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In the podcast this week, we discuss the Agile Coaching Code of Ethics and the process of building an ethical foundation. Shane Hastie and Craig Smith have been leading the effort to craft a useful Agile Coaching Code of Ethics for the past year. These two thought leaders have helped to pull together a diverse group of coaches, and then guide that herd of cats in order to create a new force to guide agile coaches of all stripes. In May 2017 Shane Hastie joined ICAgile as the Director of Agile Learning Programs, tasked with ensuring the learning objectives remain valid and useful, supporting the various communities that make up the ICAgile ecosystem, and seeking ways to advance the state of agile learning. In November 2019 he moved into the Director of Community Development role, building and supporting the global community of thought leaders, members, instructors, and certification holders. Shane's Profile - linkedin.com/in/shanehastie Email - [email protected] Twitter - shanehastie Craig Smith has been active in the IT industry for over 15 years. He has been an Agile practitioner for over 10 years and is a Certified Scrum Master and a member of both the Scrum Alliance and Agile Alliance and as an Agile Coach, he has worked on a number of high-profile technical and business projects. He regularly conducts Agile training and has presented at a number of Australian and international conferences. He is also an Agile Editor for InfoQ and co-hosts an Agile podcast called The Agile Revolution. Craig's Profile - linkedin.com/in/craigsmithau Websites craigsmith.id.au (Blog) theagilerevolution.com (Podcast) unbounddna.com (Company Website) Email - [email protected] Twitter - smithcdau The Software Process and Measurement Cast is a proud media sponsor of the Global Scrum Master Summit. The First Global Scrum Master Summit Coming Soon. Sign-up to be notified when registrations open Week of May 17th, 2021, Live and Recorded Organized by the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast http://bit.ly/scrummastersummit21 The Software Process and Measurement Cast is a proud media sponsor of the DevOps Online Summit. DevOps professionals throughout the world come together and share their learnings here at the DevOps Online Summit. This coming April 26th – 30th we are having our third summit. Our goal is to bring together 5000 DevOps professionals. Grab a ticket! https://bit.ly/3syp2c5 Re-Read Saturday News This week we read Chapter 4 of Fixing Your Scrum, Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems, by Ryan Ripley and Todd Miller. I have argued that the role of the Product Owner is the hardest in Scrum. The role is difficult for many reasons, Todd and Ryan tackle seven of the most pernicious antipatterns of product ownership in Chapter 4, The Product Owner, of Fixing Your Scrum. Compromising Scrum by accepting any of these antipatterns will need other compromises which will increase the overhead needed to deliver value. That, in turn, will hurt the business. If you have not bought your copy -- what are you waiting for? Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems Previous Installments Week 1: Re-read Logistics and Front Matter - https://bit.ly/3mgz9P6 Week 2: A Brief Introduction To Scrum, and Why Scrum Goes Bad - https://bit.ly/37w4Dv9 Week 3: Breaking Bad Scrum with a Value-Driven Approach - http://bit.ly/3stGc9Q Week 4: The Product Owner - https://bit.ly/3qpKvSn Next SPaMCAST Next week, Vasco Duarte returns to the podcast to discuss the Scrum Master. Scrum Masters are the face of agile in many organizations. Helping team facilitators get the role right benefits not only the agile community but every business they are involved with!

The idea of Communities of Practice is thrown around alot in organizations, often without thinking about the goals of a CoP. Why? Organizations are increasingly becoming more diverse and distributed, while at the same time pursuing mechanisms to increase collaboration between groups and consistency of knowledge and practice hence the rapid growth of Communities of Practice. Let's explore the goals of a CoP. This week also marks the premiere of Tony Timbol's new column, "To Tell A Story." In this week's installment, we begin to explore the nuances of User Stories. Tony is a practitioner, consultant, entrepreneur, and science fiction author -- Tony does it all. Email: [email protected] Web: BeAgileReady.com Interested in Mikolaj Pawlikoski's book, Chaos Engineering, Site reliability through controlled disruption I have discount codes for the listeners of the Software Process and Measurement Cast, ping me @[email protected] and I will share them with you! The Software Process and Measurement Cast is a proud media sponsor of the DevOps Online Summit. DevOps professionals throughout the world come together and share their learnings here at the DevOps Online Summit. This coming April 26th – 30th we are having our third summit. Our goal is to bring together 5000 DevOps professionals. Grab a ticket! https://bit.ly/3syp2c5 Re-Read Saturday News This we continue our re-read of Fixing Your Scrum, Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems, by Ryan Ripley and Todd Miller with Chapter 3 titled Breaking Bad Scrum with a Value-Driven Approach. You can make a good argument that values shape behaviors. If you have not bought your copy -- what are you waiting for? Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems This Week's Installment Week 1: Re-read Logistics and Front Matter - https://bit.ly/3mgz9P6 Week 2: A Brief Introduction To Scrum, and Why Scrum Goes Bad - https://bit.ly/37w4Dv9 Week 3: Breaking Bad Scrum with a Value-Driven Approach - http://bit.ly/3stGc9Q Next SPaMCAST Next week, the Agile Coaching Code of Ethics takes center stage with Shane Hastie and Craig Smith. Shane and Craig have been leading the effort to craft a useful Agile Coaching Code of Ethics for the past year. The two have helped to pull together a diverse group of coaches, and then guide that herd of cats in order to create a first draft of the code.

Chaos Engineering comes to the Software Process and Measurement Cast this week delivered (chaotically) by Mikolaj Pawlikoski. Miko and I talked about the definition of chaos engineering, why chaos is not scary, and most importantly his new book Chaos Engineering, Site reliability through controlled disruption. One of the most important side effects of chaos engineering is uninterrupted sleep caused by things not going bump in the night! Mikolaj Pawlikowski is a recognized authority on chaos engineering. He is the creator of the Kubernetes chaos engineering tool PowerfulSeal, and the networking visibility tool Goldpinger. https://mikolajpawlikowski.com/ https://twitter.com/mikopawlikowski https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikolajpawlikowski/ Link to the book! https://www.manning.com/books/chaos-engineering The Software Process and Measurement Cast is a proud media sponsor of the DevOps Online Summit. Not to put too fine a point on it, one of the best ways to get your message heard is to speak. The crew at the DevOps Online Summit provides a phenomenal platform to network with fellow practitioners from all over the world. Start the journey to speaking at the DevOps Online Summit 2021 by submitting at https://bit.ly/3syp2c5 Re-Read Saturday News Today we dive into the main part of Fixing Your Scrum, Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems, by Ryan Ripley and Todd Miller, published in 2020 by The Pragmatic Programmers. In this installment of Re-read Saturday, we tackle both Chapter 1: A Brief Introduction To Scrum and Chapter 2: Why Scrum Goes Bad. If you have not bought your copy -- what are you waiting for? Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems This Week's Installment Week 1: Re-read Logistics and Front Matter - https://bit.ly/3mgz9P6 Week 2: A Brief Introduction To Scrum, and Why Scrum Goes Bad - https://bit.ly/37w4Dv9 Next SPaMCAST Next week, we will explore the goals of Communities of Practice. Organizations are increasingly becoming more diverse and distributed, while at the same time pursuing mechanisms to increase collaboration between groups and consistency of knowledge and practice hence the rapid growth of Communities of Practice. What are their goals? Also, Tony Timbol brings his brand new column to the podcast. "To Tell A Story" will explore the nuances of User Stories led by a practitioner, consultant, entrepreneur, and science fiction author. Tony does it all.

This week we connect with Paul Clayson to talk about cybersecurity in the IoT space. When you are dealing with extreme constraints being secure is complicated and doing nothing is a really bad option. Paul also weighs in on the CMMC (new security model) and serial entrepreneurism. Paul's Bio: CEO of AgilePQ. 98% of IoT devices are currently unsecured. On average a data breach costs $8.2 million. AgilePQ was born to address these issues. AgilePQ has raised a total of $10M. Paul has extensive experience in launching and growing early-stage companies. He has launched four disruptive technology companies and served as CEO to five early-stage companies in nanotechnology, automotive, graphene, carbon nanotube, PCB, microprocessor, and other advanced technologies. Connect with Paul at linkedin.com/in/paulclayson The Software Process and Measurement Cast is a proud media sponsor of the DevOps Online Summit. Not to put too fine a point on it, one of the best ways to get your message heard is to speak. The crew at the DevOps Online Summit provides a phenomenal platform to network with fellow practitioners from all over the world. Start the journey to speaking at the DevOps Online Summit 2021 by submitting at https://bit.ly/3syp2c5 https://bit.ly/3syp2c5 Re-Read Saturday News Today we begin the re-read of Fixing Your Scrum, Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems, by Ryan Ripley and Todd Miller, published in 2020 by The Pragmatic Programmers. Over the next 14 or 15 weeks we will have fun exploring the concepts in the book and sharing ideas on how to use the information Ryan and Todd deliver. If you have not bought your copy -- what are you waiting for? Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems This Week's Installment Week 1: Re-read Logistics and Front Matter - https://bit.ly/3mgz9P6 Next SPaMCAST In the next podcast, I talk to Mikolaj Pawlikowski. Mikolaj and I discuss his new book from Manning Publications, Chaos Engineering, Site reliability through controlled disruption. Our discussion covered the definition of chaos engineering and how it can be applied to improve value and reliability.

This week the Cast features our essay titled, "Collaboration - Disconnected." The improvement imperative is driven by the need to stay competitive at a holistic level. One would expect that continuous process improvement or continuous improvement would be discussed earnestly at every staff meetings at every level of an organization, and at every meeting. It isn't. Jon M. Quigley returns with an installment of the Alpha and Omega of Product Development. Jon and I completed an arc on product quality with a discussion of the cost of poor quality. The Software Process and Measurement Cast is a proud media sponsor of the DevOps Online Summit. Not to put too fine a point on it, one of the best ways to get your message heard is to speak. The crew at the DevOps Online Summit provides a phenomenal platform to network with fellow practitioners from all over the world. Start the journey to speaking at the DevOps Online Summit 2021 by submitting at https://bit.ly/3syp2c5 https://bit.ly/3syp2c5 Re-Read Saturday News On November 28, 2020, we began the reread of Great Big Agile, An OS for Agile Leaders by Jeff Dalton. Since jumping over quite a few chapters last week I have received a few emails asking what was up. For the record, I have not had any significant traumas falling during my daily runs and walks (I was asked – I think tongue in cheek). During the re-read, we primarily focused on the chapters that revolve around the Agile Performance Holarchy (APH). I chose not to focus on the almost encyclopedic listing of techniques that is an important feature of the book, but not most groundbreaking. The listing of techniques is useful even if not using agile methods. For example practices such as continuous integration or arc of conversation aren't dependent on using a specific framework. Next week, we will begin Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems (it is time to buy a copy). This week's installment can be found at www.tomcagley.com/blog Previous installments: Week 1: Re-read Logistics and Front Matters - https://bit.ly/3mgz9P6 Week 2: The API Is Broken - https://bit.ly/2JGpe7l Week 3: Performance Circle: Leading - https://bit.ly/2K3poWy Week 4: Performance Circle: Providing - http://bit.ly/3mNJJN7 Week 5: Performance Circle: Envisioning - https://bit.ly/2JEVXdt Week 6: Performance Circle: Crafting - https://bit.ly/3ntsX69 Week 7: Performance Circle: Affirming - http://bit.ly/35OvFgC Week 8: Performance Circle: Teaming - http://bit.ly/366CYk0 Week 9: Using The Agile Performance Holarchy - http://bit.ly/3aqs75U Week 10: Final Thoughts - http://bit.ly/3oTd9KR Next SPaMCAST In the next podcast, I talk to Paul Clayson. We talked about serial entrepreneurism and cybersecurity in the IoT space. Cybersecurity in the IoT space is complicated not only by the sheer number of devices and but also by available storage and processing constraints. It is hard, and Paul provides penetrating advice!

Tony Timbol of Agile Ready joins the Software Process and Measurement Cast this week. Tony and I have worked together in a past life, so we had a bit of fun poking at each other as we talked about user stories, Tony's new product, Agile Ready, and entrepreneurship. Tony delivers a number of great tips, some of which I already have put to use. Tony Timbol is an agile coach, trainer, and consultant with a 35-year history in technology and software development. Currently serving as an Enterprise Agile Coach for a large healthcare insurance provider, Tony teaches and coaches agile best practice principles, the SAFE framework specializing in the Product Owner role, and agile requirements authoring processes. Other interests include cooking, writing novels, and binge-watching sci-fi (no matter how bad). Early in 2018 Tony conceptualized the Agile Ready Platform and began experimentation and preliminary design discussions with trusted friends and colleagues. This eventually led to a commitment to develop and launch the Agile Ready Platform in early 2021. Contact Data: Email: [email protected] Web: BeAgileReady.com The Software Process and Measurement Cast is a proud media sponsor of the DevOps Online Summit. Not to put too fine a point on it, one of the best ways to get your message heard is to speak. The crew at the DevOps Online Summit provides a phenomenal platform to network with fellow practitioners from all over the world. Start the journey to speaking at the DevOps Online Summit 2021 by submitting at https://bit.ly/3syp2c5 https://bit.ly/3syp2c5 Re-Read Saturday News Today we take on Chapter73 of Great Big Agile, An OS for Agile Leaders by Jeff Dalton. I read (and re-read) this chapter as two pieces. The first part describes Jeff's and Broadsword's (his company) journey up to the point they decided to become agile. The background is important to understand why adopting the agile mindset and then the techniques was a natural step as the organization matured. The second part provides an example of applying the Agile Performance Holarchy. Remember, buy a copy and read along. In two weeks, we will begin Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems (it is time to buy a copy). This week's installment can be found at www.tomcagley.com/blog Previous installments: Week 1: Re-read Logistics and Front Matters - https://bit.ly/3mgz9P6 Week 2: The API Is Broken - https://bit.ly/2JGpe7l Week 3: Performance Circle: Leading - https://bit.ly/2K3poWy Week 4: Performance Circle: Providing - http://bit.ly/3mNJJN7 Week 5: Performance Circle: Envisioning - https://bit.ly/2JEVXdt Week 6: Performance Circle: Crafting - https://bit.ly/3ntsX69 Week 7: Performance Circle: Affirming - http://bit.ly/35OvFgC Week 8: Performance Circle: Teaming - http://bit.ly/366CYk0 Week 9: Using The Agile Performance Holarchy - http://bit.ly/3aqs75U Next SPaMCAST In the next cast, we are going back to the magazine format for a week. We will feature our essay titled, "Collaboration - Disconnected." The improvement imperative is driven by the need to stay competitive at a holistic level. One would expect that continuous process improvement or continuous improvement would be discussed earnestly at every staff meeting at every level of an organization, and at every meeting. It isn't. We will also have a visit from Jon M. Quigley to talk quality from a product development point of view.

