Software Process And Measurement Cast

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 236! SPaMCAST 236 feature my interview with  Peter Taylor, Ron Rosenhead and Vicki James's we discussed their new book, Strategies for Project Sponsorship.  Sponsors are not necessarily born to the role and unless we want to take pot luck we better understand what makes a good sponsor.  Vicki James, PMP, CBAP (Seattle, WA, USA)http://www.project-pro.us  Vicki is passionate about learning and sharing best practices in project management and business analysis. Certified in both project management (Project Management Professional certification from the Project Management Institute since 2005) and business analysis (Certified Business Analysis Professional from the International Institute of  Business Analysis in since 2010) provides a broad view to support project governance and processes. Vicki spent 11-years in the public sector successfully delivering projects to support governmental operations. Today she provides private consulting to government and privat

Welecome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 235 Over the past seven years at the end of every interview I have asked "what two issues would you fix and why" or some close variant of that question.  In that question each of my interviewees has left thier own mark on how I think about software process and measurement.  This week I am continuing with a walk down memory lane with three of the most popular segments from 2010. In SPaMCASTSPaMCAST 85 - Cory Foy, Agile Coaching, Collaboration Part 1SPaMCAST 92 - Reinertsen, Product Development FlowSPaMCAST 94 - Ivar Jacobson, SEMAT Part 1 I have also included an entry from the Daily Process Thoughts titled "Grief?"   Daily Process Thoughts: Grief? , February 7, 2013 In the States it has become fairly common to find an impromptu memorial where a major traffic accident has occurred. I recently on a hike ran across a memorial to someone’s favorite dog. It has become easy and acceptable to memorialize loss. Kubler-Ross in her book “On Death and Dying” identifie

Welecome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 234 Over the past seven years at the end of every interview I have asked "what two issues would you fix and why" or some close variant of that question.  In that question each of my interviewees has left thier own mark on how I think about software process and measurement.  This week I am continuing with a walk down memory lane with three of the most popular segments from 2011 SPaMCAST 136 - Ginger Levin and LeRoy Ward, Program Management ComplexitySPaMCAST 158 - Peter Taylor, The Lazy Project ManagerSPaMCAST 138 - Jo Ann Sweeney, Communication I have also included an entry from the Daily Process Thoughts titled "Perception."   Daily Process Thoughts: Perception, January 25, 2013 A few months ago I arrived at a conference in Chicago a few hours early and spent the afternoon wandering around the downtown area.  I love Chicago!  There are always new things to see and do.  Regardless of my mission, I always try to make time to see the Cloud Gate (the metal be

Welecome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 233 Over the past seven years at the end of every interview I have asked "what two issues would you fix and why" or some close variant of that question.  In that question each of my interviewees has left thier own mark on how I think about software process and measurment.  Over the next three weeks I am going to share three of the most popular responses from each of the last three years.   Today we begin with three segments from 2012 SPaMCAST 202 - David Marquet, Turn the Ship Around!, Agile and TesTrek PreviewsSPaMCAST 180 - Johanna Rothman, Transparency and TrustSPaMCAST 200 - Gottesdiener, Gorman, Discover to Deliver, Agile Product Planning I have also included an entry from the Daily Process Thoughts titled "Transatlantic Crossing."  Daily Process Thoughts: Transatlantic Crossing, January 30, 2013 Last year my wife took a transatlantic cruise on the Queen Mary II (Southampton to New York City) with her cousin. The crossing was made on the 100th anniver

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 232 The Software Process and Measurement Cast 232 features a column for Kim Pries titled "Introduction To Scrum Planning." The column is based on Kim's experience in both hardware and software.   Contact Kim at http://ow.ly/jOzvK  I have also included audio versions of three Daily Process Thoughts on planning. The format of the Software Process and Measurement Cast will be a little different through show 236.  My intent is to provide a bit of new content combined with some special highlights from years one through six.  I will be on vacation in China or recovering.  SPaMCAST listeners in China shoot me an email and perhaps we can have a listeners meet up.   Daily Process Thoughts: Birthdays, March 27, 2013 Every project has a birthday, whether it is every two weeks or every month. It is an opportunity to remember that we are one step closer to our final goal. The calendar is the most important measuring stick used to gauge progress on any project. Regardles

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 231   The Software Process and Measurement Cast 231 features an entry in the Metrics Minute.  In the SPaMCAST 231 we tackle burden rate. Burden rate is the tax paid for not having perfect engineering practices. Perfection is ruined by many factors including miscommunication, mistakes, poor processes or management overhead.  Daily Process Thoughts! Many of you visit or have subscribed to the Daily Process Thoughts. Others of you have not been introduced yet. The Daily Process Thought is delivering a quick daily idea, thought or simple smile to help you become a better change agent. I am including one of my favorite entries after the essay, to whet your whistle so to speak. Check it out at www.tcagley.wordpress.com. The entry I have included is titled, A Map Is Not Enough! for March 6, 2013. Shameless Ad for my book!  Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 230    The Software Process and Measurement Cast 230 feature my interview with Alex Papadimoulis.  We discussed continuous delivery and Dev Ops just to mention a few topics.  Great interview on really important topics. Alex is speaker and writer who's passionate about looking beyond the code to build great software. In addition to founding Inedo – the makers of BuildMaster, the popular DevOps platform – Alex also started The Daily WTF, a fun site dedicated to building software the wrong way. You can also find Alex on Twitter as @apapadimoulis. Daily Process Thoughts! Many of you visit or have subscribed to the Daily Process Thoughts. Others of you have not been introduced yet. The Daily Process Thought is delivering a quick daily idea, thought or simple smile to help you become a better change agent. I am including one of my favorite entries after the essay, to whet your whistle so to speak. Check it out at www.tcagley.wordpress.com. The entry I have inclu

