-model.php
BJ Fogg Model:
http://www.behaviormodel.org
If you are interested in the video of this interview please go to the LitheSpeed Youtube channel here:
https://www.youtube.com/user/LitheSpeed
Thanks
Bob...
2015-02-1500 minAgileToolkit PodcastAgile 2012 - Bob Martin - Clean Coders and Clean CodeI 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
2013-03-0200 minAgileToolkit PodcastADP West 2012 - Jonathan Chashper - Product Management ConsultantI 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
2013-03-0200 minAgileToolkit PodcastADP West 2012 - Karl Scotland - Visual Management and KanbanKarl 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 bo...
2013-02-1200 minAgileToolkit PodcastADP West 2012 - Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan - Cucumber, Ruby Gems and Software CraftsmanshipJeff 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
2012-09-2500 minAgileToolkit PodcastADPEast 2011 - Tom Paider and Dustin Potts - Going Big with Agile, Lean and CMMI at NationwideI 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
2012-08-3000 minAgileToolkit PodcastAgile 2012 - Diana Larsen and James Shore - Agile FluencyI 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 y...
2012-08-1500 minAgileToolkit PodcastAgile 2011 - Arlo Belshee - Extreme Programming, Agile Engineering, Big Data and other disruptive behaviorsI 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
2012-08-1300 minAgileToolkit PodcastADP West 2012 - Sanjiv Augustine - Sensei a retrospective tool for continuous improvementI 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
2012-08-1200 minAgileToolkit PodcastAgile2011 - Adam Sroka - Jokes, JavaScript and My first EmployeeAdam 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
2012-03-3000 minAgileToolkit PodcastAgile2011 - Bob Martin - Clean Coders, Purity of Essence and 10 Years of the ManifestoBob 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
2012-03-2200 minAgileToolkit PodcastAgile 2011 - Ward Cunningham - Agile Manifesto, 10 years later and the Federated WikiI 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
2011-12-2900 minAgileToolkit PodcastTips and Advice - Test Driven Development - Bob Payne and George DinwiddieGeorge 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
2011-11-1600 minAgileToolkit PodcastADP West 2011 - Ken Pugh - Acceptance Test Driven DevelopmentKen 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
2011-11-1600 min
AgileToolkit PodcastAgileDC Conference - Organizer Podcast at Agile2011Come 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:
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More information at AgileDC.org
-bob payne
2011-09-0800 minAgileToolkit PodcastPath to Agility 2011 - Ken Schwaber - Scrum and the Product OwnerKen 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...
2011-08-0700 minAgileToolkit PodcastPath to Agility 2011 - Kelly Allen - Deming then, now and for the foreseeable futureKelly 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
2011-07-1900 minAgileToolkit PodcastTips and Advice - Story Sizing and GranularityGeorge 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
2011-07-1400 minAgileToolkit PodcastADPEast 2010 - Elizabeth Hendrickson - Test Obsession on Agile Teams ... It's a good thingThis has been sitting in the vault for a while. The recording was not that great so please excuse the audio quality. The content is great as I am speaking to Elisabeth Hendrickson.
Elizabeth has been a force in the agile community for 10 years now and she was recognized for that last year at Agile 2010 with the Gordon Pask award.
I finally caught up with her at ADP East 2010. We talk about testing/test automation and acceptance test driven development.
Hope you enjoy it.
-bob payne
2011-07-0600 minAgileToolkit PodcastADPWest 2011 - Michael Spayd and Lyssa Adkins - Agile Coaching InstituteAnother conversation with Michael and Lyssa. This time we speak about their new enterprise the Agile Coaching Institute. They have been bringing the skills of professional coaching to the agile space for a while now and they decided to mak a practice out of it. I am excited about the tools and techniques they are bringing to the table. They are always engaging and informitive to talk to.
We were rudely cut off in our first attempt at an interview by a power cut in the Expo at the conference but I think the 2nd take worked out...
