This episode of Agile Caravanserai is a presentation from Bob Martin given at our recent Lean + Agile DC Conference. Bob Martin self proclaims himself as the Agile Curmudgeon yelling at the neighborhood kids to get off his lawn. In this talk,

Jim Highsmith - Lean + Agile DC

Jan 5th, 2024 19m 48s

Today’s press is full of AI prognostications, many predicting a dire future. They are all wrong. History tells us that predicting technology’s path is futile. However, preparing for it is not. What does history tell us about past technology adv

Mary Lynn Manns

Nov 1st, 2022 14m 20s

Mary Lynn Manns is an author, educator and leading change consultant based in Asheville, North Carolina. I’ve had the privilege of knowing Mary Lynn for close to two decades. Along with Linda Rising, she is the co-author of the “Fearless Chang

Diana Larsen

May 3rd, 2022 10m 25s

Diana Larsen is Chief Connector & Co-Founder of the Agile Fluency® Project. Along with James Shore, her co-founder, Diana focuses The Agile Fluency Model on achieving fluent proficiency on an agile development team. Diana also founded

Jurgen Appelo

Apr 5th, 2022 10m 57s

Jurgen Appelo is an entrepreneur, speaker, and author on agility, leadership, and innovation. Jurgen is CEO of the business network Happy Melly and co-founder of the Agile Lean Europe network. Since 2008, Jurgen has worked on his blog at NOOP.N

Jim Benson

Mar 15th, 2022 10m 51s

Jim Benson is a pioneer of knowledge work and creator of Personal Kanban. He is also a public speaker, consultant, and author who is an expert in effectiveness for individuals, teams, and organizations. After three decades as a business owner,

Laurie Williams

Mar 1st, 2022 10m 31s

Laurie Williams is a Distinguished Professor in the Computer Science Department of the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University (NCSU). Laurie's research focuses on software security; agile software development practices and pr

Max Keeler

Feb 15th, 2022 18m 37s

Max Keeler is the Chief Projects Officer and Project Lead for Investor Island at The Motley Fool. His specialty is Agile Project Management. Over the last 25 years, Max has worked at the Motley Fool in a variety of different positions including

Johanna Rothman

Feb 1st, 2022 12m 11s

Johanna Rothman, also known as the “Pragmatic Manager,” is a coach, consultant, speaker, and advisor. Johanna offers frank advice for tough problems with managing projects, programs, and project portfolios. Essentially, Johanna helps leaders a

Esther Derby

Dec 21st, 2021 11m 37s

Esther Derby is a consultant, advisor, author, and speaker. Esther has spent the last 25 years helping companies design their organization for success. She has a Master’s degree in Organizational Leadership and a certificate in Human Systems D

David Anderson

Dec 8th, 2021 24m 28s

David Anderson is an internationally recognized thought leader and pioneer of the Kanban Methodology. He’s the founder of the David J Anderson School of Management as well as the CEO of Mauvius Group Inc. David is the author of seven books on

Naresh Jain

Oct 19th, 2021 13m 24s

Naresh Jain is an award-winning, internationally recognized Technology & Product Development Expert. Naresh is the Founder of the tech startup Xnsio, as well as a veteran conference producer and agile/lean expert. Over the last 15 years, Naresh

Evan Leybourn

Sep 21st, 2021 13m 19s

Evan Leybourn is the Co-Founder and CEO of the Business Agility Institute. As well as leading the Business Agility Institute, Evan is also the author of Directing the Agile Organisation (2012) and #noprojects; a culture of continuous value (201

Dean Leffingwell

Aug 17th, 2021 12m 46s

Dean Leffingwell is the Cofounder and Chief Methodologist at Scaled Agile. Dean is an entrepreneur who is best known for creating the Scaled Agile Framework for the enterprise, or SAFe®. He has long history of entrepreneurship, having founded s

Howard Sublett

Jun 29th, 2021 11m 1s

Howard Sublett is the Chief Product Owner and CEO of the Scrum Alliance. Howard has been a force to reckon with in the Scrum and Agile communities for a while. He has a talent for bringing people together in his inimitable style. Howard is focu

Rashina Hoda

Jun 15th, 2021 17m 43s

Professor Rashina Hoda is the Associate Dean in the Faculty of Information Technology at Monash University, Melbourne. Rashina is an award-winning researcher and an international expert in human-centered software engineering specializing in agi

Deepti Jain

Apr 20th, 2021 12m 13s

Deepti Jain is the founder of the India-based agile consulting firm Agile Virgin, and an agile coach, trainer and mentor. She is also the Agile Alliance’s India Community Development Chief. Personally, Deepti loves to connect and interact with

Ellen Grove

Apr 6th, 2021 10m 55s

Ellen Grove is the Interim Managing Director of the Agile Alliance, and an agile coach, trainer and organizational change agent with Agile Partnership. In 2013, Ellen partnered with LitheSpeed on an agile transformation. As an Agile coach, Elle

Michael Carrel

Mar 22nd, 2021 16m 35s

After a series of Agile Caravanserai conversations with the authors of the Agile Manifesto, let's pivot to conversations with senior leaders in industry and also in the agile community. Michael Carrel is the Senior Vice President & Chief Techno

Andy Hunt

Mar 9th, 2021 18m 54s

Andy Hunt is one of the 17 Agile Manifesto authors, and a well-known author, publisher and musician. Andy has long impressed me with his commitment to the discipline of software development. Unlike those who get lost in arcane techniques and t

Arie van Bennekum

Feb 23rd, 2021 18m 43s

Arie van Bennekum is one of the 17 Agile Manifesto authors, and the one with the unique distinction of not being from North America. When the manifesto was written, Arie was there representing the UK-based DSDM Consortium. DSDM or the Dynamic S

Ron Jeffries

Feb 9th, 2021 24m 45s

Ron Jeffries is an Agile Manifesto author and the co-creator of the popular eXtreme Programming or XP methodology. For decades, Ron has been a vocal proponent of disciplined practices for quality code. Ron evolved XP on the now-famous Chrysler

Kent Beck

Jan 26th, 2021 24m 33s

Kent Beck is an Agile Manifesto author and the co-creator of the wildly popular eXtreme Programming (XP) methodology. Kent is also the leading proponent of Test-Driven Development (TDD). In the mid-1990s, along with Ron Jeffries and Ward Cunni

James Grenning

Jan 11th, 2021 12m 40s

James Grenning is an Agile Manifesto author and a true software development guru. James’ contributions to agile methods are wide ranging, especially in the all-important space of embedded systems. James has designed complex embedded application

Jeff Sutherland

Dec 21st, 2020 14m 26s

As the co-creator of Scrum and an Agile Manifesto author, Jeff Sutherland needs little introduction in the agile community. Jeff originally designed and developed Scrum based on principles from Takeuchi and Nonaka in their landmark Harvard Busi