Cue the music . . . Happy Birthday, Software Process and Measurement Cast! Today we begin year 15 with a visit from Johanna Rothman. We talked about her THREE new books: Practical Ways to Manage Yourself: Modern Management Made Easy, Book 1 https://amzn.to/2LXKkiQ Practical Ways to Lead & Serve (Manage) Others: Modern Management Made Easy, Book 2 - https://amzn.to/39Viwnj Practical Ways to Lead an Innovative Organization: Modern Management Made Easy, Book 3 - https://amzn.to/3qS90Z3 We of course covered more ground. For example about 2/3rds of the way through we talked about why the word experiment is a dirty word in most organizations. This is a longer interview, but when I grow up I want to be just like Johanna (I am serious). Here is her bio: Johanna Rothman, known as the "Pragmatic Manager," offers frank advice for your tough problems. She helps leaders and teams do reasonable things that work. Equipped with that knowledge, they can decide how to adapt their product development. With her trademark practicality and humor, Johanna is the author of 18 books about many aspects of product development. Her most recent books are the Modern Management Made Easy series, From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams (with Mark Kilby) and Create Your Successful Agile Project: Collaborate, Measure, Estimate, Deliver. See all her books, blog, and other resources at jrothman.com and createadaptablelife.com. The Software Process and Measurement Cast is a proud media sponsor of the DevOps Online Summit. Not to put too fine a point on it, one of the best ways to get your message heard is to speak. The crew at the DevOps Online Summit provides a phenomenal platform to network with fellow practitioners from all over the world. Start the journey to speaking at the DevOps Online Summit 2021 by submitting at https://bit.ly/3syp2c5 https://bit.ly/3syp2c5 Re-Read Saturday News Today we take on Chapter 7 of Great Big Agile, An OS for Agile Leaders by Jeff Dalton. In three more weeks, we will begin Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems (it is time to buy a copy). Remember, buy a copy and read along. This week's installment can be found at www.tomcagley.com/blog Previous installments: Week 1: Re-read Logistics and Front Matters - https://bit.ly/3mgz9P6 Week 2: The API Is Broken - https://bit.ly/2JGpe7l Week 3: Performance Circle: Leading - https://bit.ly/2K3poWy Week 4: Performance Circle: Providing - http://bit.ly/3mNJJN7 Week 5: Performance Circle: Envisioning - https://bit.ly/2JEVXdt Week 6: Performance Circle: Crafting - https://bit.ly/3ntsX69 Week 7: Performance Circle: Affirming - http://bit.ly/35OvFgC Week 8: Performance Circle: Teaming - http://bit.ly/366CYk0 Next SPaMCAST User Stories and Tony Timbol will take center stage. User stories are ubiquitous in agile. Getting them right is really important. Tony gives us some ideas to move the ball forward.

In this edition of the Software Process and Measurement Cast, I talk with Rick Hall, CEO of Aginity. Rick and I talked about analytics, which has been Rick's lifelong passion. Rick provides insights on how analytics fits in a modern organization and how to staff that group. We also discussed serial entrepreneurship. His advice is, if you don't have passion for the idea, don't try it. Rick Hall is a software entrepreneur focused on the analytics market. He has led the development of over a dozen software products and taken several companies from the early stage to an eventual sale. Rick led a group in the purchase of Aginity in March of 2020, and has taken over the CEO role as a result. Aginity was an early innovator in Analytics Management and launched Aginity Pro early last year. The product is off to a fast start attracting 13,000 subscribers in the first nine months and is set to grow by more than 250% through 2021. Reach out to Rick https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-hall-6685513/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/aginity-inc/ https://www.aginity.com/ The Software Process and Measurement Cast is a proud media sponsor of the DevOps Online Summit. Not to put too fine a point on it, one of the best ways to get your message heard is to speak. The crew at the DevOps Online Summit provides a phenomenal platform to network with fellow practitioners from all over the world. Start the journey to speaking at the DevOps Online Summit 2021 by submitting at https://bit.ly/3syp2c5 https://bit.ly/3syp2c5 Re-Read Saturday News As we begin Chapter 6 this week, we have four more weeks of our re-read of Great Big Agile, An OS for Agile Leaders by Jeff Dalton. We have three more chapters and then we will conclude with a few final notes before beginning Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems (it is time to buy a copy). Chapter 6 goes into detail on the Performance Circle: Affirming. This is the part of the Agile Performance Holoracy (APH), Affirming asks teams and organizations to continuously evaluate whether they are being effective, and then to take steps to improve. Remember, buy a copy and read along. This week's installment can be found at www.tomcagley.com/blog Previous installments: Week 1: Re-read Logistics and Front Matters - https://bit.ly/3mgz9P6 Week 2: The API Is Broken - https://bit.ly/2JGpe7l Week 3: Performance Circle: Leading - https://bit.ly/2K3poWy Week 4: Performance Circle: Providing - http://bit.ly/3mNJJN7 Week 5: Performance Circle: Envisioning - https://bit.ly/2JEVXdt Week 6: Performance Circle: Crafting - https://bit.ly/3ntsX69 Week 7: Performance Circle: Affirming - http://bit.ly/35OvFgC Next SPaMCAST Year 14 is a wrap with this podcast, next week we start the next 14! Thank you to everyone that has been part of the first 14 years. The next week the Software Process and Measurement Cast week we begin year 15 with a visit from Johanna Rothman. We talked about her THREE new books, and, as usual, people, agile, and the world. I could not ask for a better start to our podcast year!

The Podcast this week features my interview with Unmesh Srivastava. We talked about organizational culture and disrupting health care through development that is customer-focused. We also spent time discussing the need for empathy in order to find critical business needs. Unmesh points out that many times technologists think with their technology before they think with their hearts. Unmesh is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at P3 Health Partners. Over the years, Unmesh and his teams have helped US healthcare with opportunities to drive innovation and disruptive transformation using digital enablement. He has worked with multiple innovative organizations building and deploying the next generation of healthcare. All the digital enablement projects have been geared towards driving a differentiated provider and patient experience while reducing the cost of care and improving quality of care. The technology products delivered by Unmesh and his teams range from clinical decision support technology for providers, data and artificial intelligence-enabled seamless care experience for patients, and multiple other innovations to drive down the administrative burden on the providers and health systems. Reach out on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/unmeshsrivastava/ Re-Read Saturday News This week it is time for Chapter 5 of Great Big Agile, An OS for Agile Leaders by Jeff Dalton. This week we visit the Performance Circle, Crafting. I often state, somewhat tongue and cheek, that this part of agile is where all the stuff that's required to actually create and deliver quality products and services occurs. If I wanted to be even blunter, I might state that this is where the magic happens – where words become something tangible. Remember, buy a copy and read along. This week's installment can be found at www.tomcagley.com/blog Previous installments: Week 1: Re-read Logistics and Front Matters - https://bit.ly/3mgz9P6 Week 2: The API Is Broken - https://bit.ly/2JGpe7l Week 3: Performance Circle: Leading - https://bit.ly/2K3poWy Week 4: Performance Circle: Providing - http://bit.ly/3mNJJN7 Week 5: Performance Circle: Envisioning - https://bit.ly/2JEVXdt Week 6: Performance Circle: Crafting - https://bit.ly/3ntsX69 Next SPaMCAST The next week the Software Process and Measurement Cast completes it's 14th year with a discussion with Rick Hall. Rick and I talked about analytics and entrepreneurship. Rick is a successful serial entrepreneur who is happy to share his insights.

Software Process and Measurement Cast 632 reprises a panel from the 18th of March 2020 just as things were getting interesting on the working from the home front. Today we discuss what they have learned working with and supporting remote teams versus how it was supposed to work. The panel is: Jeff Dalton, [email protected] Amy McDonough Amy, [email protected] Sandeep Koorse, [email protected] Christopher Hurney, [email protected] Tom Cagley, [email protected] 2020 was a year of firsts, this week one of those firsts intrudes on the podcast. Some sort of equipment error destroyed the first 8 ish minutes of the recording was lost. Actually lost was not a perfect description, in your mind picture a high-pitched screech. Then it was gone and the rest of the discussion was wonderful. I have chopped out the ear killing screech and we pick up late in the first question with Chris Hurney and go from there! Re-Read Saturday News This week it is time for Chapter 4 of Great Big Agile, An OS for Agile Leaders by Jeff Dalton. The Performance Circle, Envisioning, encompasses the behaviors and actions to describe what is required for "high-quality products and services." Remember, buy a copy and read along. This week's installment can be found at www.tomcagley.com/blog Previous installments: Week 1: Re-read Logistics and Front Matters - https://bit.ly/3mgz9P6 Week 2: The API Is Broken - https://bit.ly/2JGpe7l Week 3: Performance Circle: Leading - https://bit.ly/2K3poWy Week 4: Performance Circle: Providing - http://bit.ly/3mNJJN7 Week 5: Performance Circle: Envisioning - https://bit.ly/2JEVXdt Next SPaMCAST The next Software Process and Measurement Cast features my interview with Unmesh Srivastava. We talked about organizational culture and disrupting health care through development that is customer-focused.

This week's Software Process and Measurement Cast features our interview with Ted Harrington, author of HACKABLE: How to Do Application Security Right. Application security requires planning, coding, and testing. It is not something that you can easily remedy after the fact - it needs to be part of the conversation before you write one line of code. Ted provides insights for developers, C-level executives, and product owners. If you have not bought a copy buy two copies (https://amzn.to/386w7Hr), one for you and one for your boss, and listen to the interview together. Ted's Bio Ted Harrington is the author of HACKABLE: How to Do Application Security Right and the Executive Partner at Independent Security Evaluators (ISE), the company of ethical hackers famous for hacking cars, medical devices, and password managers. He's helped hundreds of companies fix tens of thousands of security vulnerabilities, including Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Netflix, and more. For his stewardship of security research that Wired Magazine says "wins the prize, hands down," Ted has been named both Executive of the Year by the American Business Awards and an SD Metro 40 Under 40 entrepreneur. He leads a team that started and organizes IoT Village, an event whose hacking contest is a three-time DEFCON Black Badge winner, representing the discovery of more than 300 zero-day vulnerabilities (and counting). Re-Read Saturday News This week we are talking a break from re-reading Great Big Agile, An OS for Agile Leaders by Jeff Dalton. I spent way too much time on Zoom calls enjoying physically distant holidays with family and friends. Remember, buy a copy and read along. This week's installment can be found at www.tomcagley.com/blog Previous installments: Week 1: Re-read Logistics and Front Matters - https://bit.ly/3mgz9P6 Week 2: The API Is Broken - https://bit.ly/2JGpe7l Week 3: Performance Circle: Leading - https://bit.ly/2K3poWy Week 4: Performance Circle: Providing - http://bit.ly/3mNJJN7 Next SPaMCAST The next Software Process and Measurement Cast reprises a panel from the 18th of March 2020 just as things were getting interesting to discuss what they have learned working and supporting remote teams versus how supposed it would all work. The panel was comprised of: Jeff Dalton [email protected] Amy McDonough [email protected] Sandeep Koorse [email protected] Christopher Hurney [email protected] And myself! [email protected]

In March 2020, as our world was shrinking and words like 'lockdown' and 'zoom-bombing' were becoming a reality, we recorded and aired SPaMCAST 597. Paul Laberge, Susan Parente, Jo Ann Sweeney, John Voris, and I talked about how we could create or preserve interactions leading to serendipity. Remote working was new for many people. This week we discuss what went well and what have we learned from nearly a year of working remotely. As the editor of the SPaMCAST it is my great pleasure to reconvene a group of people that have such great insight into people. The discussion is full of great ideas to improve remote and hybrid working environments, but most of all it is full of ideas to help respect people in tough times or not. Panelist Bios Jo Ann Sweeney FCIM FIIC MCIPR is an engagement and communication consultant. Typically, she acts as change management lead on complex programs, facilitating the development of effective engagement, training, and communication strategies, and then assisting as the strategies are implemented. Clients value her deep understanding of audiences. Jo Ann is known for clarifying the complex and for persuading key stakeholders to get involved and actively support change. You are welcome to download a complimentary copy of Jo Ann's guide How to Explain Change in 8 Easy Steps at https://freeguide.explaining-change.com/ Contact Jo Ann at [email protected] John Voris is the current leader of AgilePhilly, the local user group in the Philadelphia area for Scrum, Kanban, and Lean Software. (www.AgilePhilly.com) His day job is working on financial applications for Crown Cork & Seal, an essential company with over 100 years of manufacturing food and beverage cans. Prior to Crown, John was an independent software consultant for 30+ years helping both small companies and Fortune 100 large companies with both applications and operating systems. Reach out on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/john-voris-7b20525 With more than 30 years in the information technology industry, Paul Laberge – CGI Director Consulting-Expert, has a wide range of experience providing IT project management. He enjoys coaching leaders in deploying business technology solutions. His experience in organizational change management spans many different lifecycles including transitions to Agile frameworks (RUP, XP, Scrum, SAFe, Nexxus, LeSS) and incorporating Lean (Kanban) methodologies. Reach out on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/paullaberge Susan Parente is a Principal Consultant at S3 Technologies, LLC and a University Professor at multiple Universities. Mrs. Parente is an author, mentor and professor focused on risk management, traditional and Agile project management. Her experience is augmented by her Masters in Engineering Management with a focus in Marketing of Technology from George Washington University, DC, along with a number of professional certifications. Ms. Parente has 23+ years' experience leading software and business development projects in the private and public sectors, including a decade of experience implementing IT projects for the DoD. Contact Susan at [email protected] Re-Read Saturday News This week the re-read of Great Big Agile, An OS for Agile Leaders by Jeff Dalton dives into Chapter 3. Chapter 3 describes the Providing Performance Circle. Providing is all about the logistics and the culture of the organization. If I were drawing a Venn Diagram, providing and leading (Chapter 2) have a significant overlap. Remember, buy a copy and read along. This week's installment can be found at www.tomcagley.com/blog Previous installments: Week 1: Re-read Logistics and Front Matters - https://bit.ly/3mgz9P6 Week 2: The API Is Broken - https://bit.ly/2JGpe7l Week 3: Performance Circle: Leading - https://bit.ly/2K3poWy Next SPaMCAST The next Software Process and Measurement Cast will feature our interview with Ted Harrington, author of HACKABLE: How to Do Application Security Right. Security is not something that you can easily remedy after the fact - it needs to be part of the conversation before you write one line of code. Ted provides insights for developers, C-level executives, and product owners. If you have not bought a copy buy two copies (https://amzn.to/386w7Hr), one for you and one for your boss. Then listen to the interview together.

