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Software Process and Measurement Cast


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. 

 

Dec 2, 2018

SPaMCAST 523 features our essay on story points.  Story points were a tool designed to give teams a rough understanding of their flow of work. It was a great idea at the time, but that time has passed. Unfortunately, story points now are being used improperly creating more problems than they solve.

In addition, Jon M Quigley brings his Alpha and Omega of Product Development to the cast. In this installment, Jon discusses the risks of Centers of Excellence.  They are another great idea that can and has been ill-used by many in the industry.

Re-Read Saturday News
We are back with Chapter 7 of Bad Blood, Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou (published by Alfred A. Knopf, 2018 – Buy a copy and read along!). Chapter 7, titled The miniLab, focuses on overpromising and continues to layer on toxicity to the Theranos story.

Week 6 - The miniLab -  https://bit.ly/2rfmwJh

Previous Entries:
Week 1 – Approach and Introductionhttps://bit.ly/2J1pY2t   

Week 2 -- A Purposeful Life and Gluebot - https://bit.ly/2RZANGh

Week 3 -- Apple Envy, Goodbye East Paly and Childhood Neighbors - https://bit.ly/2zbOTeO

Week 4 -- A Reflection -https://bit.ly/2RA6AfT

Week 5 -- Sunny - https://bit.ly/2AZ5tRq

Next SPaMCAST
SPaMCAST 524 will feature our interview with Matt Heusser.  Matt is the Managing Director of Excelon Development, speaker and podcaster.  Matt and I talk about the nuts and bolts of testing and agile testing.