Posts filed under: Management

Beyond Buzzwords – Rethinking Collaboration in Software Development and Prioritization vs. Micromanagement – Finding the Right Balance – SPaMCAST 799

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 799 discusses why all communication is not collaboration. It is a commonly held belief that complex problems require collaborative efforts to solve. Couple that... Read More

SPaMCAST 775 – Re-release SPaMCAST 635 – Practical Ways to Manage, A Conversation with Johanna Rothman

We are on our annual holiday and will return with new programs on October 22nd. The Software Process and Measurement Cast 775 is a re-release of SPaMCAST 635 – Practical... Read More

SPaMCAST 772 – New Engineering Managers, Don’t Be A Victim, A Conversation With Ahmed Wasfy

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 772 features our interview with Ahmed Wasfy. We discuss the role of the engineering manager and how people learn to be engineering managers. Coming... Read More

SPaMCAST 727 – Little’s Law and Neglected WIP, All Managers No Doers, Essays and Conversations

In SPaMCAST 727 we discuss the assumptions behind Little’s Law and Neglected WIP. Some of the assumptions you can cheat to generate useful conversations but there are limits and you... Read More

SPaMCAST 710 – Seeing Money Clearly, Throughput Accounting, A Conversation With Daniel Doiron

Daniel Doiron’s new book Seeing Money Clearly challenges Agile Centers of Excellence to view decision-making through the lens of Throughput Accounting.  Throughput Accounting is a lot of things: An accounting... Read More