SPaMCAST 661 - Jumping The Queue and Remedies, Risk Management, Hybrid Agile, Essays and Conversations
Software Process and Measurement Cast
Release Date: 07/25/2021
SPaMCAST 669 - Transactive Memory and Agile, Better Daily Scrums, Conversations and Essays
Software Process and Measurement Cast
I use and observe transactive memory all the time. Used wisely, transactive memory means a team can be more than the sum of its individual members. Mess it up and you might as well put your hand in a running garbage disposal. For example, my wife remembers things like special events and then clues me in…if she is around. This week we explore when transactive memory works and when it does not.
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SPaMCAST 668 - SPaMCAST - Learning, Hybrid Work Nirvana or Trouble, A Conversation With Tom Henricksen
Software Process and Measurement Cast
We are back from backpacking on Isle Royale. Simply awesome. Today, we feature a discussion with Tom Henricksen. You know Tom from the Agile Online Summit and the Dev Ops Online Summit however Tom is more than just the Summits. Today we discuss learning and then get into whether hybrid working scenarios are all they are cracked up to be. I am not sure we agreed.
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SPaMCAST 666 - Jerry Weinberg, Quality, Grandfather of Agile Summer Repost
Software Process and Measurement Cast
The SPaMCAST is on summer holiday for the next two weeks (SPaMCAST 666 and SPaMCAST 667. Today we are featuring an interview released on December 27, 2015, with Gerald (Jerry) M. Weinberg.
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SPaMCAST 665 - Organizations Culture Drive Teams, Decisions at Last Responsible Moment, Essays and Conversations
Software Process and Measurement Cast
Teams don’t live in a vacuum, so when the word organization gets used it reflects the influence of all sorts of organizations. Organizations facilitate teams to a greater or lesser extent. In the workplace, the employer’s organization will have the most significant impact on how teams form and perform but it is not the totality.
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SPaMCAST 664 - Vision and Leading, A Conversation With Sunny Han
Software Process and Measurement Cast
The Software Process and Measurement Cast 664 features our interview with Sunny Han, CEO and Founder of Fulcrum. Sunny and I talked about motivation, we talked agile development, and we talked about what it takes to see a vision through to reality. The ideas about engineering a communication architecture are phenomenal.
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SPaMCAST 663 - Prioritizing Badly, Freestyling User Stories, Essays and Conversations
Software Process and Measurement Cast
This week we explore the impact of process (it really isn’t a bad word) problems in prioritization. Prioritization requires a steady hand and consistency. The process for prioritization should have more in common with a well-oiled basketball or futbol team than five-year-olds playing soccer in the schoolyard. How the moving parts work together is a process
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SPaMCAST 662 - Backing Up SaaS Application, RIsk Mitigation, An Interview with Mike Potter
Software Process and Measurement Cast
In this week’s podcast, we speak with Mike Potter, CEO of Rewind. Mike and I talk about the need to backup SaaS applications, remote and hybrid working, and entrepreneurship. This interview opened my eyes to the risks we all face by trusting SaaS application companies to back up our data. Mike also highlights in his answers how humanity in the workplace can help create special results.
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SPaMCAST 661 - Jumping The Queue and Remedies, Risk Management, Hybrid Agile, Essays and Conversations
Software Process and Measurement Cast
Despite the unpredictable outcome, jumping the queue is practiced by many in traffic and even more when funneling work to teams. The consequences when working on information technology products are far more predictable than driving, and they are ALWAYS bad. Let’s fix some of the problems leading to queue jumping.
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SPaMCAST 660 - AIoT, Doing Business Differently, An Interview with Rob Rastovich
Software Process and Measurement Cast
In this week’s Software Process and Measurement Cast, I speak with Rob Rastovich, CTO of ThingLogix. We talked about meeting customer needs through developing solutions using the AIoT (not a typo). This is a seachange for both businesses and developers who will need to reskill and rethink what is possible.
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SPaMCAST 659 - The Impact of Adopting ERP Packages, An Interview with Christiano Gherardini
Software Process and Measurement Cast
In this episode, we feature our interview with Christiano Gherardini. Chris and I talk about the impact of using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) packages on businesses and as importantly, the impact of packages and consultants as a tool to influence the direction of software development in a firm.
info_outlineOver the past few months, I have been in traffic jams on the highway several times when traveling to our weekly hike. In more than one instance someone has decided to pull over and drive on the berm. In more than a few cases the outcome of this technique for getting things done ends poorly. Despite the unpredictable outcome, jumping the queue is practiced by many in traffic and even more when funneling work to teams. The consequences when working on information technology products are far more predictable than driving, and they are ALWAYS bad. Let’s fix some of the problems leading to queue jumping.
We also have a visit from Susan Parente, who brings her I Am Not A Scrumdamentalist column to the cast. We discuss risk management when using hybrid agile approaches.
Contact Susan on LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/susanparente or at [email protected]
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Re-Read Saturday News
This week we focus on Chapter 4 of Monotasking by Staffan Nöteberg. The chapter this week is titled, Never Procrastinate. If you have not read the entry, do it NOW :)
An update on my continued experiment using Monotasking. My intent was to carve (not crave - I caught the spelling error a little late this week, it was not procrastination) out an hour in which I could turn off Teams, Slack, email, and text to allow for focus. Frankly, I failed. I was able to achieve a quiet zone only one day during business hours. I regularly turn off all notifications when writing before my day begins, but during the “work” day being unreachable is more difficult. I am still looking for the right formula of schedule blocking and advanced notification to make this work.
Previous Entries in Monotasking by Staffan Nöteberg
Week 1 - Logistics, Game Plan, and Preface - https://bit.ly/3x1oVap
Week 2 - Introduction - https://bit.ly/2TXVfwt
Week 3 - Monotasking In A Nutshell - https://bit.ly/3gGMb72
Week 4 - Cut Down on Things to Do - https://bit.ly/3wt1ENL
Week 5 - Focus on One Task - https://bit.ly/3hK2XDU
Next SPaMCAST
Next, we feature our interview with Mike Potter, CEO of Rewind. We talked about the need to backup SaaS applications, remote and hybrid working, and entrepreneurship. This interview opened my eyes to the risks we all face by trusting SaaS application companies to back up our data.