SPaMCAST 628 - Software Development Metrics - A Conversation With Dave Nicolette
Software Process and Measurement Cast
Release Date: 12/06/2020
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_outlineThis week Dave Nicolette, author of Software Development Metrics from Manning Publications, and I talk about pragmatically using metrics. Dave and I talked about the value teams get from measurement regardless of the approach you are taking to deliver value. Measurement is feedback and measurement is leadership for guiding and improving how work is done.
After you have listened I think you will want a copy of Dave’s book on metrics. Use the link: http://mng.bz/r2Og Also, yes there is more, you say you don’t want to pay full price? Use the discount code podspam20 to get a 40% discount code (good for all Manning products in all formats).
Dave’s Bio:
Dave started his career in information technology in 1977 as an application programmer. Since then he has worked in a variety of roles in different industries. Currently, he works as a consultant, coach, and trainer focusing on effective software delivery methods and process improvement.
LinkedIn: Dave Nicolette | LinkedIn
Dave’s Website: Books – NeoPragma LLC
Re-Read Saturday News
This week we head into Chapter 1 of Great Big Agile, An OS for Agile Leaders by Jeff Dalton. In many organizations, there is a disconnect between the real culture and the stated culture, which is one of the leading reasons organizational change fails. The mind shift of becoming agile exposes gaps between the real and aspirational culture that, if not addressed, cause pain as long as the institutional memory exists.
Remember, buy a copy and read along.
This week’s installment
Week 2: The API Is Broken - https://bit.ly/2JGpe7l
Previous installments:
Week 1: Re-read Logistics and Front Matters - https://bit.ly/3mgz9P6
Next SPaMCAST
Next week we are staying with metrics and Manning Publications for a chat with Christopher W H Davis, author of Agile Metrics in Action, How to Measure and Improve Team Performance. Combining 'metics' and 'agile' is not an oxymoron.