Oct 3, 2016
The Software Process and Measurement Cast 413 features our essay on Scaling Agile and Management Styles. This essay builds on our recent discussion of servant leadership. It is not as simple as adding teams or building a hierarchy.
Steve Tendon joins the SPaMCAST this week to discuss Chapter 11 in Tame The Flow: Hyper-Productive Knowledge-Work Performance, The TameFlow Approach and Its Application to Scrum and Kanban, published J Ross (buy a copy here). We discussed the concept of throughput accounting. A powerful concept that that focuses on the delivery of value through the overall process. Visit Steve at www.tendon.net.
We cap this edition of the Software Process and Measurement Cast with a visit to the QA Corner with Jeremy Berriault. Jeremy discussed the impact of testing tools. There are significant plusses for using tools if you don’t let the tools use you! Connect with Jeremy on Linkedin.
Re-Read Saturday News
We continue the read/re-read of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni (published by Jossey-Bass). The Five Dysfunctions of a Team is a business novel that uses a story to get important ideas across to the reader in a less threatening manner. This week we discuss the sections covering the background for the first major team crisis. Lots of behaviors you might, unfortunately, recognize in teams around you!
Visit the Software Process and Measurement Cast blog to participate in this and previous re-reads.
Next SPaMCAST
The Software Process and Measurement Cast 414 will feature our interview with Marcus Hammarberg. We often think of Agile as a tool to build or maintain software. Marcus used Agile techniques to save a clinic and to change lives. It is an amazing and uplifting story.
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Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: “This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, for you or your team.” Support SPaMCAST by buying the book here. Available in English and Chinese.