Zero to Agile Podcast Series

In this episode, our host Phil Japikse speaks with Steve Bohlen, a former building architect and current software architect on the differences between the two engineering disciplines. Join us as we discuss where the terminology originated in the software industry and how the same terms can mean very different things.   Download Podcast Additional resources: TeamPulse Best Practices Analyzer About the guests: Steve Bohlen Currently a Senior Software Engineer for the SpringSource division of VMware where he is the Technical Lead and Community Evangelist for the Spring.NET Framework, Stephen brings his varied 18-year-plus experience in software and technology to the design and delivery of Software Engineering Solutions and Frameworks for other Software Engineers. In addition to his work on Spring.NET, Stephen is also an active contributor to several other .NET Open-Source Software projects including NHibernate, NDbUnit, and others. Stephen is also a current and past Microsoft MVP award recipient, a member of the ASP Insiders and Visual C# Insiders, and presently holds the office of the Vice President for INETA, North America. Zero to Agile podcast series Follow us on twitter Subscribe on iTunes   Thank for listening to our Zero to Agile podcast episode! Philip Japikse Microsoft MVP, Agile Practices Evangelist at Telerik @skimedic

In the 11 years since the Agile Manifesto was created, the adoption of agile concepts has continued to grow. The number of agile user groups, conferences, and books is a strong indication that more and more people are at least exploring the idea, if not working to improve their adoption and execution. This growth has been so significant that Gartner has declared that “agile is now mainstream”. Along with this growth in adoption and exploration of agile, the number of myths surrounding agile has grown as well. Listen to this episode of the Zero to Agile podcast series on Agile Myths with my guests Steve Porter, Joel Semeniuk, and Ramiro Millan    To help you get a better understanding of the principles and values of the Agile Manifesto, I have prepared for you an eBook called "Top 30 Agile Myths - Busted!" Follow @Team_Pulse on Twitter and within 24 hours you'll receive the download link as a direct message.   Additional resources: TeamPulse Best Practices Analyzer About the guests: Joel Semeniuk Joel Semeniuk is a founder of Imaginet Resources Corp., a Canadian based Microsoft Gold Partner. Currently, Joel is also serving as an Executive VP at Telerik in charge of the Agile Project Management Division. He is also a Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Microsoft ALM and has a degree in Computer Science. With over 18 years of experience, Joel specializes in helping organizations around the world realize their potential through maturing their software development and information technology practices. Joel is passionate about Application Lifecycle Management tooling, techniques, and mindsets and regularly speaks at conferences around the world on a wide range of ALM topics. Joel is also the co-author of “Managing Projects with Microsoft Visual Studio Team System” published by Microsoft Press as well as dozens of other articles for popular trade magazines. Steve Porter Steve Porter is a senior ALM consultant working for Imaginet, a global provider of ALM services. Steve currently serves as the product owner for TeamPulse, an Agile project management software tool. Previous to this assignment, he has worked with multiple organizations in assisting them with their adoption of Agile software development practices. One of his current passions is on helping people and organizations better understand and use the Scrum framework. He currently holds all of the available certification levels offered by Scrum.org and is a certified trainer for each of these designations. He has also authored official supporting material for the recent Scrum guide updates written by Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland. Ramiro Millan Ramiro Millan is an Agile Process Consultant at Telerik. Zero to Agile podcast series Follow us on twitter Subscribe on iTunes Download Podcast   Thank for listening to our Zero to Agile podcast episode! Philip Japikse Microsoft MVP, Agile Practices Evangelist at Telerik @skimedic