This week we are staying with metrics and Manning Publications for a chat with Christopher W H Davis, author of Agile Metrics in Action, How to Measure and Improve Team Performance. Why more metrics? Well first, the M in SPaMCAST is for metrics. Secondly, metrics are important tools for teams and organizations when used wisely. Many in the agile world hear the term metric or measure and run screaming from the room. I asked Chris if he thought combining 'metics' and 'agile' was an oxymoron - he thinks not. After you have listened, buy a copy of Chris's book using the link http://mng.bz/r2Og Don't pay full price by using the discount code podspam20 to get a 40% discount code (good for all Manning products in all formats). Chris's Bio: Christopher Davis has been working as an engineer, manager, author, and consultant focused on innovation since the 20th century. Since coming to Microsoft 4 years ago Chris has been focused on retail innovation with Fortune 500 companies. Prior to that he worked at Nike where he designed the platform behind the Nike+ Fuelband and running apps, helped redesign their ecommerce system, and led their initial push to go cloud native, while writing the influential book on measuring software development teams, Agile Metrics in Action. Currently finishing his Ph.D. in Technical Management designing state of the art working models for human-AI collaboration, Chris also enjoys playing classical guitar and building robots with his kids. Re-Read Saturday News This week the re-read of Great Big Agile, An OS for Agile Leaders by Jeff Dalton dives into chapter 2. Chapter 2 begins Part 2 which is focused on the six Performance Circles. Leading is first. Jeff points out that this is the most important of the circles because an organization without strong leadership will not allow teams to self-organize. Remember, buy a copy and read along. This week's installment Week 3: Performance Circle: Leading - https://bit.ly/2K3poWy Previous installments: Week 1: Re-read Logistics and Front Matters - https://bit.ly/3mgz9P6 Week 2: The API Is Broken - https://bit.ly/2JGpe7l Next SPaMCAST The next Software Process and Measurement Cast will feature a reprise of a panel interview originally recorded in March and aired on SPaMCAST 597 just as the pandemic was re-writing the landscape of the workplace. Paul Laberge, Susan Parente, Jo Ann Sweeney, John Voris, and I reconvene to reflect on an interesting year and the challenges of today's workplace.

This week Dave Nicolette, author of Software Development Metrics from Manning Publications, and I talk about pragmatically using metrics. Dave and I talked about the value teams get from measurement regardless of the approach you are taking to deliver value. Measurement is feedback and measurement is leadership for guiding and improving how work is done. After you have listened I think you will want a copy of Dave's book on metrics. Use the link: http://mng.bz/r2Og Also, yes there is more, you say you don't want to pay full price? Use the discount code podspam20 to get a 40% discount code (good for all Manning products in all formats). Dave's Bio: Dave started his career in information technology in 1977 as an application programmer. Since then he has worked in a variety of roles in different industries. Currently, he works as a consultant, coach, and trainer focusing on effective software delivery methods and process improvement. LinkedIn: Dave Nicolette | LinkedIn Dave's Website: Books – NeoPragma LLC Re-Read Saturday News This week we head into Chapter 1 of Great Big Agile, An OS for Agile Leaders by Jeff Dalton. In many organizations, there is a disconnect between the real culture and the stated culture, which is one of the leading reasons organizational change fails. The mind shift of becoming agile exposes gaps between the real and aspirational culture that, if not addressed, cause pain as long as the institutional memory exists. Remember, buy a copy and read along. This week's installment Week 2: The API Is Broken - https://bit.ly/2JGpe7l Previous installments: Week 1: Re-read Logistics and Front Matters - https://bit.ly/3mgz9P6 Next SPaMCAST Next week we are staying with metrics and Manning Publications for a chat with Christopher W H Davis, author of Agile Metrics in Action, How to Measure and Improve Team Performance. Combining 'metics' and 'agile' is not an oxymoron.

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 627 features our essay on collaboration. Collaboration is a word that gets thrown around A LOT in team-oriented environments. I am not sure everyone means the same thing when they use the term. This week we also have a visit from Jon M Quigley and his Alpha and Omega of Product Development column. Jon and I talked about the idea of fit for use and its connection to quality. Re-Read Saturday News This week we begin the long-anticipated re-read of Great Big Agile, An OS for Agile Leaders by Jeff Dalton. The book was published by Apress in 2019. The 356 pages (335 pages in Arabic numbers and 21 pages in Roman) are organized into an acknowledgment, foreword, preface, 73 chapters, appendix, glossary, and an index. I called this long-anticipated because the poll before the last re-read, Tame you Work Flow, had such intense competition between three books, I decided to re-read all three. Fixing Your Scrum will be next. This re-read will be a little different. We will not cover all 73 chapters. This is not to say that all 73 are not important; as matter of fact, the chapters we are not going to cover are the ones that I use the most. I divide Great Big Agile into three parts, part 1 covers the Agile Performance Holoarchy (Jeff breaks this into 2 parts) and includes chapters 1 - 7. The second part is a wonderful explanation of 65 agile techniques which spans chapters 8 - 72. I use these chapters as a reference and have given the book to several clients as gifts for just that reason. The third chunk is chapter 73 which discusses how to use the Agile Performance Holarchy. We will re-read the front matter, chapters 1 - 7 and 73. My intent is to complete the re-read in 10 installments over the next 11 weeks (I assume I will miss one week due to the holidays). Remember, buy a copy and read along. This week's installment Week 1: Re-read Logistics and Front Matters - https://bit.ly/3mgz9P6 The Software Process and Measurement Cast is the proud media sponsor of the live@manning conference: Math for Data Science to be held on 01 December 2020 12:00 - 5:00 pm EST live on Twitch. Register for FREE for a unique chance to learn from statisticians and math masters: http://mng.bz/8GAZ #manningontwitch Next SPaMCAST Next week we will talk to David Nicolette, author of Software Development Metrics from Manning Publications. David and I talked about the value of measurement regardless of the approach you are taking to deliver value. Measurement is feedback and measurement is leadership for guiding and improving how work is done.

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 626 features our interview with Jacob Glenn. Jacob and I began talking about custom software development and then branched into entrepreneurship and leadership. Finding and enabling people are critical skills for building solutions. Jacob Glenn is a creative and innovative leader with a consistent track record of success leading complex engagements focused on strategy, process, and emerging technologies. As the founder and President of M Genio, he helps lead high-profile, strategic initiatives and creates value at the intersection of business and technology. Connect with Jacob on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/jacobglenn Check out M Genio at http://www.mgenio.com/ Re-Read Saturday News We conclude the re-read of Tame your Work Flow by Steve Tendon and Daniel Doiron, which we began on Saturday, May 23rd. The world has changed a lot as we worked our way through the book. However, there are important ideas in this book that are far less transitory than the changes we've seen in 2020 will be. Today we have a few concluding notes! This week's installment Week 21: Final Thoughts - https://bit.ly/2URS1Ih New to this re-read? Start at the beginning Week 1: Logistics and Front Matter – https://bit.ly/2LWJ3EY The Software Process and Measurement Cast is the proud media sponsor of the live@manning conference: Math for Data Science to be held on 01 December 2020 12:00 - 5:00 pm EST live on Twitch. Register for FREE for a unique chance to learn from statisticians and math masters: http://mng.bz/8GAZ #manningontwitch Next SPaMCAST The Software Process and Measurement Cast 627 is an essay on collaboration. Collaboration is a word that gets thrown around A LOT in team-oriented environments. I am not sure everyone means the same thing when they use the term. We will also have a visit from Jon M Quigley and his Alpha and Omega of Product Development column.

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 625 features our interview with Drew Angell. Drew and I talk about web development, software development excellence, and how to find great developers. Being good is more than just excellence in coding -- listening and problem-solving are also needed which has led Drew to experiment with using GitCommit bounties to get great developers to self-identify. Drew's Bio Drew is a digital pioneer who loves rolling his sleeves up and identifying software & programming solutions. As owner and lead developer within AngellEYE & GitCommits, Drew's responsibilities include everything from day-to-day business management to the development of web and mobile applications. Drew is heavily involved with PayPal. He is a certified PayPal developer (one of only 13 in the world that reached the ACE Developer status), an official PayPal Partner, and a PayPal Ambassador. He was also given the PayPal Star Developer Award at the developer conferences in 2008, 2009, and 2011. When he's not solving digital problems or consulting, Drew is a board member for the Campaign for Aging Research, the Kansas City Table Tennis Club, and volunteers with a local non-profit, The HALO Foundation – (Helping Art Liberate Orphans). Check out: https://www.gitcommits.com/ https://www.angelleye.com/ Re-Read Saturday News Today we tackle the whole of Part 7 which is Chapter 21 and the Epilogue. Next week we will complete our re-read of Tame you Work Flow with concluding remarks. Chapter 21, Patterns to Get Started, is an implementation primer and another one of those very useful features of the book. This week's installment Week 21: Patterns To Get Started - https://bit.ly/3kuEwIZ New to this re-read? Start at the beginning Week 1: Logistics and Front Matter – https://bit.ly/2LWJ3EY The Software Process and Measurement Cast is the proud media sponsor of the live@manning conference: Math for Data Science to be held on 01 December 2020 12:00 - 5:00 pm EST live on Twitch. Register for FREE for a unique chance to learn from statisticians and math masters: http://mng.bz/8GAZ #manningontwitch Next SPaMCAST The Software Process and Measurement Cast 625 will feature our interview with Jacob Glenn. Jacob and I talked about custom software development in a world that seems to be prone to accepting pre-packaged approaches for solving business problems. Custom software is a useful tool for organizations to help stand out rather than accepting me-too products and services.

Software Process and Measurement Cast 624 is structured a little differently. We begin with the conclusion of a three-column arc on grateful leadership from Susan Parente's Not A Scrumdamentalist Column. In this installment, Susan and I discuss how servant leadership, commonly practiced by agilists, can combine with grateful leadership to be even more powerful. Catch up on earlier installments of this arc SPaMCAST 621 SPaMCAST 617 After Susan's column, we visit the first essay in the four-part series on why teams don't get stories done when they say they will. The essay Our Stories Aren't Getting Done! names the three usual suspects that cause stories to "escape" sprints. Re-Read Saturday News Chapter 20 of Tame your Work Flow is titled Operational Governance in PEST Environments. Daniel Doiron describes this chapter as an ode to management by exception. There are two threads in this chapter that I highlight. The first is Steve and Daniel's discussion on the need for different perspectives to identify the constraint in complicated environments. The second major component in the chapter is a discussion of an approach for governance. As I am quoted at the end of the chapter giving this book my highest praise, "this book is very useful." This weeks installment Week 20: Operational Governance in PEST Environments - https://bit.ly/2U2TGu2 New? Start your re-read at the beginning Week 1: Logistics and Front Matter – https://bit.ly/2LWJ3EY The Software Process and Measurement Cast is the proud media sponsor of the live@manning conference: Math for Data Science to be held on 01 December 2020 12:00 - 5:00 pm EST live on Twitch. Register for FREE for a unique chance to learn from statisticians and math masters: http://mng.bz/8GAZ #manningontwitch Next SPaMCAST The Software Process and Measurement Cast 625 will feature our interview with Drew Angell. Drew and I talk about web development and software development excellence. Being good is more than just excellence in coding, listening and problem-solving are also needed.

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 623 features my interview with Christian "Dr. Lambda" Clausen, author of Five Lines of Code from Manning Publications. Dr. Lambda delivers advice on why refactoring is a necessity and how to refactor effectively. Clean code is not an option, refactoring is a requirement for being good at coding. Buy a copy of the book at Manning using the code podspam20 The link is http://mng.bz/r2Og Dr. Lambda's Bio Christian "Dr. Lamda" Clausen works as a Technical Agile Coach teaching teams how to properly refactor their code. Previously he worked as a software engineer on the Coccinelle semantic patching project, an automated refactoring tool. He has an MSc in computer science and five years' experience teaching software quality at a university level. https://medium.com/@thedrlambda Twitter: @thedrlambda Re-Read Saturday News Cue the eerie sound effects from low budget science fiction movies that signal time travel. After publishing our re-read of Chapter 19 last week, Steve Tendon sent me a message, "where is chapter 18?" I nearly responded right after chapter 17 but a little voice told me to check. Low and behold, I had not addressed Full-Kitting as Ongoing Executive Activity, otherwise known as chapter 18. Today, we go back in time and review the first chapter in Part 6 of Tame your Work Flow by Daniel Doiron and Steve Tendon. Week 1: Logistics and Front Matter – https://bit.ly/2LWJ3EY Week 2: Prologue (The Story of Herbie) – https://bit.ly/3h4zmTi Week 3: Explicit Mental Models – https://bit.ly/2UJUZyN Week 4: Flow Efficiency, Little's Law and Economic Impact – https://bit.ly/2VrIhoL Week 5: Flawed Mental Models – https://bit.ly/3eqj70m Week 6: Where To Focus Improvement Efforts – https://bit.ly/2DTvOUN Week 7: Introduction to Throughput Accounting and Culture – https://bit.ly/2DbhfLT Week 8: Accounting F(r)iction and Show Me the Money – https://bit.ly/2XmDuWu Week 9: Constraints in the Work Flow and in the Work Process - https://bit.ly/33Uukoz Week 10: Understanding PEST Environments and Finding the Constraint in PEST Environments - https://bit.ly/3ga3ew9 Week 11: Drum-Buffer-Rope Scheduling - https://bit.ly/32l0Z3Q Week 12: Portfolio Prioritization and Selection in PEST Environments - https://bit.ly/31Ea4WC Week 13: Flow Efficiency, DBR, and TameFlow Kanban Boards - https://bit.ly/32rYUVf Week 14: Outcomes, Values, and Efforts in PEST Environments - https://bit.ly/3jd52qw Week 15: Introduction to Execution Management Signals - https://bit.ly/3mS9j4V Week 16: Introduction to Full Kitting - https://bit.ly/2FKkD2g Week 17: Execution Management in PEST Environments - https://bit.ly/2FX9kDQ Next SPaMCAST The Software Process and Measurement Cast 621 will feature our essay on why agile coaches need a code of ethics. It's time for coaching to grow up and be a profession. We will also complete the three conversation arc on grateful leadership from Susan Parente.

