SPaMCAST 614 - Impact Of AI On The Future Of Work, A Conversation with Jennifer Bonine
Software Process and Measurement Cast
Release Date: 08/30/2020
SPaMCAST 646 - Reduce Cost and Risk With Off-Premise Infrastructure, A Conversation with Albert Ahdoot
Software Process and Measurement Cast
In the Software Process and Measurement Cast 646, Albert Ahdoot and I focus on discussing the impact of strong off-premise infrastructure on the delivery of value, the impact on the bottom line, and the mitigation of risk.
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SPaMCAST 645 - Getting A Handle on Data Security, A Conversation with Paul Katzoff
Software Process and Measurement Cast
The headlines of 3 and 4 April 2021 are stark - the data of 533 million Facebook users available on the web (change your password now). You have 533 MILLION reasons to take Paul Katzoff’s message on data security to heart.
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SPaMCAST 644 - Teams Are Important,Static and Dynamic Testing, Essays and Discussions
Software Process and Measurement Cast
At the core of agile is the belief that the team is the fundamental building block of work. Because they are so important, organizations put tons of effort into helping and guiding teams. The problem is not that teams aren’t important or that we aren’t working hard to make them better, teams are still chronically messed up.
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SPaMCAST 643 - Software Craftsmanship, An Interview With Caleb Wood, CEO RoleModel Software
Software Process and Measurement Cast
This week, Caleb Woods, CEO and Senior Software Craftsman at RoleModel Software joins the podcast. Caleb and I talk about the role of craftsmanship in developing and maintaining software (or really anything else).
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SPaMCAST 642 - Scrum Master, Your Next CEO - A Conversation With Vasco Duarte
Software Process and Measurement Cast
Vasco Duarte returns to the podcast to discuss the Scrum Master. Scrum Masters are the face of agile in many organizations. Helping team facilitators get the role right benefits not only the agile community but every business they are involved with!
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SPaMCAST 641 - The Agile Coaching Code of Ethics, A Conversation With Shane Hastie and Craig Smith
Software Process and Measurement Cast
In the podcast this week, we discuss the Agile Coaching Code of Ethics and the process of building an ethical foundation. Shane Hastie and Craig Smith have been leading the effort to craft a useful Agile Coaching Code of Ethics for the past year. These two thought leaders have helped to pull together a diverse group of coaches, and then guide that herd of cats in order to create a new force to guide agile coaches of all stripes.
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SPaMCAST 640 - Communities of Practice Goals, User Stories, Essays and Conversations
Software Process and Measurement Cast
The idea of Communities of Practice is thrown around a lot in organizations, often without thinking about the goals of a CoP. Why? Organizations are increasingly becoming more diverse and distributed, while at the same time pursuing mechanisms to increase collaboration between groups and consistency of knowledge and practice.
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SPaMCAST 639 - Chaos Engineering, A Conversation With Mikolaj Pawlikowski
Software Process and Measurement Cast
Chaos Engineering comes to the Software Process and Measurement Cast this week delivered (chaotically) by Mikolaj Pawlikoski. Miko and I talked about the definition of chaos engineering, why chaos is not scary, and most importantly his new book Chaos Engineering, Site reliability through controlled disruption. One of the most important side effects of chaos engineering is uninterrupted sleep caused by things not going bump in the night!
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SPaMCAST 638 - Cybersecurity and IoT, A Conversation With Paul Clayson
Software Process and Measurement Cast
This week we connect with Paul Clayson to talk about cybersecurity in the IoT space. When you are dealing with extreme constraints being secure is complicated and doing nothing is a really bad option. Paul also weighs in on the CMMC (new security model) and serial entrepreneurism.
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SPaMCAST 637 - Process Improvement Disconnected, Cost of Poor Quality, Essays and Conversation
Software Process and Measurement Cast
This week the Cast features our essay titled, “Collaboration - Disconnected.” The improvement imperative is driven by the need to stay competitive at a holistic level. One would expect that continuous process improvement would be discussed earnestly at every staff meeting at every level of an organization.
info_outlineThe Software Process and Measurement Cast 614 features our interview with Jennifer Bonine. Jennifer and I talked AI, the impact of AI on the future of work, and how to re-skill for the next industrial revolution. This is not science fiction, and the future is not as far away as you might think.
Bio
Jennifer Bonine is the CEO of AI Appstore, Inc., and was the first female Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) platform tech CEO. AI Appstore specializes in custom subscription technology bundles, leveraging an intelligent platform using a personalized ‘virtual research assistant’ to enhance corporate growth. The company exceeds expectations of integration, testing, delivery, and management with a groundbreaking business model that is fully engaged in the sustainable development goals (“SDGs”) cultivated by the United Nations. Respected as a gifted speaker, entrepreneur, and philanthropist, Jennifer Bonine addresses the AI industry nationally and internationally, most recently at the World Economic Forum in Davos and for CNNMoney Switzerland. She has held executive-level positions leading teams for Oracle and Target and is a founding board member of the United States bid for a Minnesota World Expo 2027. Jennifer is a 2020 Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal Women in Business honoree, a founding sponsor and member of IVOW AI's Women in History Data Ideation Challenge, and an executive board member of Chad Greenway’s Lead the Way foundation. She is a member of Million Dollar Women, member and mentor for TeamWomen, and a council member of DreamTank, an organization designed to champion young entrepreneurs. Recently named one of the Top 30 Leaders to Watch in 2020 by Silicon Review, Jennifer Bonine was featured at the UN’s AI for Good summit. Jennifer is also developing a series of books to educate children about the power of AI and machine learning.
Twitter: Jennifer_Bonine
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenn-bonine-76552b2/
Website: https://www.aiappstore.com/
Re-Read Saturday News
Today, we re-read Chapter 13, titled Portfolio Prioritization and Selection in PEST Environments. Doing the right work is more than just linear prioritization, you need to remember the constraint.
Have you bought your copy of Steve Tendon and Daniel Doiron’s Tame your Work Flow? Use the link to support the authors and blog!
Week 1: Logistics and Front Matter – https://bit.ly/2LWJ3EY
Week 2: Prologue (The Story of Herbie) – https://bit.ly/3h4zmTi
Week 3: Explicit Mental Models – https://bit.ly/2UJUZyN
Week 4: Flow Efficiency, Little’s Law and Economic Impact – https://bit.ly/2VrIhoL
Week 5: Flawed Mental Models – https://bit.ly/3eqj70m
Week 6: Where To Focus Improvement Efforts – https://bit.ly/2DTvOUN
Week 7: Introduction to Throughput Accounting and Culture – https://bit.ly/2DbhfLT
Week 8: Accounting F(r)iction and Show Me the Money – https://bit.ly/2XmDuWu
Week 9: Constraints in the Work Flow and in the Work Process - https://bit.ly/33Uukoz
Week 10: Understanding PEST Environments and Finding the Constraint in PEST Environments - https://bit.ly/3ga3ew9
Week 11: Drum-Buffer-Rope Scheduling - https://bit.ly/32l0Z3Q
Week 12: Portfolio Prioritization and Selection in PEST Environments - https://bit.ly/31Ea4WC
Next SPaMCAST
The Software Process and Measurement Cast 615 will feature the return of Jeff Dalton to talk about the new security model, the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC). Jeff has some strong words for those that don’t think that the barbarians are at our gates.