Mar 18, 2018
SPaMCAST 486 features our interview with Daniel S. Vacanti. Mr. Vacanti is the author of Actionable Agile Metrics for Predictability: An Introduction. We discussed the concepts in the book, answered a question from Steven Adams, and talked about his new book. It was great to talk about a book with the author after the re-read.
Daniel Vacanti’s Bio:
Daniel Vacanti is a 20-plus year software industry veteran who has spent most of his career focusing on Lean and Agile practices. In 2007, he helped to develop the Kanban Method for knowledge work and managed the world’s first project implementation of Kanban that year. He has been conducting Lean-Agile training, coaching, and consulting ever since. In 2011 he founded ActionableAgileTM (previously Corporate Kanban) which provides industry-leading predictive analytics tools and services organizations that utilize Lean-Agile practices. In 2015 he published his book, “Actionable Agile Metrics for Predictability”, which is the definitive guide to flow-based metrics and analytics. Daniel holds an M.B.A. and regularly teaches a class on lean principles for software management at the University of California Berkeley.
Contact Information:
Twitter: @danvacanti
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielvacanti/
Mail: daniel@actionableagile.com
Web: https://www.actionableagile.com/
Re-Read Saturday News
We will begin the
full-scale re-read of L. David Marquet’s Turn the Ship Around! next week and I
am stoked. Buy your copy and listen to the interview I did with Mr.
Marquet (SPaMCAST
202) to get involved in the re-read. I am going to lead
the re-read from my 2012 (7th printing) copy. The book has 29
chapters, not including the forward, a cast of characters, index,
afterword, and a glossary. The book is an easy read because Marquet
is such an excellent communicator. My intent is to knock out
the preface material next week and then begin delivering 2 chapters
per week. If my estimating ability holds true, we will complete our
re-read in 18 weeks. I expect to miss two weeks due to travel.
Upcoming Webinars and Conferences
QAI Quest 2018
The
Three Amigo’s Role in Agile
May 21-25, 2018,
San Antonio, Texas
ISMA 15
May 11
Rome, Italy
I will also be at Agile West on June 7th (my birthday!)
Next SPaMCAST
SPaMCAST 487
opens with our essay, Don’t Shortcut Shu Ha Ri. I spend several
hours every week running – on purpose. I don’t run very fast, which
means I have the occasional fall because my mind wanders, I inflict
very little damage to the ground due to the low inertial
load. This is a preamble to let you know that I have lots of
time to think when I run (which is the reason the ground
occasionally gets in my way). Recently I have been thinking about
just how rigorously practitioners need to follow processes,
methods, and frameworks and when it makes sense to tweak processes
to fit the culture.
Our second column will introduce a new column from Susan Parente. Susan’s new column is titled, “I Am Not A Scrumdamentalist.” Susan originally appeared on SPaMCAST 344 -- http://bit.ly/2GDl6Px
In our final column in the SPaMCAST 487 features Jon M Quigley who brings his Alpha and Omega of Product Development column to the cast.