All posts by: Thomas Cagley

SPaMCAST 722 – Agile Coaching Defined and Accelerated, An Interview with Scott Showalter

We are back with new content this week! The bears did not eat us as we trekked in three national parks. We did see bears but kept a respectable distance... Read More

Coaching Agile Teams, Re-Read Saturday Week 10, Chapter 9, Coach as Conflict Navigator

Chapter 9 of Coaching Agile Teams by Lyssa Adkins (SPaMCAST Amazon affiliate link: https://amzn.to/38G0ZD3) explores the role of the coach in navigation conflict.  Some conflict is always present when humans... Read More

Measuring success and customer satisfaction in an Agile environment (with a Kanban and Scumban Focus)

Register Now! https://bit.ly/3Uqk7rL On October 11, 2022, 12:00 PM Central Daylight Saving Time (US and Canada) I will be facilitating a panel discussion for the Healthcare Information and Management Systems... Read More

SPaMCAST 721 – The Best of Jeremy Berriault, Susan Parente, and Tony Timbol

The SPaMCAST is on a three-week hiatus. We will be back with new programming on September 25. In the interim, I asked the SPaMCAST columnists (Jeremy, Jon, Susan, and Tony)... Read More

SPaMCAST 720 – Some of The Best of Susan Parente and Jon M Quigley

The SPaMCAST is on a three-week hiatus. We will be back with new programming on September 25. In the interim, I asked the SPaMCAST columnists (Jeremy, Jon, Susan, and Tony)... Read More

SPaMCAST 719 – Some of The Best of Susan Parente, Tony Timbol, and Jeremy Berriault

The SPaMCAST is on a three-week hiatus. We will be back with new programming on September 25. In the interim, I asked the SPaMCAST columnists (Jeremy, Jon, Susan, and Tony)... Read More

Coaching Agile Teams, Re-Read Saturday Week 9, Chapter 8, Coach as Problem Solver

Chapter 8 of Coaching Agile Teams by Lyssa Adkins is “Coach as Problem Solver”. After reading this chapter for the third or fourth time, I think the title should have... Read More

SPaMCAST 718 – OKRs, The Good, Bad, and OMG, A Conversation With Luis Gonçalves

Earlier this year I attended Agile 2022; It was a fantastic conference. One of the undercurrent themes was the use of OKRs (objectives and key results for the uninitiated) to... Read More

Coaching Agile Teams, Re-Read Saturday Week 8, Chapter 7, Coach As Teacher

This week, Chapter 7 of Coaching Agile Teams by Lyssa Adkins. While observing and facilitating might be the most prolific coach activities, at times teaching takes front and center. As... Read More

SPaMCAST 717 – Flow Load Experiment, Delaying Requirements. Essays and Conversations

Flow load has a special place in flow metrics; it is a leading indicator of value delivery as exhibited in flow velocity (throughput) and flow time. We review one experiment... Read More