Software Process and Measurement Blog

Team Topologies, Re-read Saturday, Week 2, Chapter 1, The Problem With Org Charts

Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais open Chapter 1 with a quote from Naomi Stafford, Guide to Organizational Design. The quote: “Organizations should be viewed as complex and adaptive organizations rather... Read More

Team Topologies, Re-read Saturday, Week 1, Logistics and Front Matter

Today we begin the re-read of Team Topologies: Organizing Business And Technology Teams For Fast Flow by Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais. The book contains front matter, including a foreword... Read More

SPaMCAST 748 – Making Agile Coaching Better, A Conversation with Bob Galen

SPaMCAST 748 features our interview with Bob Galen. Bob and I discuss Extraordinary Badass Agile Coaching: The Journey from Beginner to Mastery and Beyond. With the interview, we wrap up... Read More

Extraordinarily Badass Agile Coaching, Re-read Saturday, Week 20, Wrap-up

Today we complete the re-read of Extraordinary Badass. Tomorrow we will release our interview with Bob Galen, the primary author. Extraordinary Badass Agile Coaching is my new go-to coaching reference.... Read More

SPaMCAST 747 – Combatting Fatalism, Succession Planning, Essays and Conversations

This week we continue our exploration of fatalism’s impact on change in organizations (listen to Part 1 in SPaMCAST 745). Fatalism does not have to be permanent. How that transition... Read More

Extraordinarily Badass Agile Coaching, Re-read Saturday, Week 19, Chapter 20 – Sharpening Your Badass Saw

Today we re-read Chapter 20 of Badass Agile Coaching: The Journey from Beginner to Mastery and Beyond. Bob notes that Stephen Covey’s seventh habit in his classic, Seven Habits of... Read More