Summary: Alan is an industry thought leader in Lean, Kanban, product portfolio management, Scrum and agile design. He helps companies transition to Lean and Agile methods enterprise-wide as well teaches courses in these areas. He is the founder and CEO of <a href="http://www.netobjectives.com/">Net Objectives</a> and also can be found on twitter @alshalloway. Alan is the primary author of <br> <br> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321543734/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=business901-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0321543734">Essential Skills for the Agile Developer: A Guide to Better Programming and Design</a> <br> <br> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321532899/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=business901-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0321532899">Lean-Agile Software Development: Achieving Enterprise Agility</a> <br> <br> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0201715945/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=business901-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0201715945">Design Patterns Explained: A New Perspective on Object-Oriented Design</a> <br> <br> And a favorite of mine: <a href="http://pre-prod.amazon.com/gp/product/0578012146/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=business901-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0578012146">Lean-Agile Pocket Guide for Scrum Teams</a> <br> <br> This podcast is broken down into 3 parts. I had trouble running Alan down and finally caught him on his cell phone so the quality is not the best. However, Alan delivered great content and we could hardly stop talking. His view of the Agile community, Scrum, Kanban and Lean is unique and refreshing. <br> <br> Part 1 of 3: <a href="http://business901.com/blog1/alan-shalloway-discusses-the-state-of-agile-part-1-of-3/">Alan Shalloway discusses the state of Agile!, part 1 of 3</a> <br> <br> Part 2 of 3: <a href="http://business901.com/blog1/can-agile-work-at-the-enterprise-level-with-alan-shalloway-part-2-of-3/">Can Agile work at the Enterprise Level with Alan Shalloway?</a> <br> <br> Related Information: <br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="http://business901.com/blog1/the-lean-agile-train-software-transcription/">The Lean Agile Train Software Transcription</a> <br> <br> <a href="http://business901.com/blog1/understand-scrum-understand-implementing-pdca/">Understand Scrum, Understand Implementing PDCA</a> <br> <br> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470684208?ie=UTF8&tag=business901-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=0470684208">Lean Architecture: for Agile Software Development</a> <br> <br> <a href="http://business901.com/blog1/the-differences-in-lean-and-agile/">The differences in Lean and Agile</a>
