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 wiki, http://c2.com. He's been with ThoughtWorks since early 2001, experiencing engagements in operations, setting up builds and continuous integration, custom application development, Agile coaching, process improvement, and is currently a Principal Consultant focusing on organisation-level application of Agile, Lean, and Kanban. The best way to understand Jason's thoughts is to check out his blog (http://jchyip.blogspot.com), follow his Twitter feed (@jchyip), and browse his Slideshare presentations (http://www.slideshare.net/jchyip) The SPaMCAST 204 is sponsored by LeanKit Kanban. By now, most of you in the Lean-Agile community have heard of LeanKit, recognized by community leaders and practitioners alike as the most flexible and powerful tool available for implementing visual management. Since their launch in 2009, LeanKit has helped hundreds of companies around the world to quickly and easily model even very complex processes as vertical and horizontal lanes on a virtual whiteboard with cards representing work flowing from step to step. LeanKit has recently the launched groundbreaking new features that allow even the largest enterprise portfolio and projects to be managed using multiple levels of drill-down Kanban boards, detailed sub-taskboards, and roll-up Lean metrics - as well as a complete overhaul of their user interface that makes LeanKit more attractive, more intuitive, and easier to manage. If you haven't checked out LeanKit or haven't lately, check out the website to explore how they can help Lean-Agile scale within your organization. Visit LeanKit Kanban! (and say hello for the SPaMCAST!) Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." NOW AVAILABLE IN CHINESE! Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement CastEmail: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Upcoming Conferecnes Conference season is coming. I will be speaking at the following conferences and look forward to meeting up with all SPaMCAST listeners and contributors. AgileTrek, November 9th in Toronto http://www.qaiagiletrek.org/2012/agiletrek-at-a-glance/ TesTrek, November 5 - 8 in Torontohttp://www.qaitestrek.org/2012Toronto/ ISMA 7, October 28 - 31 in Phoenix, AZhttp://www.ifpug.org/?page_id=252 Next:The Software Process and Measurement Cast 205 will feature my essay whose working title is "Does It Matter How Agile You Are?"

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 column, click here! Also in SPaMCAST 203 I continue featuring elevator speeches for the upcoming AgileTrek and TesTrek Conferences. Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools, and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." NOW AVAILABLE IN CHINESE! Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement Cast Email: [email protected] Voicemail: +1-206-888-6111 Website: www.spamcast.net Twitter: www.twitter.com/tcagley Facebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Upcoming Conferecnes The conference season is coming. I will be speaking at the following conferences and look forward to meeting up with all SPaMCAST listeners and contributors. AgileTrek, November 9th in Toronto http://www.qaiagiletrek.org/2012/agiletrek-at-a-glance/ TesTrek, November 5 - 8 in Toronto http://www.qaitestrek.org/2012Toronto/ ISMA 7, October 28 - 31 in Phoenix, AZ http://www.ifpug.org/?page_id=252 Next: The Software Process and Measurement Cast 204 will feature my interview with Jason Yip. Be ready to visit the edges of agile and lean!

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. submarine force. He commanded the nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine USS Santa Fe, stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Captain Marquet completely turned around Santa Fe, where the crew went from being "worst to first." Santa Fe continued to win awards after his departure and promoted a disproportionate number of officers and enlisted men to positions of increased responsibility, including 9 subsequent submarine captains. After riding USS Santa Fe, noted author Stephen R. Covey said it was the most empowering organization he'd ever seen and wrote about Captain Marquet's leadership practices in his book, The 8th Habit. Since completing his military service David speaks to businesses and groups who want to create empowering work environments that release the passion, initiative, and intellect of each person. He has lectured on leadership at Columbia University. This bold and highly effective leadership approach can be summarized as "give control, create leaders." The result embeds the goodness of the organization in the people and practices instead of the personality of the leader, building enduring and resilient organizations. He is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and lives in Florida with his wife, Jane. I highly recommend Turn the Ship Around!: How to Create Leadership at Every Level. Required reading if you are or want to be a leader. Buy the dead tree version or the Kindle Version SPaMCAST 202 is sponsored by LeanKit Kanban! LeanKit's visual management tools provide a great way to smoothly manage organizational change. They allow you to easily map your current processes as sticky notes on a series of interconnected virtual whiteboards, watch how work is flowing through those processes, measure your capabilities via industry leading analytics, and then re-measure as you make process changes. LeanKit provides the roadmap for organizational change management. For a free trial go to leankit.com. Use "Turn the Ship Around" as a coupon code when you sign-up for a 10% discount. Also in SPaMCAST 202 I continue featuring elevator speaches for the upcoming AgileTrek and TesTrek Conferences. This time we hear from Christin Wiedemann. Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." NOW AVAILABLE IN CHINESE! Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement CastEmail: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Upcoming Conferecnes Conference season is coming. I will be speaking at the following conferences and look forward to meeting up with all SPaMCAST listeners and contributors. AgileTrek, November 9th in Toronto http://www.qaiagiletrek.org/2012/agiletrek-at-a-glance/ TesTrek, November 5 - 8 in Torontohttp://www.qaitestrek.org/2012Toronto/ ISMA 7, October 28 - 31 in Phoenix, AZhttp://www.ifpug.org/?page_id=252 Next: The Software Process and Measurement Cast 203 will feature my essay on compliance cultures.

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 Techniquesco-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." Have you bought your copy? NOW AVAILABLE IN CHINESE! Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement CastEmail: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Upcoming Conferecnes Conference season is coming. I will be speaking at the following conferences and look forward to meeting up with all SPaMCAST listeners and contributors. AgileTrek, November 9th in Toronto http://www.qaiagiletrek.org/2012/agiletrek-at-a-glance/ TesTrek, November 5 - 8 in Torontohttp://www.qaitestrek.org/2012Toronto/ ISMA 7, October 28 - 31 in Phoenix, AZhttp://www.ifpug.org/?page_id=252 Next: The Software Process and Measurement Cast 202 will feature 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.

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, coach, trainer, and speaker. She is an expert in Agile product and project management practices, product envisioning and roadmapping, business analysis and requirements, retrospectives, and collaboration. Ellen works with global clients and speaks at numerous industry conferences. She is a Certified Professional Facilitator and a Certified Scrum Master. In addition to co-authoring Discover to Deliver: Agile Product Planning and Analysis, with Mary Gorman, Ellen is author of two acclaimed books: Requirements by Collaboration and The Software Requirements Memory Jogger. Mary Gorman, Vice President of Quality & Delivery with EBG Consulting, is an expert business analyst, facilitator, coach and trainer. She has deep expertise in business systems and product development. Mary works with global clients, speaks at industry conferences, and writes on requirements topics for the Agile and business analysis community. She is a Certified Business Analysis Professional™ and Certified Scrum Master. Mary was instrumental in developing the IIBA® Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® and the IIBA® certification exam. Mary is co-author with Ellen Gottesdiener of the recently released book Discover to Deliver: Agile Product Planning and Analysis. Discover to Deliver: http://discovertodeliver.comEGB Consulting: http://ebgconsulting.comEllen on Twitter http://twitter.com/ellengottMary on Twitter http://twitter.com/mbgorman Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniquesco-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." Have you bought your copy? NOW AVAILABLE IN CHINESE! Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement CastEmail: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Upcoming Conferecnes Conference season is coming. I will be speaking at the following conferences and look forward to meeting up with all SPaMCAST listeners and contributors. AgileTrek, November 9th in Toronto http://www.qaiagiletrek.org/2012/agiletrek-at-a-glance/ TesTrek, November 5 - 8 in Torontohttp://www.qaitestrek.org/2012Toronto/ ISMA 7, October 28 - 31 in Phoenix, AZhttp://www.ifpug.org/?page_id=252 Next:In the Software Process and Measurement Cast 201, I will feature an essay on why sizing work before estimating and planning makes sense.

