Sun, 16 November 2008  Show Forty Six begins another two part interview with Ellen Gottesdiener on agile requirements, facilitation and other topics. Ellen is the principle consultant and founder of EBG Consulting, an author, a public speaker and all around pundit. Part two will be included in SPaMCAST 48. Ellen is the Principal Consultant of EBG Consulting, Ellen and EBG help business and technical teams get product requirements right so their projects start smart and deliver the right product at the right time. She is an agile coach and trainer with a passion about agile requirements, she works with large, complex products and helps teams elicit just enough requirements to achieve iteration and product goals. Ellen is the author of Requirements by Collaboration: Workshops for Defining Needs and The Software Requirements Memory Jogger. Ellen writes articles, speaks, advises at industry conferences, and provides training seminars and mentoring to both traditional and agile clients. Contact information: Web Site: http://www.ebgconsulting.com/ Email: ellen@ebgconsulting.com Check out SPaMCAST's Facebook page and get involved!!!! http://tinyurl.com/62z5el The essay is titled "Does the End Justify the Means.” The essay wrestles with thoughts on whether you should use any means possible to promote our ideas or process improvements. If you do not want of listen, my opinion is that the journey is important. There are a number of ways to share your thoughts with SPaMCAST: • Email SPaMCAST at spamcastinfo@gmail.com • Voice messages can be left at 1-206-888-6111 • Twitter - www.twitter.com/tcagley • BLOG - www.tcagley.wordpress.com • FACEBOOK!!!! Software Process and Measurement http://tinyurl.com/62z5el Next Software Process and Measurement Cast: The next Software Process and Measurement Cast will feature an interview with Robin Goldsmith on requirements and testing. Robin"s interview is another two parter! Requirements have been a vexing problem for Information Technology since dirt was young. Can you afford to miss Robin's exposition on REAL requirements? Direct download: SPaMCAST_46_Gottesdiener_Agile_Requirements_The_Journey.mp3 Category: Agile -- posted at: 5:00 PM Comments[0] |
Sun, 2 November 2008 The interview in the Software Process and Measurement Cast 45 features part two of the interview with Mike Cohn. Mike is the man when it come to Story Points and agile estimation. Mike Cohn is the founder of Mountain Goat Software, a process and project management consultancy and training firm. He is the author of Agile Estimating and Planning and User Stories Applied for Agile Software Development, as well as books on Java and C++ programming. With more than 20 years of experience, Mike has previously been a technology executive in companies of various sizes, from startup to Fortune 40. A frequent magazine contributor and conference speaker, Mike is a founding member of the Scrum Alliance and the Agile Alliance. He can be reached at mike@mountaingoatsoftware.com. Contact information: Web Site: http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/ Email: mike@mountaingoatsoftware.com Check out SPaMCAST’s Facebook page and get involved!!!! http://tinyurl.com/62z5el We have a guest essay on SPaMCAST 45. The essay is an open letter from Gary Cone to Senators Obama and McCain on process improvement. Guest essay reflects the opinions of Gary Cone and may or may not reflect the opinion of SPaMCAST or its editor. Please feel free to respond to Gary at Gary.Cone@gpsqtc.com or (586)412-9609. In my opinion process improvement is good politics regardless of political affiliation or lack thereof. There are a number of ways to share your thoughts with SPaMCAST: • Email SPaMCAST at spamcastinfo@gmail.com • Voice messages can be left at 1-206-888-6111 • Twitter – www.twitter.com/tcagley • BLOG – www.tcagley.wordpress.com • FACEBOOK!!!! Software Process and Measurement http://tinyurl.com/62z5el Next Software Process and Measurement Cast: The next Software Process and Measurement Cast will feature an interview with Ellen Gottesdiener. Can you say agile requirements? Direct download: SPaMCAST_45_Cohn_Agile_Estimation_Guest_Essay_Corrected.mp3 Category: Agile -- posted at: 5:00 PM Comments[0] |
Sun, 19 October 2008  Book information: Springer (Publisher) has full info about the book incl. Table of contents and free chapter 2 as well as reviews by Peter Hill and Capers Jones: Available at www.springer.com/978-3-540-68187-8 Contact information: Email: manfred.bundschuh@netcologne.de Check out SPaMCAST's Facebook page and get involved!!!! http://tinyurl.com/62z5el The essay for this cast is titled "The Fine Line” in which I ask you fine line between overhead to meet real information needs and overhead that saps efficiency There are a number of ways to share your thoughts with SPaMCAST: * Email SPaMCAST at spamcastinfo@gmail.com * Voice messages can be left at 1-206-888-6111 * Twitter - www.twitter.com/tcagley * BLOG - www.tcagley.wordpress.com * FACEBOOK!!!! Software Process and Measurement http://tinyurl.com/62z5el Next Software Process and Measurement Cast: The next Software Process and Measurement Cast will feature part two of my interview with Mike Cohn on agile estimation. Direct download: SPaMCAST_44_-_Manfred_Bundschuh_IT_Metrics_Compendium_The_Thin_Line.mp3 Category: Measurement -- posted at: 5:00 PM Comments[0] |
Sun, 5 October 2008 The interview in the Software Process and Measurement Cast 43 features the first part of a two part interview the
Mike Cohn. Mike is the man when it comes to Story Points and agile estimation. Part two will be included in
SPaMCAST 45. Mike Cohn is the founder of Mountain Goat Software, a process and project management consultancy and training firm. He is the author of Agile Estimating and Planning and User Stories Applied for Agile Software Development, as well as books on Java and C++ programming. With more than 20 years of experience, Mike has previously been a technology executive in companies of various sizes, from startup to Fortune 40. A frequent magazine contributor and conference speaker, Mike is a founding member of the Scrum Alliance and the Agile Alliance. He can be reached at mike@mountaingoatsoftware.com. Contact information: Web Site: http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/ Email: mike@mountaingoatsoftware.com Check out SPaMCAST’s Facebook page and get involved!!!! http://tinyurl.com/62z5el The essay is titled “Who’s Career Is It Anyway?” The essay challenges you to think of yourself as your own brand and to take control of maintaining your brand and career. There are a number of ways to share your thoughts with SPaMCAST: • Email SPaMCAST at spamcastinfo@gmail.com • Voice messages can be left at 1-206-888-6111 • Twitter – www.twitter.com/tcagley • BLOG – www.tcagley.wordpress.com • FACEBOOK!!!! Software Process and Measurement http://tinyurl.com/62z5el The essay for the software process and measurement cast 43 is titled “Compound the Interest in Process Improvement”. I am back on the soapbox touting the relationship between successful process improvement and marketing. Future Events and the next Cast. . . I will be speaking at the Northeast Quality Council 57th Conference. The conference is scheduled for October 14 – 15 , 2008 in Marlborough, Massachusetts at Best Western Royal Plaza. The presentation is titled “One Size Fits . . . Someone Other Than Me”. Information can be found at http://www.neqc.org/conference. Next Software Process and Measurement Cast: The next Software Process and Measurement Cast will feature an interview with Manfred Bundschuh. Manfred and Carol Dekkers have just published their book “The IT Measurement Compendium”. One of the topics we explored was the link between sociology and measurement. If you measure don’t be caught without your ruler for this interview. Direct download: SPaMCAST_43_-_Mike_Cohn_Agile_Estimation_Part1_Interest.mp3 Category: Agile -- posted at: 5:00 PM Comments[0] |
