Software Process and Measurement Blog

Re-read Saturday, Actionable Agile Volume II, Week 10, Chapters 9 -10,  VoP, VoC, Predictability, Monte Carlo and More

Today we tackle two chapters of Actionable Agile Metrics Volume II, Advanced Topics in Predictability. We begin with Chapter 9 – VoP, VoC, and Predictability which sums up Section I,... Read More

Re-read Saturday, Actionable Agile Volume II, Week 9, Chapter 8, Myths and Other Considerations

Mastering Work Intake: From Chaos to Predictable Delivery Chapter 8 shatters myths!  Once upon a time in a land far, far away, I believed a few of these myths. Ok,... Read More

Re-read Saturday, Actionable Agile Volume II, Week 8, Chapter 7,  XmR Charts and the Four Basic Metrics of Flow

Chapter 7 of   Mastering Work Intake: From Chaos to Predictable Delivery dives into the nuances of using XmR charts for four flow metrics. They are: This chapter is hugely... Read More

SPaMCAST Special – Nine Core Work Entry Principles

Mastering Work Intake: From Chaos to Predictable Delivery by Thomas M Cagley Jr and Jeremy Willets, gives you the tools to prioritize and deliver the right work at the right... Read More

Re-read Saturday, Actionable Agile Volume II, Week 7, Chapter 6 – Detecting Signals on PBCs

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

Re-read Saturday, Actionable Agile Volume II, Week 6, Chapter 5 – How Much Data?

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