In this episode, I sit down with Microsoft MVP Lee Brandt to discuss the difficulties in communication and collaboration amongst project teams as well as with people outside of the project team. Lee offers some great ideas on why the problems arise and how to improve the communications gap. This episode was recorded at the Microsoft MVP Summit in Redmond, Washington.   Additional resources: Improve Collaboration TeamPulse About the guests: Lee Brandt Lee has been programming professionally for more than a decade and currently works as a Consultant in Kansas City. He speaks regionally about software development practices and has mentored teams on improving their approach to lean software development through achieving technical proficiency. He is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional, one of the leaders of the Kansas City .Net User Group, and serves as the Regional Mentor for .Net user groups in Kansas and Missouri. Zero to Agile podcast series Follow us on twitter Subscribe on iTunes Download Podcast   Thank for listening to our Zero to Agile podcast episode! Philip Japikse Microsoft MVP, Agile Practices Evangelist at Telerik @skimedic

In this episode we continue the discussion with Ted, Jessica, and Glenn while at the CodeMash conference in Sandusky, Ohio, and it’s all about transitioning to agile. How do you get organizational buy in? What are the agile anti-patterns that make agile projects fail? How does an individual get started with agile, including agile software engineering?   Additional resources: Bug Tracking in TeamPulse Listen to our previous talk on TDD, BDD, And All of the other DD’s About the guests: Ted Neward Ted is an Architectural Consultant with Neudesic, LLC. He lives out of a suitcase, travels with four laptops, eight mobile devices, three tablets, and enough cables to restock a small electronics store. He pays taxes in the Pacific Northwest with his wife Charlotte, and occasionally wonders who these two nearly-grown men living in his house are, though they keep calling him “Dad” as if that’s supposed to be a hint. Jessica Kerr Jessica spent twelve years in enterprise application development before sneaking off to work for a startup. She loves the St. Louis, MO, user groups and single-malt scotch, preferably at the same time. Two school-age daughters remind her that life, like agile development, is all about embracing change. Glenn Block Glenn is a PM at Microsoft working on support for node.js in Windows and Azure. Glenn has a breadth of experience both inside and outside Microsoft developing software solutions for ISVs and the enterprise. Glenn has been a passionate supporter of open source and has been active in involving folks from the community in the development of software at Microsoft. This has included shipping products under open source licenses, as well as assisting other teams looking to do so. Glenn is also a lover of community and a frequent speaker at local and international events and user groups. Zero to Agile podcast series Follow us on twitter Subscribe on iTunes Download Podcast   Thank for listening to our Zero to Agile podcast episode! Philip Japikse Microsoft MVP, Agile Practices Evangelist at Telerik @skimedic

In this podcast episode I sit down with Ted Neward, Jessica Kerr, and Glenn Block at the CodeMash conference in Sandusky Ohio. The conversation starts with a discussion on Test Driven Development, then moves on to Behavior Driven Development and various other methods to shorten the feedback loop. Not only between a developer and their code, but also between the business, the development team, and the user.   Additional resources: Bug Tracking in TeamPulse About the guests: Ted Neward Ted is an Architectural Consultant with Neudesic, LLC. He lives out of a suitcase, travels with four laptops, eight mobile devices, three tablets, and enough cables to restock a small electronics store. He pays taxes in the Pacific Northwest with his wife Charlotte, and occasionally wonders who these two nearly-grown men living in his house are, though they keep calling him “Dad” as if that’s supposed to be a hint. Jessica Kerr Jessica spent twelve years in enterprise application development before sneaking off to work for a startup. She loves the St. Louis, MO, user groups and single-malt scotch, preferably at the same time. Two school-age daughters remind her that life, like agile development, is all about embracing change. Glenn Block Glenn is a PM at Microsoft working on support for node.js in Windows and Azure. Glenn has a breadth of experience both inside and outside Microsoft developing software solutions for ISVs and the enterprise. Glenn has been a passionate supporter of open source and has been active in involving folks from the community in the development of software at Microsoft. This has included shipping products under open source licenses, as well as assisting other teams looking to do so. Glenn is also a lover of community and a frequent speaker at local and international events and user groups. Zero to Agile podcast series Follow us on twitter Subscribe on iTunes Download Podcast   Thank for listening to our Zero to Agile podcast episode! Philip Japikse Microsoft MVP, Agile Practices Evangelist at Telerik @skimedic

