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Happy Birthday to the Software Process and Measurement Cast. Today we begin year 18 with our interview with Gil Broza. Gil and I discussed his new book, Deliver Better Results:... Read More
Chapter Six, of Actionable Agile Metrics Volume II, Advanced Topics in Predictability, is titled Detecting Signals on PBCs. Finding a signal in the noise is like separating the wheat from... Read More
With SPaMCAST 791 we complete Year 17 with our interview with Vinnie GIl. Vinnie and I talked about conferences and staying connected with the Agile Community. One of the topics... Read More
The question of how much data is required to determine what is happening in a system is a perennial bugaboo. Those predisposed to acting tend to think less is more,... Read More
SPaMCAST 790 features our interview with Stefan Wolpers. Stefan and I talked about the Scrum Master’s role in the 21st Century, his new book The Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide (buy a... Read More
We continue with Chapter Four of Actionable Agile Metrics Volume II, Advanced Topics in Predictability, titled Process Behaviour Charts, this week. Today we construct an XmR chart. We begin with... Read More
In the first installment of our essay, Saying Yes To All Work, I mentioned that the class exploring the topic identified that “when the CEO tells you to do something,... Read More
Late on the second day of a three-day workshop, a hand came up a table at the back of the room. I had noticed the person getting increasingly fidgety as... Read More
Stop saying “yes” to everything! “Mastering Work Intake,” by Thomas M Cagley Jr and Jeremy Willets, gives you the tools to prioritize and deliver the right work at the right... Read More
I remember a television show from my distant past, Kids Say The Darndest Things (in re-runs). In the version of the show I first remember, Art Linkletter would ask children... Read More
