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SPaMCAST 729 – Product Owners, Not The More The Merrier, Syncing Agile and Waterfall Requirements, Essays and Conversations

This week we go back to basics and answer a listener’s question (name and a bit of the context changed to protect the involved parties). In the essay this week... Read More

SPaMCAST 728 – Product Leadership Stances, A Conversation With Anjali Leon and Nadezhda Belousova

SPaMCAST 728 features a discussion with Anjali Leon and Nadezhda Belousova. We discussed their new model, Product Leadership Stances. One of my takeaways was how powerful the model was in... 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 726 – Nuke Your Backlog, A Conversation With Allan Kelly

In SPaMCAST 726 Mr. Allan Kelly returns! We discussed the fact that backlogs often become dumping grounds. Allan suggested an energetic solution. We also discussed OKRs and whether they are... Read More

SPaMCAST 725 – Neglected WIP, Examples, What To Do With The QA Lead, Essays and Conversations

One of the most common problems teams face is starting more work than they complete. Neglected WIP is the gap between all the work you say you are working on... Read More

SPaMCAST 724 – Taming SaaS Spend, A Conversation With Indus Khaitan

This week we feature an interview with Indus Khaitan, Founder & CEO at Quolum. A few of the topics covered include:  Why do organizations need help in consuming SaaS at... Read More

SPaMCAST 723 – Neglected WIP, Time According to Jon M Quigley, Essays and Conversations

SPaMCAST 723 features our essay on neglected WIP. Work that has been started and is now just sitting around is neglected. Running a team or organization above their natural level... Read More

SPaMCAST 722 – Agile Coaching Defined and Accelerated, An Interview with Scott Showalter

We are back with new content this week! The bears did not eat us as we trekked in three national parks. We did see bears but kept a respectable distance... Read More

SPaMCAST 721 – The Best of Jeremy Berriault, Susan Parente, and Tony Timbol

The SPaMCAST is on a three-week hiatus. We will be back with new programming on September 25. In the interim, I asked the SPaMCAST columnists (Jeremy, Jon, Susan, and Tony)... Read More

SPaMCAST 720 – Some of The Best of Susan Parente and Jon M Quigley

The SPaMCAST is on a three-week hiatus. We will be back with new programming on September 25. In the interim, I asked the SPaMCAST columnists (Jeremy, Jon, Susan, and Tony)... Read More