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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