Sun, 21 September 2008  Show Forty Two features an interview with Dr. Magdy Hanna. Dr Hanna leads both the "International Institute for Software Testing” and “International Institute for Software Process”. We discussed the new Certified Software Process Improvement Professional certification and certification in general. . Dr. Hanna is a recognized educator, speaker and consultant in several areas of software engineering. His distinguished seminars on various topics have been highly rated by software professionals. Dr. Hanna's experience with software goes back to the mid 1970's when he worked as a developer at the NCR center in Cairo , Egypt . Over the last thirty years, Dr. Hanna has worked in all aspects of software projects and processes in all capacities. Dr. Hanna is the founder, CEO and Chairman of the International Institute for Software Testing, ( www.iist.org ) the leading educational and professional development organization that provides education-based certifications to software test and quality professionals around the world. Dr. Hanna is the founder and Chairperson of the International Conference on Practical Software Quality and Testing, ( www.PSQTconference.com ) and founder and Chairperson of the International Conference on Software Process Improvement, ( www.icspi.com ). Contact information: Web Site: http://www.icspi.com/ Email: mhanna@iist.org Check out SPaMCAST's New Facebook page!!!! http://tinyurl.com/62z5el The essay for the software process and measurement cast 42 is a mini metacast where I answer the question just who the do I think I am and why am I doing this at all. I also have a few announcements about my podcasting future (and it has nothing to do with fading).. There are a number of ways to share your thoughts with SPaMCAST: * Email SPaMCAST at spamcastinfo@gmail.com * Voice messages can be left at 1-206-888-6111 * Twitter - www.twitter.com/tcagley * BLOG – www.tcagley.wordpress.com * FACEBOOK!!!! Software Process and Measurement http://tinyurl.com/62z5el Future Events and the next Cast. . . I am speaking at Quest Toronto 2008 Conference, September 22- 26, 2008, at the Hilton Hotel in Toronto, Canada. I will be presenting “Good Numbers Go Bad” on Wed Sept 24th from 1:30 - 2:30 pm and also joining in as a subject matter expert in the end of day solutions workshop. Information can be found at http://www.qaiquest.org/toronto/ Finally I will be speaking at the Northeast Quality Council 57th Conference. The conference is scheduled for October 14 – 15 , 2008 in Marlborough, Massachusetts at Best Western Royal Plaza. The presentation is titled “One Size Fits . . .Someone Other Than Me”. Information can be found at http://www.neqc.org/conference. Next Software Process and Measurement Cast: The next Software Process and Measurement Cast will feature an interview with Mike Cohn. Direct download: SPaMCAST_42__Magdy_Hanna_ICSPI_Certification_Mini_Metacast.mp3 Category: Certification -- posted at: 5:00 PM Comments[0] |
Sun, 7 September 2008 Show Forty One features an interview with Ken Schwaber. We discussed SCRUM and organizational change. OK, maybe discussion is a weak term, I asked questions and gathered wisdom from the SCRUM master. If you are interested in SCRUM specifically and agile in general this is a must listen important interview. Ken Schwaber co-developed the Scrum process with Jeff Sutherland in the early 1990s to help organizations struggling with complex development projects. One of the signatories to the Agile Manifesto in 2001, he subsequently founded the AgileAlliance, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the creation of Agile software. He then founded the ScrumAlliance, a nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding the understanding of Scrum. A 30-year veteran of the software development industry (from bottle washer to boss), he has written three books about Scrum: Agile Software Development with Scrum, Agile Project Management with Scrum, and The Enterprise and Scrum. Contact information: Web Site: http://www.controlchaos.com/ Email: ken.schwaber@verizon.net Check out SPaMCAST’s New Facebook page!!!! http://tinyurl.com/62z5el The essay for this cast is titled, “Is Project Management Changing?” The essay discusses how texting and instant messaging are reshaping the project environment. The reshaping is affecting the balance between detailed planning and instant coordination. There are a number of ways to share your thoughts with SPaMCAST: There are a number of ways to share your thoughts with SPaMCAST: • Email SPaMCAST at spamcastinfo@gmail.com • Voice messages can be left at 1-206-888-6111 • Twitter – www.twitter.com/tcagley • BLOG – www.tcagley.wordpress.com • FACEBOOK!!!! Software Process and Measurement http://tinyurl.com/62z5el Future Events and the next Cast. . . I will be speaking at IFPUG’s 3rd Annual ISMA Conference and Fall Workshops Sunday, September 14 – Friday, September 19, 2008 at the Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel information at www.ifpug.org. The presentation is call “Counting Facebook” and will be on Friday September 19, 2008 at 10:25 AM - 11:25 AM. I am speaking at Quest Toronto 2008 Conference, September 22- 26, 2008, at the Hilton Hotel in Toronto, Canada. I will be presenting “Good Numbers Go Bad” on Wed Sept 24th from 1:30 - 2:30 pm and also joining in as a subject matter expert in the end of day solutions workshop. Information can be found at http://www.qaiquest.org/toronto/ Finally I will be speaking at the Northeast Quality Council 57th Conference. The conference is scheduled for October 14 – 15 , 2008 in Marlborough, Massachusetts at Best Western Royal Plaza. The presentation is titled “One Size Fits . . .Someone Other Than Me”. Information can be found at http://www.neqc.org/conference. Next Software Process and Measurement Cast: The next Software Process and Measurement Cast will feature an interview with Dr. Magdy Hanna. We discussed the International Software Process Improvement Certification the new certification for SPI personnel specifically and certifications in general. If you are in the SPI field or hire people in the SPI field this one is a must. Direct download: SPaMCAST_41_-_Schwaber_SCRUM_Is_Project_Management_Changing.mp3 Category: Agile -- posted at: 4:44 PM Comments[0] |
