SPaMCAST 594 - Behold the Cryptopreneurs, An interview with Dennis Lewis
Software Process and Measurement Cast
Release Date: 04/05/2020
SPaMCAST 611 - Operational Anti-Patterns with DevOps Solutions, A Conversation With Jeff Smith
Software Process and Measurement Cast
The Software Process and Measurement Cast 611 features our conversation with Jeff Smith. Jeff and I talked about his new book, Operational Anti-Patterns with DevOps Solutions. Our conversation branched out to cover DevOps and how writing a book changes your perception of life. The conversation was the most clear-eyed and penetrating conversation on DevOps I have had on the podcast. Jeff challenged all of us to recognize that we can make a difference.
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SPaMCAST 610 - Organizing Around The Product Flow, Agile or Traditional, Pick One, Conversations and Essays
Software Process and Measurement Cast
The Software Process and Measurement Cast 610 features our essay, An Agile Team In a Waterfall Company – Organizing Around The Product Flow. Focusing on getting features and support for a product to market changes how teams and groups organize to solve business problems. This is a standalone essay that can be read as part of a larger theme covering the trials faced by an agile team in a waterfall company.
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SPaMCAST 609 - Agile and Collaborative Contracts, An Interview with Dr David Rico
Software Process and Measurement Cast
The Software Process and Measurement Cast 609 features our conversation with Dr. David Rico. Dave is returning to the Software Process and Measurement Cast to discuss the concept of agile and collaborative contracts. Contracts and agile don’t often work well together. That does not have to be the case!
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SPaMCAST 608 - An Agile Team in a Waterfall Company, Expert Bias - Essays And Conversations
Software Process and Measurement Cast
The Software Process and Measurement Cast 608 features our essay, An Agile Team in a Waterfall Company. Teams like this exist, and sometimes even flourish. Our essay explores how that is possible and how teams in this circumstance can help evolve whole organizations.
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SPaMCAST 607 - Hybrid Project Management, An Interview with Mark Tolbert and Susan Parente
Software Process and Measurement Cast
The Software Process and Measurement Cast 607 features our interview with Mark Tolbert and Susan Parente to discuss their new book Hybrid Project Management: Using Agile with Traditional PM Methodologies to Succeed on Modern Projects. Agile hybrids are often pilloried, Mark and Susan make a strong case that hybrids have a place in delivering value. Without hybrids, there are places that can't go!
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SPaMCAST 606 - Seriously Good Software, A Discussion With Marco Faella
Software Process and Measurement Cast
The Software Process and Measurement Cast 606 features our interview with Marco Faella, author of Seriously Good Software: Code that Works, Survives, and Wins. Marco and I discussed quality, craftsmanship, and how being a passionate coder and academic mix.
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SPaMCAST 605 - Product Owners and Retrospectives, A Conversation With Jodie Kane
Software Process and Measurement Cast
The Software Process and Measurement Cast 605 features our interview with Jodie Kane. Jodie and I discussed involving product owners in retrospectives. Jodie suggests the answer should not be cut and dry but rather context-driven.
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SPaMCAST 604 - Continuous improvement, Definition of Quality, Essays and Discussions
Software Process and Measurement Cast
The Software Process and Measurement Cast 604 features a presentation that I did on the need for organizations to lean into processes improvement as the current disaster abates (at least for the time being). Continuous improvement can’t be just a slogan during an economic downturn.
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SPaMCAST 603 - Mobbing And Joy, An Interview With Austin Chadwick
Software Process and Measurement Cast
The Software Process and Measurement Cast 603 features my interview with Austin Chadwick. Austin and I talked mobbing, but perhaps more importantly to me, Austin talked about the impact of finding joy in everything you do. The latter was one of those serendipitous discoveries that makes the interviews for the podcast so much fun. I hope you enjoy the conversation as much as I did.
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SPaMCAST 602 - Reactive Application Development, An Interview with Duncan DeVore
Software Process and Measurement Cast
The Software Process and Measurement Cast 602 features my interview with Duncan DeVore, the co-author of Reactive Application Development. Duncan and I talked about reactive design patterns, adopting a reactive architecture, and how writing a book changes your outlook on life. It was a really cool discussion that covered technical and non-technical topics.
info_outlineThe 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).
Dennis is a seasoned digital storyteller and ICO marketing specialist with a proven track record in both Europe and the United States. He has successfully led to market and exited multiple startup companies, and prides himself on his ability to make complex projects easy to understand and relatable. In a marketing landscape increasingly obsessed with shiny objects and overly complicated sales funnels, Dennis still believes that the key to any successful marketing campaign are the words on the page.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennishlewis/
Cryptoreneurs Club: https://cryptopreneurs.club/
Behold the Cryptopreneurs: https://amzn.to/3aM9hor
Re-Read Saturday News
While I was preparing for this week’s installment of Re-read Saturday, I got into a “discussion” with my wife about people and organizations profiteering during the COVID-19 disaster. When I began to notice I was becoming heated, I realized that this week’s chapter was an appropriate touchpoint to get the dialogue back on track. Chapter 6 of Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition by Patterson, Grenny, McMillan, Switzler is about how to gain control of your emotions during crucial conversations and therefore gain control of the conversation. Keeping your emotions under control allows you to think and use all of the tools at your disposal to stay in a constructive dialogue.
Week 1 - Logistics, Forewards, and Preface - http://bit.ly/2wls1Mq
Week 2 - Chapter 1: What’s a crucial conversation? And who cares? - http://bit.ly/3a7Kivp
Week 3 – Chapter 2: The Power of Dialogue – http://bit.ly/3aO4cMa
Week 4 - Chapter 3: Start With Heart - http://bit.ly/2UbJizK
Week 5 - Learn To Look - https://bit.ly/3djnnPX
Week 6 - Make It Safe - https://bit.ly/39p4Xu4
Week 7 - Master my Stories - https://bit.ly/2V1DJUZ
If you do not have a copy or have tossed it at someone during a crucial conversation, it is time to buy a copy. Please use the link https://amzn.to/34RuZ6V (using the link helps support the blog and podcast).
Upcoming Events (ALL ONLINE)
DevOps Online Summit 2020
April 20 - 24
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IdeaFest
April 21 and 22, 2020
Registration is open at http://ideafest2020.org/
I will get more information to you on these two great events later this week.
Next SPaMCAST
The SPaMCAST 595 will feature our interview with Vladimir Khorikov. Vladimir and I geeked out on unit testing and his new book, Unit Testing Principles, Practices, and Patterns. The concepts of unit testing are important for anyone who develops, tests or interacts with people who write code.