Jean 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

Ryan 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

I 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

Dale and I chat in sunny Vegas.  We spoke about his presentations, training and our lives as consultants.  If you have not met Dale you should get yourself out to sunny California and attend his training in July.

I hope you enjoy this podcast as much as I enjoyed recording it.

-bob

George 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

George and I discuss the "Three Basic Things" that you need to understand to implement agile.  The "Three" theme never gets old. 

Much is said about agile but I think George says it best.

"Simple but not easy"

-bob

Johanna 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

 

Olav 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

Bob 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

I met Aslak at the Agile 2009 conference for the first time.  In fact this is to date my one and only conversation with him.  I have used the Cucumber framework at a number of clients to facilitate automated regression testing at the story level.  His work builds on the work of several of my previous interviewees.

• David Chelimsky
• Dave Astels
• Ward Cunningham
• Bob Martin
• Rick Mugridge

I hope you enjoy this interview as much as I enjoyed our conversation.