SPaMCAST 642 - Scrum Master, Your Next CEO - A Conversation With Vasco Duarte
Software Process and Measurement Cast
Release Date: 03/14/2021
SPaMCAST 651 - Cybersecurity: A Conversation With Dr Eric Cole
Software Process and Measurement Cast
This week Dr. Eric Cole and I talk cybersecurity and entrepreneurship. Most of you will have been on the edge of your seat while you tracked the news of the ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline. Security can not be an afterthought. Remember this is not a drill; this not hype.
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SPaMCAST 650 - Work Entry Patterns, Many Types of User Stories, Essays and Conversations
Software Process and Measurement Cast
Work entry, in its simplest form, is the steps needed for work to be triaged to ensure that it is the right work, that it is ready to be worked on, and the priority of the work. This week we talk about five common patterns. On Tuesday I will include the PDF in the feed to see if I can spur a discussion about other patterns.
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SPaMCAST 649 - Making Shift Happen, A Conversation With Tammy Gretz
Software Process and Measurement Cast
Experimentation is a dirty word in many organizations, however, it can be a powerful tool to drive and guide change. Tammy Gretz shares how she adopted experiments in her practice and how she uses them to change the behavior and culture of people and organizations.
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SPaMCAST 648 - Technical Debt, Code As A Liability, A Conversation With Alex Omeyer
Software Process and Measurement Cast
Alex Omeyer and I discussed defining, tracking, and measuring technical debt. Technical debt generates a liability that every organization must deal with. As Alex states, “tech debt might not be the sexiest topic” but if teams and organizations don’t address their liabilities it will be difficult to deliver the value customers need and expect.
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SPaMCAST 647 - Fixing Work Entry, Hybrid-Agile, Essays and Conversations
Software Process and Measurement Cast
The majority of work entry problems are caused by eight problems. The eight problems often occur in clusters and are a reflection of organizational culture. Fixing any problem starts with recognizing that problem.
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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 Woods, 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!
info_outlineVasco 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!
Vasco has been working in the software industry since 1998 and has learned the hard way what works (most of the time) and what does not work (almost never).
His goal is to help our industry evolve. We can’t become better without trying out new and innovative approaches to software development. The majority of our businesses run on software. We owe it to our society to get better at an activity that affects so much our lives and our countries’ economies.
Vasco consults companies that understand software is a key component of their business model. Get in touch via twitter: @duarte_vasco; or on his company’s web-site: http://www.oikosofy.com/.
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Re-Read Saturday News
This week we read Chapter 5 of Fixing Your Scrum, Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems, by Ryan Ripley and Todd Miller. Chapter 5 dives into fixing the antipatterns that hover around the product backlog. This chapter reinforces that a team and product owner are only as good as the backlog they are working from. If you have not bought your copy -- what are you waiting for? Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems
This Week’s Installment
Week 1: Re-read Logistics and Front Matter - https://bit.ly/3mgz9P6
Week 2: A Brief Introduction To Scrum, and Why Scrum Goes Bad - https://bit.ly/37w4Dv9
Week 3: Breaking Bad Scrum with a Value-Driven Approach - http://bit.ly/3stGc9Q
Week 4: The Product Owner - https://bit.ly/3qpKvSn
Week 5: The Product Backlog - http://bit.ly/3cAEk9c
Next SPaMCAST
Next week we will talk with Caleb Woods, CEO and| Senior Software Craftsman at RoleModel Software. Caleb and I talk about the role of craftsmanship in developing and maintaining software (or really anything else).