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 622 features my interview with Brian Gill, CEO at Gillware. Brian is a serial entrepreneur in the software and cyber world. We discussed the importance of cybersecurity, real backups, having disaster recovery plans, and the fact that just having data in the cloud is not a security strategy. Brian's bio Brian is a computer scientist, entrepreneur, and angel investor. Brian currently serves as Chairman of Gillware, which provides cyber risk assessments, data recovery, incident response, and digital forensics services. He is a co-founder of Phoenix Nuclear Labs and served on PNL's board from inception to when it decided to spin-off SHINE Medical Technologies. Those two companies have raised over 100 million dollars of venture capital and employ hundreds of people in Wisconsin. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-gill-68997a38/ Gillware: https://www.gillware.com/ Re-Read Saturday News This week we tackle Chapter 19 of Steve Tendon and Daniel Doiron's Tame your Work Flow. Chapter 19 combines many of the moving parts from the previous chapters into a set of tools for monitoring the execution of work. The authors pick up at the portfolio level developed in Chapter 18. Portfolio items, once committed and placed into flow, can contain many groups of work that Steve and Daniel term Minimal Outcome-Value Effort or MOVEs (see week 14). Once in flow (being worked on), a flow manager picks up managing the MOVEs. Week 1: Logistics and Front Matter – https://bit.ly/2LWJ3EY Week 2: Prologue (The Story of Herbie) – https://bit.ly/3h4zmTi Week 3: Explicit Mental Models – https://bit.ly/2UJUZyN Week 4: Flow Efficiency, Little's Law and Economic Impact – https://bit.ly/2VrIhoL Week 5: Flawed Mental Models – https://bit.ly/3eqj70m Week 6: Where To Focus Improvement Efforts – https://bit.ly/2DTvOUN Week 7: Introduction to Throughput Accounting and Culture – https://bit.ly/2DbhfLT Week 8: Accounting F(r)iction and Show Me the Money – https://bit.ly/2XmDuWu Week 9: Constraints in the Work Flow and in the Work Process - https://bit.ly/33Uukoz Week 10: Understanding PEST Environments and Finding the Constraint in PEST Environments - https://bit.ly/3ga3ew9 Week 11: Drum-Buffer-Rope Scheduling - https://bit.ly/32l0Z3Q Week 12: Portfolio Prioritization and Selection in PEST Environments - https://bit.ly/31Ea4WC Week 13: Flow Efficiency, DBR, and TameFlow Kanban Boards - https://bit.ly/32rYUVf Week 14: Outcomes, Values, and Efforts in PEST Environments - https://bit.ly/3jd52qw Week 15: Introduction to Execution Management Signals - https://bit.ly/3mS9j4V Week 16: Introduction to Full Kitting - https://bit.ly/2FKkD2g Week 17: Execution Management in PEST Environments - https://bit.ly/2FX9kDQ The Software Process and Measurement Cast is a proud sponsor of the following event! Agile Online Summit 2020 The Agile Online Summit was created for people who couldn't attend major conferences. This will be its third year, and the main goal is to bring major level agile speakers to people all over the world as well as spotlight some up and coming agile coaches and trainers. October 26th to 30th, 2020, Live and recorded too. https://bit.ly/3gNR2Bw Next SPaMCAST The Software Process and Measurement Cast 623 will feature my interview with Christian Clausen, author of Five Lines of Code from Manning Publications. We discussed why refactoring is needed, and the rules Christian has developed to get the most value out of refactoring. It's not like you are not spending time refactoring already . . . right?

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 621 features our essay on why agile coaches need a code of ethics. Agile is practiced in nearly every culture. Each culture has its own definition of duty and of right and wrong. Coaches help to establish and address the client's needs by leveraging approaches that align with the values and principles of the Agile Manifesto. It's time for coaching to grow up and be a profession. We also have part 2 of Susan Parente's discussion of grateful leadership. Susan discussed how to keep grateful leadership fresh as part of her Not A Scrumdamentalist column. I will play part 3 in SPaCAST 623. Part 1: SPaMCAST 617 - https://bit.ly/35UWLDQ Re-Read Saturday News We are back with Chapter 17 in our re-read of Steve Tendon and Daniel Doiron's Tame your Work Flow. Full Kitting is an important concept! Use the link to buy a copy of the book and support the authors and blog! Week 1: Logistics and Front Matter – https://bit.ly/2LWJ3EY Week 2: Prologue (The Story of Herbie) – https://bit.ly/3h4zmTi Week 3: Explicit Mental Models – https://bit.ly/2UJUZyN Week 4: Flow Efficiency, Little's Law and Economic Impact – https://bit.ly/2VrIhoL Week 5: Flawed Mental Models – https://bit.ly/3eqj70m Week 6: Where To Focus Improvement Efforts – https://bit.ly/2DTvOUN Week 7: Introduction to Throughput Accounting and Culture – https://bit.ly/2DbhfLT Week 8: Accounting F(r)iction and Show Me the Money – https://bit.ly/2XmDuWu Week 9: Constraints in the Work Flow and in the Work Process - https://bit.ly/33Uukoz Week 10: Understanding PEST Environments and Finding the Constraint in PEST Environments - https://bit.ly/3ga3ew9 Week 11: Drum-Buffer-Rope Scheduling - https://bit.ly/32l0Z3Q Week 12: Portfolio Prioritization and Selection in PEST Environments - https://bit.ly/31Ea4WC Week 13: Flow Efficiency, DBR, and TameFlow Kanban Boards - https://bit.ly/32rYUVf Week 14: Outcomes, Values, and Efforts in PEST Environments - https://bit.ly/3jd52qw Week 15: Introduction to Execution Management Signals - https://bit.ly/3mS9j4V Week 16: Introduction to Full Kitting - https://bit.ly/2FKkD2g The Software Process and Measurement Cast is a proud sponsor of the following event! Agile Online Summit 2020 The Agile Online Summit was created for people who couldn't attend major conferences. This will be its third year, and the main goal is to bring major level agile speakers to people all over the world as well as spotlight some up and coming agile coaches and trainers. October 26th to 30th, 2020, Live and recorded too. https://bit.ly/3gNR2Bw Next SPaMCAST The Software Process and Measurement Cast 622 will feature my interview with Brian Gill, CEO at Gillware. In the age of hacking and ransomware, we discussed the importance of cybersecurity and data recovery (pssst...its important).

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 620 is something out of the ordinary. Ola Omiyale joined me as a co-host and we interviewed Nalin Parbhu, the Founder and CTO of Infuse, and useMango™. We talked about testing and test automation which is a passion for all three of us. We also explored the future of the role of the manual tester. Nalin Parbhu, Founder & CTO: Infuse & useMango™ Nalin's passion, mission, and vision is to enable customers to get the most of out their software. He has worked on hundreds of projects across the globe and has over 22+ years of experience in software engineering delivery in a variety of roles. Nalin has a BSc in Statistics, Computers, Operational Research and Mathematics from Queen Mary University of London, and did his postgraduate studies in Advanced Information Technology at London Southbank University. Despite his London education, Nalin proudly states he is a citizen of the city of Leicester. When not evangelizing from the pulpit about modernizing software delivery. Nalin is happily married with 2 children living in Central London. He is also a Rugby coach for Blackheath Rugby Club U11's. LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/nalinparbhu Infuse website: https://infuse.it/ Ola Omiyale is from a social science background and has started her journey within the software industry. Being a beginner and developing a career in selling test automation solutions, she is eager to learn new information and innovations around software testing. LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/adodoolaomiyale Re-Read Saturday News I have taken the last two weeks off from Re-Read Saturday. A combination of household duties and work had to be managed. I will be back next week. In the interim, catch up on the re-read. Have you bought your copy of Steve Tendon and Daniel Doiron's Tame your Work Flow? Use the link to support the authors and blog! Week 1: Logistics and Front Matter – https://bit.ly/2LWJ3EY Week 2: Prologue (The Story of Herbie) – https://bit.ly/3h4zmTi Week 3: Explicit Mental Models – https://bit.ly/2UJUZyN Week 4: Flow Efficiency, Little's Law and Economic Impact – https://bit.ly/2VrIhoL Week 5: Flawed Mental Models – https://bit.ly/3eqj70m Week 6: Where To Focus Improvement Efforts – https://bit.ly/2DTvOUN Week 7: Introduction to Throughput Accounting and Culture – https://bit.ly/2DbhfLT Week 8: Accounting F(r)iction and Show Me the Money – https://bit.ly/2XmDuWu Week 9: Constraints in the Work Flow and in the Work Process - https://bit.ly/33Uukoz Week 10: Understanding PEST Environments and Finding the Constraint in PEST Environments - https://bit.ly/3ga3ew9 Week 11: Drum-Buffer-Rope Scheduling - https://bit.ly/32l0Z3Q Week 12: Portfolio Prioritization and Selection in PEST Environments - https://bit.ly/31Ea4WC Week 13: Flow Efficiency, DBR, and TameFlow Kanban Boards - https://bit.ly/32rYUVf Week 14: Outcomes, Values, and Efforts in PEST Environments - https://bit.ly/3jd52qw Week 15: Introduction to Execution Management Signals - https://bit.ly/3mS9j4V The Software Process and Measurement Cast is a proud sponsor of the following events! Women in Tech Conference Learn, be inspired, and connect with others working to advance inclusion in the technology industry with a live@Manning event. The "Women in Tech" online conference will be held on Oct 13, starring women that are rocking the tech boat! http://mng.bz/5pmz Agile Online Summit 2020 The Agile Online Summit was created for people who couldn't attend major conferences. This will be its third year, and the main goal is to bring major level agile speakers to people all over the world as well as spotlight some up and coming agile coaches and trainers. October 26th to 30th, 2020, Live and recorded too. https://bit.ly/3gNR2Bw Next SPaMCAST The Software Process and Measurement Cast 621 will feature our essay on why agile coaches need a code of ethics. Its time for coaching to grow up and be a profession. We will also have a visit from Jon M Quigley who will bring his Alpha and Omega of Product Development to the podcast.

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 619 features the return of Joe Schofield. Joe and I talked about his new book, Aligning People and Culture for Agile Transformation: A Leadership & Change Story (https://amzn.to/2HCfRV1). During our discussion, we talked about how writing the book changes an author and his hope for how people will use the book to understand and create change. Company: https://joejr.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-schofield-6b393aa/ Email: [email protected] Joe's Bio: As an enabler and educator: Joe is an Authorized Training Partner with VMEdu, a Scrum Certified Trainer with SCRUMstudy™, and a contributor to the Great IT Professional Webinar Series sponsored by Computer Aid, Inc. Joe has over 80 published books, papers, conference presentations and keynotes—including contributions to the books: The IFPUG Guide to IT and Software Measurement (2012), IT Measurement, Certified Function Point Specialist Exam Guide, and The Economics of Software Quality. He has taught over 100 college courses, 75 of those at the graduate level. Joe has facilitated ~200 teams in the areas of software specification, team building, and organizational planning using lean six sigma, business process reengineering, and JAD. He was a certified instructor for the Introduction to the CMMI for most of the past decade. Re-Read Saturday News I am pretty sure that Steve and Daniel might disagree with me, but I find the concept of full-kitting one of the most important ideas in Tame your Work Flow. Chapter 17 provides more explanation for the concept. My involvement in software development, enhancements, maintenance, package and hardware installation, and configuration has made it very clear to me that flow needs to be a paramount concern. Have you bought your copy of Steve Tendon and Daniel Doiron's Tame your Work Flow? Use the link to support the authors and blog! Week 1: Logistics and Front Matter – https://bit.ly/2LWJ3EY Week 2: Prologue (The Story of Herbie) – https://bit.ly/3h4zmTi Week 3: Explicit Mental Models – https://bit.ly/2UJUZyN Week 4: Flow Efficiency, Little's Law and Economic Impact – https://bit.ly/2VrIhoL Week 5: Flawed Mental Models – https://bit.ly/3eqj70m Week 6: Where To Focus Improvement Efforts – https://bit.ly/2DTvOUN Week 7: Introduction to Throughput Accounting and Culture – https://bit.ly/2DbhfLT Week 8: Accounting F(r)iction and Show Me the Money – https://bit.ly/2XmDuWu Week 9: Constraints in the Work Flow and in the Work Process - https://bit.ly/33Uukoz Week 10: Understanding PEST Environments and Finding the Constraint in PEST Environments - https://bit.ly/3ga3ew9 Week 11: Drum-Buffer-Rope Scheduling - https://bit.ly/32l0Z3Q Week 12: Portfolio Prioritization and Selection in PEST Environments - https://bit.ly/31Ea4WC Week 13: Flow Efficiency, DBR, and TameFlow Kanban Boards - https://bit.ly/32rYUVf Week 14: Outcomes, Values, and Efforts in PEST Environments - https://bit.ly/3jd52qw Week 15: Introduction to Execution Management Signals - https://bit.ly/3mS9j4V The Software Process and Measurement Cast is a proud sponsor of the following events! Women in Tech Conference Learn, be inspired, and connect with others working to advance inclusion in the technology industry with a live@Manning event. The "Women in Tech" online conference will be held on Oct 13, starring women that are rocking the tech boat! http://mng.bz/5pmz Agile Online Summit 2020 The Agile Online Summit was created for people who couldn't attend major conferences. This will be its third year, and the main goal is to bring major level agile speakers to people all over the world as well as spotlight some up and coming agile coaches and trainers. October 26th to 30th, 2020, Live and recorded too. https://bit.ly/3gNR2Bw Next SPaMCAST The Software Process and Measurement Cast 620 is something out of the ordinary. Ola Omiyale and I interviewed Nalin Parbhu, the Founder and CTO of Infuse, and useMango™. We talked about testing and test automation which is a passion for all three of us. It was also a blast for me to have someone co-anchoring the interview.

