Douglas Talbot

Agile Project Manager, Agile development researcher, Agile Coach, Agile Architect

Specialising in agile software development management, both team and project focuses. I have spent the last 4 years working with corporate software development groups and development teams, helping them understand and adopt Agile practices. My goals are in researching better ways to build software and empower teams through collaborative people focused environments. My key interests lie in helping software teams perform to the best of their ability.

I have experience in many areas of IT over the past 18 years. Starting as a VMS operator, then C programmer, and spending time as a Oracle forms developer, Analyst Programmer, Oracle DBA, SQLServer DBA, Data Architect, Operations team lead, Change manager, Process Analyst and Development team manager.

Founder of the Agile Professionals Network in Wellington NZ. Member of Agile Alliance.

Speaking engagements: Introduction to Agile for Summer of code, Agile Experiences at the local APN (Agile Network), Agile User Stories at the local APN. Agile Architecture at the local WSAF (Architects forum).

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