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Podcast on Managing Distributed Agile Projects

Posted by Andy Singleton on Fri, Feb 06, 2009 @ 01:24 PM
 

This week I recorded a podcast (here) in which I ranted on the subject of managing distributed agile projects, the future of work in the cloud, and anything else that my friend Jon Udell thought would be useful for his  Interviews with Innovator's podcast series.

The editor writes: Andy Singleton is an entrepreneur who has long studied and practiced the art of distributed software development. Influenced by the open source and agile movements, he has arrived at some startling conclusions about how to manage commercial projects. Among them: don't interview people, don't estimate schedules, and don't spend time in teleconferences. In this conversation with host Jon Udell he explains why not to do these things, and what to do instead.

Our product picked up a review at WebWorkerDaily, where they looked at applying Assembla to non-software project collaboration.  It's interesting to read articles like this because you learn how many different angles and approaches there are to the basic issue of online team collaboration.  We will read and learn.

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COMMENTS

Wow, what an amazing podcast, I'm not even through it yet and had to come and find this post. 
 
You've had at least three amazing quotes already, in particular, I love this one: 
 
"Good Project management is all about removing the real-time urgency" 
 
Wow. 
 
This is one podcast I am going to listen to at least a few times. Although I'm the choir, I am blown away how well you have put the thoughts into words.  
 
I'm already calling for an encore - there at least five topics you've touched on I'd like to hear get broken down into separate podcasts.  
 
These effect me and the people I work with everyday who may not know the reasons why I operate the way I do.

posted @ Friday, February 06, 2009 10:59 PM by Brett S.


Very good podcast. 
 
I think it could has been really better with another interviewer though.

posted @ Sunday, February 15, 2009 3:31 PM by Novack


Andy - the podcast was great. You did a great job, you communicate very well and your thoughts/ideas came through very clearly ~ even with Udell rambling at times. He does that to everyone - have your heard him interview Howard Bloom - wow? 
 
 
 
I agree with the comments above and would look forward to some more podcasts in the future. Perhaps you could just do some recordings of discussions with colleagues and release them here on your blog?

posted @ Monday, February 16, 2009 11:15 PM by ryan-walker


Andy, 
 
Great podcast, really enjoyed listening to your thoughts on project management. It's nice to hear someone in a prominent position trumpeting these ideas. I particularly liked your comments on interviewing (or lack of), a really novel and interesting approach. 
 
Thanks for sharing 
 
Richard

posted @ Tuesday, March 03, 2009 3:55 PM by Richard Dean


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