2011-06-2300 minAgileToolkit PodcastADPWest 2011 - Drew Thoeni - Techwell and the ADP/Better Software ConferencesI speak with Drew about thier next generation of Sticky Minds. Techwell.com launced recently and it is the successor to Sticky Minds. We also discuss the Agile Development Practices West conference held in Las Vegas.
I am pleased to say that the Agile Toolkit Podcast is syndicated on techwell.
Please enjoy Techwell and this podcast.
-bob payne
2011-06-2300 minAgileToolkit PodcastTips and Advice - Acceptance Test Driven Development and the 3 Amigos ProcessGeorge and I talk about the importance of driving concrete examples to ensure high quality stories through the Three Amigos Process. This process goes hand in hand with Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD)
Teams using ATDD are showing improvements in defect rates and reducing missed "requirements" in the user stories.
Conversation is powerful
Examples are Powerful
Automated Tests are Powerful
Feel the Power.
-bob payne
2011-06-0900 minAgileToolkit PodcastADPEast 2010 - Michael Mah - Agile Teams by the numbers - software metrics and the big giant databaseI speak with Michael about the M word. Yes Metrics and Agile teams have seemed to be at odds for a long time. If you look at a large enough population of teams using many differing methods you can however glean information that is useful. It turns out that on average Agile teams deliver on our goal of delivering higher quality software, predictably and without increasing costs. There is a lot the data does not say about individual teams but this information is gold when approached by one of the remaining skeptics.
I hope you enjoy this podc...
2011-06-0800 minAgileToolkit PodcastAgile 2010 - Johanna Rothman - Agile Program ManagementJohanna and I chat about the enterprise. Again. We talk about getting products out the door across teams to deliver value for your program. I am looking forward to chatting again with her this year.
This area of project and portfolio management is an area that has been the source of many questions in enterprise adoption. It is an area that begs for "situationally specific" implementations.
Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
-bob payne
2011-05-2600 minAgileToolkit PodcastLyssa Adkins - Coaching Agile Teams Agile 2010Lyssa and I chat about her book Coaching Agile Teams, her work as a coaches coach and her passion for making the world better one coach at a time. Lyssa and Michael Spayd have worked together and we discuss the Coaching Circles that they facillitate.
I still want audio versions of these books so you too should email the publishers and let them know that people on the go want an audio version.
Enjoy
Bob Payne
2011-04-0600 minAgileToolkit PodcastMichael Spayd - Agile 2010 - Coaching CoachesMichael and I chat about his work coaching coaces, facillitaton and coaching teams. Michael has been on the podcast a number of times and I always find my conversations with him compelling.
Michael talks about his work with teams and some of the techniques he uses to create the appropriate environment for those teams to learn and step out on their own.
Enjoy
Bob Payne
2011-03-1700 minAgileToolkit PodcastAgile Palooza DC 2010 - Sanjiv Augustine - Intrinsic Motivation and Agile Performance ManagementSanjiv and I both have enjoyed the work of Daniel Pink. His book Drive is a great read for agile coaches and practitioners alike. Creating a Performance Management plan for knowledge workers can be a challenge in traditional organizations. Hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I always enjoy working and talking with Sanjiv.
-bob payne
2011-01-2000 minAgileToolkit PodcastAgile Palooza DC - Ian Culling - Version One internal development and practicesIan and I discuss the internal development practices at Version One and some of the new features in V1. The folks at V1 have always been involved in community and it was a pleasure to talk with Ian and participate in the Agile Palooza.
Enjoy.
-bob payne
2011-01-1200 minAgileToolkit PodcastDave Thomas - Agile 2010 - The big tar ball and other unintended consequences.
I talk with Dave Thomas about his keynote at Agile 2010. During his keynote he put up a slide telling people that they would be refactored if if they tweeted or otherwise used the information about to be given. Sarcasm is no longer appreciated in the land of the brave. Maybe he gets a pass for being Canadian. As always I love talking to one of the many "Dave Thomas" characters.
