Software Process and Measurement Cast

Show 60 is the interview I had with Medha Umarji discussing her research on Metrics Acceptance Model. If you are involved with software measurement programs this is important stuff! I know I have already begun using some of the concepts. I am doing this as one large interview rather than in two parts. I would like your input on this format. Medha Umarji is currently a PhD candidate at the Departme...

Show 59 begins a two part interview with Phil Stubbington. We discussed how to fix troubled projects. The interview chocked full of useful ideas for dealing with issues that if not taken care of that could be career limiting. Phil is a 42 year old highly reliable and trustworthy PROGRAMME DIRECTOR / MANAGER with an exceptional delivery track record. His most recent experience gained at DHL, EXEL,...

Show 58 features an interview with Thomas "cmdln" Gideon. To paraphrase the walrus from Lewis Carrol's Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There 'it was time to talk of many things: of shoes and ships - and sealing wax - of cabbages and kings." It was a wonderful interview with the promise of more. Thomas Gideon, also known by his nickname, "cmdln" has been programming professionally fo...

Show 57 features an interview with Joe Schofield. We discussed the Function Points and Lines of Code and other topics. Size is an important attribute for managing software projects. How you measure counts! Joe has been active in the application of emerging technology for business and engineering solutions at Sandia National Labs since receiving his MS/MIS from the University of Arizona in 1980. As...

Show 56 features an interview with Bill Phifer of EDS, an HP Company. We discussed the importance of measurement and metrics in sourcing arrangements. Bill Phifer is a Fellow at EDS, an HP Company, with responsibility for enterprise strategies related to quality standards and models for the Global Quality and Service Excellence group. He is a Software Engineering Institute (SEI) authorized Capabil...

Show 55 features an interview with Judy Bond focused on how people's personality can affect all of your professional relationships. Almost all work boils down to people and how you relate to others therefore getting better at it is important. Judy Bond is founder and President of Bond Team, Inc., a speaking and training company affiliated with Personality Insights, Atlanta, Georgia. Judy has been...

Show 54 features an interview with Esther Derby focused primarily on agile retrospective but we branched out to talk about agile management and many other topics. Esther is one of the rare breed of consultant who blends the technical issues, and the managerial issues with the people issues. She is well known for her work in helping teams grow to new levels of productivity. Management coaching, Scr...

Show 53 is an interview with Capers Jones discussing software measurement. As with any conversation with Capers we explored a wide range of topics in the software development world. As usual, Capers was his provocative self! Capers biography is long and storied. Let it be said that Capers is a serial author (he currently working on book 16). Capers founded Software Process Research. He is a public...

Lisa Crispin is an agile testing coach and practitioner. She is the co-author, with Janet Gregory, of Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams (Addison-Wesley, 2009). She specializes in showing testers and agile teams how testers can add value and how to guide development with business-facing tests. Her mission is to bring agile joy to the software testing world and testing joy...

Show fifty one is an interview with Tim Lister discussing his new book," Adrenaline Junkies and Template Zombies". The interview discussed the impact of specific patterns and habits on how IT organizations work.***NEWS ***Adrenaline Junkies is one of 5 finalists for general computing book of the year. Tim Lister is a software consultant at the Atlantic Systems Guild, Inc., based in the New York of...

Show fifty features my interview with David J Anderson. We discussed agile management and many other topics. The interview was fascinating! I have decided to push it out into the feed as one whole file rather than breaking due to ensure the continuity of the conversation (no real break points).David J. Anderson leads a management consulting firm focused on improving performance of technology compa...

Show Forty Nine concludes a two part interview with Robin Goldsmith on requirements. If you have not already done so, please go back to show 47 to listen to the first half of the interview. Requirements are one of those foundational components that can make or break a project as it gets started. I believe that Robin's ideas and insights are thought provoking and that you will find them useful. Rob...

Show Forty Eight concludes a two part interview with Ellen Gottesdiener on agile requirements, facilitation and other topics. Go back to Cast 46 if you have not listened to Part One. Principal Consultant of EBG Consulting, Ellen Gottesdiener helps business and technical teams get product requirements right so their projects start smart and deliver the right product at the right time. An agile coac...

