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><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><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>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 some great content and we could hardly stop talking. His view of the Agile community, Scrum, Kanban and Lean is unique and refreshing. <br> <br> Related Subject discussed in podcast: A transcription of the Business901 Podcast, <a href="http://business901.com/blog1/should-you-manage-your-organization-with-agile-techniques/">Should you Manage your Organization with Agile Techniques?</a>. My guest was Steve Denning’s, author of the new book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470548681?ie=UTF8&tag=business901-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0470548681">The Leader’s Guide to Radical Management: Reinventing the Workplace for the 21st Century</a> (Jossey-Bass, 2010). <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>