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 618 is a conversation about "process" that I had with two great people, Mike King and Beth Leonard, in March of 2020. Just doing the process to check the box for a rating or certification, whether the CMMI, CMMC, Scrum, or any other framework, destroys legitimacy and trust. Michael King is a technology executive with over seventeen years of experience serving in technology roles supporting the Federal Government. He currently serves as Halfaker and Associates' Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer (CIO/CISO), where he leads enterprise IT Strategy with a focus on user experience, the information security program, and the Quality Management System with a focus on improving engineering maturity and customer experience. Prior to this role, he served Halfaker's CTO and COO, as well as completing a five-year tenure at Lockheed Martin in cybersecurity and critical infrastructure security domains. Michael holds degrees in Computer Engineering (Bachelor's from UVA) and Information Systems (Master's from JHU) and several professional certifications including PMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe SA, and ITIL. Company: https://www.halfaker.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikehking Email: [email protected] Ms. Beth Leonard is an award-winning speaker in her field; frequently invited to both local and international-level industry events to speak about such topics as customer satisfaction, organizational statistical analysis and metrics development, CMMI, ISO, management reviews and techniques, as well as quality assurance. She is also a recognized patient advocate and blogger for NET Cancer; supporting several organizations both nationally as well as internationally. Ms. Leonard is a well-respected executive with over 24 years of IT software development and service management lifecycle expertise as well as InfoSec/Cyber management, facility security management, risk and compliance, quality assurance, and process improvement experience across the government contracting industry. Company: https://www.r3-it.com/ Blog: https://www.facebook.com/LIVEwithNETS/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beth-leonard/ Links: https://www.carcinoid.org/beth-leonard-living-neuroendocrine-cancer/ Email: [email protected] Re-Read Saturday News In Chapter 16 charts a path to support the execution of the work. Execution requires an appropriate mechanism that can signal trouble coming that is information-based rather than gut-based. Have you bought your copy of Steve Tendon and Daniel Doiron's Tame your Work Flow? Use the link to support the authors and blog! Week 1: Logistics and Front Matter – https://bit.ly/2LWJ3EY Week 2: Prologue (The Story of Herbie) – https://bit.ly/3h4zmTi Week 3: Explicit Mental Models – https://bit.ly/2UJUZyN Week 4: Flow Efficiency, Little's Law and Economic Impact – https://bit.ly/2VrIhoL Week 5: Flawed Mental Models – https://bit.ly/3eqj70m Week 6: Where To Focus Improvement Efforts – https://bit.ly/2DTvOUN Week 7: Introduction to Throughput Accounting and Culture – https://bit.ly/2DbhfLT Week 8: Accounting F(r)iction and Show Me the Money – https://bit.ly/2XmDuWu Week 9: Constraints in the Work Flow and in the Work Process - https://bit.ly/33Uukoz Week 10: Understanding PEST Environments and Finding the Constraint in PEST Environments - https://bit.ly/3ga3ew9 Week 11: Drum-Buffer-Rope Scheduling - https://bit.ly/32l0Z3Q Week 12: Portfolio Prioritization and Selection in PEST Environments - https://bit.ly/31Ea4WC Week 13: Flow Efficiency, DBR, and TameFlow Kanban Boards - https://bit.ly/32rYUVf Week 14: Outcomes, Values, and Efforts in PEST Environments - https://bit.ly/3jd52qw Week 15: Introduction to Execution Management Signals - https://bit.ly/3mS9j4V The Software Process and Measurement Cast is a proud sponsor of the following events! Women in Tech Conference Learn, be inspired, and connect with others working to advance inclusion in the technology industry with a live@Manning event. The "Women in Tech" online conference will be held on Oct 13, starring women that are rocking the tech boat! http://mng.bz/5pmz Agile Online Summit 2020 The Agile Online Summit was created for people who couldn't attend major conferences. This will be its third year, and the main goal is to bring major level agile speakers to people all over the world as well as spotlight some up and coming agile coaches and trainers. October 26th to 30th, 2020, Live and recorded too. https://bit.ly/3gNR2Bw Next SPaMCAST The Software Process and Measurement Cast 619 features the return of Joe Schofield. Joe and I talked about his new book, Aligning People and Culture for Agile Transformation: A Leadership & Change Story (https://amzn.to/2HCfRV1). Joe's book is not a recitation of techniques, but rather a business novel that exposes the human side of change.

The Agile Online Summit was created for people who couldn't attend major conferences. This will be its third year, and the main goal is to bring major level agile speakers to people all over the world as well as spotlight some up and coming agile coaches and trainers. October 26th to 30th, 2020, Live and recorded too. https://bit.ly/3gNR2Bw

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 617 features our essay on rediscovering productivity. One of the tools I have embraced is Pomodoro. It is a great approach to staying focused and helps unwonkify time in my home office! Also this week, Susan Parente brings her "Not A Scrumdamentalist" column to the Software Process and Measurement Cast! Susan begins a three-part series on grateful leadership. Grateful leadership is so much more than just saying thank you. In between the essay and Susan's column, we have a promo for the Agile Online Summit 2020. Re-Read Saturday News Chapter 15 of Tame your Work Flow, introduces the concept of a MOVE, which stands for Minimal Outcome-Value Effort. Steve and Daniel use the construct to help define an atomic level of value delivery that is both minimalistic and sufficient. MOVE, while not replacing the myriad Mxx acronyms (e.g. minimal viable product or minimal marketable product), it provides a mental model for defining items in your portfolio backlog that is focused on throughput accounting. Have you bought your copy of Steve Tendon and Daniel Doiron's Tame your Work Flow? Use the link to support the authors and blog! Week 1: Logistics and Front Matter – https://bit.ly/2LWJ3EY Week 2: Prologue (The Story of Herbie) – https://bit.ly/3h4zmTi Week 3: Explicit Mental Models – https://bit.ly/2UJUZyN Week 4: Flow Efficiency, Little's Law and Economic Impact – https://bit.ly/2VrIhoL Week 5: Flawed Mental Models – https://bit.ly/3eqj70m Week 6: Where To Focus Improvement Efforts – https://bit.ly/2DTvOUN Week 7: Introduction to Throughput Accounting and Culture – https://bit.ly/2DbhfLT Week 8: Accounting F(r)iction and Show Me the Money – https://bit.ly/2XmDuWu Week 9: Constraints in the Work Flow and in the Work Process - https://bit.ly/33Uukoz Week 10: Understanding PEST Environments and Finding the Constraint in PEST Environments - https://bit.ly/3ga3ew9 Week 11: Drum-Buffer-Rope Scheduling - https://bit.ly/32l0Z3Q Week 12: Portfolio Prioritization and Selection in PEST Environments - https://bit.ly/31Ea4WC Week 13: Flow Efficiency, DBR, and TameFlow Kanban Boards - https://bit.ly/32rYUVf The Software Process and Measurement Cast is a proud sponsor of the following events! Rust Conference Let's talk about #Rust! Sep 15, at the live@Manning conference; in one Rust-full day go from ways to learn it, to where and how to use it; from game-dev to aerospace and beyond, right from the pincers of expert Rustaceans. http://mng.bz/mN2P Women in Tech Conference Learn, be inspired, and connect with others working to advance inclusion in the technology industry with another live@Manning event. The "Women in Tech" online conference will be held on Oct 13, starring women that are rocking the tech boat! http://mng.bz/5pmz Agile Online Summit 2020 The Agile Online Summit was created for people who couldn't attend major conferences. This will be its third year, and the main goal is to bring major level agile speakers to people all over the world as well as spotlight some up and coming agile coaches and trainers. October 26th to 30th, 2020, Live and recorded too. https://bit.ly/3gNR2Bw Next SPaMCAST The Software Process and Measurement Cast 618 will feature a discussion I had with Mike King and Beth Leonard earlier this year. We discussed the changing work environment, process, and quality. A hard-hitting discussion with two great minds!

The Agile Online Summit was created for people who couldn't attend major conferences. This will be its third year, and the main goal is to bring major level agile speakers to people all over the world as well as spotlight some up and coming agile coaches and trainers. October 26th to 30th, 2020, Live and recorded too. https://bit.ly/3gNR2Bw

The SPaMCAST 616 features our interview with Tom Henricksen. Tom brings the industry two great events the DevOps and the Agile Online Summits. He is also an active thought leader in the agile community. During his recent visit to the podcast, we talked about the exciting changes to this year's Agile Online Summit. We also chatted about how creating and scaling the summit has changed how he thinks about the world. Tom is passionate about fostering learning and sharpening the saw. Tom suggests that tuning your skills and capabilities has never been more important as the economy struggles to get going again. Web: https://agileonlinesummit.com/ Web: myitcareercoach.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomhenricksen/ Twitter: @TomHenricksen Re-Read Saturday News I find Chapter 14 useful in a book of useful chapters. In this chapter, Steve and Daniel explain the foreshadowed idea of full-kitting and introduce two different versions of kanban boards. Have you bought your copy of Steve Tendon and Daniel Doiron's Tame your Work Flow? Use the link to support the authors and blog! Week 1: Logistics and Front Matter – https://bit.ly/2LWJ3EY Week 2: Prologue (The Story of Herbie) – https://bit.ly/3h4zmTi Week 3: Explicit Mental Models – https://bit.ly/2UJUZyN Week 4: Flow Efficiency, Little's Law and Economic Impact – https://bit.ly/2VrIhoL Week 5: Flawed Mental Models – https://bit.ly/3eqj70m Week 6: Where To Focus Improvement Efforts – https://bit.ly/2DTvOUN Week 7: Introduction to Throughput Accounting and Culture – https://bit.ly/2DbhfLT Week 8: Accounting F(r)iction and Show Me the Money – https://bit.ly/2XmDuWu Week 9: Constraints in the Work Flow and in the Work Process - https://bit.ly/33Uukoz Week 10: Understanding PEST Environments and Finding the Constraint in PEST Environments - https://bit.ly/3ga3ew9 Week 11: Drum-Buffer-Rope Scheduling - https://bit.ly/32l0Z3Q Week 12: Portfolio Prioritization and Selection in PEST Environments - https://bit.ly/31Ea4WC Week 13: Flow Efficiency, DBR, and TameFlow Kanban Boards - https://bit.ly/32rYUVf The Software Process and Measurement Cast is a proud sponsor of the following events! Rust Conference Let's talk about #Rust! Sep 15, at the live@Manning conference; in one Rust-full day go from ways to learn it, to where and how to use it; from game-dev to aerospace and beyond, right from the pincers of expert Rustaceans. http://mng.bz/mN2P Women in Tech Conference We still have a long way to go to achieve diversity, inclusion, and equality in technology. Our contribution is the live@Manning "Women in Tech" online conference, Oct 13, starring the women rocking the tech boat! http://mng.bz/5pmz Agile Online Summit 2020 The Agile Online Summit was created for people who couldn't attend major conferences. This will be its third year, and the main goal is to bring major level agile speakers to people all over the world as well as spotlight some up and coming agile coaches and trainers. October 26th to 30th, 2020, Live and recorded too. https://bit.ly/3gNR2Bw (we will have a promo in the feed this week) Next SPaMCAST The Software Process and Measurement Cast 617 will feature our essay on rediscovering productivity. It begins "I have not worked outside of my home office since mid-April. There are lots of benefits to this change. My commute is really short, I run a lot more, I get to hang out with my wife more, and I have lost 42 pounds. But not everything is unicorns and rainbows — time feels a bit wonky." Lets unwonkify time! We will hear from Susan Parente who brings her "Not A Scrumdamentalist" column to the Software Process and Measurement Cast!

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 615 features my discussion with Jeff Dalton Jeff and I discussed the new cybersecurity model, the CMMC, and the need for a hyper-focus on cybersecurity. The use of this new model can not be just another plaque on the wall! Jeff Dalton is Chief Evangelist at AgileCxO.org, a Research and Development organization that studies agile leadership. He is a technology executive with over 30 years of experience as a CTO, CIO, VP of Product Development, and for that past fifteen years has been CEO of Broadsword and AgileCxO. He is an executive agile coach, agile assessor, and instructor, a regular conference speaker, and author of both "The Agile Performance Holarchy: An Operating System for Agile Leaders" and "The Guide to Scrum and CMMI: Improving Agile Performance with CMMI." In his spare time, Jeff is an instrument-rated pilot and plays bass in a jazz band. He has degrees in music and computer science. Jeff on Twitter: @CMMIAppraiser @agilecxo Broadsword Solutions: https://broadswordsolutions.com/ Re-Read Saturday News This week we took a break. I ran a ½ marathon instead of writing, but we will be back next week (I actually have re-read Chapter 14 and taken notes). Have you bought your copy of Steve Tendon and Daniel Doiron's Tame your Work Flow? Use the link to support the authors and blog! Week 1: Logistics and Front Matter – https://bit.ly/2LWJ3EY Week 2: Prologue (The Story of Herbie) – https://bit.ly/3h4zmTi Week 3: Explicit Mental Models – https://bit.ly/2UJUZyN Week 4: Flow Efficiency, Little's Law and Economic Impact – https://bit.ly/2VrIhoL Week 5: Flawed Mental Models – https://bit.ly/3eqj70m Week 6: Where To Focus Improvement Efforts – https://bit.ly/2DTvOUN Week 7: Introduction to Throughput Accounting and Culture – https://bit.ly/2DbhfLT Week 8: Accounting F(r)iction and Show Me the Money – https://bit.ly/2XmDuWu Week 9: Constraints in the Work Flow and in the Work Process - https://bit.ly/33Uukoz Week 10: Understanding PEST Environments and Finding the Constraint in PEST Environments - https://bit.ly/3ga3ew9 Week 11: Drum-Buffer-Rope Scheduling - https://bit.ly/32l0Z3Q Week 12: Portfolio Prioritization and Selection in PEST Environments - https://bit.ly/31Ea4WC The Software Process and Measurement Cast is a proud sponsor of the following events! Rust Conference Let's talk about #Rust! Sep 15, at the live@Manning conference; in one Rust-full day go from ways to learn it, to where and how to use it; from game-dev to aerospace and beyond, right from the pincers of expert Rustaceans. http://mng.bz/mN2P Women in Tech Conference We still have a long way to go to achieve diversity, inclusion, and equality in technology. Our contribution is the live@Manning "Women in Tech" online conference, Oct 13, starring the women rocking the tech boat! http://mng.bz/5pmz Agile Online Summit 2020 The Agile Online Summit was created for people who couldn't attend major conferences. This will be its third year, and the main goal is to bring major level agile speakers to people all over the world as well as spotlight some up and coming agile coaches and trainers. October 26th to 30th, 2020, Live and recorded too. https://bit.ly/3gNR2Bw Next SPaMCAST The Software Process and Measurement Cast 616 will feature a discussion with Tom Henrickson on the state of agile and preparations for the Agile Online Summit 2020.

