All posts by: Thomas Cagley

SPaMCAST 657 – Teams, Value Chains, and Coaching, A Conversation With Søren Pedersen

In this podcast, I talk with Søren Pedersen.  We talk about teams, value streams, and leveraging agile to improve how teams deliver value.  We started with the definition of a... Read More

Hiking!

This week…I am hiking in the woods without my laptop albeit I do have my copy of  Monotasking by Staffan Nöteberg. I am continuing to focus on using shortlists, which... Read More

SPaMCAST 656 – Gig Economy and Making The Market, A Conversation With Rahul Aggarwal

In Software Process and Measurement Cast 656 we stay with an agile product and entrepreneurship theme with a conversation with Rahul Aggarwal. We discussed building a business and products to... Read More

Re-Read Saturday, Monotasking, Week 3, Chapter 1, Monotasking In A Nutshell

This week we focus on Chapter One of Monotasking by Staffan Nöteberg, which is titled Monotasking In A Nutshell. This chapter lays the foundation for translating the Five Axioms of... Read More

SPaMCAST 655 Product Pricing and Scale, A Conversation With Ajit Ghuman

This week we dive into what is often viewed as arcane science by the development community, pricing. Pricing can make or break any product. Everyone in the value chain has... Read More

SPaMCAST 654 – Monotasking, A Conversation With Staffan Nöteberg

This week is a doubleheader (baseball term for two games played by the same teams on the same day against each other). We begin our re-read of  Monotasking by Staffan... Read More

Re-read Saturday, Monotasking, Week 1, Logistics, Game Plan, and Preface

We start our re-read of Monotasking by Staffan Noteberg.  The book is 237 pages published by Racehorse Publishing (an imprint of Simon & Schuster) and was released in English on... Read More

SPaMCAST 653 – Work Entry: An Introduction, Product Backlog and Projects, Conversations and Essays

Work Entry: An Introduction, focuses on what work entry is and why it is the single most important part of determining whether a team is dependable, predictable, and even remotely... Read More

Re-Read Saturday, Fixing Your Scrum, Week 16, Final Thoughts

We have read or re-read Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems by Todd Miller and Ryan Ripley cover-to-cover, if you don’t count the index at the back... Read More

SPaMCAST 652 – Intellectual Property Protection and Software, A Conversation With Rick Martin

Intellectual property protection impacts almost everyone whether they are aware of it or not.  Trademarks, copyrights, patents, and trade secrets are all part of a wide-ranging discussion of IP protection... Read More