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 229!    The Software Process and Measurement Cast 229 features my essay titled, Act or Be Acted Upon, Revisited.Stephen Covey's book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People has resonated with me across the years. The single most important principle for me has been “act or be acted upon”. I have thought a lot about that principle this week.  Daily Process Thoughts! Many of you visit or have subscribed to the Daily Process Thoughts. Others of you have not been introduced yet. The Daily Process Thought is delivering a quick daily idea, thought or simple smile to help you become a better change agent. I am including one of my favorite entries after the essay, to whet your whistle so to speak. Check it out at www.tcagley.wordpress.com. The entry I have included is titled, A Map Is Not Enough! for March 6, 2013. Shameless Ad for my book!  Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 228 The Software Process and Measurement Cast 228 features my interview with Charles Araujo.  We discussed his great new book, The Quantum Age of IT.  The interview and book is about change and how the coming change in IT will affect us all! Charles Araujo is the founder and CEO of The IT Transformation Institute and author of the book The Quantum Age of IT: Why Everything You Know About IT is About to Change. He is a recognized leader and expert in the areas of IT transformation and IT organizational change, is presently at work on two new books and is the creator of DeepRoots, an organizational change methodology designed for IT teams. He speaks and writes frequently on a wide range of subjects related to his vision of the future of IT. He serves on the boards of itSMF USA and The Executive Next Practices Institute, is a regular contributor to CIO Insight Magazine and has been quoted in or published in magazines, blogs and websites including ZDNet, IT Bus

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 227    I am continuing and concluding my essay, "Under Performing Agile?" Part two of the essay tackles the process and contract scenarios that cause issues with Agile implementations.  The punch line of the essay is . . . Is your Agile under-performing? Who cares if you are not going to fix it! You can listen to Part One on SPaMCAST 225 or read the essay by clicking this link Daily Process Thoughts! Have you checked out Daily Process Thoughts? Daily Process Thoughts is my project designed to deliver a quick daily idea, thought or simple smile to help you become a better change agent. The goal is to deliver every day; rain or shine, in sickness or in health or for better or worse! Check it out at www.tcagley.wordpress.com.   Have you checked out Daily Process Thoughts?  Daily Process Thoughts is delivering a quick daily idea, thought or simple smile to help you become a better change agent.  Check it out at www.tcagley.wordpress.com.  Shameless Ad for my

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 226!    The Software Process and Measurement Cast 226 features my interview with John Hunter.  We talked about his new book Management Matters: Building Enterprise Capability.  A great interview with someone who has an amazing perspective on the world!  Jo Ann Sweeney also stopped in to talk about the Worth Working Summit  . . . I was one of the speakers and higly recommend checking it out! John Hunter combines technology with management expertise to improve the performance of organizations. He has served as an information technology program manager for the American Society for Engineering Education, the Office of Secretary of Defense Quality Management Office and the White House Military Office. In 2013, he published his first book - Management Matters: Building Enterprise Capability. John currently lives in Malaysia and serves as a senior facilitator for The W. Edwards Deming Institute and a senior consultant for Hexawise.  He also write blogs for both of

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 225!    The Software Process and Measurement Cast 225 features part one of my essay titled "Under-performing Agile." The essay begins: Agile is not a panacea. Regardless of methodology, technique or framework; delivery is not assured. Realistically just about anything can happen in the world we practice our profession. Tomorrow a storm could interrupt operations; another project of greater value might catch management’s eye changing the resources or staffing available for the project...  Have you checked out Daily Process Thoughts?  Daily Process Thoughts is delivering a quick daily idea, thought or simple smile to help you become a better change agent.  Check it out at www.tcagley.wordpress.com.  Shameless Ad for my book!  Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove th

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 224!    The Software Process and Measurement Cast 224 features my interview with Michael Burrows.  We talked Kanban and  his blog entry on the values of Kanban titled, "Introducing Kanban Through Its Values." Mike's Bio . . .Mike is a consultant and coach to management teams, an Accredited Kanban Trainer, and a member of Lean Kanban University's management board. He has led development teams and larger IT functions for much of his career, working in the aerospace, software tools, finance and energy sectors. He first connected with the Kanban community by sharing his experiences leading one of the first Kanban implementations in Central Europe. Contact Mike at  . . .Email:  mjb@asplake.co.ukWeb:  http://positiveincline.comTwitter:  http://twitter.com/asplakeLinkedin:  http://www.linkedin.com/in/asplake Remember to checked out Daily Process Thoughts!  Daily Process Thoughts is delivering a quick daily idea, thought or simple smile to help you become a better

