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  • Scott Ambler On Agile’s Present and Future

    In this interview, InfoQ’s Chief Editor, Floyd Marinescu, interviewed Scott Ambler, Practice Lead for Agile Development at IBM, on the current status of the Agile community and practices having a look at the perspective of the Agile’s future.

    Scott Ambler On Agile’s Present and Future
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    37:47
  • Dan Farino On MySpace’s Architecture

    In this interview taken by InfoQ’s Ryan Slobojan, Dan Farino, Chief Systems Architect at MySpace, talks about the system architecture and the challenges faced when building a very large online community. Because MySpace is built almost entirely on the .NET Framework, Dan explains how a .NET product scales on hundreds of servers.

    Dan Farino On MySpace’s Architecture
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    27:55
  • Pressure and Performance – The CTO's Dilemma

    In this interview made by Deborah Hartmann during Agile 2008, Diana Larsen and Jim Shore talk about patterns observed in CTOs' activity. CTOs emerge as real people caring for other people in their organization, and are put under a lot of pressure and constraints.

    Pressure and Performance – The CTO's Dilemma
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    29:49
  • Steven "Doc" List About Open Spaces

    In this interview made by InfoQ's Greg Young, Steven "Doc" List talks about Open Space conferences, a way of running meetings of groups of various sizes by facilitating self organizing the sessions.

    Steven "Doc" List About Open Spaces
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    09:17
  • Linda Rising: Prejudices Can Alter Team Work

    In this interview filmed during Agile 2008, following the presentation "Who Do You Trust?", Linda Rising shows how prejudices can affect the relationships between team members. According to Linda, we all have a tendency to categorize others based on characteristics like race, religion, sex, but also based on more trivial characteristics, and many times we are not even aware we are doing it.

    Linda Rising: Prejudices Can Alter Team Work
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    46:29
  • Jim McCarthy and 11 Commitments For a Shared Vision

    In this talk filmed during Agile 2008, Jim McCarthy talks about 11 commitments team members should adhere to if they want to achieve a state of shared vision. Such a state empowers a team to reach their full potential and ultimately attain greatness.

    Jim McCarthy and 11 Commitments For a Shared Vision
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    01:21:10
  • Erich Gamma Discusses Jazz, Eclipse, JUnit and Design Patterns

    In this interview from QCon London 2008, Erich Gamma discusses the Jazz project, why Eclipse has been successful, the strict Eclipse release schedule, JUnit, Design Patterns, how to identify a design pattern, design patterns and the 'Don't Repeat Yourself' principle, the design pattern community, and whether dependency injection is a design pattern.

    Erich Gamma Discusses Jazz, Eclipse, JUnit and Design Patterns
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    22:51
  • Joshua Kerievsky about Industrial XP

    In this interview taken by Sadek Drobi of InfoQ, Joshua Kerievsky, founder of Industrial Logic, talks about Industrial Extreme Programming which extends XP by including practices dealing with management, customers and developers.

    Joshua Kerievsky about Industrial XP
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    23:19
  • Linda Rising on "Fearless Change" Patterns

    In this interview made by Floyd Marinescu, co-founder of InfoQ, Linda Rising talks about the book "Fearless Change: Patterns for Introducing New Ideas" and offers examples of how the patterns presented in the book can ease the stress of Agile adoption.

    Linda Rising on "Fearless Change" Patterns
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    30:32
  • Jean Tabaka About Team Collaboration and RAPID Management

    In this interview made by Deborah Hartmann of InfoQ, Jean Tabaka talks about team collaboration as a key ingredient of the Agile development, but she also mentions RAPID management as a solution for the product owners who found themselves in an Agile environment.

    Jean Tabaka About Team Collaboration and RAPID Management
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    25:22
  • Hakan Erdogmus on TDD Misunderstandings and Adoption Issues

    In this interview made during Agile 2007, Dr. Hakan Erdogmus, Editor in Chief of IEEE Software, discusses about TDD starting from a study done by Ron Jeffries and Grigori Melnik and published as "TDD--The Art of Fearless Programming" in the IEEE Software magazine. Hakan talks about current misunderstandings regarding TDD's role in software development and the adoption issues it faces.

    Hakan Erdogmus on TDD Misunderstandings and Adoption Issues
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    20:57
  • Rachel Davies on Generic Agile

    In this interview taken by Deborah Hartmann during Agile 2007, Rachel Davies, director of Agile Alliance, talks about Generic Agile, about the necessity to understand what is important in a development process, rather than sticking with a strict Agile method.

    Rachel Davies on Generic Agile
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    15:54
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