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 [email protected]. I am looking for positive reviews and one major stipulation is that you can't work for the company that manufactures the tool, act as a primary re-seller of the tool being reviewed or in the case of a book . . . you can't be the author (that would be an interview). Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." NOW AVAILABLE IN CHINESE! Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement CastEmail: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Upcoming Conferecnes Conference season is coming. I will be speaking at the following conferences and look forward to meeting up with all SPaMCAST listeners and contributors. AgileTrek, November 9th in Toronto http://www.qaiagiletrek.org/2012/agiletrek-at-a-glance/ TesTrek, November 5 - 8 in Torontohttp://www.qaitestrek.org/2012Toronto/ ISMA 7, October 28 - 31 in Phoenix, AZhttp://www.ifpug.org/?page_id=252 Next: In the Software Process and Measurement Cast 200 I am proud to feature my interview with Ellen Gottesdiener and Mary Gorman. We discussed their new book, Discover to Deliver: Agile Product Planning and Analysis.

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 transparency . . . LeanKit has been a sponsor of the SPaMCAST (not this episode) and I hope they are in the future. I do not believe thier sponsorship influenced the SPaMCAST carrying the review. If you are interest in reviewing your favorate tool or book. Please contact me at [email protected]. I am looking for positive reviews and one major stipulation is that you can't work for the company that manufactures the tool, act as a primary re-seller of the tool being reviewed or in the case of a book . . . you can't be the author (that would be an interview). Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniquesco-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement Cast: Email: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Next:The Software Process and Measurement Cast 199 will feature my essay on brainstorming and a technique that I think is better.

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 the “one-man, one-project” syndrome that was the rule at the company, he moved the whole development team to an object oriented approach, leveraging C++ in the process. The need to explain the concepts properly to team mates, marketing, clients, and management kick started his journey into modeling and software engineering best practices. But software is only a bit of a success and that led him to investigate more areas of business. The best school being real practice where cold cash must change hands, he went solo in 2000. This led to exposure to interesting challenges, projects, and individuals. That’s also when he started teaching and coaching hundreds of others on how to model systems, design architectures that hold water, code, and manage requirements properly. After a while, he ended up convinced that technology was often not the key issue. The main hurdle appeared to be people-centric, namely moving away from compliance and lip service and towards commitment. Today, Philippe helps organizations establish a shared culture to foster success. With a shared culture, you are better armed to deal with change. You are able to integrate innovations much easier. And you are able to manage change in a flexible and coherent way. Standard trainings and buzzwords just don’t work. They are the equivalent of junk food: giving you a sugar rush but no solid energy stream in the long run. Philippe is married to his soul mate and wife Catherine. He is also active in the open source field, taking part in the Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware and Pharo Smalltalk projects. Web: philippeback.euBlog: philippeback.beTwitter: @philippebackYoutube: youtube.com/philippeback Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." News just in . . . We also just got word that the SPM book has been adopted for a class at the University of West Flroida for the Fall. Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement CastEmail: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Next The Software Process and Measurement Cast 199 will feature a discussion about the case against brainstorming (cue the thunder sound effects)!

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. By now, most of you in the Lean-Agile community have heard of LeanKit, recognized by community leaders and practitioners alike as the most flexible and powerful tool available for implementing visual management. Since their launch in 2009, LeanKit has helped hundreds of companies around the world to quickly and easily model even very complex processes as vertical and horizontal lanes on a virtual whiteboard with cards representing work flowing from step to step. Well, LeanKit has now announced the launch of groundbreaking new features that allow even the largest enterprise portfolio and projects to be managed using multiple levels of drill-down Kanban boards, detailed sub-taskboards, and roll-up Lean metrics - as well as a complete overhaul of their user interface that makes LeanKit more attractive, more intuitive, and easier to manage. If you haven't checked out LeanKit or haven't lately, check out the website to explore how they can help Lean-Agile scale within your organization. Visit LeanKit Kanban! (and say hello for the SPaMCAST!) Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." News just in . . . We also just got word that the SPM book has been adopted for a class at the University of West Florida for the Fall. Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement Cast Email: [email protected] Voicemail: +1-206-888-6111 Website: www.spamcast.net Twitter: www.twitter.com/tcagley Facebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Next The Software Process and Measurement Cast 198 will feature a wonderful interview Philippe Back covering culture and organizational change. Philippe is another long-time listener that is bringing his phenomenal intellect to the podcast!

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 use of things like patterns, agile methods, and overall object oriented goodness. For the most part he was disappointed in the way IT delivery projects were managed, the reason they were started, and how they ended up. This dissatisfaction with the status quo led him to gradually embrace a new mission in life, to help IT knowledge workers to become awesome at what they do. To that end he has created the Deloitte LEAN service offering, providing advisory, coaching, and change management services to IT departments. Jeff has built this capability within Deloitte to help IT clients truly transform the way they operate their business. Over the last several years he has played a leadership role in some of the largest Kanban based enterprise transformations worldwide. Jeff keeps adding new tools to his transformation utility belt, including lean startup, gamification and others to define the next generation of work environments for knowledge professionals. Last, but definitely not least, Jeff is the proud father of a brand new daughter Mila, and husband of to his amazing wife Barbara. Blog: agileconsulting.blogspot.comTwitter: @thomasjeffrey (www.twitter.com/thomasjeffrey) The SPaMCAST 196 is sponsored by LeanKit Kanban. By now, most of you in the Lean-Agile community have heard of LeanKit, recognized by community leaders and practitioners alike as the most flexible and powerful tool available for implementing visual management. Since their launch in 2009, LeanKit has helped hundreds of companies around the world to quickly and easily model even very complex processes as vertical and horizontal lanes on a virtual whiteboard with cards representing work flowing from step to step. Well, LeanKit has now announced the launch of groundbreaking new features that allow even the largest enterprise portfolio and projects to be managed using multiple levels of drill-down Kanban boards, detailed sub-taskboards, and roll-up Lean metrics - as well as a complete overhaul of their user interface that makes LeanKit more attractive, more intuitive, and easier to manage. If you haven't checked out LeanKit or haven't lately, check out the website to explore how they can help Lean-Agile scale within your organization. Visit LeanKit Kanban! (and say hello for the SPaMCAST!) Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." We also just got word that the SPM book has been adopted for a class at the University of West Flroida for the Fall. Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement Cast:Email: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Next The Software Process and Measurement Cast 197 will feature an essay who's working title is What Happens After Interia Wins . . .

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 practitioners alike as the most flexible and powerful tool available for implementing visual management. Since their launch in 2009, LeanKit has helped hundreds of companies around the world to quickly and easily model even very complex processes as vertical and horizontal lanes on a virtual whiteboard with cards representing work flowing from step to step. Well, LeanKit has now announced the launch of groundbreaking new features that allow even the largest enterprise portfolio and projects to be managed using multiple levels of drill-down Kanban boards, detailed sub-taskboards, and roll-up Lean metrics - as well as a complete overhaul of their user interface that makes LeanKit more attractive, more intuitive, and easier to manage. If you haven't checked out LeanKit or haven't lately, check out the website to explore how they can help Lean-Agile scale within your organization. Visit LeanKit Kanban! (and say hello for the SPaMCAST!) Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." News just in . . . We also just got word that the SPM book has been adopted for a class at the University of West Flroida for the Fall. Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement CastEmail: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Next The Software Process and Measurement Cast 196 will feature my inteview with Jeff Anderson of Deloitte on topics that spanned lean, kanban and using the ideas from lean startups as a process improvement tool. Wow . . .

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 issues faced by project managers, CIOs, sales people, testers, QA personnel, outsourcers, bid evaluators, and IT managers. This volume should be a close-at-hand reference for all these people.” —Peter R. Hill, CEO of the International Software Benchmarking Standards Group Limited • Illustrates the impact of agile development on software measurement• Explains how to use measurement to improve auditing and accountability• Includes metrics for the CIO Catalog no. K13177, April 2012, 848 I would like to recommend that you buy a copy of the book. I have also included a flyer from CRC Press offering a 25% discount if you are a member of their online community. The proceeds from the sales of the book all go to IFPUG which is a great organization that continues to foster the use of function points and measurement.

