Thanksgiving and Giving Thanks

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Once a year my brothers, sister, father, and I bring as many of our extended family together as possible to give thanks, celebrate, and re-establish relationships. This tradition has occurred 40 times over the last 42 years. It is like a mini-diaspora that has spread across the US returning to trade stories and to break bread together. The years have spawned many stories, most of which are of celebration and thanks. The annual Thanksgiving holiday in the US was a few days ago providing space to reflect and give thanks to everyone involved in the 16-plus years history of the Software Process and Measurement Cast blog and podcast. There is a lot to be thankful and grateful for. In no particular order…

 

SPaMCAST 610 – Organizing Around The Product Flow, Agile or Traditional, Pick One, Conversations and Essays

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The Software Process and Measurement Cast 610 features our essay, An Agile Team In a Waterfall Company – Organizing Around The Product Flow. Focusing on getting features and support for a product to market changes how teams and groups organize to solve business problems.  This is a standalone essay that can be read as part of a larger theme covering the trials faced by an agile team in a waterfall company.  The four separate essays can be found at: 

1. An Agile Team In A Waterfall Company – https://bit.ly/3hXpPy5 
2. Postponing Commitment – https://bit.ly/3dBhCfl 
3. Values, Principles, and Behaviours – https://bit.ly/2ZsoO8t 
4. Organizing Around The Product Flow – https://bit.ly/3k05jhj 

We also have a visit from Susan Parente with a discussion that I have named, Agile or Traditional, Pick One!  Many organizations have to make accommodations for mandated classic project management approaches. Susan provides excellent advice for making these types of scenarios work. 

 

SPaMCAST 607 – Hybrid Project Management, An Interview with Mark Tolbert and Susan Parente

 

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The Software Process and Measurement Cast 607 features our interview with Mark Tolbert and Susan Parente to discuss their new book Hybrid Project Management: Using Agile with Traditional PM Methodologies to Succeed on Modern Projects. Agile hybrids are often pilloried, Mark and Susan make a strong case that hybrids have a place in delivering value. Without hybrids, there are places that can’t go!  

 

SPaMCAST 606 – Seriously Good Software, A Discussion With Marco Faella

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The Software Process and Measurement Cast 606 features our interview with Marco Faella, author of Seriously Good Software: Code that Works, Survives, and Wins. Marco and I discussed quality, craftsmanship, and how being a passionate coder and academic mix. 

Marco Faella teaches advanced programming at a major Italian university. His published work includes peer-reviewed research articles, a Java certification manual, and a video course on Java streams.  

 

SPaMCAST 605 – Product Owners and Retrospectives, A Conversation With Jodie Kane

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The Software Process and Measurement Cast 605 features our interview with Jodie Kane.  Jodie and I discussed involving product owners in retrospectives. Jodie suggests the answer should not be cut and dry but rather context-driven.

Jodie is a passionate, value-driven servant leader with a unique, energetic style that brings out the best in people and opens space for teams to be self-organizing high performers focused on delivering customer value and getting things done.

She has spent a lifetime honing her servant leadership skills, inviting people to work together, and creating space for human engagement to develop innovative, self-organizing, value-driven teams. 

Contact Jodie on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jodieenglekane/

 

Patterns Video Podcast Introduction

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Today, a special announcement: I would like to introduce you to the Patterns Video Podcast.  Ben Woznicki and I have been working on this project for nearly six months and it is finally time to stop starting and start shipping (that’s an agile joke). 

Our idea is to share patterns (hence the name) for how teams and organizations can release sooner with higher confidence. Both Ben and I have helped a lot of different organizations. We’ve seen things that work well, seen things that work poorly, seen some things that do both, and unfortunately some things that would make your hair stand up. The effective patterns are what we are here to share as well as provide space for you to interact and learn. All of the videos will be on the shorter side.

 

SPaMCAST 593 – Be Happy and Thrive, An Interview With Scott Crabtree

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The SPaMCAST 593 features my interview with Scott Crabtree. Happiness at work might sound squishy, but happiness has rigorous science behind it. Simply put, happiness yields better outcomes both in terms of value delivered and our own perception of our value.

 

SPaMCAST 592 – Human-Centered Design and Women In Agile, An Interview with Shelisa Bainbridge

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The SPaMCAST 592 features my interview with Shelisa Bainbridge. We talked about human-centered design and the impact of design on the development process. This approach is core to understanding what the customer wants in a way that influences every line of code.  We also talked about how organizations adopt agile and women in agile.

 

SPaMCAST 590 – Future of Testing, An Interview with Nancy Kastl

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The SPaMCAST 590 features my interview with Nancy Kastl. Nancy and I discussed testing and the future of the testing profession. The future of testing is not cut and dry; in the short run more automation and in the long-term more codeless testing and AI might replace entry-level testers. An eye-opening interview!

 

SPaMCAST 589 – Using Clean Language Questions To Refine Requirements, Virtual Agile, Essays and Discussions

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The SPaMCAST 589 features our essay on using clean language to refine requirements. Clean Language’s pedigree is from psychotherapy and has found a home in coaching. It is also a valuable tool for discovering information about work products. As product managers, product owners, and stakeholders interact with the world and then describe a set of wants and needs they use metaphors. Clean language helps us unpack those metaphors.

We also have a visit from Susan Parente who brings her Not A Scrumdamentalist Column to the podcast. Susan delivers thoughts and ideas about virtual agile.  Reach out to Susan at parente@s3-tec.com.