Sun, 24 August 2008 Show Forty features an interview with Barbara Blake of Longview Associates. Barbara and I discussed executive coaching, improvement and change its myriad forms. If you are interested in your career or organizational change this is an important interview. Barbara Blake is founder of Longview Associates, LLC, an executive coaching and leadership development consulting practice. As a keen observer of organizational performance, Barbara is convinced that the key component to successful operations and objectives are the people in an organization. Barbara works with executives and entrepreneurs to take them to the next level of performance and interpersonal relations. They see results both at work and in their personal lives; they are energized, transformed and they achieve Barbara has held management positions in a consulting firm, a publishing company, and several financial services institutions. She has also been involved in the development of emerging leaders by managing training programs and teaching at the MBA level. She is a certified executive coach through the Penn State Executive Program, and a member of the Worldwide Association of Business Coaches. Contact
information: Check out
SPaMCAST’s New Facebook page!!!! The essay for this cast is titled, “Vitamins, Aspirin and Viagra”. The essay ruminates on why some changes are easier to sell and catch hold within organizations faster. We will conclude with information on a few upcoming conferences, comments from listeners and notes on upcoming casts. There are a number of ways to share your thoughts with SPaMCAST:
Future Events and the next Cast. . . I
will be speaking at IFPUG’s 3rd Annual ISMA Conference and Fall Workshops
Sunday, September 14 – Friday, September 19, 2008 at the Westin Arlington
Gateway Hotel information at www.ifpug.org. The presentation is call “Counting Facebook”
and will be on Friday September 19, 2008 at 10:25 AM - 11:25 AM. I am speaking at Quest Toronto 2008 Conference, September 22- 26, 2008, at the Hilton Hotel in Toronto, Canada. I will be presenting “Good Numbers Go Bad” on Wed Sept 24th from 1:30 - 2:30 pm and also joining in as a subject matter expert in the end of day solutions workshop. Information can be found at http://www.qaiquest.org/toronto/ Finally I will be speaking at the Northeast Quality Council 57th Conference. The conference is scheduled for October 14 – 15 , 2008 in Marlborough, Massachusetts at Best Western Royal Plaza. The presentation is titled “One Size Fits . . .Someone Other Than Me”. Information can be found at http://www.neqc.org/conference. Next Software Process and Measurement Cast: The next Software
Process and Measurement Cast will feature an interview with Ken Schwaber, Mr
SCRUM. If you use SCRUM or are
interested in Agile this is a must listen. Direct download: SPaMCAST_40_-_Blake_Executive_Coaching_Vitamins_Aspirin_and_Viagra__.mp3 Category: Coaching -- posted at: 6:41 PM Comments[2] |
Sun, 10 August 2008 
From Roo’s
website (and not what is on the cast . . .): I’ve
accepted the position of Portfolio Executive, Social Media at BBC Vision. What
that means is that I’ll be helping to define, develop and execute BBC
Vision’s strategy in relation to social media. Simon Nelson
gave a
speech in September 2007 about some of the progress made (and challenges
faced) by the BBC in regard to multiplatform (more discussion
about that here). That’s the backdrop to what I’m going there to help with.
No doubt I’ll talk more about the specifics in the coming weeks and months. Oh,
and I get to work with such cool people as Dan Taylor and Jo Twist. Contact
information: Rember to check out
SPaMCAST’s New Facebook page!!!! In the essay
segment in this cast we have three short pieces. The first is a book review of Subliminal
Persuasion by Dave Lakhani. The second
piece is a promo Pam Morris’s talk at the ISMA conference and finally we have a
promo for Mur Lafferty’s novel Playing for Keeps. We will conclude with information on a few
upcoming conferences, comments from listeners and notes on upcoming casts. There
are a number of ways to share your thoughts with SPaMCAST:
Future
Events and the next Cast. . . I
will be speaking at IFPUG’s 3rd Annual ISMA Conference and Fall Workshops
Sunday, September 14 – Friday, September 19, 2008 at the Westin Arlington
Gateway Hotel information at www.ifpug.org. The presentation is call “Counting Facebook”
and will be on Friday September 19, 2008 at 10:25 AM - 11:25 AM. I
am speaking at Quest Toronto 2008 Conference, September 22- 26, 2008, at the
Hilton Hotel in Toronto, Canada. I will
be presenting “Good Numbers Go Bad” on Wed Sept 24th from 1:30 - 2:30 pm and
also joining in as a subject matter expert in the end of day solutions
workshop. Information can be found at
http://www.qaiquest.org/toronto/ Finally
I will be speaking at the Northeast Quality Council 57th Conference. The conference is scheduled for October 14 –
15 , 2008 in Marlborough, Massachusetts at Best Western Royal Plaza. The presentation is titled “One Size Fits .
. .Someone Other Than Me”. Information
can be found at http://www.neqc.org/conference.
Next
Software Process and Measurement Cast: The next Software
Process and Measurement Cast will feature an interview with Barbara Blake of
Longview Associates. We discussed of
how, when and whether coaching can be used to improve efficiency. Is there a coach in your future? Maybe there should be! Direct download: SPaMCAST_39_-_Reynolds_Metaverses_Subliminal_Persuasion.mp3 Category: Collaboration -- posted at: 5:00 PM Comments[0] |
Sun, 27 July 2008 
Show 37 is my interview with
Ed Yourdon. We discussed Web 2.0 and
it’s impact on the software development worlds. I have titled the interview,
“Collaborate or Die!” A bit over the top
you say, well Denis Waitley once said, “on line or in the bread line." The people I was with thought that was a bit
over the top. He was right and I would
suggest the use of Web 2.0 tools is another watershed. Ed is a one of those rare
polymaths in the IT world. His bio from Wikipedia begins Edward Nash Yourdon
(born 1944) is a computer consultant, an author and lecturer, and a recognized
pioneer in the software engineering methodology of structured programming world. He is a graduate of MIT,
earning a BS in Mathematics in 1965. The December 1999 issue of Crosstalk:
The Journal of Defense Software Engineering named Yourdon one of the ten most
influential people in the software field. In June 1997, he was inducted into
the Computer Hall of Fame Yourdon is widely known as the lead developer of the Structured
Systems Analysis and Design Method (SSADM), as well as co-developer of the
Yourdon/Whitehead method of object-oriented analysis/design and the popular
Coad/Yourdon OO methodology of the late 1980s and 1990s. He has authored over 550
technical articles and authored or coauthored 26 computer books since 1967. He founded and
published American Programmer magazine (now titled Cutter IT Journal). He is
the author of the best-selling Decline and Fall of the
American Programmer. Mr. Yourdon currently serves
as an internationally-recognized expert witness and computer consultant who
specializes in project management, software engineering methodologies, and Web
2.0 development. I asked Ed how people could contact him and the part of
the response that struck me was, “I am online”.
Blog: www.yourdonreport.com You can also find Ed on Twitter (Yourdon), Plaxo and
other Web 2.0 social networks. The essay for this cast is
titled “Just How Badly Do You Want A Number?”
