Jul 26, 2020
The Software Process and Measurement Cast 609 features our conversation with Dr. David Rico. Dave is returning to the Software Process and Measurement Cast to discuss the concept of agile and collaborative contracts. Contracts and agile don’t often work well together. That does not have to be the case!
Dr. Rico has been a technical leader in support of NASA, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Army for over 30 years. He has led numerous projects based on Cloud Computing, Lean Thinking, Agile Methods, SOA, Web Services, Six Sigma, FOSS, ISO 9001, CMMI, Baldrige, TQM, Enterprise Architecture, DoDAF, and DoD 5000. He specializes in IT investment analysis, IT portfolio valuation, and IT-enabled change. He has been an international keynote speaker, presented at leading industry conferences, written seven textbooks, published numerous articles, and is a reviewer for multiple systems engineering journals. He is a Certified PMP, CSEP, ACP, CSM, and SAFe Agilist, and teaches at four Washington, DC-area universities. He has been in the field of information systems since 1983.
Contact Dr Rico at:
Web: davidfrico.com
Email: dave1@davidfrico.com
Twitter: @dr_david_f_rico
Re-Read Saturday News
This week we tackle Chapter 6 of Tame your Work Flow. Throughput accounting ties a number of threads together for me. The big one is the linkage between getting value from process improvement and the mental models created by cost accounting.
Remember to buy a copy of Tame your Work Flow to support the authors and blog!
Week 1: Logistics and Front Matter - https://bit.ly/2LWJ3EY
Week 2: Prologue (The Story of Herbie) - https://bit.ly/3h4zmTi
Week 3: Explicit Mental Models - https://bit.ly/2UJUZyN
Week 4: Flow Efficiency, Little’s Law and Economic Impact - https://bit.ly/2VrIhoL
Week 5: Flawed Mental Models - https://bit.ly/3eqj70m
Week 6: Where To Focus Improvement Efforts - https://bit.ly/2DTvOUN
Week 7: Introduction to Throughput Accounting and Culture - https://bit.ly/2DbhfLT
Next SPaMCAST
The Software Process and Measurement Cast 610 will feature our essay An Agile Team In A Waterfall Company – Organizing Around The Product Flow. This is another part of a larger essay that we began last week.
We will also have a visit from Susan Parente with a discussion that I have named, Agile or Traditional, Pick One! I know which I would pick (and the answer might not be one of the two).