Show 61 concludes a two part interview with Phil Stubbington.  We discussed how to fix troubled projects.  The interview chocked full of useful ideas for dealing with issues that if not taken care of that could be career limiting.

Phil is a 42 year old highly reliable and trustworthy PROGRAMME DIRECTOR / MANAGER with an exceptional delivery track record.  His most recent experience gained at DHL, EXEL, DELL, ORANGE BUSINESS SERVICES and RANK XEROX.

Phil is very much a self starter, he is a constant improver with a strong client/customer centred approach who over delivers to measurably world class performance levels.

He excels as a troubleshooter, he is a charismatic and motivational leader with great communication skills, is flexible, very approachable and says it “as it is”.  Equally comfortable and successful dealing with clients and team members at all levels including CxOs.

Contact information:
Email: philip.stubbington@ntlworld.com
Website: http://www.twygrove.net/

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The essay is titled “Using Functional Metrics in Agile Estimation, Part 1".  In the essay we begin exploring how to synthesize different methodologies and frameworks to create a process that is better than the sum of its parts and get better estimates to boot.

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Next Software Process and Measurement Cast:
The next Software Process and Measurement Cast is an interview with Tom Graves.  We discussed architecture and how architecture affects every part of the organization.  Very powerful stuff.

Show 59 begins a two part interview with Phil Stubbington.  We discussed how to fix troubled projects.  The interview chocked full of useful ideas for dealing with issues that if not taken care of that could be career limiting.

Phil is a 42 year old highly reliable and trustworthy PROGRAMME DIRECTOR / MANAGER with an exceptional delivery track record.  His most recent experience gained at DHL, EXEL, DELL, ORANGE BUSINESS SERVICES and RANK XEROX.

Phil is very much a self starter, he is a constant improver with a strong client/customer centred approach who over delivers to measurably world class performance levels.

He excels as a troubleshooter, he is a charismatic and motivational leader with great communication skills, is flexible, very approachable and says it “as it is”.  Equally comfortable and successful dealing with clients and team members at all levels including CxOs.

Contact information:
Email: philip.stubbington@ntlworld.com
Website: http://www.twygrove.net/

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The essay is titled “Models, Models Everywhere”.  The proliferation of models, tools and frameworks leaves me asking the question what is the goal you are attempting to achieve with your particular witches brew or models you are using? If you don’t know, you should.

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Next Software Process and Measurement Cast:
The next Software Process and Measurement Cast will begin an interview with Medha Umarji.  We discussed her work on gauging metrics acceptance using a Metrics Acceptance Model she developed. Medha is a PhD candidate in the Dept. of Information Systems at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

SPaMCAST 23 - Rothman, Project Management , Traceability

** I believe I am back on track since the motherboard failure.  We should be back on track for delivering your favorite process improvement and measurement content every other week! **

 

Show 23 features an interview with Johanna Rothman.  The interview is titled, “Project Management in the Post Waterfall World".  While the title is a bit fanciful I would suggest that the ideas espoused are very powerful and pertinent to how work is done and managed. 

 

Johanna Rothman consults, speaks, and writes on managing high-technology product development. She assists managers, teams, and organizations to become more effective by applying her pragmatic approaches to the issues of project management, risk management, and people management. She’s helped Engineering organizations, IT organizations, and startups hire technical people, manage projects, and release successful products faster.

 

Johanna is the author of Manage It! Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project Management, the coauthor (with Esther Derby) of Behind Closed Doors, Secrets of Great Management, and the author of Hiring the Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds: The Secrets and Science of Hiring Technical People. Johanna is a host and session leader at the Amplifying Your Effectiveness (AYE) conference.

 

The AYE site is http://www.ayeconference.com

 

Here are the links to Joanna’s books and blogs:

 

Manage It! Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project Management: <http://www.pragprog.com/titles/jrpm> 

 

Behind Closed Doors: Secrets of Great Management: <http://www.pragprog.com/titles/rdbcd> 

 

Hiring The Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds: The Secrets & Science of Hiring Technical People: <http://www.dorsethouse.com/books/hire.html> 

 

Hiring Technical People blog <http://www.jrothman.com/blog/htp>  

Managing Product Development blog <http://www.jrothman.com/blog/mpd> 

 

The essay is titled is the synopsis of “Traceability:  A Radical Approach Based on User Involvement." I am excited as I have finally completed the essay and I think it adds a lot to the discussion of traceability and tailoring.   I will push entire document out on the SPaMCAST feed later this week.   The text of the synopsis can be found at www.tcagley.wordpress.com.  Comments and corrections are welcome.

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Future Events and the next . . .

I have a couple of free webinars coming up in early 2008.  The first is “Getting Performance Improvement Out of Your Software Process Improvement" on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

And the second is titled “A Cost Effective Approach to Enterprise Wide Software Process Improvement" May 22nd, 2008 at 10:00 am - 11:30 am Eastern Time

More information and registration information can be found at http://www.itmpi.org/webinars/

Next Software Process and Measurement Cast:

The next Software Process and Measurement Cast features an interview with Marilyn Edelson of IT Decisions Coaching (ITDC).  We will be discussing unlocking the door of success via coach, mentoring and goals just in time to plan the New Year