Show Forty Seven begins another two part interview this one with Robin Goldsmith on REAL requirements. Requirements have been a vexing problem for Information Technology since dirt was young. Robin presents a structure for addressing the issue. Part two will be included in SPaMCAST 49. Robin is the president of Go Pro Management. Go Pro Management, Inc. is a consultancy that works directly with an...

Show Forty Six begins another two part interview with Ellen Gottesdiener on agile requirements, facilitation and other topics. Ellen is the principle consultant and founder of EBG Consulting, an author, a public speaker and all around pundit. Part two will be included in SPaMCAST 48. Ellen is the Principal Consultant of EBG Consulting, Ellen and EBG help business and technical teams get product re...

The interview in the Software Process and Measurement Cast 45 features part two of the interview with Mike Cohn. Mike is the man when it come to Story Points and agile estimation. Mike Cohn is the founder of Mountain Goat Software, a process and project management consultancy and training firm. He is the author of Agile Estimating and Planning and User Stories Applied for Agile Software Developmen...

Manfred Bundschuh is an internationally recognized expert on software measurement, estimating and international standards, with more than 40 years IT experience, as an IT controller, consultant, and project manager. In addition, he has been teaching software engineering at the University of Applied Sciences in Cologne, Germany, for more than 25 years. For the last 5 years he has been president of...

The interview in the Software Process and Measurement Cast 43 features the first part of a two part interview the Mike Cohn. Mike is the man when it comes to Story Points and agile estimation. Part two will be included in SPaMCAST 45. Mike Cohn is the founder of Mountain Goat Software, a process and project management consultancy and training firm. He is the author of Agile Estimating and Planning...

Show Forty Two features an interview with Dr. Magdy Hanna. Dr Hanna leads both the "International Institute for Software Testing" and "International Institute for Software Process". We discussed the new Certified Software Process Improvement Professional certification and certification in general. . Dr. Hanna is a recognized educator, speaker and consultant in several areas of software engineering...

Show Forty One features an interview with Ken Schwaber. We discussed SCRUM and organizational change. OK, maybe discussion is a weak term, I asked questions and gathered wisdom from the SCRUM master. If you are interested in SCRUM specifically and agile in general this is a must listen important interview. Ken Schwaber co-developed the Scrum process with Jeff Sutherland in the early 1990s to help...

Show Forty features an interview with Barbara Blake of Longview Associates. Barbara and I discussed executive coaching, improvement and change its myriad forms. If you are interested in your career or organizational change this is an important interview. Barbara Blake is founder of Longview Associates, LLC, an executive coaching and leadership development consulting practice. As a keen observer of...

Show Thirty Nine features an interview with Andrew "Roo" Reynolds. Roo was a Metaverse Evangelist at IBM when we did the interview but now is Portfolio Executive, Social Media at BBC Vision. In show 38 I said that this interview will describe the future of teaming and collaboration. You will not be disappointed. From Roo's website (and not what is on the cast . . .): I've accepted the position of...

Show 37 is my interview with Ed Yourdon. We discussed Web 2.0 and it's impact on the software development worlds. I have titled the interview, "Collaborate or Die!" A bit over the top you say, well Denis Waitley once said, "on line or in the bread line." The people I was with thought that was a bit over the top. He was right and I would suggest the use of Web 2.0 tools is another watershed. Ed is...

Show 37 is an interview with Kenji Hiranabe discussing using kanban in software development. According to WIKIPEDIA, "Kanban is a signaling system to trigger action which in Toyota Production System leverages physical cards as the signal". In other words the signal is used to indicate when new tasks should start, and by inference, the status of current work. Kenji does a great job at explaining ho...

Show 36 is part two of my interview with Phil Armour. The interview focused on estimation and just a bit of philosophy, powerful stuff that may change how you view estimation and the goal of software development. Phillip G. Armour is VP for Systems Development and a Senior Consultant at Corvus International Inc. Phil has been developing software for over thirty-five years. He has been a programmer...