SPaMCAST 666 - Jerry Weinberg, Quality, Grandfather of Agile Summer Repost
Software Process and Measurement Cast
Release Date: 08/29/2021
SPaMCAST 672 Disciplined Agile, Reinvention, A Conversation With Jonathan Lee
Software Process and Measurement Cast
Until this week, Disciplined Agile was a topic we had not investigated on the Software Process and Measurement Cast. DA is an approach to scaling agile development. Today, Jonathan Lee and I discuss Disciplined Agile and reinventing yourself to stay relevant in a dynamic world. Mr. Lee’s Bio: Jonathan has over 25 years of diversified IT consulting experience working with private and public sector clients. His latest passion is in agile coaching and delivering Disciplined Agile training to individuals and organizations that want to transform themselves to practice Business...
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SPaMCAST 671 - Is Your Scrum Master The Problem, I Have A WIP Problem, Conversations with Anthony Mersino and Susan Parente
Software Process and Measurement Cast
This week we chat with my colleague, mentor, and friend Anthony Mersino. Our chat, titled, “Is Your Scrum Master The Problem?” Our conversation looks at transactive memory from the point of view of teams and Scrum Masters. Is it a boon or a train wreck?
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SPaMCAST 670 - Adapt, Transform Your Whole Organization, A Conversation With Luis Gonçalves
Software Process and Measurement Cast
Luis Gonçalves and I talked about his new book introducing the ADAPT Methodology. We discussed why using a framework can help leaders stay relevant. Our conversation dovetails nicely into the Re-read Saturday focus on Project to Product. There is a lot of synergy between the ideas of Kersten and Gonçalves.
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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.
info_outlineThe 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.
Gerald Weinberg is the author of more than 100 books, including the best-selling Secrets of Consulting, other non-fiction series, and the ever-popular Women of Power novels. He is a principal in the international consulting firm of Weinberg and Weinberg. The festschrift, The Gift of Time (Fiona Charles, ed.) honors his work for his 75th birthday. A website for Jerry’s fans may be found at http://www.geraldmweinberg.com . A talk with Jerry was always profound, and I must admit that Jerry’s humor caused me to laugh more times than I can count during our conversation. Mr. Weinberg died on August 7, 2018, I wish I had interviewed him more times for the podcast.
Re-Read Saturday News
The poll for the next book in the series has begun! Note there are two books in the list I have not read. I am planning to read them and have been highly recommended. Therefore I would be happy to read them with you rather than re-read them with you. I will close the poll when I leave radio silence on August 28th’ish.
This week we highlight our re-read of the Goal by Ely Goldratt. Check out the reposting of one of the most popular entities and then grab your copy and read along will all of the entries.
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Next SPaMCAST
Next week, the SPaMCAST will be the second week of our summer holiday. We will feature another interview from the archives. Show 37 was my first interview with Ed Yourdon. I have titled the interview, “Collaborate or Die!” A bit over the top you say, well Denis Waitley once said, “online or in the bread line." I think I was right. Ed died in January 2016 as he was pursuing his love of photography.