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 professional who has achieved notable success in business.His background is in project management and marketing across three major business areas over the last 28 years and with the last 8 years building and leading PMOs. He is an accomplished communicator, a professional speaker, workshop trainer and PM/PMO consultant. Peter is the author of ‘The Lazy Project Manager’, The Lazy Winner’ and ‘The Lazy Project Manager and the Project from Hell’ (Infinite Ideas), as well as ‘Leading Successful PMOs’ (Gower). More information can be found at www.thelazyprojectmanager.com and www.leadingsuccessfulpmos.com and www.thelazywinner.com – and through his free podcasts in iTunes. The SPaMCAST 194 is sponsored by LeanKit Kanban. By now, most of you in the Lean-Agile community have heard of LeanKit, recognized by community leaders and practitioners alike as the most flexible and powerful tool available for implementing visual management. Since their launch in 2009, LeanKit has helped hundreds of companies around the world to quickly and easily model even very complex processes as vertical and horizontal lanes on a virtual whiteboard with cards representing work flowing from step to step. Well, LeanKit has now announced the launch of groundbreaking new features that allow even the largest enterprise portfolio and projects to be managed using multiple levels of drill-down Kanban boards, detailed sub-taskboards, and roll-up Lean metrics - as well as a complete overhaul of their user interface that makes LeanKit more attractive, more intuitive, and easier to manage. If you haven't checked out LeanKit or haven't lately, check out the website to explore how they can help Lean-Agile scale within your organization. Visit LeanKit Kanban! (and say hello for the SPaMCAST!) Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." News just in . . . We also just got word that the SPM book has been adopted for a class at the University of West Flroida for the Fall. Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement CastEmail: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV NextThe Software Process and Measurement Cast 195 will feature my essay on the impact of routine on change, innovaton and goals!

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 were taking notes "old school" on paper. The meeting ended on-time after 25 minutes meeting the objective and with the promise of minutes. I was shocked by the seeming efficiency and effectiveness so I lingered after the meeting to discuss my observations with my sponsor. The SPaMCAST 193 is sponsored by LeanKit Kanban. By now, most of you in the Lean-Agile community have heard of LeanKit, recognized by community leaders and practitioners alike as the most flexible and powerful tool available for implementing visual management. Since their launch in 2009, LeanKit has helped hundreds of companies around the world to quickly and easily model even very complex processes as vertical and horizontal lanes on a virtual whiteboard with cards representing work flowing from step to step. Well, LeanKit has now announced the launch of groundbreaking new features that allow even the largest enterprise portfolio and projects to be managed using multiple levels of drill-down Kanban boards, detailed sub-taskboards, and roll-up Lean metrics - as well as a complete overhaul of their user interface that makes LeanKit more attractive, more intuitive, and easier to manage. If you haven't checked out LeanKit or haven't lately, check out the website to explore how they can help Lean-Agile scale within your organization. Visit LeanKit Kanban! (and say hello for the SPaMCAST!) In the near future the essay componenent of the Software Process and Measurement Cast will be adding new contnent. The Cast will begin an evolution to a magazine format. Bill Fox will be the first of the SPaMCAST Magazine's contributors! Interested in participating? Contact me at [email protected]. Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." News just in . . . We also just got word that the SPM book has been adopted for a class at the University of West Flroida for the Fall. Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement Cast Email: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Next The Software Process and Measurement Cast 194 will my interview with Peter Taylor, The Lazy Project Manager, talking about his new book The Lazy Project Manager and The Project From Hell.

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 principles and practices such as Scrum and Extreme Programming. Mitch is a self-described “tech nerd” who started his technology career in 1991 at Accolade Software in San Jose, CA, a computer gaming company. After working as a software test engineer, a test manager, a developer, and a variety of other jobs in between, he settled on his true calling, project and program management. Mitch was a formally trained program manager before adding agile to his project tool belt. He began developing agile skills at Microsoft Corporation, where his team successfully released core enterprise services for Windows Live, where he has two patents pending. Mitch’s first agile team was coached by Ward Cunningham, Jim Newkirk, and David Anderson. Mitch cut his agile teeth working as a product owner or ScrumMaster on a variety of projects. He continued to grow his skills to the point where he was able to help other teams adopt agile practices. Today, with more than 16 years of experience under his belt, Mitch continues to develop his craft by experimenting and practicing with project teams at many different organizations. As a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) and a PMI Project Management Professional (PMP), Mitch shares his experience in project and client management through Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum courses, agile coaching engagements, conference presentations, blogs, and white papers. Mitch works with companies across the world, from Austria to Colombia, California to Florida, Portugal to Turkey, and just about everywhere in between. Mitch has presented at a variety of conferences worldwide, is the conference chair for Agile 2012, on the board of directors for the Agile Alliance and was on the board of directors of the Scrum Alliance. Web: http://www.mitchlacey.com/ Twitter: mglacey Buy the Scrum Field Guide (dead tree) Kindle The SPaMCAST 182 is sponsored by LeanKit Kanban. LeanKit Kanban is a software tool for kanban that is as simple to use as physical kanban. If you put it up on a touchscreen in your team area, it practically IS physical kanban. But your boards are available from anywhere, and updated in real-time. A slew of colors, icons, and avatars take your visual signaling to the next level. And the system tracks the metrics for you, providing analytics on bottlenecks, lead time, work distribution, process efficiency, and variability - for a single board or a whole company. It's kanban for the Lean enterprise. FYI . . . something special is coming to LeanKit Kanban. Words like enterprise portfolio and groundbreaking, More to come soon! I am working on several projects with friends that we are using kanban to control flow. We are using LeanKit Kanban as a mechanism to keep the project on track and organized. LeanKit allows us to share the Kanban board across the miles with ease! Visit LeanKit Kanban! (and say hello for the SPaMCAST!) Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." News just in . . . We also just got word that the SPM book has been adopted for a class at the University of West Flroida for the Fall. Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement CastEmail: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Next The Software Process and Measurement Cast 193 will feature my essay on the impact of routine on change, innovaton and goals!

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 inferable. Unfortunately, even though we are quick to assign ownership, responsibility and accountability we fail to ask, who really should own an estimate or whether they can be accountable for the estimate if they can’t do the work or control those that do. In corporate environments, ownership is generally not about ensuring the best flow of information but rather who can be pilloried when an estimate is missed. Sound like hyperbole? I recently heard a C level executive say “whose neck can I wring if we miss the date and the budget” when talking about a project, therefore a quick tour of the why estimates are created and who “should” own them in an agile environment is in order if for no other reason than health and human safety. Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." News! . . . We also just got word that the SPM book has been adopted for a class at the University of West Flroida for the Fall. Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement CastEmail: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Next The Software Process and Measurement Cast 192 features my interview with Mitch Lacey. We discuss his new book, The Scrum Field Guide. It was a great interview filled with useful advice.

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 conferences on topics related to Code Quality, Distributed Agile, Customer Value Management and Software Estimation. His IT experience started during the early 90s, when he was involved in porting a leading ERP product across various UNIX platforms. Later he moved onto products that involved data mining and master data management. During early 2000, he worked with some of the niche independent software vendors in the hospitality and finance domains. At MindTree, he has worked with some of the top vendors of virtualization platforms, business service management solutions and health care products. His areas of interests include Global Delivery Model, Agile Software Development, Requirements Engineering, Software Architecture, Software Reuse, Customer Value Management, Knowledge Management, and IT Outsourcing. He is a member of IEEE and IEEE Computer Society. He regularly interfaces with educational institutions to offer guest lectures and writes for technical conferences. Also, he writes for magazines such as Agile Record, Cutter IT Journal and SD Times. He blogs on Distributed Agile at http://www.mindtree.com/blogs/author/raja-bavani Raja's blog on Software Engineering and his articles and white papers are available at http://se-thoughtograph.blogspot.com He can be reached at [email protected] Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." News just in . . . We also just got word that the SPM book has been adopted for a class at the University of West Flroida for the Fall. Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement CastEmail: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Next The Software Process and Measurement Cast 191 will return to my essay "Who Owns Agile Estimation."

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 organization or situation. In many cases the answer I give is that in reality, it depends. I know that sounds like common consultant speak but what “it depends” means is that to really understand if something could work, you need to determine how to balance organizational culture, people, skills and the assets that can be deployed (not all tools are good). The only way to increase the knowledge needed to forecast success of any specific change is through experimentation in a real world environment. Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement CastEmail: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV NextIn the SPaMCAST 190 we have a return visit by Raja Bavani of Mindtree. We discussed distributed agile. Is was a great interview and a VERY pertinent topic for anyone practicing agile, methodologists or those who manage agile organizations.