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 223!    The Software Process and Measurement Cast 223 features my essay on Benchmarking Agile. The essay begins: Benchmarking is the search for answers and perhaps if we get very excited, we might say the truth. Benchmarking any project or organization takes time, effort and focus to accomplish. In most cases we expend the effort to measure and benchmark so that we can improve the overall system or organization rather than any single project. SPaMCAST 223 marks the beginning of columns by Kim Pries.  Kim is a teacher, author, polymath, phenomenologist, problem-solver living Texas. In this column Kim talks about improving testing. The audio is not perfect howver the content is great and we are working on the the technical issues.  Check out Kim's LinkedIn page. Have you checked out Daily Process Thoughts?  Daily Process Thoughts is delivering a quick daily idea, thought or simple smile to help you become a better change agent.  Check it out at www.tcagley.wo

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 222 and Year Seven!    The Software Process and Measurement Cast 221 features an interview with Will McKnight. Will was my first interview all the way back on SPaMCAST 1, check it out, and has graciously come back to the Software Process and Measurement Cast to kickoff Year Seven with a discussion of the CMMI as a refrence model.  Will reminds us that the CMMI if used correctly adds value. We also argued over the phrase "best practices!" Will McKnight is the founder and President of Next Level Consultants, a SEI (CMMI) Partner providing process improvement, project management, and organizational change management services to the software development community.   Will is a software development and process improvement specialist with experience in improvement programs in multi-national settings, in a wide range of organization sizes, styles, and types of software development methodologies.  SEI Certified CMMI Lead Appraiser that has performed numerous apprais

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 221!    The Software Process and Measurement Cast 221 features Part Two of my essay on Agile and Risk Management. Let's add some techniques to the mix!   The SPaMCAST 221 marks the end of Year Six! It has been a great year!  Next week begins Year 7. I also want to point out a new project I have begun, Daily Process Thoughts.  Daily Process Thoughts will deliver a quick daily idea, thought or simple smile to help you become a better change agent.  Check it out at www.tcagley.wordpress.com.   Shameless Ad for my book!  Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." NOW AVAILABLE IN CHINESE!  Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement Cast Email:

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 220!    The Software Process and Measurement Cast 220 features an interview with Stephen Parry.  Our interview was far ranging covering adaptive thinking, command and control management and MUCH, MUCH more! Stephen's Bio . . .Stephen Parry is an organisational designer, international leader and strategist on the creation of service enterprises that are adaptive, innovative and engaging. He has a world-class reputation for passionate leadership and creating global organisations with superior service climates by changing the way employees, managers and leaders think about the business. He developed the Sense and Respond 3.0 principles and methods to bring about customer, employee, management and leadership b  ehavioural change and organisational development.  He is the author of Sense and Respond: The Journey to Customer Purpose (Palgrave), a highly regarded book written as a follow-up to his award-winning organisational transformations.  His change work was

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 219!    The Software Process and Measurement Cast 219 features an essay I have title Agile and Risk Management.The essay begins:  Has the adoption of Agile techniques magically erased risk from software projects?  Or have we just changed the project environment so that we have changed the shape mechanism and timing of how we recognize and manage risk?  Or more frighteningly, might by changing the project environment by poorly adopting Agile techniques we might trick ourselves into thinking that risk has been abolished. Shameless Ad for my book!  Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." NOW AVAILABLE IN CHINESE!  Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Proces

It is Sunday December 29th, 2012 and the Software Process and Measurement Cast 218 features my interview with Bob Galen.  We talked agile, agile charters, prodcut owners and beginning agile projects WELL! Bob Galen is an Agile Methodologist, Practitioner & Coach based in Cary, NC. In this role he helps guide companies and teams in their pragmatic adoption and organizational shift towards Scrum and other Agile methods and practices. He is currently President & Principal Consultant at RGCG, LLC. He is also Director of Agile Solutions for Zenergy Technologies where he applies his experience helping clients accelerate their agile adoption. Bob regularly speaks at international conferences and professional groups on topics related to software development, project management, software testing and team leadership. He is a Certified Scrum Coach (CSC), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), and an active member of the Agile Alliance & Scrum Alliance. In 2009 he published the book here.  Also we discussed Bo

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 217!    The Software Process and Measurement Cast 217 features an entry from the Metrics Minute.  The entry is on Automated Test Cases Passed.  A listener, Tor Skude, requesed we deal with this metric.  Remember that there is a page at www.tcagley.wordpress.com with links to all of the Metrics Minute Entries. Have a great holiday season!   Shameless Ad for my book!  Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." NOW AVAILABLE IN CHINESE!  Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement CastEmail:  spamcastinfo@gmail.comVoicemail:              +1-206-888-6111      Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook:  http://bit.ly/16f