The essay challenges managers and project managers to think about that
initial estimate and the impact it might actually have. The text of the essay
can be found at www.tcagley.wordpress.com. Comments and suggestions are welcome. Check
out the SPaMCAST Facebook page. I wil be
posting information on which shows relates to which theme. For example Kenji’s recent interview, Scott
Amblers and Kent Becks all have an agile flavor. This will be a quick way to hit all of the
shows in a general thematic area. There are a number of ways to share your thoughts . .
Future
Events and the next . . . Conference
season is beginning! I
will be speaking at IFPUG’s 3rd Annual ISMA Conference and Fall Workshops
Sunday, September 14 – Friday, September 19, 2008 at the Westin Arlington
Gateway Hotel information at www.ifpug.org. The presentation is call “Counting Facebook”
and will be on Friday September 19, 2008 at 10:25 AM - 11:25 AM, I
am speaking at Quest Toronto 2008 Conference, September 22- 26, 2008, at the
Hilton Hotel in Toronto, Canada. I will
be presenting “Good Numbers Go Bad” on Wed Sept 24th from 1:30 - 2:30 pm and
also joining in as a subject matter expert in the end of day solutions
workshop. Information can be found at
http://www.qaiquest.org/toronto/ Finally
I will be speaking at the Northeast Quality Council 57th
Conference. The conference is scheduled
for October 14 – 15 , 2008 in Marlborough, Massachusetts at Best Western Royal
Plaza. The presentation is titled “One
Size Fits . . .Someone Other Than Me”.
Information can be found at http://www.neqc.org/conference.
Next Software Process and Measurement Cast: On the next
SPaMCAST we will feature an interview with Roo Reynolds of IBM. Roo is one of the leading forces in using
metaverses such as Second Life to rewrite how software development and collaboration
happen. In SPaMCAST 39 you are going to
see the future so do not miss it! 
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Sun, 13 July 2008  Show 37 is an interview with Kenji Hiranabe discussing using kanban in software development. According to WIKIPEDIA, “Kanban is a signaling system to trigger action which in Toyota Production System leverages physical cards as the signal”. In other words the signal is used to indicate when new tasks should start, and by inference, the status of current work. Kenji does a great job at explaining how the kanban can be used in system development.
Kenji Hiranabe, CEO of Change Vision, Inc (http://www.change-vision.com/index_en.html). Change Vision develops tools to help deliver effective projects. He is a Japanese software development consultant and book translator of Extreme Programming Installed, Lean Software Development, Agile Project Management, and other Agile books. He's also an author of JUDE, a UML and MindMap editor software and TRICHORD, a kanban based agile project management tool. He specializes in agile development, object-oriented software construction and project facilitation.
You can read his blog at http://jude-users.com/en/modules/weblog/index.php?user_id=5
Check out SPaMCAST’s New Facebook page!!!!
The essay for this cast is titled “Making Tangible The Intangible”. The essay for this cast reflects concepts espoused by Phil Armour in SPaMCAST 36 and Kenji Hiranabe in SPaMCAST 37 (the current cast for those of you reading this on my blog). The confluence of concepts that so moved me combines Kenji’s comments on the intangibility of both software and the processes and Phil’s on software as a container for knowledge. There are a number of ways to share your thoughts:
Future Events and the next . . . I will be speaking at IFPUG’s 3rd Annual ISMA Conference and Fall Workshops Sunday, September 14 – Friday, September 19, 2008 at the Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel information at www.ifpug.org. The presentation is call “Counting Facebook” and will be on Friday September 19, 2008 at 10:25 AM - 11:25 AM. I am speaking at Quest Toronto 2008 Conference, September 22- 26, 2008, at the Hilton Hotel in Toronto, Canada. I will be presenting “Good Numbers Go Bad” on Wed Sept 24th from 1:30 - 2:30 pm and also joining in as a subject matter expert in the end of day solutions workshop. Information can be found at http://www.qaiquest.org/toronto/
Finally I will be speaking at the Northeast Quality Council 57th Conference. The conference is scheduled for October 14 – 15 , 2008 in Marlborough, Massachusetts at Best Western Royal Plaza. The presentation is titled “One Size Fits . . .Someone Other Than Me”. Information can be found at http://www.neqc.org/conference.
Next Software Process and Measurement Cast:
On the next SPaMCAST we will feature an interview with Ed Yourdon discussing social media in the development process. Talking to Ed was jam packed with information on using social media to foster collaboration. If you don't know about how to use social media, its time to find out! Direct download: SPaMCAST_37_-_Kenji_Hiranabe_Kanban_Making_Tangible_The_Intangible.mp3 Category: Agile -- posted at: 11:17 PM Comments[1] |
Sun, 29 June 2008  Show 36 is part two of my interview with Phil Armour. The interview focused on estimation and just a bit of philosophy, powerful stuff that may change how you view estimation and the goal of software development. Phillip G. Armour is VP for Systems Development and a Senior Consultant at Corvus International Inc. Phil has been developing software for over thirty-five years. He has been a programmer, analyst, project manager, DBA, systems architect, process engineer, metrics engineer, consultant, and executive coach and has worked for organizations as diverse as United Airlines, Motorola, Argonne National Laboratory, General Dynamics, the IRS, the premier software consulting company in India, and the largest cellular service provider in Central West Africa. In the last fifteen years, Phil has personally taught software development techniques and management principles to over 20,000 developers, engineers, managers, and executives. Phil’s primary professional focus is currently in two related areas: software project estimation and software technical team development. Since 2000, Phil has been a contributing editor on ACM’s flagship magazine “Communications of the ACM” and writes a regular column entitled “The Business of Software” where he explores issues to do with the nature and challenges of modern software. He has been on the extended faculty at the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management and the Mendoza School of Business at the University of Notre Dame. Phil is also the author of “The Laws of Software Process” published by Auerbach in 2003. He is a member of ACM, IEEE, and the Project Management Institute. Telephone: (847)-438-1609
The essay for this cast is titled “Why Should You Care What Is Driving Change”. The essay is a reminder to process improvement personnel that to be effective you need to understand why you are making a change. I suggest that if you don’t understand the rationale for change, stop until you do. The text of the essay can be found at www.tcagley.wordpress.com. Comments and suggestions are welcome.
There are a number of ways to share your thoughts:
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Sun, 15 June 2008  Show 35 is my interview with Charlene Li, co-author of Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies. The use of social media is a fact of life, we are now challenged with how we take advantage of the possibilities.