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 Brands, Railinc, Media Temple, EDF, Springfield TN Middle School, Ultimate Software, LabCorp, Elemica, Inc., ShoreTel, Winn Dixie Stores, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, NIH, CMS and Compaq Computers. He has 20 years of experience with people and process improvement consulting and coaching. He has deep and varied domain (Social Media, SAAS, IT, Software, Healthcare, Retail, Transport, Education, Finance) and functional knowledge and process improvement experience using Lean, Kanban, Agile, CMMI, Six Sigma, PMBOK, SOX, BASEL and HIPAA. He is also an expert / student of Systems Thinking / Learning Organizations, People Dynamics, Transactional Analysis, MBTI, FIRO(B), Element B, Leadership & Motivation and Team Building. He invented several unique techniques (Influence Maps, Supplication, Exit & Re-entry, Language of Elegance, The Interview, Clean Slate, Cereal Box, Intensive Collaboration & Discovery) that are now used for managing strategic plans and scaling operations / projects at various client locations. Siraj completed his MBA in 1992 from BIM and he continues to learn every second! He loves poetry, travel, music, books and being with people. Most of all he loves his two daughters! He brings tremendous energy and passion to every engagement Contact Information: Web: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=370174&locale=en_US&trk=tyahTwitter: http://twitter.com/siraju Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement CastEmail: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Next The Software Process and Measurement Cast 189 will feature Part Two of "Who Owns Estimating In An Agile Project." THe essay dives more deeply into the role of the PMO and the prorject team in Agile Estimation. I hope we will all still be friends when I am done.

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 owns the estimate, owns the project agenda. The effect of having the wrong person or group “own” estimate can impact a wide range of behaviors and commitment. As we all know, budgets, estimates and plans are often construed as commitments, etched in stone, which may or may not make sense to those who actually have to design, code or test. The many forms of estimation are an integral part of the project landscape getting ownership right will have an impact on motivation, productivity and quality. Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement CastEmail: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Next The Software Process and Measurement Cast 188 will feature my interview with Siraj Sirajuddin. We discussed agile, organizational change, listening, philosophy and a ton more.

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! Jo Ann Sweeney is a communications consultant who helps transformation teams win the support of their sponsors, senior executives and end users. She is known for her ability to help teams understand the change from their audiences’ perspectives, as well as developing communication activities that catch their interest. Jo Ann specialises in helping clients develop activities that take audiences on a journey from awareness, through understanding, to support, involvement and commitment. Teams are able to deliver sticky change. Programmes have spanned skills development, product launches, office relocations, redundancies and redeployment, business process re-engineering, political lobbying, technology rollouts and brand makeovers for corporates, government departments and charities. Jo Ann shares her knowledge and experience online through the CommsAbilities blog [www.commsabilities.com/blog.asp], Worth Working Summiit [www.worthworkingsummit.com] and the Communicating Projects System [www.sweeneycomms.com/communicating-projects] She has more than 25 years experience and is a trained journalist, chartered marketer and fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, fellow of the Institute of Internal Communications and member of the Institute of Directors. A special Offer from Jo Ann to SPaMCAST listeners! Jo Ann is offering her new Communicating Projects System at 50% off. Follow the link below: http://www.sweeneycomms.com/communicating-projects/specialoffer Also we talked about RSA Animation which can be found at http://www.thersa.org/events/video/animate/rsa-animate-drive More Contact Information: Web: http://www.commsabilities.comTwitter: http://twitter.com/commsabilities Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement Cast Email: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Next The Software Process and Measurement Cast 187 will feature an essay on the role of the PMO in Agile Estimation. I hope we will all still be friends when I am done.

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. Occasionally a topic is brought up that sets me off on a new path of exploration and that changes how I interact with the world around me. The interview with Corey Haines in the SPaMCAST 182 was one such interview, during the cast, Corey referred to the concept of the "narcissism of small differences" as a barrier to delivering value. His point was dead-on but after I did some research I discovered that like many other concepts this one is a bit more complicated. Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement CastEmail: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Next The Software Process and Measurement Cast 186 will feature my interview 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.

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 government and is widely recognised and used in the private sector, both in the UK and internationally. Steve's Bio: Steve is a Project and Programme Management professional with many years practical experience developed in both the public and private sectors. He specialises in IT enabled Business Change assisting many organisations to use a structured approach to their business changes, from Portfolio to Programme and Project delivery mechanisms. Steve now spends most of his time travelling the world, training and consulting, helping people to learn and apply PRINCE2®, MSP® and P3O® all Best Practice Guidance freely available from the UK Cabinet Office for worldwide application. Contact Information:Email: [email protected]: http://www.ilxgroup.comLinked In: http://ow.ly/azUqh Prince 2 Official Site: http://www.prince-officialsite.com/ Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement CastEmail: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Next The Software Process and Measurement Cast 185 will feature my essay titled the "Narcissism of Small Differences." This essay is based on comments made by Corey Haines in the SPaMCAST 182.

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 by those who recognize it as a need. Simply put release planning is contentious. Why the consternation over something so simple? Part of the angst is a relic of the past and part is a flaw in basic human nature. The first part is a memory of over planning we all have seen in some project and program methods and the second flaw is one of basic human nature in that when something is said it tends to be remembered (a delivery date for example). Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement CastEmail: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Next The Software Process and Measurement Cast 183 features my interview with Steve Boronski. We discussed Prince 2 which is the standard for project management in the UK and Europe!

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 world, pair-programming for room and board, he spent his time teaching, learning and just living as a knowledge-cross-pollinating, little, software craftsmanship bee. For the past three years, Corey has focused his attention on helping developers improve their fundamental software design skills through the use of focused-practice events, such as coderetreat. He currently specializes in training teams on fundamental development technical practices, as well as building projects and products when not on the road. Contact Data:http://coreyhaines.com/Code Retreat: http://coderetreat.org/Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/coreyhainesEmail: [email protected] A message from SPaMCAST's sponsor . . . The SPaMCAST 182 is sponsored by LeanKit Kanban. LeanKit Kanban is a software tool for kanban that is as simple to use as physical kanban. If you put it up on a touchscreen in your team area, it practically IS physical kanban. But your boards are available from anywhere, and updated in real-time. A slew of colors, icons, and avatars take your visual signaling to the next level. And the system tracks the metrics for you, providing analytics on bottlenecks, lead time, work distribution, process efficiency, and variability - for a single board or a whole company. It's kanban for the Lean enterprise. I am currently working on a book with three friends. We are using LeanKit Kanban as a mechanism to keep the project on track and organized. LeanKit allows us to share the Kanban board across the miles with ease! Visit LeanKit Kanban! (and say hello for the SPaMCAST!) Interested in becoming a radio star? If you are interested in reviewing tools or books? Drop me a note at [email protected] Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement Cast Email: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV NextThe Software Process and Measurement Cast 183 will feature my essay on release plans. Release plans are a critical tool in large agile projects.

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 181! The Software Process and Measurement Cast 181 features my essay titled, Manufacturing, Engineering or Craft? The essay begins . . . A few weeks ago I sat next to a gentlemen on a flight to Albuquerque. After a couple of glasses of wine we found we were in related fields. As the conversation progressed he confided in me that he did not understand why software projects were never on time, on budget or exactly what he wanted since software development was engineering and his consultants had called development a factory. I paid for the next round of wine as I tried to dissuade my new friend that building, enhancing or maintaining software was not really like assembling a car. Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement CastEmail: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Next The Software Process and Measurement Cast 182 features my interview with Corey Haines, Software Journeyman. Simply put WOW!