-bob payne
2010-12-1200 minAgileToolkit PodcastAgile DC - Washington DC's regional agile conference - Bob PayneCome and join me at the Agile DC conference on October 22. We have 3 tracks to choose from and lots of great speakers.Agile EssentialsAgile in the Government and EnterpriseOpen Talks TrackUse the discount code "agileToolkit" to get $20 off.Information here http://agiledc.org
2010-10-0400 minAgileToolkit PodcastPaloozaDC 2010 - Richard Cheng - Agile in the federal space.Richard and I speak about the utilization of agile in the government. Say it can't be done. It is being done and in the most unlikely places. Richard will be running the Agile Government Panel at the October 22, AgileDC conference. If you are interested in this topic this talk and the conference visit us at http://AgileDC.org to register.
Enjoy
-bob payne
2010-09-1900 minAgileToolkit PodcastADP West 2010 - Jean Tabaka -LinchpinJean and I discuss Lynchpin the recent book by Seth Godin. We both enjoyed this book and found it to be a good guide for any agile change agent. I especially like his ideas around Gift Culture. Not revolutionary but a good book.
Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?
Enjoy.
-bob payne
2010-07-1400 minAgileToolkit PodcastADP 2010 West - Ryan Martens - Rally Dev and the addition of Agile ZenRyan talks about the acquisition of Agile Zen as an addition to the Rally family of agile tools. I have not really spent much time with Ryan before this interview and I was excited to talk with him about his passion for giving.
Enjoy
- bob payne
2010-07-0700 minAgileToolkit PodcastADP West 2010 - Payson Hall - Risk, Reward and Public Sector ContractsI chatted with Payson Hall for the first time at ADP West. We talked about the broken model of Fixed Price contracts and the challenges of working in the public sector with agile methods.Hope you enjoy this interview as much as I enjoyed recording it.-bob payne
2010-06-3000 minAgileToolkit PodcastAgile Tips and Advice - Index Cards - Wave of the Past, Present and FutureGeorge and I discuss the reasons that we declare the index card the most valuable project management tool ever. I know this is probably old news but we are constantly asked "Why Index Cards". If you have never experienced a true project card wall it is time to "Kick it Old School".Enjoy-bob payne
2010-05-2700 minAgileToolkit PodcastAgile 2009 - Johanna Rothman - Manage Your Project PortfolioJohanna and I discuss her new book Manage Your Project Portfolio.
As usual I really enjoyed my conversation with Johanna. We discuss the use of flow management in the realm of agile projects. Flowing the work through stable agile teams is a technique that has been used successfully for years. The biggest challenge to this process is yearly funding by project rather than a more incremental funding model.
Buy the book here.
Manage Your Project Portfolio
- bob payne
2010-04-2000 minAgileToolkit PodcastAgile 2009 - Olav Massen - Real optionsOlav gives his first podcast interview ever. He discusses 'Real Options' as a model for thinking about prioritization and commitment. Real options is an interesting model for limiting WIP and managing a portfolio of work through a development team.
Enjoy
-bob payne
2010-04-1300 minAgileToolkit PodcastAgile 2009 - Bob Martin - The software craftsmanship movementBob Martin and I chat about the software craftsmanship movement. I missed this conference but know many of the people involved in it. I suspect it was great.
As always I enjoyed my conversation with Bob and hope you do as well.
Enjoy.
-bob payne
2010-03-1700 minAgileToolkit PodcastTom Goulet - Cucumber, Ruby and the transition to Generalizing SpecialistI have had the pleasure of working with Tom for over a year now. This podcast was recorded some time ago. Tom represents the best of what I hope to achieve when working with organizations. Reaching someone and changing their outlook on how they do their work and how they see themselves as a valuable asset within an organization. He grabbed on to the bits that we gave and created his own vision of what he wanted to learn and teach his co-workers.I think of him when I need to keep going in the never endi...
2009-10-1400 minAgileToolkit PodcastJim Miller - The Product Owner Role and Business AlignmnetI have worked with Jim on and off over the past year and he is one one of those people you do not forget working with. Enough said about that.Early on he had a lot of questions related to ROI Calculations and Business Alignment. Over time he brought me closer to his view of Business Alignment and I convinced him that ROI Calculations were at best lies codified by rigorous technique. It is always a pleasure when you learn from someone you are coaching.I think he is Agile for life...Time will tell.