Charlene Li, Vice President & Principal Analyst, primarily contributes to Forrester's offerings for the Interactive Marketing professional. She is one of the driving forces behind Forrester's Social Computing and Web 2.0 research, and examines how companies can use technologies like blogs, social networking, RSS, tagging, and widgets for marketing purposes. During her eight years at Forrester, Charlene has also led the marketing and media research team, and ran the San Francisco office. In her research, Charlene covers such marketing-related topics as consumer portals, search, and media site design. She also leverages her background in newspaper publishing and looks at online local media and online classifieds. In the past, she has also written about online advertising, online gaming, and media content strategies. She also contributes to her Groundswell blog and plans to publish a book by the same name in spring 2008. Website: http://blogs.forrester.com/charleneli/ The essay is for this show is an excerpt from my paper “When Good Numbers Go Bad: Mistakes”. The excerpt explores the impact of mistakes on metrics programs as the grace and speed in which programs recognize and recover from a mistake will determine the long-term prognosis of the program (assuming you don’t make the same mistake more than once or twice). If you are interested in a complete copy of the article please contact me at spamcastinfo@gmail.com. The text of the essay can be found at www.tcagley.wordpress.com. Comments and corrections are welcome. There are a number of ways to share your thoughts . .
Future Events and the next . . . Conference season is beginning! I will be speaking at IFPUG’s 3rd Annual ISMA Conference and Fall Workshops Sunday, September 14 – Friday, September 19, 2008 at the Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel information at www.ifpug.org. The presentation is call “Counting Facebook” and will be on Friday September 19, 2008 at 10:25 AM - 11:25 AM, I am speaking at Quest Toronto 2008 Conference, September 22- 26, 2008, at the Hilton Hotel in Toronto, Canada. I will be presenting “Good Numbers Go Bad” on Wed Sept 24th from 1:30 - 2:30 pm and also joining in as a subject matter expert in the end of day solutions workshop. Information can be found at http://www.qaiquest.org/toronto/ Finally I will be speaking at the Northeast Quality Council 57th Conference. The conference is scheduled for October 14 – 15 , 2008 in Marlborough, Massachusetts at Best Western Royal Plaza. The presentation is titled “One Size Fits . . .Someone Other Than Me”. Information can be found at http://www.neqc.org/conference. Next Software Process and Measurement Cast: On the next SPaMCAST we continue with the powerful interview with Phil Armour on estimation. The interview contains even more sage wisdom from Phil so keep your notebook close at hand!
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Sun, 1 June 2008 Show 34 is the beginning of my interview with Phil Armour. I am calling this interview, “Estimation Ain’t Planning”. I must admit that I have been quoting this interview since I taped it. Amazingly powerful concepts, so powerful I decided to revisit estimation. Phillip G. Armour is VP for Systems Development and a Senior Consultant at Corvus International Inc. Phil has been developing software for over thirty-five years. He has been a programmer, analyst, project manager, DBA, systems architect, process engineer, metrics engineer, consultant, and executive coach and has worked for organizations as diverse as United Airlines, Motorola, Argonne National Laboratory, General Dynamics, the IRS, the premier software consulting company in India, and the largest cellular service provider in Central West Africa. In the last fifteen years, Phil has personally taught software development techniques and management principles to over 20,000 developers, engineers, managers, and executives.
Phil’s primary professional focus is currently in two related areas: software project estimation and software technical team development.
Since 2000, Phil has been a contributing editor on ACM’s flagship magazine “Communications of the ACM” and writes a regular column entitled “The Business of Software” where he explores issues to do with the nature and challenges of modern software. He has been on the extended faculty at the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management and the Mendoza School of Business at the University of Notre Dame.
Phil is also the author of “The Laws of Software Process” published by Auerbach in 2003. He is a member of ACM, IEEE, and the Project Management Institute.
Telephone: (847)-438-1609
The essay is titled “Estimation, Planning and Goals: All Different I Say!”. The essay explores the confusion of words used in project planning and control. The essay may be due to my long-term issue with a how words are used and misused, false levels of precision or just the fact that the process relating to the software engineering disciplines like estimation continue to prove to be difficult to implement regardless of the development method used. The text of the essay can be found at www.tcagley.wordpress.com. Comments and corrections are welcome. There are a number of ways to share your thoughts .
Future Events and the next . . . Conference season is beginning! I will be speaking at IFPUG’s 3rd Annual ISMA Conference and Fall Workshops Sunday, September 14 – Friday, September 19, 2008 at the Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel information at www.ifpug.org. The presentation is call “Counting Facebook” and will be on Friday September 19, 2008 at 10:25 AM - 11:25 AM, I am speaking at Quest Toronto 2008 Conference, September 22- 26, 2008, at the Hilton Hotel in Toronto, Canada. I will be presenting “Good Numbers Go Bad” on Wed Sept 24th from 1:30 - 2:30 pm and also joining in as a subject matter expert in the end of day solutions workshop. Information can be found at http://www.qaiquest.org/toronto/ Finally I will be speaking at the Northeast Quality Council 57th Conference. The conference is scheduled for October 14 – 15 , 2008 in Marlborough, Massachusetts at Best Western Royal Plaza. The presentation is titled “One Size Fits . . .Someone Other Than Me”. Information can be found at http://www.neqc.org/conference. Next Software Process and Measurement Cast: On the next SPaMCAST I will interview Charlene Li of Forrester Research, co-author of “Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies”. We talked about opinion how are social networks and strategies rewriting the organization and its relations to its customers. Direct download: SPaMCAST_34_-_Armour_Estimation_Aint_Planning_Not_The_Same.mp3 Category: Estimation -- posted at: 8:16 AM Comments[1] |
Sun, 18 May 2008 SPaMCAST 33 - Donnellan, Software Metrics Programs Part 2, Guest Essay
Show 33 is part two of my interview with Rob Donnellan discussing the trials and tribulations of metrics programs. Rob has provided a plethora tips for developing and marketing metrics programs if you are in the metrics business make sure you list to both this interview and the first part of the interview in show 30. Rob Donnellan, IT Excellence Value Builder, has more than 28 years of industry experience. Rob delivers executive-level "IT Excellence" consulting. Prior to joining Q/P Management Group, Rob was a Director with META Group, Nautilus Advisors (an outsourcing consultancy), and Cap Gemini. His key responsibilities have been to develop next-generation consulting services, and to lead IT management consulting projects primarily devoted to process improvement, IT portfolio management, IT diagnosis, performance engineering/measurement, and benchmarking. He has been a regular speaker for industry organizations such as the APQC, PMI, SPIN, SIM, IFPUG, and The Balanced Scorecard Collaborative. He holds a Masters Degree in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a B.A. in Liberal Arts from the Mr. Donnellan can be contacted by email at rob.donnellan@qpmg.com or by phone at (401) 783-3005. Q/P Management Group’s web site can be found at http://www.qpmg.com/.