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 180! The SPaMCAST 180 features my interview with Johanna Rothman. We discussed transparency and trust. Transparency and trust are generally discussed as core tenants of agile HOWEVER I would suggest they are core tenants for any type of team or manager. We also have a message from Peter Taylor, The Lazy Project Manager, on his new project . . . he needs our help. You might be wondering where the SPaMCAST 179 went. Lets just say SPaMCAST 179 is now offically the the lost episode and we'll just see when it appears. Johanna Rothman works with managers and leaders to identify problems and seize opportunities around how they manage their product development. She focuses on removing management and technical staff impediments. Johanna was the Agile 2009 conference chair. She is the current AgileJournal.com technical editor. Johanna is the author of these books: - Manage Your Project Portfolio: Increase Your Capacity and Finish More Projects - The 2008 Jolt Productivity award-winning Manage It! Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project Management - Behind Closed Doors: Secrets of Great Management - Hiring the Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds: The Secrets and Science of Hiring Technical People She is working on books about using agile practices to find a new job, and agile program management. And, she’s working on an electronic-only revision of the hiring book, due “soon.” She writes columns for Stickyminds.com and on “extreme project management” for Gantthead.com, and writes two blogs on her web site, jrothman.com, as well as a blog on createadaptablelife.com Recommendation! Buy Johanna's books and support the Software Process and Measurement Cast, just follow the link! Contact Data:|Email: [email protected]: www.jrothman.comBlogs: http://www.jrothman.com/blog/mpd/ http://www.jrothman.com/blog/htp/ http://www.createadaptablelife.com/ Support the Software Process and Measurement Cast by buying any of the books discussed on the SPaMCAST's through our Amazon Associate Account. I have a page on my blog with links to all of the books that have been discussed on the podcast. The SPaMCAST gets a tiny commission on the sale that will be used to defray hosting costs and upgrading equipment. SPaMCAST Bookshelf Interested in becoming a radio star?If you are interested in reviewing tools or books? Drop me a note at [email protected] Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement CastEmail: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Next: The Software Process and Measurement Cast 181 will feature my essay currently titled, IT: No Factory Here. The essay wrestles why the metaphor of a factory is used to describe the development and maintenance of software.

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 178! The SPaMCAST 178 features my interview with Al Pittampalli. We discussed his book, Read This Before Our Next Meeting, the modern meeting standard and how most meetings are in need of a makeover or avoiding. Al Pittampalli is the author of Read%20This%20Before%20Our%20Next%20Meeting">Read This Before Our Next Meeting, the most popular Kindle book in the world during the week of its release. It was recently selected by renowned business book expert, Todd Sattersten as the #4 best business book of 2011 by and by the IBM Competitive Edge Book Club as their Q1 2012 read. Al has been featured in various major media and popular publications such as Forbes, Huffington Post, CBS, and American Express Open Forum. He helps Fortune 500 companies provoke change in the status quo. You can learn more about Al at: ModernMeetingStandard.com. Want to buy Al's book? Read%20This%20Before%20Our%20Next%20Meeting">Hadcover Read%20This%20Before%20Our%20Next%20Meeting">Kindle Contact Data:Email: [email protected]: @PittampaliWeb: http://modernmeetingstandard.com/about-al/ Support the Software Process and Measurement Cast by buying any of the books discussed on the SPaMCAST's through our Amazon Associate Account. I have a page on my blog with links to all of the books that have been discussed on the podcast. The SPaMCAST gets a tiny commission on the sale that will be used to defray hosting costs and upgrading equipment. Interested in becoming a radio star? If you are interested in reviewing tools or books? Drop me a note at [email protected] Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering%20Software%20Project%20Management:%20Best%20Practices,%20Tools%20and%20Techniques">Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement Cast Email: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Next: The Software Process and Measurement Cast 179 will feature my essay currently titled, IT: No Factory Here. The essay wrestles why the metaphor of a factory is used to describe the development and maintenance of software.

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 177! The SPaMCAST 177 features my essay titled The Beginner's Mind. The essay begins: Why is it easier for some organizations to innovate or to change more than others? Why do some organizations become less flexible after a new idea is successfully implemented? I believe that the concept of the beginner’s mind holds a substantial clue about why some people and organizations either embrace or resist change. Interested in becoming a radio star? If you are interested in reviewing tools or books? Drop me a note at [email protected] Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement CastEmail: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Next: The Software Process and Measurement Cast 178 will feature my interview with Al Pittampalli. We discussed a modern meeting standard and his book, Read This Before Our Next Meeting. This is an important interview for EVERYONE!

The SPaMCAST 176 features my interview with Jeff Dalton. We discussed Agile, Scrum and the CMMI. A discussion that included more than just theory. Jeff is Broadsword's President, Certified Lead Appraiser, CMMI Instructor, a Pilot, ScrumMaster, and author of "agileCMMI," Broadsword's leading methodology for incremental and iterative process improvement. He is the 2012 Chairman of the SEI's Partner Advisory Board and President of the Great Lakes Software Process Improvement Network (GL-SPIN). In 2008 he coined the term Process Debt to describe the crushing, over-bearing processes too many companies employ to achieve a CMMI rating. In 2009 he was awarded the prestigious Software Engineering Institute's SEI Member Award for Outstanding Representative for is work uniting the Agile and CMMI communities together through his popular blog "Ask the CMMI Appraiser." He holds degrees in Music and Computer Science and builds experimental airplanes in his spare time. Contact Data: Email: [email protected]. Twitter: @CMMIAppraiser Blog: http://askthecmmiappraiser.blogspot.com/ Web: http://www.broadswordsolutions.com/ Interested in becoming a radio star? If you are interested in reviewing tools or books? Drop me a note at [email protected] Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement Cast Email: [email protected] Voicemail: +1-206-888-6111 Website: www.spamcast.net Twitter: www.twitter.com/tcagley Facebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Next: The Software Process and Measurement Cast 177 will feature my essay on the beginners mind. The essay wrestles with the question, why is easier for some people and organizations to embrace new ideas?

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 175! The SPaMCAST 175 features an essay titled Human Interaction While Testing On Two Continents. The essay begins: Testing is the means of proving that the development process has understood and built what was required. In its purist form it provides a set of proofs that validate the ‘whole’ development life cycle. Regardless of the test model used there is one overriding goal; to deliver the best product possible within the constraints of time, budget and scope. Meeting the goal of testing requires a strong level of interaction and communication between the testing and development teams. This requirement becomes an imperative when testing occurs on two continents. Interested in becoming a radio star?If you are interested in reviewing tools or books? Drop me a note at [email protected] Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement CastEmail: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Next:The Software Process and Measurement Cast 176 will feature my interview with Jeff Dalton. We discussed Agile, Scrum and the CMMI!

Well I guess this means I am another year older and wiser. I know the second part is true because I spent the weekend drinking out of the firehouse that is Podcamp Toronto 2012. I wish there were more events like podcamp where you can be immersed ideas, knowledge and wisdom for a day or two. I always emerge from these events enriched. There were a number of great presentations and I will revisit some of them on the blog in the next few days however I wanted to share my presentation. I hope to be back next year to both learn and hangout with my friends Luke and John! The copy from the brouchure: Podcasting To A Niche Market, Revisited or Podcasting To A Professional IT Audience Podcasting to a niche market is about balancing content with audience needs. The examples from the Software Process and Measurement Cast which podcasts to a professional IT audience for the past five years is used to provide examples of the additional complication of reaching a niche audience. One example of a complication is having less knowledge about the audience due to professional complexity and geographic dispersion. Questions Answered 1. How can I grow the audience for a niche audience? 2. How can you use the professional journals to target your audience and interviewees? 3. Sales tool or knowledge transfer vehicle, which work?

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 174! The SPaMCAST 174 features my interview with Karl Scotland. We discussed his concept, Kanban Thinking Karl Scotland is a versatile software practitioner with over 15 years of experience covering development, project management, team leadership, coaching and training. For the last 10 years he has been successfully applying Agile methods, and most recently has been a pioneer and advocate of using Kanban Systems for software development. Currently an Agile Coach with Rally Software in the UK, Karl is a founding member of the Lean Software and Systems Consortium and the Limited WIP Society, and has previously championed Agile and Lean Thinking with the BBC, Yahoo! and EMC Consulting. Karl writes about his latest ideas on his blog at http://availagility.co.uk/. Want to get in touch with Karl? Linked In http://www.linkedin.com/in/karlscotlandBlog http://availagility.co.uk/Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/kjscotland A message from SPaMCAST's sponsor . . . THe SPaMCAST 174 is sponsored by LeanKit Kanban. LeanKit Kanban is a software tool for kanban that is as simple to use as physical kanban. If you put it up on a touchscreen in your team area, it practically IS physical kanban. But your boards are available from anywhere, and updated in real-time. A slew of colors, icons, and avatars take your visual signaling to the next level. And the system tracks the metrics for you, providing analytics on bottlenecks, lead time, work distribution, process efficiency, and variability - for a single board or a whole company. It's kanban for the Lean enterprise. I have been using LeanKit Kanban for a personal project my wife and I are working on. LeanKit allows us to share the Kanban board across the miles with ease! Visit LeanKit Kanban! (and say hello for the SPaMCAST!) Interested in becoming a radio star? If you are interested in reviewing tools or books? Drop me a note at [email protected] Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement CastEmail: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Next:The Software Process and Measurement Cast 175 feature an essay titled, Do You Have Trust, Passion and A Beginners Mind? An important set of concepts for ANY framework you might be adopting.

