All posts by: Thomas Cagley

Re-Read Saturday, Project to Product, Week 11 – Conclusion and Final Notes

As 2021 comes to a close we bring our re-read of Project to Product to a close as well (buy a copy and dive into the book https://amzn.to/2WzvPac – Amazon... Read More

SPaMCAST 681 – Prioritization Without Control of Work Entry, Measuring Testings, Conversations and Essays

This week we touch on a topic that is near and dear to my heart, work entry, with an essay titled Prioritization Without Control of Work Entry. I am tempted... Read More

Re-Read Saturday, Project to Product, Week 10 – Chapter 9: Value Stream Management

Chapter 9 of Project to Product (buy a copy and re-read the book with us https://amzn.to/2WzvPac, Amazon Affiliate Link) ties the three layers of the author’s model together and exposes... Read More

SPaMCAST 680 – State of Software Measurement, Legacies, A Conversation with Mauricio Aguiar and Christine Green

This week Mauricio Aguiar and Christine Green join me to discuss the state and future of Software Measurement. Mauricio, Christine, and I are all recent Past Presidents of the International... Read More

Re-Read Saturday, Project to Product, Week 9 – Chapter 8: Specialized Tools and the Value Stream

This week, Chapter 8 of Project to Product  https://amzn.to/2WzvPac (Amazon Affiliate Link). I was presented with a scenario this week in which product, UX, development, testing, and security operated within... Read More

SPaMCAST 679 – Team Leads In Agile, Descoping, Conversations and Essays

As we begin counting down to the end of the year, I would like to consider the team lead’s role. It is a nearly ubiquitous role in organizations, but is... Read More

SPaMCAST 678 – Prioritization Outside Span Of Control, Product Owners and User Stories, Conversations and Essays

This week we are taking a quick journey into a discussion of prioritization outside of a team or an organization’s span of control. It is easy to confuse influence and... Read More

Re-Read Saturday, Project to Product, Week 8, Chapter 7: The Ground Truth of Enterprise Tool Networks

Before we dive in I would like to share an observation. I have re-read any number of books over the years. Some have not held up well and I just... Read More

SPaMCAST 677 – Service Level Objectives, SLOs, A conversation with Kit Merker

Today we will speak to Kit Merker, COO of Nobl9 about Service Level Objectives (SLO). Kit provides down-to-earth advice for adopting and using SLOs to benefit teams AND organizations.  Kit’s... Read More

Re-Read Saturday, Project to Product, Week 7, Chapter 6: Tracking Disruption

This week, the PC version of the Kindle software I use seems to have lost its copy of Project to Product — I have gotten reasonably adept at reading on... Read More