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SPaMCAST 558 - Story Points - Leave Them, QA Focus, Discussions and Essays

Release Date: 08/04/2019

SPaMCAST 594 - Behold the Cryptopreneurs, An interview with Dennis Lewis

Software Process and Measurement Cast

The SPaMCAST 594 features our interview with Dennis Lewis. Mr. Lewis, author of Behold the Cryptopreneurs, and I talked about how blockchain and cryptocurrencies are changing all types of software development. Dennis provides great advice for technologists and entrepreneurs that is immediately actionable (without violating social distancing).

SPaMCAST 593 - Be Happy and Thrive, An Interview With Scott Crabtree

Software Process and Measurement Cast

The SPaMCAST 593 features my interview with Scott Crabtree. Happiness at work might sound squishy, but happiness has rigorous science behind it. Simply put, happiness yields better outcomes both in terms of value delivered and our own perception of our value.

SPaMCAST 592 - Human-Centered Design and Women In Agile, An Interview with Shelisa Bainbridge

Software Process and Measurement Cast

The SPaMCAST 592 features my interview with Shelisa Bainbridge. We talked about human-centered design and the impact of design on the development process. This approach is core to understanding what the customer wants in a way that influences every line of code. We also talked about how organizations adopt agile and women in agile.

SPaMCAST 591 - Advice For Remote Teams, A Discussion with Dalton, McDonough, Koorse, Hurney, and Cagley

Software Process and Measurement Cast

The SPaMCAST 591 is a very special podcast. On the 18th of March, I convened a panel of luminaries to discuss how they were supporting and working with remote teams. I recorded both the audio and video, today I am releasing the audio version. The panel for this show was

SPaMCAST 590 - Future of Testing, An Interview with Nancy Kastl

Software Process and Measurement Cast

The SPaMCAST 590 features my interview with Nancy Kastl. Nancy and I discussed testing and the future of the testing profession. The future of testing is not cut and dry; in the short run more automation and in the long-term more codeless testing and AI might replace entry-level testers. An eye-opening interview!

SPaMCAST 589 - Using Clean Language Questions To Refine Requirements, Virtual Agile, Essays and Discussions

Software Process and Measurement Cast

The SPaMCAST 589 features our essay on using clean language to refine requirements. As product managers, product owners, and stakeholders interact with the world and then describe a set of wants and needs they use metaphors. Clean language helps us unpack those metaphors.

SPaMCAST 588 - Project Management: It's All Bollocks, An interview with Susie Palmer-Trew and Peter Taylor

Software Process and Measurement Cast

The SPaMCAST 588 features our interview with Susie Palmer-Trew and Peter Taylor. We discussed their new book Project Management: It's All Bollocks! It was great to meet Susie and renew our conversation with Peter. We talked about the assumptions that the profession of project management makes and why we should challenge those assumptions. The episode has the subtitle (you will discover it ½ way through the interview)

SPaMCAST 587 - Fixing Your Scrum, An Interview with Todd Miller and Ryan Ripley

Software Process and Measurement Cast

For SPaMCAST 587 we are going to break cadence and feature another interview. Ryan Ripley, Todd Miller and I discussed their new book Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems. We discussed how to define broken scrum processes. Ryan and Todd make the point that Scrum is so much more than a checklist of practices to follow, yet that's exactly how many organizations practice it.

SPaMCAST 586 - Great Big Agile and The Agile Performance Holarchy, An Interview with Jeff Dalton

Software Process and Measurement Cast

The SPaMCAST 586 features our interview with Jeff Dalton. We talked about his book Great Big Agile and the Agile Performance Holarchy. One of the topics we explored in this podcast is the relationship between being a professional musician and a software developer. Jeff brings his wisdom and humor to the podcast again to help listeners learn from high-performance agile organizations!

SPaMCAST 585 - Most Agile Transformations Ignore Technical Skills, A Conversation with Susan Parente and Jon M Quigley

Software Process and Measurement Cast

The SPaMCAST 585 features an intimate conversation between Jon M Quigley, Susan Parente, and myself. We discussed experimentation, learning, and a deep dive into whether agile transformations do enough to prepare technical teams to get the maximum value from agile.

More Episodes

SPaMCAST 558 features our essay Story Points – Leave Them, Don’t Love Them. Story Points are not evil and they may be useful in some circumstances. But like most tools, at some point, they lose focus. They have outlived their usefulness, therefore, I will leave them when at all possible.

This week, Jeremy Berriault brings his QA Corner to the podcast. We talked about focus. How much focus is enough and how much is too much? Mr. Berriault has an opinion and stories to back his opinion up.

Re-Read Saturday News

In Chapter 15 of Thinking, Fast and Slow we explore two types of fallacies. Logical and conjunction fallacies can impact any process improvement effort, typically in a manner that does not benefit change.

Remember, if you do not have a favorite, dog-eared copy of Thinking, Fast and Slow, please buy a copy. Using the links in this blog entry helps support the blog and its alter-ego, The Software Process and Measurement Cast. Buy a copy on Amazon, It’s time to get reading!

The installments:

Week 1: Logistics and Introduction – http://bit.ly/2UL4D6h

Week 2: The Characters Of The Story – http://bit.ly/2PwItyX

Week 3: Attention and Effort – http://bit.ly/2H45x5A

Week 4: The Lazy Controller – http://bit.ly/2LE3MQQ

Week 5: The Associative Machine – http://bit.ly/2JQgp8I

Week 6: Cognitive Ease – http://bit.ly/2VTuqVu

Week 7: Norms, Surprises, and Causes – http://bit.ly/2Molok2

Week 8: A Machine for Jumping to Conclusions - http://bit.ly/2XOjOcx

Week 9: How Judgement Happens and Answering An Easier Question - http://bit.ly/2XBPaX3

Week 10: Law of Small Numbers - http://bit.ly/2JcjxtI

Week 11: Anchors - http://bit.ly/30iMgUu

Week 12: The Science of Availability - http://bit.ly/30tW6TN

Week 13: Availability, Emotion, and Risk - http://bit.ly/2GmOkTT

Week 14: Tom W’s Speciality - http://bit.ly/2YxKSA8

Week 15: Linda: Less Is More - http://bit.ly/2T3EgnV

Next SPaMCAST

SPaMCAST 559 will feature our interview with Al Shalloway. Rarely do I bring guests back so quickly, however, Al has a number of important ideas to share that only recently began to see wide distribution. We talked about the troubles dogging classic agile, using a scientific approach to change, and FLEX. This was a long discussion . . . it was so riveting that I lost track of time.

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