The essay is for this show is a guest essay by Frank Glaz of David Consulting Group discussing using function point counting to determine the efficiency of vendors. The essay explores a thorny subject that is rarely discussed at conferences or in the literature. Frank would appreciate comments.
There are a number of ways to share your thoughts . .
Future Events and the next . . . I have another webinar coming up in May. The webinar 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/ Conference season is beginning!
I will be speaking at IFPUG’s 3rd Annual ISMA Conference and Fall Workshops Sunday, September 14 – Friday, September 19, 2008 at the Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel information at www.ifpug.org. The presentation is call “Counting Facebook” and will be on Friday September 19, 2008 at 10:25 AM - 11:25 AM, I am speaking at Quest Toronto 2008 Conference, September 22- 26, 2008, at the Hilton Hotel in Toronto, Canada. I will be presenting “Good Numbers Go Bad” on Wed Sept 24th from 1:30 - 2:30 pm and also joining in as a subject matter expert in the end of day solutions workshop. Information can be found at http://www.qaiquest.org/toronto/
Finally I will be speaking at the Northeast Quality Council 57th Conference. The conference is scheduled for October 14 – 15 , 2008 in Marlborough, Massachusetts at Best Western Royal Plaza. The presentation is titled “One Size Fits . . .Someone Other Than Me”. Information can be found at http://www.neqc.org/conference.
Next Software Process and Measurement Cast: On the next SPaMCAST I will begin a massive interview with Phil Armour. Phil presented some of the most thought provoking and provocative ideas on estimation and while I was going to delay discussing estimation again for a at least a few months I frankly could not help myself. Direct download: SPaMCAST_33_-_Donnellan_Software_Metrics_Programs_Part_2_Frank_Glaz_Guest_Essay.mp3 Category: Measurement -- posted at: 5:00 PM Comments[1] |
Sun, 4 May 2008 Show 32 is part two of my interview with Murali Chemuturi on the topic of estimation. You might think part two is just more of the same but think again. Murali has laid out some interesting theories and data. Mr Chemuturi has made a very gracious offer, for every comment SPaMCAST gets on Murali’s interview Murali has authorized me to send a PDF copy of his new book on estimation.
Mr. Chemuturi has over thirty four years of total experience out of which about 23 years have been spent in the field of information technology. Has worked at TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES for five and half years and at ELECTRONICS COROPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED for nineteen. Murali also worked at SATYAM COMPUTER SERVICES LTD., METAMOR GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LTD. and Vistaar eBusinesses Pvt Ltd. His CV includes numerous publications and he is the author of an upcoming book on estimation which I will review on a future Software Measurement and Process Cast.
Mr. Chemuturi can be contacted by email at murali@chemuturi.com or by phone at 91-40-27220771, 91-0-988-501-9461 and in the USA at 1- 347-394-3138. His web site can be found at http://www.effortestimator.com
The essay is an excerpt from “When Good Numbers Go Bad” titled “When Communication makes Good Numbers Go Bad”. The excerpt explores how poor communication can effect a metrics program (and is a bit of foreshadowing of a presentation I will be doing later this year (see below). The text of the essay can be found at www.tcagley.wordpress.com. Comments and corrections are welcome. There are a number of ways to share your thoughts . .
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 I have another webinar coming up in May. The webinar 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/
Conference season is beginning!
I will be speaking at IFPUG’s 3rd Annual ISMA Conference and Fall Workshops Sunday, September 14 – Friday, September 19, 2008 at the Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel information at www.ifpug.org. The presentation is call “Counting Facebook” and will be on Friday September 19, 2008 at 10:25 AM - 11:25 AM, I am speaking at Quest Toronto 2008 Conference, September 22- 26, 2008, at the Hilton Hotel in Toronto, Canada. I will be presenting “Good Numbers Go Bad” on Wed Sept 24th from 1:30 - 2:30 pm and also joining in as a subject matter expert in the end of day solutions workshop. Information can be found at http://www.qaiquest.org/toronto/
Finally I will be speaking at the Northeast Quality Council 57th Conference. The conference is scheduled for October 14 – 15 , 2008 in Marlborough, Massachusetts at Best Western Royal Plaza. The presentation is titled “One Size Fits . . .Someone Other Than Me”. Information can be found at http://www.neqc.org/conference.
Next Software Process and Measurement Cast: On the next SPaMCAST we will jump back into the interview with Rob Donnellan of Q/P Management Group covering a wide range of measurement and process improvement topics. Your thoughts and comments are always a welcome addition and remember I have Murali’s PDF with your name on it!
Direct download: SPaMCAST_32_Chemuturi_Estimation_and_Sizing_Good_Numbers_Go_Bad_-_Communication.mp3 Category: Estimation -- posted at: 5:00 PM Comments[1] |
Sun, 20 April 2008  Show 31 features an interview with Scott Ambler of IBM discussing Test Driven Development and other Agile topics.
Scott W. Ambler is the Practice Leader Agile Development with IBM Rational and he works with IBM customers around the world to improve their software processes. He is the founder of the Agile Modeling (AM), Agile Data (AD), Agile Unified Process (AUP), and Enterprise Unified Process (EUP) methodologies. Scott is the (co-)author of 19 books, including Refactoring Databases, Agile Modeling, Agile Database Techniques, The Object Primer 3rd Edition, and The Enterprise Unified Process. Scott is a senior contributing editor with Dr. Dobb’s Journal.
Check out Mr. ambler’s blogs at: Personal home page: www.ibm.com/rational/bios/ambler.html Agile at Scale blog: www.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/page/ambler.
The essay for this cast is titled “Are Words a Predictor of Change Adoption". The essay explores the relationship between words and what they predict about success in process improvement. The text of the essay can be found at www.tcagley.wordpress.com. Comments and corrections are welcome. There are a number of ways to share your thoughts . .
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: On the next SPaMCAST I will be airing part 2 of the interview with Murali Chemuturi on estimation and software sizing. To describe the interview I will just say “damn!" and let you dive in. Your thoughts and comments are always a welcome addition . . .
Direct download: SPaMCAST_31_-_Ambler_TDD_Words_and_Change.output.mp3 Category: Agile -- posted at: 5:00 PM Comments[1] |
Sun, 6 April 2008 SPaMCAST 30 – Donnellan, Metrics Programs, Passion and
Success Show 30 begins a two part
interview with Rob Donnellan on the topic of metrics programs. Rob
Donnellan, IT Excellence Value Builder, has more than 28 years of industry
experience. Rob delivers executive-level "IT
Excellence" consulting. Prior to joining Q/P Management Group, Rob
was a Director with META Group, Nautilus Advisors (an outsourcing consultancy),
and Cap Gemini. His key responsibilities have been to develop
next-generation consulting services, and to lead IT management consulting
projects primarily devoted to process improvement, IT portfolio management, IT
diagnosis, performance engineering/measurement, and benchmarking. He has
been a regular speaker for industry organizations such as the APQC, PMI, SPIN,
SIM, IFPUG, and The Balanced Scorecard Collaborative. He holds a Masters
Degree in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a B.A. in
Liberal Arts from the Mr. Donnellan can be contacted
by email at rob.donnellan@qpmg.com or by phone at (401) 783-3005. Q/P Management Group’s web site can be found
at http://www.qpmg.com/. The essay for
this cast is titled “Passion and Success". The essay discusses the relationship between
passion and success in process improvment. The text of the essay can be found at www.tcagley.wordpress.com. Comments and corrections are welcome. There are a number of ways to share your thoughts . .
