I 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 

George 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.  

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-bob payne

Ken 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. 

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-bob payne

Come 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.

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-bob payne

Ken 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 addition to the other large conferences that Ken will be speaking at he will also be a keynote at the AgileDC conference.

Enjoy

Bob Payne

Kelly 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

George 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.

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Bob Payne

This 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

Another 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 well.  Hope you like it as well.

Enjoy

-bob payne

I 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