SPaMCAST 51 - Tim Lister, Adrenaline Junkies and Template Zombies, Change Readiness Assessment Part 1
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.
Show fifty one is an interview with Tim Lister discussing his new
book,” Adrenaline Junkies and Template Zombies”. The interview
discussed the impact of specific patterns and habits on how IT
organizations work.
***NEWS ***
Adrenaline Junkies is one of 5 finalists for general computing book
of the year.
Tim Lister is a software consultant at the Atlantic Systems Guild,
Inc., based in the New York office. He divides his time between
consulting, teaching, and writing. Tim is a co-author with his
Guild partners of Adrenalin Junkies and Template Zombies:
Understanding Patterns of Project Behavior, (Dorset House, 2008
http://www.dorsethouse.com/books/ajtz.html), He, is also co-author
with Tom DeMarco of Waltzing With Bears: Managing Risk on Software
Projects (Dorset House, 2003) that won Software Development
magazine’s Jolt Award as General Computing Book of the Year for
2003-2004. Tim and Tom are also co-authors of Peopleware:
Productive Projects and Teams, (Dorset House, 1999) now available
in 14 languages.
Tim is currently a member of the Cutter IT Trends Council. He is a
member of the I.E.E.E. and the A.C.M. He is in his 23rd year
as a panelist for the American Arbitration Association, arbitrating
disputes involving software and software services.
Contact information:
Web Site: http://www.systemsguild.com/
Email: lister@acm.org
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The essay is titled “A Really Simple Checklist for Change Readiness
Assessment” Part 1. The essay reminds us of the big things
that sometimes get forgotten when dealing with the minutia of
getting a change project off the ground. Check out the text
of the current essay at www.tcagley.wordpress.com. I should
be back with an essay next show.
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Next Software Process and
Measurement Cast:
The next Software Process and Measurement Cast will feature an
interview with Lisa Crispin discussing agile testing. Lisa’s
most recent book is “Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers
and Agile Teams.” The book was coauthored with Janet
Gregory. Testing and agile are highly inter-related although
sometimes understanding how all the parts fit together isn’t
obvious. Lisa makes agile testing very clear in her
interview. Do not miss the interview.The interview on the
Software Process and Measurement Cast 51 is with Tim Lister. We
discussed Tim's new book "Adrenaline Junkies and Template Zombies".
The SPaMCAST with Tim was refreshing and enjoyable. As a long time Tim fan his craziness is just the unpredictable thinking we need to stimulate new ideas and trigger needed action.