Software Process and Measurement Blog

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

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

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

Re-Read Saturday, Project to Product, Week 6, Chapter 5: Connecting to Business Results

As the previous chapters have highlighted, we can measure the flow items that enter and exit a value stream. There are a number of suitcase words (words that have many... Read More

Re-Read Saturday, Project to Product, Week 5, Chapter 4: Capturing Flow Metrics

As a reminder, the Flow Framework defines four flow items (things we are interested in measuring in this framework).  They are: Features Defects Risks Debts Using the framework is premised... Read More

I Asked How Do You Define Agile

If you ask the question what is agile in polite company you get a wide range of answers. I know because I have asked that question in polite and less... Read More