Listen to Part 2 of our Agile Q&A Panel with my guests Steve Porter and Joel Semeniuk     Additional resources: TeamPulse Best Practices Analyzer Listen to Part 1 of the Agile Q&A Panel About the guests: Joel Semeniuk Joel Semeniuk is a founder of Imaginet Resources Corp., a Canadian based Microsoft Gold Partner. Currently, Joel is also serving as an Executive VP at Telerik in charge of the Agile Project Management Division. He is also a Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Microsoft ALM and has a degree in Computer Science. With over 18 years of experience, Joel specializes in helping organizations around the world realize their potential through maturing their software development and information technology practices. Joel is passionate about Application Lifecycle Management tooling, techniques, and mindsets and regularly speaks at conferences around the world on a wide range of ALM topics. Joel is also the co-author of “Managing Projects with Microsoft Visual Studio Team System” published by Microsoft Press as well as dozens of other articles for popular trade magazines. Steve Porter Steve Porter is a senior ALM consultant working for Imaginet, a global provider of ALM services. Steve currently serves as the product owner for TeamPulse, an Agile project management software tool. Previous to this assignment, he has worked with multiple organizations in assisting them with their adoption of Agile software development practices. One of his current passions is on helping people and organizations better understand and use the Scrum framework. He currently holds all of the available certification levels offered by Scrum.org and is a certified trainer for each of these designations. He has also authored official supporting material for the recent Scrum guide updates written by Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland. Zero to Agile podcast series Follow us on twitter Subscribe on iTunes Download Podcast   Thank for listening to our Zero to Agile podcast episode! Philip Japikse Microsoft MVP, Agile Practices Evangelist at Telerik @skimedic

Listen to Part 1 of our Agile Q&A Panel with my guests Steve Porter and Joel Semeniuk     Additional resources: Register for the next Agile Q&A Panel TeamPulse Best Practices Analyzer About the guests: Joel Semeniuk Joel Semeniuk is a founder of Imaginet Resources Corp., a Canadian based Microsoft Gold Partner. Currently, Joel is also serving as an Executive VP at Telerik in charge of the Agile Project Management Division. He is also a Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Microsoft ALM and has a degree in Computer Science. With over 18 years of experience, Joel specializes in helping organizations around the world realize their potential through maturing their software development and information technology practices. Joel is passionate about Application Lifecycle Management tooling, techniques, and mindsets and regularly speaks at conferences around the world on a wide range of ALM topics. Joel is also the co-author of “Managing Projects with Microsoft Visual Studio Team System” published by Microsoft Press as well as dozens of other articles for popular trade magazines. Steve Porter Steve Porter is a senior ALM consultant working for Imaginet, a global provider of ALM services. Steve currently serves as the product owner for TeamPulse, an Agile project management software tool. Previous to this assignment, he has worked with multiple organizations in assisting them with their adoption of Agile software development practices. One of his current passions is on helping people and organizations better understand and use the Scrum framework. He currently holds all of the available certification levels offered by Scrum.org and is a certified trainer for each of these designations. He has also authored official supporting material for the recent Scrum guide updates written by Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland. Zero to Agile podcast series Follow us on twitter Subscribe on iTunes Download Podcast   Thank for listening to our Zero to Agile podcast episode! Philip Japikse Microsoft MVP, Agile Practices Evangelist at Telerik @skimedic

Listen to Part 2 of ours discussion with Pete Brown and Rachel Appel on how to Know Thy Customer.     Download Podcast Additional resources: Know Thy Customer (blog by Joel Semeniuk) TeamPulse Ideas & Feedback Portal Did you miss the first part of the podcast? >> Know Thy Customer - Part 1 with Pete Brown and Rachel Appel Zero to Agile podcast series Follow us on twitter Subscribe on iTunes   Thank for listening to our Zero to Agile podcast episode! Philip Japikse Microsoft MVP, Agile Practices Evangelist at Telerik @skimedic

