At Agile 2013 in Nashville on a park bench, in a garden, near a waterfall that is ever present, Craig catches up with Alan Bustamante to talk about his Agile expedition. Along the way they chat about:

• the enormity of the Gaylord Opryland in Nashville and the average weather outside
• the use case approach in the Rational Unified Process (RUP) and how it set the scene for Scrum and Agile
• bringing architects along for the Agile journey
• an initial lure for Agile – “the pressure of letting the team down is greater than staying resistant”
• Agile Cincinnati and the take up in Cincinatti and Colombus
• the need to “get back to making work fun and building relationships”
• Alan’s work at Seapine Software and “The Agile Expedition” book
• Alan’s conference tip: make it a goal to meet at least one person and get to know them
• Advice: “there are bigger things in life than project work, keep grounded and realise what’s important”
• Starting a company: Xcelerate Partners
• Agile 2013 nighlights were Michael Sahota and Olaf Lewitz on “Temenos—the Healing Container” and Lyssa Adkins and Michael Spayd on “Conflict Facilitation as a Leadership Skill“

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