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 173! The SPaMCAST 173 features an essay titled Agile In A Waterfall Business. The essay begins: I am more than occasionally asked how agile techniques can work in environment where the business is waterfall. The underlying assumption of the question is that it can't. This is followed by a description of the constraints that the person asking the question uses to define an environment where agile does not make sense Interested in becoming a radio star?If you are interested in reviewing tools or books? Drop me a note at [email protected] Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement Cast Email: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Next!The Software Process and Measurement Cast 173 will feature my interview with Karl Scotland. We discussed Kanban Thinking!

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 172! The SPaMCAST 172 features my interview Dr David Fraser. We discussed his book Relationship Mastery: A Business Professional’s Guide. If you are just focusing on the quantitative side of business relationships you have only half the tools you need to succeed! David Fraser, PhD, is a leading authority on relationship skills in professional and personal life and an international speaker. He is the author of “Relationship Mastery: A Business Professional’s Guide.” David has a track record of pioneering new approaches to old problems. He has delivered major projects for government and private sector clients in challenging situations and set up a number of entrepreneurial ventures. He is a business owner, and a Chartered Engineer with a First Class Honours degree and a PhD from Glasgow University and an MBA from Strathclyde University. He is a qualified commercial mediator and a Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) Trainer and has studied with leading proponents of these disciplines. David applies his unusual blend of expertise to supporting disparate groups working together in complex circumstances, including major collaborative projects and matters of national importance. In addition to his work on relationship management with corporate clients, David runs workshop and coaching programs on personal and relationship mastery for both organizations and individuals, focusing on the potential to leverage results. David also finds the approach set out in his books to be extremely helpful in his home and family environment. David lives with his wife and three children in Glasgow, Scotland and sails on the West Coast of Scotland when time permits. Buy the dead tree version! Kindle Version For more information and resources and to connect with David Fraser, please visit WEB: http://www.drdavidfraser.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/#!/drdavidfraserLinkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/drdavidfraserEmail: [email protected] Shameless Ad for my book! Looking for a proect management reference to keep close at hand? Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." Buy the book! Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement Cast Email: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Next! SPaMCAST 173, Agile in a waterfall business. Enough said!

Please distribute the PDF version! For Immediate Release January 23, 2012 Avon Lake, OH – The Software Process and Measurement Podcast (SPaMCAST) is celebrating its 170th episode after five years of interviewing many of the leaders in the software development world. The anniversary edition of SPaMCAST features an interview with Hillel Glazer, speaker, process guru and author of High Performance Operations. SPaMCAST feature interviews have included: · Chris Hefley, Chief Executive Officer, Leankit Kanban, Bandit Software, LLC · Dean Leffingwell author of Scaling Software Agility and others · Peter Taylor author of many books including The Lazy Project Manager · Elizabeth Harrin author, award winning blog, The Girl’s Guide to Project Management · Tim Lister, co-author of Adrenaline Junkies and Template Zombies · David Anderson the author of Agile Management for Software Engineering · Kent Beck, pioneer in Agile Methods · Scott Ambler, though leader in Test Driven Development · Ivar Jacobson, developer of Use Cases · Grady Booch, discussing Life, the Universe and Development The Cast covers topics that deal with the challenges of how work is done in information technology organizations as they grow and evolve. The show combines commentaries, interviews and feedback to serve up ideas, opinions, advice and facts. In a nutshell, the Cast has provided and will continue to provide advice for and from practitioners, methodologists, pundits and consultants. The editor, Tom Cagley, is a leading consultant in software development process improvement, the Vice President of Consulting for the David Consulting Group, Past President of the International Function Point Users Group and co-author of Mastering Software Project Management. The Software Process and Measurement Cast can be found at www.spamcast.net. It is also available on all major podcast services including iTunes and the Zune Marketplace. All previous episodes are available download. The Cast currently enjoys 10,000 downloads a month, up 20% in the past year It is delivered as a free public service to the information technology community and has listeners across the globe. Contact: Thomas M. Cagley Jr. Editor

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 171! The SPaMCAST 171 includes a double feature! Part One is Meta-Cast discussing where the Cast has been and where it is going. The short answer is 2012 is going to really COOL! Part Two is an entry in the Metrics Minute. We tackle Customer Satisfaction. Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniquesco-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." Buy the book! Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement CastEmail: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Next! SPaMCAST 172 will my interview with Dr. David Fraser. We discussed his book Relationship Mastery, A Business Professional’s Guide. Can you answer the question why are relationships important in business? You will know the answer after the interview!

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 170! Happy fifth anniversary from Amsterdam! The SPaMCAST 170 features my interview Hillel Glazer. We discussed his book High%20Performance%20Operations:%20Leverage%20Compliance%20to%20Lower%20Costs,%20Increase%20Profits,%20and%20Gain%20Competitive%20Advantage%20(FT%20Press%20Operations%20Management)%20">High Performance Operations: Leverage Compliance to Lower Costs, Increase Profits, and Gain Competitive Advantage and many other topics like the CMMI and Agile. Hillel Glazer is recognized as the world’s leading authority on introducing lean and agile concepts into the compliance-driven world. He’s helped companies of all sizes and industries around the world successfully streamline their operations, increase value, and expose and eliminate practices that prevent them from achieving their performance goals. And, he does so while simultaneously accounting for all the external compliance pressures on their operations. Hillel’s professional passion is to work with companies motivated to achieve world-class operations and excellence. His diverse experience base includes aerospace/defense and systems engineering, large and small consulting practices, Federal agencies, dot-com operations and financial, insurance, medical and transportation systems development and support. Having started in manufacturing where he learned the fundamentals of lean production, for more than the most recent decade, as a consultant, Hillel’s been successfully pioneering the introduction of lean philosophies, methods and techniques into businesses and industries otherwise believed to be either too chaotic or too highly restricted in freedom by their compliance and regulation requirements to be able to adopt high performance approaches. Hillel is an in-demand speaker, presenter, and facilitator. (See where he’ll show up next.) He is widely read, broadly published, and appears worldwide on the topics pertaining to operational excellence in compliance-driven industries. His work appears in many publications including periodicals and the texts, CMMI for Services, 2nd Edition, CMMI for Development, 3rd Edition, and Integrating CMMI and Agile Development. His Baltimore-based company, Entinex, has a global reach that focuses on generating powerful results for high performance operations among companies motivated to be lean, agile, and achieve world-class levels of operational excellence. He lives in the Baltimore suburbs with his fabulous wife and four amazing children. If you are going to buy Hillel's book and want to support the SPaMCAST please use the following link which uses the SPaMCAST's Amazon Associate account. High%20Performance%20Operations:%20Leverage%20Compliance%20to%20Lower%20Costs,%20Increase%20Profits,%20and%20Gain%20Competitive%20Advantage%20(FT%20Press%20Operations%20Management)%20">Buy the book! Contact Data:Web: http://hillelglazer.comWeb: http://www.entinex.com/Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/hillelglazerTwitter: http://twitter.com/hi11e1Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Entinex-Inc/263402040088?ref=ts Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering%20Software%20Project%20Management:%20Best%20Practices,%20Tools%20and%20Techniques%20">Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." Mastering%20Software%20Project%20Management:%20Best%20Practices,%20Tools%20and%20Techniques%20">Buy the book! Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement Cast Email: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Next! SPaMCAST 171 will feature a bit of meta-cast celebrating the Software Process and Measurement Casts fifth anniversary and an entry from the Metrics Minute on Customer Satisfaction!