Who are our customers? What are they looking for? These are some of the hardest questions to answer in the software industry. Join us in a talk with two senior Microsoft evangelists, Peter Brown and Rachel Appel, about how they connect with their customers in one of the largest developer communities in the world.     Download Podcast Additional resources: Know Thy Customer (blog by Joel Semeniuk) TeamPulse Ideas & Feedback Portal About the guests: Pete Brown Pete Brown is a Senior Program Manager with Microsoft, leading the Developer Community team, as well as a former Microsoft Silverlight MVP, INETA speaker, and RIA Architect. Pete's focus at Microsoft is the community around client application development (Windows 8 XAML, WPF, Silverlight, Windows Phone, Surface, Windows Forms, C++, Native Windows API, .NET Micro Framework, Robotics, and more), with a particular focus on XAML and gadgets. Rachel Appel Rachel currently works for Microsoft as a Sr. Developer Evangelist based in the NYC Metro area. Rachel is an industry recognized author, mentor, trainer, and speaker, who regularly speaks at national conferences such as DevConnections, MIX, VSLive, and CodeStock. Zero to Agile podcast series Follow us on twitter Subscribe on iTunes   Thank for listening to our Zero to Agile podcast episode! Philip Japikse Microsoft MVP, Agile Practices Evangelist at Telerik @skimedic

In this episode, I speak with Joel Semeniuk and Stephen Forte on how they got started down the path of agile. Joel’s focus on the people in the software development led to many process improvements that paralleled many of the other early adopted of agile. Stephen found his path to better software development because he had an issue dodging paint balls and fallen trees.     Additional resources: 5 Agile Project Management Techniques You Can Start Using Today TeamPulse Best Practices Analyzer Guest Bios Joel Semeniuk Joel Semeniuk is a founder of Imaginet Resources Corp., a Canadian based Microsoft Gold Partner. Currently, Joel is also serving as an Executive VP at Telerik in charge of the Agile Project Management Division. He is also a Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Microsoft ALM and has a degree in Computer Science. With over 18 years of experience, Joel specializes in helping organizations around the world realize their potential through maturing their software development and information technology practices. Joel is passionate about Application Lifecycle Management tooling, techniques, and mindsets and regularly speaks at conferences around the world on a wide range of ALM topics. Joel is also the co-author of “Managing Projects with Microsoft Visual Studio Team System” published by Microsoft Press as well as dozens of other articles for popular trade magazines. Stephen Forte Stephen Forte is the Chief Strategy Officer of Telerik, a leading vendor of developer and team productivity tools. Stephen is also a board member of the Scrum Alliance. Involved in several startups, he was the co-founder of Triton Works, which was acquired by UBM (London: UBM.L) in 2010 and was the Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of Corzen, Inc., which was acquired by Wanted Technologies (TXV: WAN) in 2007. Stephen also speaks regularly at industry conferences around the world. He has written several books on application and database development including Programming SQL Server 2008 (MS Press). Prior to Corzen, Stephen served as the CTO of Zagat Survey in New York City (acquired by Google in 2011) and also was co-founder of the New York-based software consulting firm The Aurora Development Group. He currently is a Microsoft MVP award recipient, Microsoft Regional Director, INETA speaker, and is the co-moderator and founder of the NYC .NET Developer User Group. Stephen is also a Certified Scrum Professional and PMP and holds an MBA from the City University of New York. An avid mountain climber, Stephen leads a trek in the Mt. Everest region every fall to raise money for charity. Stephen lives in Hong Kong with his wife. Zero to Agile podcast series Follow us on twitter Subscribe on iTunes Download Podcast Thanks for listening our Zero To Agile podcast episode! Philip Japikse Microsoft MVP, Agile Practices Evangelist at Telerik @skimedic