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: On the next
SPaMCAST I will be airing an interview I did with Scott Ambler on scaling test driven
development. Agilistas, this one is for
you! Part 2 of the interview with Rob
will air on show 33. Your thoughts and comments are always a welcome addition .
. . Direct download: SPaMCAST_30_Donnellan_Metrics_Programs_Passion_and_Success.output.mp3 Category: Measurement -- posted at: 5:00 PM Comments[3] |
Sun, 23 March 2008
Show 29 begins a two part interview with Murali Chemuturi on the topic of estimation. This is not the first time the Cast has examined estimation however I think you will find that Murali’s thoughts will add your knowledge base and might even spark heated debate.
Mr. Chemuturi can be contacted by email at murali@chemuturi.com or by phone at 91-40-27220771, 91-0-988-501-9461 and in the USA at 1- 347-394-3138. His web site can be found at http://www.effortestimator.com
The essay for this cast is titled “Responsibility, Got Some?. The essay discusses the evil alter ego of committees and consensus management. The text of the essay can be found at www.tcagley.wordpress.com. Comments and corrections are welcome. There are a number of ways to share your thoughts . .
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: On the next SPaMCAST I am trying something new. I am breaking up parts one and two of the interview with Murali and beginning a two part interview with Rob Donnellan of Q/P Management Group covering a wide range of measurement and process improvement topics. We will pick back up with Murali on show 32. Your thoughts and comments are always a welcome addition . . . Direct download: SPaMCAST_29_-_Chemuturi_Estimation_Responsibility.mp3 Category: Estimation -- posted at: 5:00 PM Comments[1] |
Sun, 2 March 2008 Show 28 features Part Two of
an interview with Ivar Jacobson, author, pundit and one of the creators of
UML. The discussion covered topics
ranging from methodologies to his new concept, practices. If process improvement and methodology are
important to you, this is an important interview full of new concepts. An abridged version of Mr.
Jacobson’s Wikipedia biography notes that he is a Swedish computer scientist he
holds a Masters of Electrical Engineering at Chalmers Institute of Technology
in Gothenburg
and a Ph.D. from
the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. In 1967 he proposed the use of
software components in the development of the
new generation of software controlled telephone
switches Ericsson
was developing. In doing this he invented sequence
diagrams, and developed collaboration diagrams. He also applied state
transition diagrams to describe the message flow between the components. At Ericsson he also invented use cases as
a way to specify functional software requirements. In April 1987 he quit Ericsson
and started Objective Systems. A majority stake of the
company was acquired by Ericsson in 1991 (you can run but . . .), and the company was renamed to Objectory
AB. In October 1995 Ericsson
divested Objectory to Rational Software [1] and Ivar started working
with Grady
Booch and James Rumbaugh to first create the UML, and later develop the Rational Unified Process. In mid 2003 Ivar formed Ivar
Jacobson International (IJI) which is an umbrella company for Ivar
Jacobson Consulting (IJC) which operates across 4 continents with offices
in the UK, US (West and East Coast), Scandinavia, China, Korea, Singapore and
Australia. In November 2005, Jacobson
announced the Essential Unified Process or “EssUP" for
short. EssUP is a new “Practice" centric software development process that
stands on the shoulders of modern but established software development best
practice. It is a fresh new start integrating successful practices sourced from
the three leading process camps: the unified process camp, the agile methods
camp and the process maturity camp. Each one of them contributes different
capabilities: structure, agility and process improvement. Ivar has described EssUP as a
"super light and agile" RUP and IJC have integrated EssUP into Microsoft Visual Studio Team System and Eclipse. Check out http://www.ivarjacobson.com and http://www.ivarblog.com/
There are a number of ways to share your thoughts . .
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
Software Process and Measurement Cast 29 will feature an interview with Murali
Chemuturi on estimation. Murali’s take
on estimation is razor sharp and will be a valuable addition to your knowledge
base. Your thoughts and comments would
be a welcome addition . . . Direct download: SPaMCAST_28_-__Ivar_Jacobson_The_Future_Social_Media.mp3 Category: Development -- posted at: 5:00 PM Comments[1] |
Sun, 10 February 2008
Show 27 features part one of an
interview with Ivar Jacobson, author, pundit and one of the creators of UML. The discussion covered topics ranging from methodologies
to his new concept, practices. If
process improvement and methodology are important to you, this is an important
interview full of new concepts. An abridged version of Mr.
Jacobson’s Wikipedia biography notes that he is a Swedish computer scientist he
holds a Masters of Electrical Engineering at Chalmers Institute of Technology
in Gothenburg
and a Ph.D. from
the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. In 1967 he proposed the use of
software components in the development of the
new generation of software controlled telephone
switches Ericsson
was developing. In doing this he invented sequence
diagrams, and developed collaboration diagrams. He also applied state
transition diagrams to describe the message flow between the components. At Ericsson he also invented use cases as
a way to specify functional software requirements. In April 1987 he quit Ericsson
and started Objective Systems. A majority stake of the
company was acquired by Ericsson in 1991 (you can run but . . .) , and the company was renamed to Objectory
AB. In October 1995 Ericsson
divested Objectory to Rational Software [1] and Ivar started working
with Grady
Booch and James Rumbaugh to first create the UML, and later develop the Rational Unified Process. In mid 2003 Ivar formed Ivar
Jacobson International (IJI) which is an umbrella company for Ivar
Jacobson Consulting (IJC) which operates across 4 continents with offices
in the UK, US (West and East Coast), Scandinavia, China, Korea, Singapore and
Australia. In November 2005, Jacobson
announced the Essential Unified Process or “EssUP" for
short. EssUP is a new “Practice" centric software development process that
stands on the shoulders of modern but established software development best
practice. It is a fresh new start integrating successful practices sourced from
the three leading process camps: the unified process camp, the agile methods
camp and the process maturity camp. Each one of them contributes different
capabilities: structure, agility and process improvement. Ivar has described EssUP as a
"super light and agile" RUP and IJC have integrated EssUP into Microsoft Visual Studio Team System and Eclipse. Check out http://www.ivarjacobson.com and http://www.ivarblog.com/ The essay for
this cast is titled “We Are All Futurists." The essay discusses the basis for predicting
the future (can you say estimation) and why some people shy away from being a
futurist. The text of the essay can be
found at www.tcagley.wordpress.com. Comments and corrections are welcome. There are a number of ways to share your thoughts . .
