Software Process and Measurement Podcast

SPaMCAST 731 – Giving Thanks, Flow, Essays and Conversations

The annual Thanksgiving holiday in the US was a few days ago providing space to reflect and give thanks to everyone involved in the 16-plus years history of the Software... Read More

SPaMCAST 730 – Solving Problems As A Sales Engineer, A Conversation With Ramzi Marjaba

The SPaMCAST 730 features our conversation with Ramzi Marjaba. Ramzi and I discussed the role of a sales engineer. The role solves customers’ problems and is a bridge between customers... Read More

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