Today's episode is centered around some exciting news. I am launching a new venture, Team Xcelerator Inc., which will focus on Agile team software. The AgileInstructor.com blog and the All Things Agile podcast will be moved under the Team Xcelerator umbrella. I am very excited about the possibilities. Please checkout the podcast and send me your thoughts and product feature input using [email protected]m. Also, don't forget to please post a kind review in iTunes. We really appreciate your time and support  :)

All Things Agile - Episode 4 - A New Hope

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Welcome to the All Things Agile Podcast. Your destinationfor tips and interviews with the leaders in the world of Agile. Don’t forget tosubscribe to this podcast in iTunes and please check out our sponsor: TeamXcelerator.com.And now, here’s your host: Ronnie Andrews Jr.

Hello everyone and welcome to the All Things AgilePodcast, Episode 4. Today’s title is ‘A New Hope’. This is payinghomage to the classic Star Wars title, but before we begin, a quick reminderthat this podcast is for informational purposes only and accepts no legalliability. So let’s get started.

As an Agile coach, I’m frequently searching for tools tohelp myself and others utilize Agile methodology successfully. Candidly, Ihaven’t found many tools which truly reflect the needs that I have seen overthe years. Rather than let this frustration remain, I decided to start a newcompany: Team Xcelerator Inc. to tackle common challenges for Agile teams.

You have undoubtedly heard references to Team Xcelerator afew times already. I want to take a few moments to talk about it in moredetail. Everything is still very early stages, but I’m hopeful that many Agilepractitioners will come to love it. A goal of mine is to develop a productwhich reflects the global nature of today’s workforce. Almost all developmentteams are now spread across the world and this trend is only continuing torise. The use of Agile itself is also on the rise. However, many organizationsare still struggling with learning and how to adapt Agile, including the factthat teams or departments may implement Agile differently.

Many of the products that I’ve seen on the market are reallyjust project management tools. We still have a lot of work remaining, but it isa goal of mine to develop Team Xcelerator into a cloud-based web tool whichwill enable teams to specifically focus on Agile success. I also intend forTeam Xcelerator to be affordable. I want to encourage teams to utilize the tooland achieve success. It will be targeting organizations of all different sizes,including young startups to industry veterans.

I can’t release too many specifics at this time, but I didwant to take a moment and let my audience have advance notice of this newplatform. I’m also interested in your input to ensure that it better conformsto your needs. 
As the episode title alludes to, it is a new hope for me and forthe world of Agile; an opportunity to create a platform for Agileprofessionals, by Agile professionals. And I hope that you’re excited about thisrecent product news as I am – and remember: you can check out my blog using thewebsite agileinstructor.com and feel free to contact me using [email protected] and feelfree to include product comments that you may have regarding Agile tools. Iwould love to be able to take in your input and ensure that we have productfeatures that will truly meet the needs of our audience.

Also, don’t forget to visit our previously discussedsponsor: TeamXcelerator.com which makes this podcast possible. And thank youonce again for joining me for this quick podcast – join me for Episode 5, we’rehaving an exciting interview with Mary and Tom Poppendieck who are theinnovators of Lean Software. You don’t want to miss it! Remember – it’s time toaccelerate your team, today!

Thank you for listening to All Things Agile. We look forwardto you subscribing to the podcast on iTunes and leaving a kind review. Thanksand God bless!