Recent Blog Posts

  • Competition and Knowledge-Sharing
    By Johanna Rothman - Wednesday Aug, 27
    In Knowledge Management Needs to be Agile, Too, I said If you put people in competition with each other *in any way*, they will have dis-incentives to share their knowledge. John, in his comment on ... more »
  • Test Automation Class in Virginia
    By Jared Richardson - Monday Aug, 25
    The first scheduled class for the NFJS One venture is now official! And we don't even have the website live yet. :) This class will be a good mix of the "Why" as well as the "How". The goal is for yo... more »
  • ReadWriteWeb on Dirty Data
    By Michael Nygard - Sunday Aug, 24
    A short while back, I did a brief series on the value of "dirty data"---copious amounts of unstructured, non-relational data created by the many interactions user have with your site and eac... more »
  • rspec_validation_expectations gem released
    By Matthew Bass - Friday Aug, 22
    I just released a new gem on GitHub that provides some common validation expectations to rspec. Instead of writing specs to verify that your models are handling validation correctly, these expectation... more »
  • “Seeing Your Work” Podcast Posted
    By Johanna Rothman - Friday Aug, 22
    I’ve posted my “Seeing Your Work” podcast. It’s available on libsyn and through iTunes. If you’d like me to interview you or you interview me, lemme know. ... more »

In the Spotlight - Bob Payne

Bob Payne

Agile Consultant and Host of the Agile Toolkit Podcast

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



















Presentations by Bob Payne

CLUK – A Multi-Team Agile Project Simmulation

Experience the joy of coordinating and integrating the code of multiple
teams and multiple applications and save the world. This Scrum of Scrums
simmulation will provide attendees insights into the complexity of
coordinating multiple projects in an agile manner."

Scaling Agile Projects – Theory and Practice

In theory, theory and practice are the same … in practice they never are.

This workshop will discuss the real world challenges and techniques used
for scalling agile projects gained on multiple 100+ member agile projects.
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Agile Toolkit Podcast
Conversations about Agile Software Delivery


Bob Payne's complete blog can be found at: http://agiletoolkit.libsyn.com

Sunday, August 17, 2008

I 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

Monday, June 30, 2008

I 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

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

We 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

Thursday, June 19, 2008

I 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