Speakers


Bob Payne

Agile Consultant and Host of the Agile Toolkit Podcast

Bob Payne

Bob is the president of Electroglide Inc., a Washington DC based

consulting and training company specializing in Agile Software

Development, Training and Agile Transitions. He began using Agile Methods

in 1999 and has never looked back. Project sizes range from two people to

working with clients that have over 110 developers on two major projects

in 5 development locations. Regardless of scale his goal is always the

same: deliver high quality software using Agile Methods and make the

people on the teams happier and more effective.

As the host of the Agile Toolkit Podcast, he has brought the voices of

agile experts and practicioners to the masses. He is a dynamic speaker

and the chair of the Live Aid Stage at Agile 2008 in Toronto.

Contact Me:

Bob Payne

Electroglide Inc.

323 7th St Washington DC, 20002

bob (at) electroglide.biz

202-903-6854



Blog

Agile 2011 - Ward Cunningham - Agile Manifesto, 10 years later and the Federated Wiki

Posted Wednesday, December 28, 2011

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 more »

Tips and Advice - Test Driven Development - Bob Payne and George Dinwiddie

Posted Tuesday, November 15, 2011

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.   Enjoy -bob pamore »

ADP West 2011 - Ken Pugh - Acceptance Test Driven Development

Posted Tuesday, November 15, 2011

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, temore »
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Presentations

Agile Portfolio Management - Throw it against the wall and see what sticks.

Managing large portfolios with multiple teams and dependencies can be a nightmare. Balancing simplicity and sufficiency is the key to deriving sustained value and continued adoption of any tool. The Portfolio Alignment Wall (PAW) works well on our projecmore »

Jumping the Agile Shark - When good projects go bad.

When the ideas of Agility are used to create a process that seems to have the right "Agile" formula but is just "Wrong, Wrong, Wrong".more »

Real World Agile Automated Acceptance Testing

Need to acceptance test the web front end but tired of the same old selenium scripting or big record and playback solutions. Need to have those tests run in your continuous integration rig. Want testers to help write those tests.more »