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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. 

 

Jul 6, 2025

Habits, doing work without thinking, are the death of process improvement. 

Why it matters: When your brain goes on autopilot, it is easy to miss subtle changes and problems in product flow.  Is it ever ok to stop thinking?

Panelists include:

Jeremy Berriault - https://berriaultandassociates.com/ 

Jeremy Willets - https://www.jeremywillets.com/ 

Jon M Quigley - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonmquigley/ 

Freddie Clark -  https://www.linkedin.com/in/freddie-clark/ 

Me - www.tomcagley.com 

Mastering Work Intake sponsors SPaMCAST!

Starting Everything Means Finishing Nothing

 

One big thing: Poor work entry means delivering less. 

Why it matters: Work Intake controls what a team works on and when they work on it.

  • Overloaded teams deliver less value.

  • Poor prioritization leads to delivering the wrong work.

  • Chaotic work intake costs organizations money and time.

Zoom in: Mastering Work Intake by Jeremy Willets and Tom Cagley provides the reader with ideas, principles, actionable advice, worksheets, and examples to deliver more value. 

Buy a copy!

JRoss Publishing: https://bit.ly/474ul6G

Amazon: https://amzn.to/4236013



Fix Your Organization's Operating System FIRST: The next SPaMCAST 

Fix your organization BEFORE you try to fix teams.

Why this matters: People work in the system that management created

The SPaMCAST 871  will be posted on July 20th. For the summer of 2025, we will drop bi-weekly and focus on panel discussions. If you want to participate, email me at spamcastinfo@gmail.com.