Software Process and Measurement Cast

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 204! Software Process and Measurement Cast 204 features my interview with Jason Yip. We visited the edges of lean and agile ideas. During the visit we explored how we can all push our knowledge of how work is done! Jason Yip first encountered Extreme Programming in 1999 through discussions on comp.object, comp.software-engineering and Ward's wik...

Software Process and Measurement Cast 203 features my essay on Leadership and Agile (written version). I discussed how a compliance culture can negatively impact an organization. Bill Fox also delivers the first of his 5PI columns. In this installment Bill shares some of the common threads he has mined from his interviews with process improvement leaders. Read Bill's blog post supporting the colum...

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 202! Software Process and Measurement Cast 202 features my interview with David Marquet. We discussed his book Turn the Ship Around!: How to Create Leadership at Every Level. I have already begun to put his advice to work! I think you will get a lot out of this interview. BIO:A U.S. Naval Academy graduate, David Marquet served in the U.S. submar...

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 201! SPaMCAST 201 features my essay titled Why Size. In the essay I discuss why sizing as part of estimating and planning makes sense. Also in SPaMCAST 201 I will begin featuring elevator speaches for the upcominb AgileTrek and TesTrek Conferences. Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniq...

SPaMCAST 200 features my interview with Ellen Gottesdiener and and Mary Gorman. We discussed their great new book Discover to Deliver: Agile Product Planning and Analysis. If you think agile planning and analysis are topics that bear examination and discussion, we have you covered this week! Ellen Gottesdiener, Founder and Principal with EBG Consulting, is an internationally recognized facilitator...

Welcome to the Software PRocess and Measurement Cast 199! SPaMCAST 199 features my essay I have titled "Brainstorming . . . Well Maybe Not." The essay presses the case against brainstorming and a technique that I think is better. If you are interest in reviewing your favorate tool or book. Please contact me at spamcastinfo@gmail.com. I am looking for positive reviews and one major stipulation is t...

Welcome to the Software PRocess and Measurement Cast 120! 120? I am making sure that all of the boxes are check so today I have found the lost episode. In this episode Jeff Anderson has a review of LeanKit Kanban. Jeff appeared in the SPaMCAST 196 discussing lean startup for process improvement and kanban. At the end of his interview Jeff provided a review of LeanKit Kanban. In the spirit of full...

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 198! The Software Process and Measurement Cast 198 features my interview with Phillipe Back covering culture and organizational change. Philippe is another long time listener that is bringing his phenomenal intellect to the podcast! Philippe started his career in ‘92, designing, coding, and deploying interactive voice response systems. To exit t...

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 197 has two parts! The first part of the Cast features my essay "What do you do when inertia wins?" The second part introduces a new column written by my friend and listener, Bill Fox. Bill is the creator of 5 Minutes to Process Improvement Success and will bring the lessons he has learned to the SPaMCAST! The SPaMCAST 197 is sponsored by LeanKit Kanban. B...

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 196! The Software Process and Measurement Cast 196 features my inteview with Jeff Anderson of Deloitte on topics that spanned lean, kanban and using the ideas from the work done on lean startups as a process improvement tool. Bio - Jeff started his professional life as your typical IT development geek, creating software delivery joy through the...

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 195! The SPaMCAST 195 features my essay, Routines: The Good and The Bad. Routines are an important part of how we work. Like many other things routines can givith and can taketh away. The SPaMCAST 195 is sponsored by LeanKit Kanban. By now, most of you in the Lean-Agile community have heard of LeanKit, recognized by community leaders and practit...

The International Function Point Users recently curated and edited a book on measurement which was published by CRC Press. I have an article on using functional metrics in agile estimation (one of my favorite topics). The marketing blurb goes as follows: “Although the themes running through the chapters in this book are measurement and metrics, the application of these themes is to the practical i...

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 194! The SPaMCAST 194 features my interview with Peter Taylor. We discussed his new book, The Lazy Project Manager and The Project From Hell. We all have had one . . . Peter's book provides a path to avoid your next project from heck! Simply put: SPEAKER: AUTHOR: TRAINER: COACH: CONSULTANT In depth: Peter is a dynamic and commercially astute pro...

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 193! The SPaMCAST 193 features my essay tilled Hyper-Conectivity and Illusions. I sat in a meeting a few weeks ago and after about ten minutes I was brought up short. Everyone was paying attention; not one laptop was open nor was anyone reading an email or text under the table (by the way you really can't hide by texting under the table). People...

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 192! The SPaMCAST 192 features my interview with Mitch Lacey. We discuss his new book, The Scrum Field Guide. Mitch Lacey is an agile practitioner and consultant and is the founder of Mitch Lacey & Associates, Inc., a software consulting and training firm. Mitch specializes in helping companies realize gains in efficiency by adopting agile princ...

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 191! The SPaMCAST 191 features part 2 of my essay "Who Owns Estimation In Agile Projects?" Haven't listened to Part 1? Click the link! Part two begins: What does ownership mean in terms of accountability and responsibility? When something belongs to you or is directly related to your actions, accountability and responsibility are directly infera...

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 190! The SPaMCAST 190 features my interview with Raja Bavani. We discussed distributed agile! Raja Bavani is Chief Architect of MindTree’s Product Engineering Services (PES) and IT Services (ITS) groups and plays the role of agile evangelist. He has more than 20 years of experience in the IT industry and has published papers at international con...

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 189! The Software Process and Measurement Cast 189 features my essay on the use of experiments to support process improvement programs. The essay begins: Is the use of experiments part of your process improvement culture? When I’m at conferences or networking events, I get asked whether or not an idea or technique will work in a specific organiz...

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 188! The Software Process and Measurement Cast 188 features my interview with Siraj Sirajuddin. We discussed agile, organizational change, listening, philosophy and a ton more! Siraj has provided excellent change management coaching and leadership to large and medium sized organizations like Extended Stay America, Ft. Huachuca AZ, DKB Household...

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 187! The Software Process and Measurement Cast 187 features my essay on the roles of the PMO and agile team in Agile Estimation. I hope we will all still be friends when I am done. The essay begins: Why is the matter of who owns estimation in an agile project (or any type of project) a discussion that generates passion? In simplest terms, he who...

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 185! The Software Process and Measurement Cast 186 features my interview with Jo Ann Sweeney. We discussed using social media as a tool to support communications inside and outside projects. It was great to have Jo Ann back on the Cast. I recommend going back to SPaMCAST 138 to listen to our earlier interview after listening to this interview! J...

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 185! The Software Process and Measurement Cast 184 my essay titled the "Narcissism of Small Differences." This essay is based on comments made by Corey Haines in the SPaMCAST 182. The essay begins: Every interview I do for the Software Process and Measurement Cast teaches me something about our industry and the people that populate it. Occasiona...

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 184! The Software Process and Measurement Cast 184 features my interview with Steve Boronski. We discussed PRINCE2® (PRojects IN Controlled Environments), which is a widely used project management method that navigates you through the essentials for running a project. PRINCE2 is a de facto standard developed and used extensively by the UK govern...

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 183! The Software Process and Measurement Cast 183 features my essay titled, Agile Release Planning Is A Necessity The essay begins . . . Release planning has even said to be not needed and a waste of time by those who feel that release planning is a retreat from agile. Alternately, it has been called both a black art and a communication vehicle...

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 182! The Software Process and Measurement Cast 182 features my interview with Corey Haines. We discussed the evolution of a software journeyman, coding, code retreats, a bit of philosophy and more. Corey's Bio: After 12 years of coding for money, Corey Haines said enough and went on a year-long, journeyman pair-programming tour. Traveling the wo...