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 614 features our interview with Jennifer Bonine. Jennifer and I talked AI, the impact of AI on the future of work, and how to re-skill for the next industrial revolution. This is not science fiction, and the future is not as far away as you might think. Bio Jennifer Bonine is the CEO of AI Appstore, Inc., and was the first female Artificial Intelligence ("AI") platform tech CEO. AI Appstore specializes in custom subscription technology bundles, leveraging an intelligent platform using a personalized 'virtual research assistant' to enhance corporate growth. The company exceeds expectations of integration, testing, delivery, and management with a groundbreaking business model that is fully engaged in the sustainable development goals ("SDGs") cultivated by the United Nations. Respected as a gifted speaker, entrepreneur, and philanthropist, Jennifer Bonine addresses the AI industry nationally and internationally, most recently at the World Economic Forum in Davos and for CNNMoney Switzerland. She has held executive-level positions leading teams for Oracle and Target and is a founding board member of the United States bid for a Minnesota World Expo 2027. Jennifer is a 2020 Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal Women in Business honoree, a founding sponsor and member of IVOW AI's Women in History Data Ideation Challenge, and an executive board member of Chad Greenway's Lead the Way foundation. She is a member of Million Dollar Women, member and mentor for TeamWomen, and a council member of DreamTank, an organization designed to champion young entrepreneurs. Recently named one of the Top 30 Leaders to Watch in 2020 by Silicon Review, Jennifer Bonine was featured at the UN's AI for Good summit. Jennifer is also developing a series of books to educate children about the power of AI and machine learning. Twitter: Jennifer_Bonine LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenn-bonine-76552b2/ Website: https://www.aiappstore.com/ Re-Read Saturday News Today, we re-read Chapter 13, titled Portfolio Prioritization and Selection in PEST Environments. Doing the right work is more than just linear prioritization, you need to remember the constraint. Have you bought your copy of Steve Tendon and Daniel Doiron's Tame your Work Flow? Use the link to support the authors and blog! Week 1: Logistics and Front Matter – https://bit.ly/2LWJ3EY Week 2: Prologue (The Story of Herbie) – https://bit.ly/3h4zmTi Week 3: Explicit Mental Models – https://bit.ly/2UJUZyN Week 4: Flow Efficiency, Little's Law and Economic Impact – https://bit.ly/2VrIhoL Week 5: Flawed Mental Models – https://bit.ly/3eqj70m Week 6: Where To Focus Improvement Efforts – https://bit.ly/2DTvOUN Week 7: Introduction to Throughput Accounting and Culture – https://bit.ly/2DbhfLT Week 8: Accounting F(r)iction and Show Me the Money – https://bit.ly/2XmDuWu Week 9: Constraints in the Work Flow and in the Work Process - https://bit.ly/33Uukoz Week 10: Understanding PEST Environments and Finding the Constraint in PEST Environments - https://bit.ly/3ga3ew9 Week 11: Drum-Buffer-Rope Scheduling - https://bit.ly/32l0Z3Q Week 12: Portfolio Prioritization and Selection in PEST Environments - https://bit.ly/31Ea4WC Next SPaMCAST The Software Process and Measurement Cast 615 will feature the return of Jeff Dalton to talk about the new security model, the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC). Jeff has some strong words for those that don't think that the barbarians are at our gates.

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 613 features our essay on directive and non-directive coaching. DIrective coaches, akin to many athletic coaches, are a hard sell at the team level. Non-directive coaches, akin to mentors, are not always viewed as effective by senior leaders. In reality, it is not cut and dry. Essays in the Directive - Non-directive Series Agile Coaching Techniques: Styles of Coaches -https://bit.ly/2EwFh4X Directive or Non-directive Coaching - https://bit.ly/2Pb364r Directive or Non-directive Coaching: Why Everyone Needs To Know -https://bit.ly/3hmLf75 In the second spot this week, Jeremy Berriault brings his QA Corner to the cast. We discuss coaching testers. Indirectly we have a discussion about the use of directive and non-directive coaching styles. You can reach Jeremy at https://berriaultandassociates.com/ Re-Read Saturday News Today, we re-read Chapter 12, titled Drum-Buffer- Rope Scheduling (DBR). The concept of DBR is critical to using the Theory of Constraints in real-world environments. Have you bought your copy of Steve Tendon and Daniel Doiron's Tame your Work Flow? Use the link to support the authors and blog! Week 1: Logistics and Front Matter – https://bit.ly/2LWJ3EY Week 2: Prologue (The Story of Herbie) – https://bit.ly/3h4zmTi Week 3: Explicit Mental Models – https://bit.ly/2UJUZyN Week 4: Flow Efficiency, Little's Law and Economic Impact – https://bit.ly/2VrIhoL Week 5: Flawed Mental Models – https://bit.ly/3eqj70m Week 6: Where To Focus Improvement Efforts – https://bit.ly/2DTvOUN Week 7: Introduction to Throughput Accounting and Culture – https://bit.ly/2DbhfLT Week 8: Accounting F(r)iction and Show Me the Money – https://bit.ly/2XmDuWu Week 9: Constraints in the Work Flow and in the Work Process - https://bit.ly/33Uukoz Week 10: Understanding PEST Environments and Finding the Constraint in PEST Environments - https://bit.ly/3ga3ew9 Week 11: Drum-Buffer-Rope Scheduling- https://bit.ly/32l0Z3Q Next SPaMCAST The Software Process and Measurement Cast 614 will feature our interview with Jennifer Bonine. Jenifer and I talked AI and the impact of AI on the future of business. This is not science fiction, and the future is not as far away as you might think.

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 612 features a conversation with Woody Zuill and Allan Kelly on the topic of being an agile guide. I have felt that the term coach was overused for more than a few years. Woody and Allan put a voice to a topic that I started writing about earlier this summer describing the term 'agile guide'. Over the past 14 years, there have been a number of conversations that changed how I think and work. This is certainly one of those gestalt moments. Bios: Allan has pioneered techniques such as Value Poker, Time-Value Profiles, and Retrospective Dialogue Sheets. He is the author of seven books including "Continuous Digital", "Little Book of Requirements and User Stories" and his latest book is "Art of Agile Product Ownership." When not writing, Allan consults and coaches, helping companies embrace the agile and digital world, and teams to improve their performance. Links: Me: www.allankelly.net Blog: www.allankelly.net/blogRetrospective cards: www.dialoguesheets.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/allankellynet Woody Zuill has been programming computers for 30+ years. Woody is an independent freelance agile guide! He believes code must be simple, clean, and maintainable to realize the Agile promise of Responding to Change. Contact Information Mob Programming: http://mobprogramming.org/ Blog: http://zuill.us/WoodyZuill/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/woodyzuill Re-Read Saturday News This week we tackle two chapters in Steve Tendon and Daniel Doiron's Tame your Work Flow. Chapters ten and eleven put our understanding of workflow and process-flow into action in more complex environments. Remember to buy a copy of Tame your Work Flow to support the authors and blog! Week 1: Logistics and Front Matter – https://bit.ly/2LWJ3EY Week 2: Prologue (The Story of Herbie) – https://bit.ly/3h4zmTi Week 3: Explicit Mental Models – https://bit.ly/2UJUZyN Week 4: Flow Efficiency, Little's Law and Economic Impact – https://bit.ly/2VrIhoL Week 5: Flawed Mental Models – https://bit.ly/3eqj70m Week 6: Where To Focus Improvement Efforts – https://bit.ly/2DTvOUN Week 7: Introduction to Throughput Accounting and Culture – https://bit.ly/2DbhfLT Week 8: Accounting F(r)iction and Show Me the Money – https://bit.ly/2XmDuWu Week 9: Constraints in the Work Flow and in the Work Process - https://bit.ly/33Uukoz Week 10: Understanding PEST Environments and Finding the Constraint in PEST Environments - https://bit.ly/3ga3ew9 Next SPaMCAST The Software Process and Measurement Cast 613 will feature our essay on directive and non-directive coaching. It is not as straightforward a dichotomy as you would expect, but as a coach, you do need to pick a position. We will also have a visit to the QA Corner.

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 611 features our conversation with Jeff Smith. Jeff and I talked about his new book, Operational Anti-Patterns with DevOps Solutions. Our conversation branched out to cover DevOps and how writing a book changes your perception of life. The conversation was the most clear-eyed and penetrating conversation on DevOps I have had on the podcast. Jeff challenged all of us to recognize that we can make a difference. Bio: Jeff Smith has been in the technology industry for over 20 years, oscillating between management and individual contributor. Jeff currently serves as the Director of Production Operations for Centro, an advertising software company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Before that he served as the Manager of Site Reliability Engineering at Grubhub. Jeff is passionate about DevOps transformations in organizations large and small, with a particular interest in the psychological aspects of problems in companies. He lives in Chicago with his wife Stephanie and their two kids Ella and Xander. Jeff is currently writing a book Operational Anti-Patterns with DevOps Solutions with Manning publishing due out in Spring of 2020, but available now via their early access program. He's also the chapter president of Blacks in Technology where he strives to introduce the community to the different opportunities in the technology field. Contact Information for Jeff Smith: Web: http://www.allthingsdork.com/ Email: [email protected] Twitter: @darkandnerdy Re-Read Saturday News This week we transition to Part 4: Maximizing Business Value in Knowledge-Work in Steve Tendon and Daniel Doiron's Tame your Work Flow. We are approximately 40% through according to the Kindle App on my laptop. (Side note: I would like to talk with anyone in the audience that uses a Kindle to read non-fiction books that they will later use for reference; I am working on a buying decision). Remember to buy a copy of Tame your Work Flow to support the authors and blog! Week 1: Logistics and Front Matter – https://bit.ly/2LWJ3EY Week 2: Prologue (The Story of Herbie) – https://bit.ly/3h4zmTi Week 3: Explicit Mental Models – https://bit.ly/2UJUZyN Week 4: Flow Efficiency, Little's Law and Economic Impact – https://bit.ly/2VrIhoL Week 5: Flawed Mental Models – https://bit.ly/3eqj70m Week 6: Where To Focus Improvement Efforts – https://bit.ly/2DTvOUN Week 7: Introduction to Throughput Accounting and Culture – https://bit.ly/2DbhfLT Week 8: Accounting F(r)iction and Show Me the Money – https://bit.ly/2XmDuWu Week 9: Constraints in the Work Flow and in the Work Process - https://bit.ly/33Uukoz Next SPaMCAST The Software Process and Measurement Cast 612 will break pattern -- again. Recently I had a conversation with Allan Kelly and Woody Zuill about the topic of coaching and how if you bring all of your capabilities to the table you have transitioned to a guide. Allan and Woody are agile guides.

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 610 features our essay, An Agile Team In a Waterfall Company – Organizing Around The Product Flow. Focusing on getting features and support for a product to market changes how teams and groups organize to solve business problems. This is a standalone essay that can be read as part of a larger theme covering the trials faced by an agile team in a waterfall company. The four separate essays can be found at: An Agile Team In A Waterfall Company - https://bit.ly/3hXpPy5 Postponing Commitment - https://bit.ly/3dBhCfl Values, Principles, and Behaviours - https://bit.ly/2ZsoO8t Organizing Around The Product Flow - https://bit.ly/3k05jhj We also have a visit from Susan Parente with a discussion that I have named, Agile or Traditional, Pick One! Many organizations have to make accommodations for mandated classic project management approaches. Susan provides excellent advice for making these types of scenarios work. Re-Read Saturday News This week we tackle Chapters 7 and 8 of Tame your Work Flow. These two chapters are a case study that knits together operational and financial throughput. Remember to buy a copy of Tame your Work Flow to support the authors and blog! Week 1: Logistics and Front Matter - https://bit.ly/2LWJ3EY Week 2: Prologue (The Story of Herbie) - https://bit.ly/3h4zmTi Week 3: Explicit Mental Models - https://bit.ly/2UJUZyN Week 4: Flow Efficiency, Little's Law and Economic Impact - https://bit.ly/2VrIhoL Week 5: Flawed Mental Models - https://bit.ly/3eqj70m Week 6: Where To Focus Improvement Efforts - https://bit.ly/2DTvOUN Week 7: Introduction to Throughput Accounting and Culture - https://bit.ly/2DbhfLT Week 8: Accounting F(r)iction and Show Me the Money - https://bit.ly/2XmDuWu Next SPaMCAST The Software Process and Measurement Cast 611 will feature our interview with Jeff Smith. Jeff discussed his new book, Operations Anti-Patterns: DevOps Solutions. The conversation was the most clear-eyed and penetrating conversation on DevOps I have had on the podcast.

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 609 features our conversation with Dr. David Rico. Dave is returning to the Software Process and Measurement Cast to discuss the concept of agile and collaborative contracts. Contracts and agile don't often work well together. That does not have to be the case! Dr. Rico has been a technical leader in support of NASA, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Army for over 30 years. He has led numerous projects based on Cloud Computing, Lean Thinking, Agile Methods, SOA, Web Services, Six Sigma, FOSS, ISO 9001, CMMI, Baldrige, TQM, Enterprise Architecture, DoDAF, and DoD 5000. He specializes in IT investment analysis, IT portfolio valuation, and IT-enabled change. He has been an international keynote speaker, presented at leading industry conferences, written seven textbooks, published numerous articles, and is a reviewer for multiple systems engineering journals. He is a Certified PMP, CSEP, ACP, CSM, and SAFe Agilist, and teaches at four Washington, DC-area universities. He has been in the field of information systems since 1983. Contact Dr Rico at: Web: davidfrico.com Email: [email protected] Twitter: @dr_david_f_rico Re-Read Saturday News This week we tackle Chapter 6 of Tame your Work Flow. Throughput accounting ties a number of threads together for me. The big one is the linkage between getting value from process improvement and the mental models created by cost accounting. Remember to buy a copy of Tame your Work Flow to support the authors and blog! Week 1: Logistics and Front Matter - https://bit.ly/2LWJ3EY Week 2: Prologue (The Story of Herbie) - https://bit.ly/3h4zmTi Week 3: Explicit Mental Models - https://bit.ly/2UJUZyN Week 4: Flow Efficiency, Little's Law and Economic Impact - https://bit.ly/2VrIhoL Week 5: Flawed Mental Models - https://bit.ly/3eqj70m Week 6: Where To Focus Improvement Efforts - https://bit.ly/2DTvOUN Week 7: Introduction to Throughput Accounting and Culture - https://bit.ly/2DbhfLT Next SPaMCAST The Software Process and Measurement Cast 610 will feature our essay An Agile Team In A Waterfall Company – Organizing Around The Product Flow. This is another part of a larger essay that we began last week. We will also have a visit from Susan Parente with a discussion that I have named, Agile or Traditional, Pick One! I know which I would pick (and the answer might not be one of the two).

