Process and Product Qualtiy Assurance is a critcal process area within the CMMI.  It is the leading economic indicator of success when assessing whether process change will be successful.  Successful implementation requires that you understand your orgnaizations culture.

Show One features an interview with Will McKnight (pictured) of Next Level Consultants.  Next Level Consultants can be found at: www.nextlevelconsultants.com

You can contact Mr. McKnight at info@nextlevelconsultants.com

Comments on the podcast and SPaMcast can be emailed to spamcastinfo@gmail.com.

Rough versions of the essay and other working articles can be found at tcagley@wordpress.com

 <a href="http://www.podcastalley.com/"> My Podcast Alley feed!</a> {pca-66dd681d07991ed3b86a108fd6b15024}

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast, SPaMCAST,  Show ZERO!  Show Zero is being releasing to activate the RSS feeds, iron out the bugs, teach the podcaster the software and to prime your expectations. 

The cast will typically follow a format that begins with a commentary or essay followed by an interview and listener comments.  The interviews will address the wide range of software process improvement or measurement topics.  The list of topics and interviews that are currently scheduled include:

Process and Product Quality Assurance

Estimation

Software measurement

Function Points

Other Functional Metrics

Outsourcing the Measurement Process

Overall the cast is intended to last approximately 20 – 30 minutes and to be produced every two weeks.

Tom Cagley

spamcastinfo@gmail.com