All posts by: Thomas Cagley

SPaMCAST 661 -Jumping The Queue and Remedies, Risk Management, Hybrid Agile, Essays and Conversations

Over the past few months, I have been in traffic jams on the highway several times when traveling to our weekly hike.  In more than one instance someone has decided... Read More

Prioritization Problems: Risk Tolerance Mismatches

The second category of prioritization problems is risk tolerance mismatches. This category focuses on how organizations and teams balance the exposure of having people and resources in the wrong place... Read More

SPaMCAST 660 – AIoT, Doing Business Differently, An Interview with Rob Rastovich

In this week’s Software Process and Measurement Cast, I speak with Rob Rastovich, CTO of ThingLogix. We talked about meeting customer needs through developing solutions using the AIoT (not a... Read More

Re-Read Saturday, Monotasking, Week 5, Chapter 3, Focus On One Task Now

In Chapter 2 of Monotasking by Staffan Nöteberg, Staffan describes how to create a short list of five items and then to push everything else to the “grass catcher” list.... Read More

When Prioritization Goes Bad

Deciding which work to do when is critical in any job and at all levels of the organization. Messing prioritization up leads to waste which can impact both the organization’s... Read More

SPaMCAST 659 – The Impact of Adopting ERP Packages, An Interview with Christiano Gherardini

In this episode, we feature our interview with Christiano Gherardini. Chris and I talk about the impact of using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) packages on businesses and as importantly, the... Read More

Re-Read Saturday, Monotasking, Week 4, Chapter 2, Cut Down on Tasks to Do

Finally, we have reached Chapter 2 of Monotasking by Staffan Nöteberg. It is ironic that a failure in my ability to control WIP in my personal life led to a... Read More

Why We Prioritize

The simplest definition of the term prioritization is determining what is most important. Prioritization creates order out of chaos (however fleetingly) by spending the time necessary to reflect on what... Read More

SPaMCAST 658 – Prioritization, Testing, Agile Performance Holarchy, Essays and Conversations

The Software Process and Measurement Cast features an essay on prioritization. We prioritize in order to establish what to work on and when to do it. There is often a... Read More

Revisiting Carol Dweck’s Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

For the second week, family obligations have interrupted by writing.  We are featuring a repost of the conclusion of Carol Dweck’s Mindset: The New Psychology of Success.  I am still... Read More