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 will be a special show. Cast 28 will feature part two of the interview
with Ivar Jacobson. Your thoughts and
comments would be a welcome addition . . . Direct download: SPaMCAST_27_-_Jacobson_Practices_Futurists.mp3 Category: Development -- posted at: 4:55 PM Comments[1] |
Sun, 27 January 2008  SPaMCAST 26 - Carr, The Big Switch, Center
Show 26 features an interview with Nicolas Carr, author of “The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google" and “Does IT Matter". The discussion ranged from computing as a utility to the impact of ubiquitous computing on business and society.
Mr. Carr is a former executive editor of the Harvard Business Review. He writes and speaks on technology, business, and culture. His 2004 book Does IT Matter? Information Technology and the Corrosion of Competitive Advantage, published by Harvard Business School Press, set off a worldwide debate about the role of computers in business. His new book, The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google, examines the future of computing and its implications for business and society. He also edited and wrote the introduction for The Digital Enterprise, a book of HBR writings on the Internet, and contributed to World View, Organizing Business Knowledge, and When Good People Behave Badly. Check out www.roughtype.com/ and www.bigswitchbook.com
The essay for this cast is titled “The Center Will Not Hold." The essay discusses change and the life cycle of how extreme changes evolve the mainstream over time. The text of the essay can be found at www.tcagley.wordpress.com. Comments and corrections are welcome. There are a number of ways to share your thoughts . .
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 will be a special show. Cast 27 will feature a interview with Ivar Jacobson. Your thoughts and comments would be a welcome addition . . .
Direct download: SPaMCAST_26_-_Carr_The_Big_Switch_Center.mp3 Category: Web 2.0 -- posted at: 10:05 PM Comments[1] |
Sun, 13 January 2008 
SPaMCAST 25 - Booch,
Omnibus Framework
At random times, the laws of physics do not apply to him. He is not dead yet. Check out www.booch.com/architecture/Contact Grady at architecture@booch.com There are a number of ways to share your thoughts . .
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 will be a special show. Cast 26 will be a retrospective of the past
year highlighting SPaMCAST’s first year.
Your thoughts and comments would
be a welcome addition . . . Direct download: SPaMCAST_25_Booch_Ominbus_Frameworks.mp3 Category: Development -- posted at: 11:22 PM Comments[1] |
Wed, 9 January 2008  SPaMCAST SIX Estimation Interview with Michael Bragen The Software Process and Measurmeent Cast Six continues the the theme arc on estimation with a conversation with Michael Bragen of Software Productivitity Research, LLC (SPR). This is an interview where having a pencil and paper to take notes will come in handy (at least it did for me and I was there). SPR's website is www.spr.com The essay in this cast is titled 'An Estimate Is Just A Number, Right?' It is way too easy to forget that an estimate carries alot of wieght even when it is given off-the-cuff. The full text version of the essay can be found at www.tcagley.wordpress.com. Next Cast: The next cast will be posted on Sunday April 22 (programing notes on April 15) and will feature an interview with Kenji Hiranabe in which we will talk about using Mind Maps in Agile projects. The essay I hae planned will be titled 'Whay Are Requirements So Hard To Get Right'. Your thoughts on the topic as I write the document will be appreciated (afterwards also). Currently I have four more interviews in the 'can' after Kenji with names that include Finegold, Herron, Ferdinandi and Symons. Other are being lined up! If you have a suggestion please let me know at spacastinfo@gmail.com! Events: IFPUG Spring Workshops and Functional Size Summit Better Software Conference and Expo Contact SPaMCAST at spamcastinfo@gmail.com Direct download: SPaMCAST_SIX_Estimation_Interview_with_Michael_Bragen.mp3 Category: Estimation -- posted at: 11:36 AM |
Wed, 2 January 2008 The Software Process and Measurement Cast provides a forum to
explore the varied world of software process improvement and measurement. The SPaMCast covers topics
that deal the challenges how work is done in information technology
organizations as they grow and evolve. The
show combines commentaries, interviews and your feedback to serve up ideas,
options, opinions, advice and even occasionally facts. In a nutshell, the cast provides advice for
and from practitioners, methodologists, pundits and consultants!You can contact SPaMCAST in a variety of manners! TWITTER: tcagley (www.twitter.com/tcagley) Get involved! Category: About -- posted at: 11:21 PM Comments[1] |
Sun, 30 December 2007 
SPaMCAST 24 -
Edelson, Coaching, Specialization ** Note – Traceability paper will be
out on the feed this week. ** Show 24 features an interview with Marilyn Edelson, a Principal at IT Decisions Coaching LLC. The interview covers project management, leadership, the similarities, differences and how coaching can make both better. This was a wide ranging interview with lots of tips and take “aways"! Marilyn Edelson, cofounder, is a Master Certified Coach, entrepreneur and certified Best Year Yet® program leader with over 25 years experience in behavioral management. She has has been coaching executives, managers and corporate teams for the past 10 years and was voted 'Top 10 Coach 2007' by Women's Business Boston (a division of The Boston Herald). She has a strong behavioral background and easily integrates the principals of emotional and social intelligence with the structured, measurable results oriented approach provided by the Best Year Yet® system and DiSC behavioral and values assessment tools. She teaches, mentors and trains professional coaches, and is the coaching consultant for the first National Institute of Health study on the efficacy of coaching in healthcare. She holds a Master of Science degree from Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.Here are the links for ITDC and Marilyn! IT Decisions Coaching - www.itdecisionscoaching.com/ ITDC email: info@itdecisionscoaching.com Marilyn’s email:
m.edelson@itdecisionscoaching.com There are a number of ways to share your thoughts . .
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 Grady Booch chief
scientist of Rational Software (now a part of IBM). We will discuss structure, design,
architecture, agility and discipline amongst other things. This is another of those interviews where you
will want to take notes! Direct download: SPaMCAST_24_-_Edelson_Coaching_Specialization.mp3 Category: Coaching -- posted at: 5:00 PM Comments[1] |
Sun, 16 December 2007 
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. There are a number of ways to share your thoughts . .
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 Direct download: SPaMCAST_23_-_Rothman_Project_Management__Traceability.mp3 Category: Project Management -- posted at: 5:00 PM Comments[1] |
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Software Process and Measurement Cast
Interviews, essays, facts and tips about process improvement and measurement in the Information Technology arena!
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