SPaMCAST 527 – Story Maps, Agile Risk Management, Essays and Discussion

SPaMCAST 527, is our last podcast of 2018. We say goodbye to 2018 by talking about user story maps. User story maps are both versatile and an underused tool. Perhaps something that we can address in 2019?

We also have a visit from Susan Parente. Susan brings her Not a Scrumdamentalist column to the cast to discuss agile risk management. Risk management is a requirement for any form of work. Why do some in the agile community feel it is not needed?

Re-Read Saturday News
We are re-reading Bad Blood, Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou (published by Alfred A. Knopf, 2018 – Buy a copy and read along). This week we move through three chapters. These three chapters continue to show the same pattern of abuse of the truth and employees that we have seen in other chapters. Arguably, conflating Theranos’s mission with a religion (chapter 14) might take the story to a new level of crazy but it is only that, a new level.

Week 10 – Chiat\Day, Going Live and Unicorn – https://bit.ly/2SrRpGv

Previous Entries:
Week 1 – Approach and Introduction – https://bit.ly/2J1pY2t

Week 2 — A Purposeful Life and Gluebot – https://bit.ly/2RZANGh

Week 3 — Apple Envy, Goodbye East Paly and Childhood Neighbors – https://bit.ly/2zbOTeO

Week 4 — A Reflection –https://bit.ly/2RA6AfT

Week 5 — Sunny – https://bit.ly/2AZ5tRq

Week 6 – The miniLab – https://bit.ly/2rfmwJh

Week 7 – Wellness Play – https://bit.ly/2rqUYk6

Week 8 – Who is LTC Shoemaker – https://bit.ly/2GkbWv0

Week 9 – Lightning a Fuisz and Ian Gibbons – https://bit.ly/2QR7poR

Next SPaMCAST
SPaMCAST 528 rings in the new year with an interview with Allan Kelley. Allan makes his third appearance on the cast to talk about his book Continuous Digital and the state of agile. A great way to start the year!

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