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 608 features our essay, An Agile Team in a Waterfall Company. Teams like this exist, and sometimes even flourish. Our essay explores how that is possible and how teams in this circumstance can help evolve whole organizations. We have a visit from Gene Hughson with his Form Follows Function column. Gene and I talk about how an architect has to avoid bias generated by the expertise that they have spent years developing. Re-Read Saturday News This week we tackle Chapter 5 (this is the beginning of Part 2) of Tame your Work Flow, The chapter is titled "Where to Focus Improvement Efforts." Part 2 transitions us from improving wait time and flow efficiency and begins a deep dive into the Theory of Constraints (ToC). Remember to buy a copy of Tame your Work Flow to support the authors and blog! Week 1: Logistics and Front Matter - https://bit.ly/2LWJ3EY Week 2: Prologue (The Story of Herbie) - https://bit.ly/3h4zmTi Week 3: Explicit Mental Models - https://bit.ly/2UJUZyN Week 4: Flow Efficiency, Little's Law and Economic Impact - https://bit.ly/2VrIhoL Week 5: Flawed Mental Models - https://bit.ly/3eqj70m Week 6: Where To Focus Improvement Efforts - https://bit.ly/2DTvOUN Next SPaMCAST The Software Process and Measurement Cast 609 will feature the return of Dr. David Rico. Dave and I discussed contracting and agile. This a crucial real-world topic that is often swept under the carpet and politely ignored. That won't happen in the SPaMCAST 609.

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 607 features our interview with Mark Tolbert and Susan Parente to discuss their new book Hybrid Project Management: Using Agile with Traditional PM Methodologies to Succeed on Modern Projects. Agile hybrids are often pilloried, Mark and Susan make a strong case that hybrids have a place in delivering value. Without hybrids, there are places that can't go! Mark's Bio Mark has over 30 years of experience in IT, including 27 years at Hewlett-Packard. He successfully managed support programs and projects within HP Services from 1994 through 2007. The programs and projects included a large e-selling program, a multivendor support program for a large telecommunications company, data center relocation projects, and MDM (mobile device management) programs. Reach out to Mark on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mark-tolbert-pmp-pmi-acp-90b9b38 Susan's Bio Susan Parente is a project engineer, consultant, speaker, author, professor, and mentor who leads large complex IT software implementation projects, and the establishment of Enterprise PMOs. She has 23+ years of experience leading software and business development projects in the private and public sectors, including a decade of experience implementing IT projects for the DoD and other federal government agencies. Reach to Susan onLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/susanparente Twitter: @TechRiskManagerWeb: http://s3-tec.com/ Email: [email protected] Re-Read Saturday News This week we tackle Chapter 4 of Tame your Work Flow, The chapter is titled "Utility of Flawed Mental Models." The goal of the chapter is to make sure we understand why reducing wait time makes sense and why that reduction has an impact on delivery. Remember to buy a copy of Tame your Work Flow to support the authors and blog! Week 1: Logistics and Front Matter - https://bit.ly/2LWJ3EY Week 2: Prologue (The Story of Herbie) - https://bit.ly/3h4zmTi Week 3: Explicit Mental Models - https://bit.ly/2UJUZyN Week 4: Flow Efficiency, Little's Law and Economic Impact - https://bit.ly/2VrIhoL Week 5: Flawed Mental Models - https://bit.ly/3eqj70m Next SPaMCAST The Software Process and Measurement Cast 608 will feature our essay, An Agile Team In A Waterfall Company. They exist and sometimes even flourish. Our essay explores how that is possible and how teams in this circumstance can evolve. We will also have a visit from Gene Hughson with his Form Follows Function column.

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 606 features our interview with Marco Faella, author of Seriously Good Software: Code that Works, Survives, and Wins. Marco and I discussed quality, craftsmanship, and how being a passionate coder and academic mix. Marco Faella teaches advanced programming at a major Italian university. His published work includes peer-reviewed research articles, a Java certification manual, and a video course on Java streams. His contact data is: Homepage: http://wpage.unina.it/m.faella/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/m_faella Book: https://www.manning.com/books/seriously-good-software I have discount codes (just ask!) Re-Read Saturday News This week we are taking a break from our re-read of Tame your Work Flow to celebrate the 4th of July and my wife's birthday. We will be back next week. Remember to buy a copy of Tame your Work Flow to support the authors and blog! Week 1: Logistics and Front Matter - https://bit.ly/2LWJ3EY Week 2: Prologue (The Story of Herbie) - https://bit.ly/3h4zmTi Week 3: Explicit Mental Models - https://bit.ly/2UJUZyN Week 4: Flow Efficiency, Little's Law and Economic Impact - https://bit.ly/2VrIhoL Announcements! Patterns Podcast: The first full episode of the Patterns Podcast has been posted on YouTube. In the first full episode, Ben Wozniki and I tackle the concept of User Stories. User Stories are a ubiquitous feature of Agile implementations. We have posted the video on our YouTube channel. https://youtu.be/h_fId4D6NFA We would love to have your feedback. I will not throw a 200 mg file in the audio podcast feed again (we might create another feed). Tom Cagley and Associates Website: We are days away from a website that brings everything together, my company, the blog, and the podcast. We will also be kicking off a newsletter in later July. We are still in the design process so I would really like your input on what makes a great newsletter. One of my favorites is Tim Ferris's 5 Bullet Friday. Email me at [email protected]. Feel free to send a sample. Next SPaMCAST The Software Process and Measurement Cast 607 features our interview with Mark Tolbert and Susan Parente to discuss their new book on Hybrid Project Management. Hybrid Project Management. Agile hybrids are often pilloried, Mark and Susan make a strong case that hybrids have a place in delivering value.

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 605 features our interview with Jodie Kane. Jodie and I discussed involving product owners in retrospectives. Jodie suggests the answer should not be cut and dry but rather context-driven. Jodie is a passionate, value-driven servant leader with a unique, energetic style that brings out the best in people and opens space for teams to be self-organizing high performers focused on delivering customer value and getting things done. She has spent a lifetime honing her servant leadership skills, inviting people to work together, and creating space for human engagement to develop innovative, self-organizing, value-driven teams. Contact Jodie on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jodieenglekane/ Re-Read Saturday News Chapter 3, Flow Efficiency, Little's Law and Economic Impact, of Tame your Work Flow is incredibly important for understanding the overall book. In your re-read spend the time needed understanding how the themes noted in the chapter title inter-relate. Remember to buy a copy of Tame your Work Flow to support the authors and blog! Week 1: Logistics and Front Matter - https://bit.ly/2LWJ3EY Week 2: Prologue (The Story of Herbie) - https://bit.ly/3h4zmTi Week 3: Explicit Mental Models - https://bit.ly/2UJUZyN Week 4: Flow Efficiency, Little's Law and Economic Impact - https://bit.ly/2VrIhoL Next SPaMCAST The Software Process and Measurement Cast 606 features our interview with Marco Faella, author of Seriously Good Software: Code that Works, Survives, and Wins. Marco and I discussed quality, craftsmanship, and how being a passionate coder and academic mix.

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 604 features a presentation that I did on the need for organizations to lean into processes improvement as the COVID-19 disaster abates (at least for the time being). Continuous improvement can't be just a slogan during an economic downturn. We also have a visit from Jon M Quigley with his Alpha and Omega of Product Development Column. Jon and I talked about the definition of quality and whether the concept of quality is a matter of perception. We don't exactly agree . . . what are your thought? Re-Read Saturday News This week we tackle Chapter 2 in our re-read of Tame your Work Flow by Steve Tendon and Daniel Doiron. Chapter 2 continues to explore mental models and focuses on how multitasking robs value from individuals, teams, and organizations. Remember to buy a copy of Tame your Work Flow to support the authors and blog! Week 1: Logistics and Front Matter - https://bit.ly/2LWJ3EY Week 2: Prologue (The Story of Herbie) - https://bit.ly/3h4zmTi Week 3: Explicit Mental Models - https://bit.ly/2UJUZyN Next SPaMCAST The Software Process and Measurement Cast 605 feature our interview with Jodie Kane. Jodie and I discuss involving product owners in retrospectives. Jodie suggests the answer should not be cut and dry.

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 603 features my interview with Austin Chadwick. Austin and I talked mobbing, but perhaps more importantly to me, Austin talked about the impact of finding joy in everything you do. The latter was one of those serendipitous discoveries that makes the interviews for the podcast so much fun. I hope you enjoy the conversation as much as I did. Austin's Bio: Austin is a passionate full-stack developer, agile/technical coach, conference speaker, and podcast/videocast co-host with experience in several roles (e.g. coach, developer, tester, scrum master, business analyst). He loves mob programming and working with people, technology, and teams to discover product development joy and continuous improvement. A few links: http://www.linkedin.com/in/austin-chadwick-3a58151a4 All Mob Mentality links (podcast, youtube, twitter, etc.): https://trello.com/c/YLvquW9E/133-mob-mentality-show https://youtu.be/OzGlpwPNv0Q https://trello.com/c/w0xFv4sV/119-mob-programming-for-the-introverted https://trello.com/c/l3LpnLNm/243-mobodoro https://trello.com/c/Dj7bS8q2/107-mob-programming-roles-patterns-and-rpg https://trello.com/c/0SISorNe/174-the-efficiency-paradox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB8INuuktdE&list=PLGME-VQ8iegisgCtkF8ZJjj6v6gdkwaMs https://trello.com/c/dynon69u/190-mob-programming-financial-benefits-and-roi https://trello.com/c/Dhcjhvlo/227-6-ways-mob-programming-made-our-organization-more-efficient https://trello.com/c/vd8zIB83/253-mob-programming-efficiency https://trello.com/c/kKg9u5HL/240-mob-mentality-remote-mob-programming-videos https://trello.com/c/yULnS70P/101-remote-mob-programming-resources Re-Read Saturday News This week we tackle Chapter 1 in our re-read of Tame your Work Flow by Steve Tendon and Daniel Doiron. Chapter 1 lays out the four flows which the book explores in detail and begins a deep dive into the power of mental models. The Chapter also touches on one of the great evils of modern times — multitasking (I say that with no attempt at hyperbole). Remember to buy a copy of Tame your Work Flow to support the authors and blog! Week 1: Logistics and Front Matter - https://bit.ly/2LWJ3EY Week 2: Prologue (The Story of Herbie) - https://bit.ly/3h4zmTi Week 3: Explicit Mental Models - https://bit.ly/2UJUZyN Next SPaMCAST The Software Process and Measurement Cast 604 will feature our essay on preparing for software development after the COVID-19 disaster abates. Continuous improvement can't be just a slogan during an economic downturn. We will also have a visit from Jon M Quigley with his Alpha and Omega of Product Development Column.

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 602 features my interview with Duncan DeVore, the co-author of Reactive Application Development. Duncan and I talked about reactive design patterns, adopting a reactive architecture, and how writing a book changes your outlook on life. It was a really cool discussion that covered technical and non-technical topics. Note -- I am sorry for missing a week. I did not expect a new laptop (less than a month old) would have its motherboard and SSD fail. I am thankful for backups! Duncan's Bio: I specialize in the design and implementation of distributed systems using the tenets of the Reactive Manifesto with Scala, Akka, and the Typesafe stack. I believe in responsible design through functional programming with an abundance of test coverage. I love to code, present, and help others work through the challenges of distributed computing. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/duncandevore/ Twitter: @IronFish Re-Read Saturday News Week 2 of the journey through Tame Your Work Flow by Steve Tendon and Daniel Doiron finds us discussing the Prologue. The prologue introduces concepts and provides a bridge for readers to this book from the Goal by Eli Goldratt and Steve Tendon, and Wolfram Müller's book Hyper-Productive Knowledge Work Performance, The TameFlow Approach and Its Application to Scrum and Kanban. Next week we start Chapter 1, so buy a copy of Tame your Work Flow to support the authors and blog! Week 1: Logistics and Front Matter - https://bit.ly/2LWJ3EY Week 2: Prologue (The Story of Herbie) - https://bit.ly/3h4zmTi Next SPaMCAST The Software Process and Measurement Cast 603 will feature my interview with Austin Chadwick. Austin and I talked mobbing, but perhaps more importantly to me, Austin talked about the impact of finding joy in everything you do.

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 601 features my interview with Brian Weaver. Brian is the Founder and CEO of Torch.AI. We covered a wide range of topics, including AI and agile, and the role of leadership in creating an environment where extraordinary results are possible. Brian serves as CEO of Torch.AI and has more than 20 years of experience leading mission-driven, high growth, technology-focused companies. Torch.AI helps leading organizations leverage artificial intelligence in a unique way via a proprietary enterprise data management software solution. Today, Torch.AI supports clients like H&R Block with fraud detection and mitigation and the U.S. Department of Defense with machine learning-enabled background investigations for all federal employees, supporting the determination of an individual's trustworthiness and security credentialing. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/briangweaver/ Torch.AI - https://torch.ai/ Re-Read Saturday News This week we begin our journey through Tame Your Work Flow by Steve Tendon and Daniel Doiron. The book is subtitled: How Dr. Goldratt of "The Goal" would apply the Theory of Constraints to rethink knowledge-work management. The title and subtitle provide a hint to the number of ideas and concepts that we will touch on as we re-read the 357 pages that include a section about the organization of the book, an introduction, a prologue, 21 chapters, and an epilogue. The re-read will focus on identifying the big ideas of operation flow and constraints management in knowledge work environments and how they can be leveraged for continuous improvement. Next week we start Chapter 1, so buy a copy of Tame your Work Flow to support the authors and blog! Week 1: Logistics and Front Matter - https://bit.ly/2LWJ3EY Next SPaMCAST The Software Process and Measurement Cast 602 will feature my interview with Duncan DeVore, the co-author of Reactive Application Development. Duncan and I talked about reactive design patterns, adopting a reactive architecture, and how writing a book changes your outlook on life. It was a really cool discussion that covered technical and non-technical topics.