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 169! The Software Process and Measurement Cast 169 features the second part of my essay, The Case Against Multi-tasking. This installment is titled Serial Mono-tasking in Action. This installment will focus on what can be done to multitask less and serial mono-task more. Part Two - SPaMCAST 171 Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering%20Software%20Project%20Management:%20Best%20Practices,%20Tools%20and%20Techniques%20">Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement Cast Email: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Next The Software Process and Measurement Cast 170 will mark the Cast's Fifth Anniversary! We celebrate with my interview with Hillel Glazer. We discussed his new book High%20Performance%20Operations:%20Leverage%20Compliance%20to%20Lower%20Costs,%20Increase%20Profits,%20and%20Gain%20Competitive%20Advantage%20(FT%20Press%20Operations%20Management)">High Performance Operations, process, agile, the CMMI and all sorts of great topics!

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 168! The Software Process and Measurement Cast 168 features my interview with Bill Smith and his Twitter alterego @CMMIROX. We discussed CMMI training, marketing change and other topics that will give you a leg up on making 2012 a winner! Bill Smith is President and CEO of Leading Edge Process Consultants, an SEI Partner with offices in Virginia and New York. He was the SEI’s 2010 Outstanding Member Representative, and has been honored with an Outstanding Presentation award at the NDIA CMMI Technology Conference and User Group each of the past three years. As an SEI-Certified Introduction to CMMI Instructor, Bill teaches the CMMI publicly every six weeks at his training facility in Reston, Virginia. He has taught the Introduction to CMMI course to over 1100 students coast-to-coast – including onsite deliveries at Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, AT&T, the IRS, and FEMA. Bill served as consultant, appraiser, and trainer with the Systems and Software Consortium (SSCI) from 2002 through 2007. He has guided multiple organizations to various CMMI or SW-CMM maturity levels, led numerous appraisals, and chaired or served on a half dozen Engineering Process Groups. Bill’s career has included jobs as an artificial intelligence programmer with IBM and advanced systems engineer with EDS. Overall, he has 27 years of software/systems engineering experience in management and technical positions. Bill has an M.S. in Information Science from the University of Pittsburgh and a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University. Bill offers his CMMI perspectives regularly as CmmiRox on twitter and on his corporate Facebook page. He also maintains his own social network, CMMI Rocks!, to support students who’ve attended his CMMI classes. Bill’s non-professional passions include music, running, and the outdoors. Contact Information:Web: http://www.cmmitraining.com/Twitter: @cmmiroxEmail: [email protected] Interested in becoming a radio star? If you are interested in reviewing tools or books? Drop me a note at [email protected] Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement Cast Email: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Next The Software Process and Measurement Cast 169 will feature part two of my essay on multitasking. This part will focus on what can be done to multitask less and serial mono-task more.

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 167! Happy News Years!The SPaMCAST 167 features an essay titled The Case Against Multitasking. The essay begins: To multitask or not to multitask, that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of mono-tasking or to take arms against a sea of trouble and by opposing do more...at least appear to do more. Is the discussion of mono-tasking versus multitasking a tempest in a teapot, a true productivity killer or perhaps are we really discussing how we segment work? Depending on how you define the word, I believe it is the later. The problem is that like so many other words we have conflated a number of concepts into a broader idea. Interested in becoming a radio star?If you are interested in reviewing tools or books? Drop me a note at [email protected] Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement CastEmail: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Next The Software Process and Measurement Cast 168 will feature my interview with Bill Smith and his Twitter alterego @CMMIROX. We discussed CMMI training, marketing change and other topics that will enlighten 2012!

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 166! The interview in the SPaMCAST 166 is with Paul Byrnes. We discussed the changes to the SCAMPI 1.3 method of appriasing the CMMI and more! The interview is loaded with data for anyone that uses the CMMI! THis is Paul's third appearance on the SPaMCAST (a returning STAR). If you have not listened to Paul's first two interviews hear are the links to the SPaMCAST 63 and SPaMCAST 81. As an Air Force officer Paul was responsible for managing advanced software technology transition projects at Hanscom AFB, MA. These were typically joint government/industry funded projects aimed at significantly improving the efficiency of DoD software development processes and services. At the SEI, Paul was the SEI CMM® Based Appraisal (CBA) Project Leader. Responsible for developing all published versions of SCE and the initial CBA IPI method (V0.3). A principal developer of the CMM® Appraisal Framework (CAF). Developed, delivered, and managed teams delivering CMM based appraisal methods and training services. At ISD, as a founder, principal, Managing Director, and CTO, Paul was the principal architect of ISD’s Comprehensive Appraisal Method (CAM); a draft version was an input method to SCAMPISM V1.1. He was responsible for managing, leading development, and also delivering all standard ISD products for their appraisal, consulting, and training service lines. Paul is a currently a member of the SCAMPI LA BoK Advisory Board and a member of its High Maturity Working Group. He participated on the Enterprise SPICE Architecture Team and the SCAMPI V1.3 Upgrade Team. Paul was included in the 1995 Who’s Who in the East, the 1998 Who’s Who in Media and Communications, the 1999 Who’s Who in America, and the 2000 Who’s Who in the World. Contact information:Email: [email protected] Website: http://isd-inc.com Interested in becoming a radio star? If you are interested in reviewing tools or books? Drop me a note at [email protected] Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement Cast Email: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Next! SPaMCAST 165 will feature an essay from the Metrics Minute or a discusson of mono-tasking versus multi-tasking . . .either will be worth waiting for!

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 165! The SPaMCAST 165 features an essay that answers the questions, "so what exactly is IT-CMF?” and “why do we need another model?” The essay begins: On Thursday morning I checked into a testing center to test the knowledge and skills that are central to understanding and leveraging the IT Capability Maturity Framework (IT-CMF) and also to certify. When I completed the exam I tweeted my results to the world and got resounding response of . . .”so what exactly is IT-CMF?” and “why do we need another model?” Interested in becoming a radio star? If you are interested in reviewing tools or books? Drop me a note at [email protected] Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement CastEmail: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Next! SPaMCAST 166 features my interview with Paul Byrnes of ISD. Paul and I discussed the recent changes to the SCAMPI process for appraising the CMMI and potential changes coming in the future. One word - EXCITING.

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 164! The interview on the Software Process and Measurement Cast 164 is with Joseph Raynus. Joe and I discussed his bookImproving Business Process Performance: Gain Agility, Create Value, and Achieve Success and quantitative business process management. Joseph Raynus is the founder of ShareDynamics, Inc. a Business Process Management and Process Improvement consulting company in Lexington, Ma. He provides training and consulting services in the area of business performance management and quantification by helping his customers institute measurement frameworks and manage their Process Improvement/BPM initiatives at all levels of organization. Joseph provides education, training, mentoring and is a frequent speaker at a number of professional organizations and conferences that include IEEE, PMI, ASQ and SAP BPM. Joseph is also an Adjunct Professor at Northeastern University Graduate School of Engineering, where he teaches courses in Information Systems Planning and Business Process Engineering. His latest book “Improving Business Process Performance: Gain Agility, Create Value and Achieve Success” presents an approach to a workable process to help an organization maintain clarity of purpose, bridge the gap between the strategic and tactical views, and apply structure to how it monitors its progress. His first book "Process Improvement with CMM" is also available in Chinese and Japanese. Contact Data:Web: http://www.sharedynamics.com/Email: [email protected] Interested in sponsoring the SPaMCAST? If you are interested in being a sponsor please contact me at [email protected] for a rate sheet or to discuss options. Interested in becoming a radio star? If you are interested in reviewing tools or books? Drop me a note at [email protected] Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement Cast Email: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Next! SPaMCAST 165 will feature an essay from the Metrics Minute or a discusson of mono-tasking versus multi-tasking . . .either will be worth waiting for!

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 161! The SPaMCAST 163 features an entry in the Metrics Minute. We discusse Retun on Investment. ROI is critical factor in proioritization whether at an epic or a story level! The PMO Leader of the Year Award will be presented to the PMO Leader, nominated by their PMO team, who shows the most excellent leadership and understanding of what a PMO can deliver to a business.A panel of independent judges will review all submissions to consider how each nominee has led their PMO over at least the last 12 months and how they plan to grow the PMO under their stewardship in the coming months.Interested in the PMO Leader of the Year award? Check out www.leadingsuccessfulpmos.com Interested in becoming a radio star? If you are interested in reviewing tools or books? Drop me a note at [email protected] Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team."Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement Cast Email: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Next! SPaMCAST 164 features my interview with Joe Raynus. Joe and I discussed Quantitative Business Process Management. A great discussion on measurement and business process improvement.

