All posts by: Thomas Cagley

Re-read Saturday, Great Big Agile, Week 5, Chapter 4 – Performance Circle: Envisioning

This week it is time for Chapter 4 of  Great Big Agile, An OS for Agile Leaders by Jeff Dalton. The Performance Circle, Envisioning, encompasses the behaviors and actions to describe what... Read More

SPaMCAST 631 – Hackable and Ethical Hackers, A Conversation with Ted Harrington

This week’s Software Process and Measurement Cast features our interview with Ted Harrington, author of HACKABLE: How to Do Application Security Right. Application security requires planning, coding, and testing. It... Read More

SPaMCAST 630 – It’s All About the People, A Panel Discussion with Laberge, Parente, Voris, Sweeney, and Cagley

In March 2020, as our world was shrinking and words like ‘lockdown’ and ‘zoom-bombing’ were becoming a reality, we recorded and aired SPaMCAST 597. Paul Laberge, Susan Parente, Jo Ann... Read More

Re-read Saturday, Great Big Agile, Week 4, Chapter 2 – Performance Circle – Providing

This week it is time for Chapter 3 of  Great Big Agile, An OS for Agile Leaders by Jeff Dalton. Re-read Saturday is a day late this week due to... Read More

SPaMCAST 629 – Agile Metrics In Action- A Conversation With Christopher W H Davis

This week we are staying with metrics and Manning Publications for a chat with Christopher W H Davis, author of Agile Metrics in Action, How to Measure and Improve Team... Read More

Re-read Saturday, Great Big Agile, Week 3: Chapter 2: Performance Circle – Leading

This week it is time for Chapter 2 of  Great Big Agile, An OS for Agile Leaders by Jeff Dalton. Chapter 2 begins Part 2 which is focused on the... Read More

SPaMCAST 628 – Software Development Metrics – A Conversation With Dave Nicolette

This week Dave Nicolette, author of Software Development Metrics from Manning Publications, and I talk about pragmatically using metrics. Dave and I talked about the value teams get from measurement... Read More

Re-read Saturday, Great Big Agile, Week 2: Chapter 1: The API is Broken

Today, we dive into Chapter 1 of Great Big Agile, An OS for Agile Leaders by Jeff Dalton. I am mentioned in the first paragraph of the book. Being mentioned... Read More

SPaMCAST 627 – Collaboration, Fit for Use, Essays and Conversations

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 627 features our essay on collaboration.  Collaboration is a word that gets thrown around A LOT in team-oriented environments. I am not sure everyone... Read More

Re-read Saturday, Great Big Agile, Week 1: Re-Read Logistics and Front Matter

Today we begin the long-anticipated re-read of Great Big Agile, An OS for Agile Leaders by Jeff Dalton. The book was published by Apress in 2019. The 356 pages (335... Read More