SPaMCAST 600, yes 600, features my interview with Sandy Mamoli. We talked about teams and the book she co-authored, Creating Great Teams: How Self-Selection Lets People Excel. Sandy's unique perspective as a world-class athlete and Agile Coach allows her to deliver options about forming teams you didn't know you had! Sandy Mamoli Agile advisor, coach, and author Sandy Mamoli is a former Olympian, international keynote speaker, and author of „Creating Great Teams – How Self-Selection Lets People Excel". From working with global enterprises in Amsterdam, Stockholm, and Copenhagen to being one of New Zealand's leading coaches, she brings her practical flair and passionate advocacy for all things Agile to businesses around the world. She has a master's degree in artificial intelligence and knows quite a lot about Agile. Twitter: @smamol Website: https://nomad8.com/ Re-Read Saturday News This is our last installment of our re-read of Crucial Conversations: Tools For Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition. I want to thank Nancy Kastl for the great suggestion and everyone that voted during the selection process. This is a useful book. Interestingly during a Heart of Agile get together this week a number of people recommended the book in the chat. I am glad I read it. If you do not have a copy or have tossed it at someone during a crucial conversation, it is time to buy a copy. Please use the link https://amzn.to/34RuZ6V (using the link helps support the blog and podcast). Read previous installments: Week 1 - Logistics, Forewards, and Preface - http://bit.ly/2wls1Mq Week 2 - Chapter 1: What's a crucial conversation? And who cares? - http://bit.ly/3a7Kivp Week 3 – Chapter 2: The Power of Dialogue – http://bit.ly/3aO4cMa Week 4 - Chapter 3: Start With Heart - http://bit.ly/2UbJizK Week 5 - Learn To Look - https://bit.ly/3djnnPX Week 6 - Make It Safe - https://bit.ly/39p4Xu4 Week 7 - Master my Stories - https://bit.ly/2V1DJUZ Week 8 - State My Path - https://bit.ly/2XtqTSr Week 9 - Explore Others' Paths - https://bit.ly/2ViOGD5 Week 10 - Move to Action - https://bit.ly/2y1ddUb Week 11- Yeah, But - https://bit.ly/3aSSxeE Week 12 - Putting It All Together and Afterword - https://bit.ly/3fE5qN2 Week 13 - Final Thoughts - https://bit.ly/2LzPGgn The next book we will re-read is Steve Tendon and Daniel Doiron's Tame Your Work Flow. I will layout the logistics for the re-read next week. Next SPaMCAST The Software Process and Measurement Cast 601 will feature our interview with Brian Weaver. Brian is the Founder and CEO of Torch.AI. We covered a wide range of topics, including AI and agile and the role of leadership in creating an environment where extraordinary results are possible.

Today, a special announcement: I would like to introduce you to the Patterns Video Podcast. Ben Woznicki and I have been working on this project for nearly six months and it is finally time to stop starting and start shipping (that's an agile joke). Our idea is to share patterns (hence the name) for how teams and organizations can release sooner with higher confidence. Both Ben and I have helped a lot of different organizations. We've seen things that work well, seen things that work poorly, seen some things that do both, and unfortunately some things that would make your hair stand up. The effective patterns are what we are here to share as well as provide space for you to interact and learn. All of the videos will be on the shorter side. Our typical format will include: A brief review of the basic idea that we're talking about. Discuss the problems the idea is trying to solve and introduce any controversy on the topic. Provide an approach to use the concept within specific contexts (think hints and tips) The history of the idea. Finally, common challenges when using the idea and antidotes to those challenges. At least in the short term, we are going to deliver the video content in two ways: SPaMCAST Podcast feed. This will be a medium resolution version that is better for commutes or just listening while you jog. Patterns Podcast YouTube Site. This will be a full 1080p version of the video (those get large) for those interested in the full impact of Ben's cinematic multicamera video techniques. All of the videos will be short and conclude with a call to action. We will begin delivering every two weeks. While Ben and I like to talk, we want to hear from you because your perspective will help us learn and grow. Contact us at: [email protected] @tcagley on twitter [email protected] @benwoz on twitter

SPaMCAST 599 will feature my conversation with Steve Tendon. Steve and I talked about his Tameflow books, the genesis of the framework, the Theory of Constraints, and of course Herbie. Steve provides several profound pieces of wisdom for increasing value. Re-Read Saturday News This week we complete the content portion of our Re-read with Chapter 11 and the Afterword of Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition by Patterson, Grenny, McMillan, Switzler. Next week we will have a few words to wrap-up this book and warp into the next book in the series. The envelope please . . . the next book we will re-read is Steve Tendon and Daniel Doiron's Tame Your Work Flow. The top three books (Tame Your Work Flow, Great Big Agile, and Fixing Your Scrum) in the pool got more votes than all of the other books we have re-read over the past year. Therefore, my intent is to do something radical: declare that I will read all three of the top three books in order. This should take us through the summer. If you do not have a copy or have tossed it at someone during a crucial conversation, it is time to buy a copy. Please use the link https://amzn.to/34RuZ6V (using the link helps support the blog and podcast). Read previous installments: Week 1 - Logistics, Forewards, and Preface - http://bit.ly/2wls1Mq Week 2 - Chapter 1: What's a crucial conversation? And who cares? - http://bit.ly/3a7Kivp Week 3 – Chapter 2: The Power of Dialogue – http://bit.ly/3aO4cMa Week 4 - Chapter 3: Start With Heart - http://bit.ly/2UbJizK Week 5 - Learn To Look - https://bit.ly/3djnnPX Week 6 - Make It Safe - https://bit.ly/39p4Xu4 Week 7 - Master my Stories - https://bit.ly/2V1DJUZ Week 8 - State My Path - https://bit.ly/2XtqTSr Week 9 - Explore Others' Paths - https://bit.ly/2ViOGD5 Week 10 - Move to Action - https://bit.ly/2y1ddUb Week 11- Yeah, But - https://bit.ly/3aSSxeE Week 12 - Putting It All Together and Afterword - https://bit.ly/3fE5qN2 Next SPaMCAST The next Spamcast will feature our interview with Sandy Mamoli. Sandy is a world-class coach. We talked teams, and how high performing teams are formed. As a former Olympic athlete, Sandy has a unique perspective and as an Agile Coach, she has a wide range of experience with many types of teams.

SPaMCAST 598 features our essay titled, Recognizing A Toxic Meeting Culture. Just because you are meeting remotely doesn't mean meeting culture has been reset. Now even more than when we are all together, getting meeting culture right is critical to maximizing communication. We will also return to the QA Corner with Jeremy Berriault. Jeremy and I talked about continuous learning. Our discussion was taped earlier this year; it was a different time. I left the references to excitement about the new year in the comments to show how fast the world can change. And it can change again! Re-Read Saturday News This week we tackle Chapter 10 of Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition by Patterson, Grenny, McMillan, Switzler. The subtitle for this chapter is 'Advice for tough cases.' In my considered opinion, nothing ever goes perfectly to plan. All conversations are a mixture of things that you've run through your head to prepare and parts that are off-script. Having a wide range of additional tactics for hard issues makes it easier to approach crucial conversations with confidence. Week 1 - Logistics, Forewards, and Preface - http://bit.ly/2wls1Mq Week 2 - Chapter 1: What's a crucial conversation? And who cares? - http://bit.ly/3a7Kivp Week 3 – Chapter 2: The Power of Dialogue – http://bit.ly/3aO4cMa Week 4 - Chapter 3: Start With Heart - http://bit.ly/2UbJizK Week 5 - Learn To Look - https://bit.ly/3djnnPX Week 6 - Make It Safe - https://bit.ly/39p4Xu4 Week 7 - Master my Stories - https://bit.ly/2V1DJUZ Week 8 - State My Path - https://bit.ly/2XtqTSr Week 9 - Explore Others' Paths - https://bit.ly/2ViOGD5 Week 10 - Move to Action - https://bit.ly/2y1ddUb Week 11- Yeah, But - https://bit.ly/3aSSxeE We have a few days left before the poll to pick the next book in the re-read series closes. I would like to hear from you! Check out the poll at www.tcagley.wordpress.com If you do not have a copy or have tossed it at someone during a crucial conversation, it is time to buy a copy. Please use the link https://amzn.to/34RuZ6V (using the link helps support the blog and podcast). Next SPaMCAST SPaMCAST 599 will feature my conversation with Steve Tendon. Steve and I talked agile, lean, flow, and how all the parts fit together.

The SPaMCAST 597 features a special panel of leaders discussing working from home now and after the initial reaction to being remote has worn off. One of the important points that we discussed was the need to make space for intentional serendipity. The panel is composed of Paul Laberge, Susan Parente, John Voris, Jo Ann Sweeney, and your host. Panelist Bios Jo Ann Sweeney FCIM FIIC MCIPR is an engagement and communication consultant. Typically, she acts as change management lead on complex programmes, facilitating development of effective engagement, training, and communication strategies and then assisting as the strategies are implemented. Clients value her deep understanding of audiences. Jo Ann is known for clarifying the complex and for persuading key stakeholders to get involved and actively support change. You are welcome to download a complimentary copy of Jo Ann's guide How to Explain Change in 8 Easy Steps at https://freeguide.explaining-change.com/ Contact Jo Ann at [email protected] John Voris is the current leader of AgilePhilly, the local user group in the Philadelphia area for Scrum, Kanban, and Lean Software. (www.AgilePhilly.com) His day job is working on financial applications for Crown Cork & Seal, an essential company with over 100 years of manufacturing food and beverage cans. Prior to Crown, John was an independent software consultant for 30+ years helping both small companies and Fortune 100 large companies with both applications and operating systems. Reach out on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/john-voris-7b20525 With more than 30 years in the information technology industry, Paul Laberge – CGI Director Consulting-Expert, has a wide range of experience providing IT project management. He enjoys coaching leaders in deploying business technology solutions. His experience in organizational change management spans many different lifecycles including transitions to Agile frameworks (RUP, XP, Scrum, SAFe, Nexxus, LeSS) and incorporating Lean (Kanban) methodologies. Reach out on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/paullaberge Susan Parente is a Principal Consultant at S3 Technologies, LLC and a University Professor at multiple Universities. Mrs. Parente is an author, mentor and professor focused on risk management, traditional and Agile project management. Her experience is augmented by her Masters in Engineering Management with a focus in Marketing of Technology from George Washington University, DC, along with a number of professional certifications. Ms. Parente has 23+ years' experience leading software and business development projects in the private and public sectors, including a decade of experience implementing IT projects for the DoD. Contact Susan at [email protected] Re-Read Saturday News This week we tackle Chapter 9 of Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition by Patterson, Grenny, McMillan, Switzler. The subtitle of this chapter is a fair summary of the ideas in the chapter: how to turn crucial conversations into action and results. Let's face it if you don't do anything with what you learn in a crucial conversation you are wasting a lot of value. Week 1 - Logistics, Forewards, and Preface - http://bit.ly/2wls1Mq Week 2 - Chapter 1: What's a crucial conversation? And who cares? - http://bit.ly/3a7Kivp Week 3 – Chapter 2: The Power of Dialogue – http://bit.ly/3aO4cMa Week 4 - Chapter 3: Start With Heart - http://bit.ly/2UbJizK Week 5 - Learn To Look - https://bit.ly/3djnnPX Week 6 - Make It Safe - https://bit.ly/39p4Xu4 Week 7 - Master my Stories - https://bit.ly/2V1DJUZ Week 8 - State My Path - https://bit.ly/2XtqTSr Week 9 - Explore Others' Paths - https://bit.ly/2ViOGD5 Week 10 - Move to Action - https://bit.ly/2y1ddUb We are starting the poll for the next book in the re-read series. Crucial Conversations has two more chapters and an afterword left which means we have approximately three weeks to choose what we will read next. I am going to try something a little different this time by focusing on books I've read in late 2019 early 2020 and that I carry around with me when I am working. One exception is the inclusion of the runner up from our last poll. If you do not have a copy or have tossed it at someone during a crucial conversation, it is time to buy a copy. Please use the link https://amzn.to/34RuZ6V (using the link helps support the blog and podcast). Next SPaMCAST SPaMCAST 598 will feature our essay titled Recognizing A Toxic Meeting Culture. Just because you are meeting remotely doesn't mean meeting culture has been reset. We will also return to the QA Corner with Jeremy Berriault.

The SPaMCAST 596 features our interview with Tom Henricksen. Tom brings the industry the DevOps and the Agile Online Summits and is an active thought leader in the agile community. We talked about how events like his Summits foster learning and sharpening the saw. Tom suggests that tuning your skills and capabilities has never been more important as the economy struggles to get going again. Web: https://www.devopsonlinesummit.com/2020 Web: myitcareercoach.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomhenricksen/ Twitter: @TomHenricksen Re-Read Saturday News This week we tackle Chapter 8 of Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition by Patterson, Grenny, McMillan, Switzler. Arguably the feel of this re-read to date has had a bit of book report feel. Since this is a first read of the book for me, consuming what I have read has tended to be a reflection of how I process concepts. We have approximately 3 weeks left, do you have ideas for the next book? Chapter 8 builds on Chapter 5's message of establishing safety during a dialogue by adding a new step: exploring the other's path of action. A quote that hooked me on the chapter was "You will never work through your differences until all parties freely add to the pool of meaning." Week 1 - Logistics, Forewards, and Preface - http://bit.ly/2wls1Mq Week 2 - Chapter 1: What's a crucial conversation? And who cares? - http://bit.ly/3a7Kivp Week 3 – Chapter 2: The Power of Dialogue – http://bit.ly/3aO4cMa Week 4 - Chapter 3: Start With Heart - http://bit.ly/2UbJizK Week 5 - Learn To Look - https://bit.ly/3djnnPX Week 6 - Make It Safe - https://bit.ly/39p4Xu4 Week 7 - Master my Stories - https://bit.ly/2V1DJUZ Week 8 - State My Path - https://bit.ly/2XtqTSr Week 9 - Explore Others' Paths - https://bit.ly/2ViOGD5 If you do not have a copy or have tossed it at someone during a crucial conversation, it is time to buy a copy. Please use the link https://amzn.to/34RuZ6V (using the link helps support the blog and podcast). Upcoming Events (ALL ONLINE) DevOps Online Summit 2020 April 20 - 24 Registration is open at https://www.devopsonlinesummit.com/2020 IdeaFest April 21 and 22, 2020 Registration is open at http://ideafest2020.org/ Listen to the Promo after the interview or standalone in the feed! Next SPaMCAST The SPaMCAST 597 will feature a special panel of practitioners and experts to discuss working from home now and after the initial reaction to COVID-19 wears off. The panel was comprised of Paul Laberge, Susan Parente, John Voris, and Jo Ann Sweeney.

Join us to hear great ideas from industry leaders while they share their stories about CMMC, Agile, Transformation, Culture, CMMI V2.0, High Performance, and more! All from the comfort of your couch! Attendance is limited to 100 people, so register today - only $99! Keynote: Ty Schieber, Chairman CMMC Accreditation Body Keynote: Jim Bouchard, The Sensei Leader 16 of your favorite speakers throughout the day - live and virtual! http://www.ideafest2020.org/