2009-09-2500 minAgileToolkit PodcastAgile 2009 - Conference preview with Johanna RothmanThis is a must attend event for folks using or contemplating using Agile Methods.
The conference will be in beautiful Chicago August 24-28. If you have not yet signed up there is still time. Visit the site for more information.
http://www.agile2009.org/
Remember to join me in the LiveAid stage this year.
-bob payne
2009-07-0900 minAgileToolkit PodcastNationwide - Kevin Fisher - AVP of Product Management - Value of AlignmentKevin and I talk about the challenges of managing product development in large organizations. We talk about the challenges of aligning teams and organizations in an agile services organization.Kevin also discusses the value of UE integration in the Agile Process.Kevin will be presenting at Agile2009 so make sure you look him up.-bob payne
2009-06-2500 minAgileToolkit PodcastMoving into the role of Scrum Master - Jill TubaughI worked with Jill recently at Nationwide Insurance. She is an excelent scrum master and did a great job of ballencing the many competing forces in an agile team.
I hope you enjoy this podcast.
-bob payne
2009-05-1300 minAgileToolkit PodcastExecutive Strategies for Agile Transition - Charlie Kennedy and Tom PaiderI speak with Tom and Charlie about the transition to agility for the Corporate Internet Services group at Nationwide. George Dinwiddie, Sanjiv Augustine and I worked with them for most of 2008 to structure and implement an Agile Transition in the CIS Department. That transition was featured in a PM Network article and was part of a larger groundswell of agile activity at Nationwide.
I very much enjoyed working wit them and I hope you will enjoy the podcast.
-bob payne
2009-05-0400 minAgileToolkit PodcastTips and Advice - Beyond The Team - Sanjiv AugustineGeorge and I talk with Sanjiv Augustine about the larger organizational issues facing Agile Transitions. We chat about strategies for adoption and the Agile PMO.
Enjoy
-bob payne
2009-04-2100 minAgileToolkit PodcastDeep Agile Conference 2009 - Nancy Van Schooenderwoert, Jack GanssleNancy speaks to Jack about the Deep Agile conference and his work in the embedded world. Jack will be speaking at Deep Agile. If you are interested in Agile in the world of embedded systems this conference is an opportunity to explore or improve your use of agile methods in that space.
Enjoy this podcast.
-bob payne
2009-04-1700 minAgileToolkit PodcastTips and Advice - Team RoomsGeorge and I talk about the importance of team rooms.
This can make all the difference in the world even if you do nothing else to improve a projects delivery.
-bob payne
2009-04-1400 minAgileToolkit PodcastTips and Advice - Time BoxesIf I could put time in a bottle...
Well not exactly. George and I talk about the importance of time boxing as an agile concept in this episode.
Enjoy
-bob payne
2009-03-2600 minAgileToolkit PodcastDeep Agile Conference 2009 - Nancy Van Schooenderwoert, James GrenningNancy and James talk about the upcoming Deep Agile Conference.
This sounds like a great conference and I hope some of you will get a chance to be there. Embedded systems present their own development/delivery challenges. If you are a beginner or an expert at Agile Embedded development you will find something at this conference.
http://deepagile2009.eventbrite.com/
-bob payne
2009-03-2500 minAgileToolkit PodcastTips and Advice - Manifesto for Agile Software DevelopmentWe start out the new Tips and Advice segment of the Agile Toolkit Podcast with the Manifesto for Agile Software Development.
Hosts Bob Payne and George Dinwiddie converse about the Mnaifesto, it's principals and our experience living the dream that is Agile.
Hope you enjoy the new format.
More to come in shorter bursts.
-bob payne
2009-02-1200 minAgileToolkit PodcastAgile 2008 - Arlo Belshee - Naked Planning, Promiscuous Pairing and other UnmentionablesWhat 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 mind and he shares the results of those experiments in this interview.
