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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. 

 

Aug 23, 2020

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 613 features our essay on directive and non-directive coaching. DIrective coaches, akin to many athletic coaches, are a hard sell at the team level. Non-directive coaches, akin to mentors, are not always viewed as effective by senior leaders. In reality, it is not cut and dry.

Essays in the Directive - Non-directive Series

Agile Coaching Techniques: Styles of Coaches -https://bit.ly/2EwFh4X

Directive or Non-directive Coaching - https://bit.ly/2Pb364r 

Directive or Non-directive Coaching: Why Everyone Needs To Know -https://bit.ly/3hmLf75 

In the second spot this week, Jeremy Berriault brings his QA Corner to the cast.  We discuss coaching testers. Indirectly we have a discussion about the use of directive and non-directive coaching styles.  You can reach Jeremy at https://berriaultandassociates.com/

Re-Read Saturday News 

Today, we re-read Chapter 12, titled Drum-Buffer- Rope Scheduling (DBR). The concept of DBR is critical to using the Theory of Constraints in real-world environments.

Have you bought your copy of  Steve Tendon and Daniel Doiron’s  Tame your Work Flow?  Use the link 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 

Week 8: Accounting F(r)iction and  Show Me the Money https://bit.ly/2XmDuWu 

Week 9: Constraints in the Work Flow and in the Work Process - https://bit.ly/33Uukoz 

Week 10: Understanding PEST Environments and Finding the Constraint in PEST Environments - https://bit.ly/3ga3ew9 

Week 11: Drum-Buffer-Rope Scheduling- https://bit.ly/32l0Z3Q 

Next SPaMCAST

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 614 will feature our interview with Jennifer Bonine.  Jenifer and I talked AI and the impact of AI on the future of business. This is not science fiction, and the future is not as far away as you might think.