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 162! The SPaMCAST 162 features my interview with Rafal Los discussing security and key process indicators for measuring secutity. Rafal Los, Enterprise and Cloud Security Strategist for Hewlett-Packard Software, combines over a decade of deep technical expertise in information security and risk management with a critical business perspective. From technical research to building and implementing enterprise application security programs, Rafal has a proven track record with organizations of diverse sizes and verticals. He is a sought after speaker at both public and private information security and quality conferences, and has presented at events produced by OWASP, ISSA, SecTor, Black Hat, Defcon, and SANS and many others. Staying active and contributing to the community - he participates in OWASP, the Cloud Security Alliance and other industry groups. His blog, Following the White Rabbit, with his unique perspective on enterprise security and cloud has amassed a following from his industry peers, business professionals, and even the media and can be found at http://hp.com/go/white-rabbit. Prior to joining HP, Los defined what became the software security program and served as a security lead at a Global Fortune 100. Los also contributed to the global organization's security and risk-management strategy internally and with their customers. Rafal prides himself on being able to add a 'tint of corporate realism' to information security. Rafal received his B. S. in Computer Information Systems from Concordia University, River Forest, Ill. Contact Data for Raf Blog: http://hp.com/go/white-rabbitEmail: [email protected]: https://twitter.com/#!/Wh1t3Rabbit Interested in becoming a radio star? If you are interested in reviewing tools or books? Drop me a note at [email protected] Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement CastEmail: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Next! SPaMCAST 163 will feature an agile metric selection from the Metrics Minute.

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 161! The SPaMCAST 161 provides an overview of a pallet of metrics tailored to agile projects. The essay begins: When talking about metrics to measure agile processes one should begin by defining “why” you want to measure followed immediately by “what” we will do with the data when we know it. As I have noted before there are only two reasons to measure. The first is to generate specific behaviors and secondly to predict the future. Organizational goals provide the rational for what to measure and the type of measure determines whether it drives behavior or provides direction. Interested in the PMO Leader of the Year award? Check out www.leadingsuccessfulpmos.com The PMO Leader of the Year Award will be presented to the PMO Leader, nominated by their PMO team, who shows the most excellent leadership and understanding of what a PMO can deliver to a business. A panel of independent judges will review all submissions to consider how each nominee has led their PMO over at least the last 12 months and how they plan to grow the PMO under their stewardship in the coming months. Interested in becoming a radio star? Are you interested in writing and reading reviewing tools or books? Drop me a note at [email protected] if you have an opinion! Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement CastEmail: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Next! SPaMCAST 162 features my interview with Rafal Los on security and metrics desinged for security practices!

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 160! The SPaMCAST 160 features my interview Dean Leffingwell. We discussed scaling agile and his books Scaling Software Agility: Best Practices for Large Enterprises and Agile Software Requirements: Lean Requirements Practices for Teams, Programs, and the Enterprise (Agile Software Development Series) . Dean Leffingwell is an entrepreneur, executive, author and consulting methodologist who provides agile transformation consulting services to large software enterprises. Recently, Mr. Leffingwell was founder and CEO of consumer marketing identity company, ProQuo, Inc.He also served as chief methodologist to Rally Software (www.rallydev.com) where he focused on the application of agile development methods to large scale software development. Formerly, Mr. Leffingwell served as Sr. Vice President to Rational Software (now IBM’s Rational Division), where his responsibilities included development and commercialization of the Rational Unified Process (RUP), ClearQuest, RequisitePro and the company’s methodology and product training courses. Mr. Leffingwell has been a student, coach and author of contemporary software development and management practices throughout his career. His most recent book, Agile Software Requirements: Lean Requirements Practices for Teams, Programs, and the Enterprise (Agile Software Development Series) , was published by Addison-Wesley in January of 2011. This book provides practical, agile approaches to managing software requirements for teams and teams of teams, as well as practices that scale to the full enterprise architecture and portfolio level. His prior book, Scaling Software Agility: Best Practices for Large Enterprises , focuses on the application of agile methods to large, distributed development organizations. He is also the lead author of the text Managing Software Requirements: First and Second Editions also from Addison-Wesley. Mr. Leffingwell holds a Masters Degree in Engineering from the University of Colorado in Boulder. Contact Data:Blog: www.scalingsoftwareagility.wordpress.comEmail: [email protected] Sponsor . . . THe SPaMCAST 160 is sponsored by LeanKit Kanban. LeanKit Kanban is a software tool for kanban that is as simple to use as physical kanban. If you put it up on a touchscreen in your team area, it practically IS physical kanban. But your boards are available from anywhere, and updated in real-time. A slew of colors, icons, and avatars take your visual signaling to the next level. And the system tracks the metrics for you, providing analytics on bottlenecks, lead time, work distribution, process efficiency, and variability - for a single board or a whole company. It's kanban for the Lean enterprise. I have been using LeanKit Kanban for a personal project my wife and I are working on. LeanKit allows us to share the Kanban board across the miles with ease! Visit our sponsor at LeanKit Kanban Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Softw are Process and Measurement CastEmail: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Next! SPaMCAST 160 will discuss agile metrics! Are they the same? Are there philosophical issues you need to be aware of? Agile metrics . . . be here next week!

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 159! The SPaMCAST 159 features my essay titled, Systems Thinking and Process Improvement. The essay begins: Many process improvement programs falter when, despite best efforts, they don't improve the overall performance of IT. The impact of fixing individual processes can easily get lost in the weeds, the impact overtaken by the inertia of the overall systems. I think this is a situation we can all recognize. Systems Thinking is a mechanism for addressing complex, hard to solve problems. The Software Process and Measurement Cast is looking for listeners that are interested in wrting and sharing reviews of thier favorate tools. Have a favorite? Send me an email and we can discuss making you an internet star! Reminder from SPaMCAST 158 Peter Taylor has also provided two copies of his book The Lazy Project Manager for Software Process and Management listeners. I will draw two names at random (not random names) on November 27th and Peter will send the winners a copy. To participate send an email to [email protected] with the subject line "Lazy Project Manager." Include you full shipping address. Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement Cast Email: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Next! SPaMCAST 160 will feature an interview with Dean Leffingwell, the author several books including Scaling Software Agility. If you will ever be involved in scaling agily to the organizaiton level this is an important interview.

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 158! The SPaMCAST 158 features my interview with Peter Taylor. We discussed his book The Lazy Project Manager. Peter and I discussed how to be an effective and effiecent project manager and still have a balanced life! Peter is a dynamic and commercially astute professional who has achieved notable success in Project Management. His background is in project management across three major business areas over the last 26 years, MRP/ERP systems with various software houses and culminating in his current role with Infor, Business Intelligence (BI) with Cognos, and product lifecycle management (PLM) with Siemens. He has spent the last 7 years leading PMOs and developing project managers and is now focusing on project based services development with Infor. He is also an accomplished communicator and leader and is a professional speaker as well as the author of ‘The%20Lazy%20Project%20Manager:%20How%20to%20be%20twice%20as%20productive%20and%20still%20leave%20the%20office%20early">The Lazy Project Manager’ (Infinite Ideas) and ‘Leading%20Successful%20PMOs%20">Leading Successful PMOs’ (Gower) and ‘The%20Lazy%20Winner%20">The Lazy Winner’ (Infinite Ideas). More information can be found at www.thelazyprojectmanager.com and www.thelazywinner.com – and through his free podcasts in iTunes. Also, if you are interested in getting published, check out the ‘Get Published’ site – www.pmpublished.com Peter's email address: [email protected] Special Offer: Peter has also provided two copies of The Lazy Project Manager for Software Process and Management listeners. I will draw two names at random (not random names) on November 27th and Peter will send the winners a copy. To participate send an email to [email protected] with the subject line "Lazy Project Manager." Include you full shipping address. Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering%20Software%20Project%20Management:%20Best%20Practices,%20Tools%20and%20Techniques%20">Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement CastEmail: [email protected]: +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Next! SPaMCAST 159 will probably feature an essay on systems think but it might be an essay on the impact of fear . . .either will very interesting!