All posts by: Thomas Cagley

Extraordinarily Badass Agile Coaching, Re-read Saturday, Week 16, Chapter 17 – The Badass Agile Coach’s Guide to Starting Your Day

Chapter 17 begins the final part of Extraordinary Badass Agile Coaching which focuses on continuous learning. The chapter “The Badass Agile Coach’s Guide to Starting Your Day” provides a structure... Read More

SPaMCAST 743 – Diversity, Communion, Essays and Conversations

This week, we take a detour thanks to Extraordinary Badass Agile Coaching. Over the past two chapters, the book has drilled us on recognizing and adapting to situational nuances as... Read More

SPaMCAST 742 – Efficacy of Assessments. A Conversation With Jorgen Hesselberg

This week, Jorgen Hesselberg discusses the efficacy of assessments in helping to guide an agile journey. Assessments are a tool to help coaches coach and to answer the question of... Read More

Extraordinarily Badass Agile Coaching, Re-read Saturday, Week 14, Chapters 14 and 15 – Badass Role-Based and Context-Based Coaching

I am combining the discussion of chapters 14 and 15 of  Badass Agile Coaching: The Journey from Beginner to Mastery and Beyond. The two, written by Jennifer Fields, explore role-based... Read More

Extraordinarily Badass Agile Coaching, Re-read Saturday, Week 10, Chapters 10 – Badass Metaskills for the Agile Coaching Growth Wheel

Chapter 10 of Badass Agile Coaching: The Journey from Beginner to Mastery and Beyond enumerates the four meta-skills in the Coaching Growth Wheel. They are:  These four skills underpin the... Read More

SPaMCAST 737 – Ambiguity and Risk, Agile Requirements, Essays and Conversations

A funny thing happened on the way to this week’s Software Process and Measurement Cast, I was asked about managing risk in Agile. In preparation for answering the question, I... Read More

Extraordinarily Badass Agile Coaching, Re-read Saturday, Week 9, Chapters 8 and 9- An Agile Coaching Story, Parts 1 and 2

Chapters 8 and 9 of Badass Agile Coaching: The Journey from Beginner to Mastery and Beyond are written by Mark Summers of Beliminal.  The chapters are a story of a... Read More

SPaMCAST 2022 Top Ten Countdown! 

2022 marked the sixteenth year of the Software Process and Measurement Cast Podcast. Just like McDonald’s we have served millions and millions. The top ten podcasts this year showcased a... Read More

SPaMCAST 736 – Does Engagement Matter? A Panel Discussion

Today we share our year-end panel discussion with the SPaMcast contributors and occasionally our dogs (once one gets going everyone needs to get in on the action). The topic this... Read More

Extraordinarily Badass Agile Coaching, Re-read Saturday, Week 8, Chapter 7 – The Agile Coaching Wheel

Chapter 7 of Badass Agile Coaching: The Journey from Beginner to Mastery and Beyond introduces The Agile Coaching Wheel and begins the second section of Extraordinary Badass Agile Coaching, which... Read More