Enjoy
-bob payne
2008-11-0600 minAgileToolkit Podcastagile 2008 -Jon Stahl - Sustainable Fun for Agile DevelopmentI 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
2008-11-0600 minAgileToolkit PodcastAgile 2008 - Sanjiv Augustine - The effect of Agile Projects on Middle ManagementI 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 Sanjiv and LitheSpeed in the years to come here on the Agile Toolkit Podcast.
Enjoy.
-bob payne
2008-08-1700 minAgileToolkit PodcastAgile IT Experience 2008 Panel Discussion - Agile Marketing, Culture, JokesI 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 Payne
2008-07-0100 minAgileToolkit PodcastAgile2007 - Esther Derby and Diana Larsen - Retrospectives and the CWACWe 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
2008-06-2400 minAgileToolkit PodcastAgile2007 - Nancy Van Schooenderwoert - Survey of Bugs and AgilityI 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
2008-06-1900 minAgileToolkit PodcastAgile2007 - Deb Hartman - Interview the InterviewerDeb 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
2008-06-1300 minAgileToolkit PodcastAgile2007 - Ole Jepson - APLN, Agile Certification and the 2007 conferenceOle 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
2008-06-0500 minAgileToolkit PodcastAgile2007 - Rick Mugridge - New product demo for ZiBreveI speak with Rick Mugridge about ZeBreve, Fit, and the conference.
Enjoy.
-bob payne
2008-06-0400 minAgileToolkit PodcastAgile 2007 - David Chelimsky - Behavior Driven Development with RSpecDavid 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 is great to talk to and I recommend accosting him at conferences to start up a conversation.
Enjoy
Bob Payne
2007-12-1000 minAgileToolkit PodcastAgile 2007- Jochen Krebs - Agile CertificationI spoke with "Joe" Krebs at the Agile Conference regarding the somewhat contentious topic of certification.Enjoy-Bob Payne
2007-11-1600 minAgileToolkit PodcastAgile2007 - James Shore - The Art of Agile DevelopmentI 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
2007-10-2600 minAgileToolkit PodcastAgile2007 - Josh Kerievsky - Scaling training, e-Learning and certificationI 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 more Agile 2007 recordings to come...Enjoy the new (slightly) intro and lead out.-bob payne
2007-08-3100 minAgileToolkit PodcastAPLN 2006 - Pollyanna Pixton - Agile LeadershipIf 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 Conference it is a reference to last years conference. The Leadership Summit did sell out and you can hear some of t...
2007-06-1200 minAgileToolkit PodcastRailsEdge 2007 - Bruce William - His talks and the Ruby/Rails CommunityI 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 and attendee.Bruce is a great guy and I think you will enjoy this interview.- bob payne
2007-06-0700 minAgileToolkit PodcastAgile SkypeCast 2007 - Bob Martin - What is Agile?In the first Agile Skypecast, Robert "Uncle Bob" Martin answers thequestion of "What is Agile?" He goes back to the start, to theSnowbird meeting, the formation of the Agile Alliance and thedrafting of the Agile Manifesto. He also looks at the coreprinciples and key practices of Agile software development.This Skypecast was hosted and arranged by Tim Haughton and had participants from around the globe.Enjoy.-bob payne
2007-05-2400 minAgileToolkit PodcastRailsEdge 2007 - Jim Weirich - Rake goodnessI 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 about ruby test driven development. It was great to see someone do tiny step TDD in a presentation that was not an eXt...
2007-05-1500 minAgileToolkit PodcastAgile 2006 - Ryan Martens - Founder & Chief Technology Officer of RallyI 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
2007-04-1600 minAgileToolkit PodcastAgile06 - Bob Martin - Fitness, New Book and the ConferenceI spoke with Bob at the end of the last day of the conference. At this point we were both tired. Bob can always liven up a room and he was able to get one last burst of Podcast Energy from me. We discuss a number of topics but the podcast is short and sweet.Enjoy-bob payne
2006-10-2700 minAgileToolkit PodcastTransitioning to Agility - Sanjiv Augustine, Thad Sheer, Bob Payne, and Cliff BergAPLN - 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
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