Mr. Chemuturi has over thirty four years of total experience out of which about 23 years have been spent in the field of information technology.  Has worked at TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES for five and half years and at ELECTRONICS COROPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED for nineteen. Murali also worked at SATYAM COMPUTER SERVICES LTD., METAMOR GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LTD. and Vistaar eBusinesses Pvt Ltd.  His CV includes numerous publications and he is the author of an upcoming book on estimation which I will review on a future Software Measurement and Process Cast. 

Mr. Chemuturi can be contacted by email at murali@chemuturi.com or by phone at 91-40-27220771, 91-0-988-501-9461 and in the USA at 1- 347-394-3138.  His web site can be found at http://www.effortestimator.com

The essay is an excerpt from âWhen Good Numbers Go Badâ titled âWhen Communication makes Good Numbers Go Badâ.   The excerpt explores how poor communication can effect a metrics program (and is a bit of foreshadowing of a presentation I will be doing later this year (see below).  The text of the essay can be found at www.tcagley.wordpress.com.  Comments and corrections are welcome.

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Future Events and the next . . .

I have a couple of free webinars coming up in early 2008.  The first is âGetting Performance Improvement Out of Your Software Process Improvementâ on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

I have another webinar coming up in May. The webinar is titled âA Cost Effective Approach to Enterprise Wide Software Process Improvementâ May 22nd, 2008 at 10:00 am - 11:30 am Eastern Time

More information and registration information can be found at http://www.itmpi.org/webinars/

Conference season is beginning!

I will be speaking at IFPUGâs 3rd Annual ISMA Conference and Fall Workshops Sunday, September 14 â Friday, September 19, 2008 at the Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel information at www.ifpug.org.  The presentation is call âCounting Facebookâ and will be on Friday September 19, 2008 at 10:25 AM - 11:25 AM,

I am speaking at Quest Toronto 2008 Conference, September 22- 26, 2008, at the Hilton Hotel in Toronto, Canada.  I will be presenting âGood Numbers Go Badâ on Wed Sept 24th from 1:30 - 2:30 pm and also joining in as a subject matter expert in the end of day solutions workshop.  Information can be found at http://www.qaiquest.org/toronto/

Finally I will be speaking at the Northeast Quality Council 57^th Conference.  The conference is scheduled for October 14 â 15 , 2008 in Marlborough, Massachusetts at Best Western Royal Plaza.   The presentation is titled âOne Size Fits . . .Someone Other Than Meâ.  Information can be found at http://www.neqc.org/conference.

Next Software Process and Measurement Cast:

On the next SPaMCAST  we will jump back into the interview with Rob Donnellan of Q/P Management Group covering a wide range of measurement and process improvement topics.  Your thoughts and comments are always a welcome addition and remember I have Muraliâs PDF with your name on it!

Scott W. Ambler is the Practice Leader Agile Development with IBM Rational and he works with IBM customers around the world to improve their software processes.  He is the founder of the Agile Modeling (AM), Agile Data (AD), Agile Unified Process (AUP), and Enterprise Unified Process (EUP) methodologies.  Scott is the (co-)author of 19 books, including Refactoring Databases, Agile Modeling, Agile Database Techniques, The Object Primer 3rd Edition, and The Enterprise Unified Process.  Scott is a senior contributing editor with Dr. Dobbâs Journal. 

Check out Mr. amblerâs blogs at:

Personal home page: www.ibm.com/rational/bios/ambler.html

Agile at Scale blog: www.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/page/ambler.

The essay for this cast is titled âAre Words a Predictor of Change Adoptionâ.  The essay explores the relationship between words and what they predict about success in process improvement.  The text of the essay can be found at www.tcagley.wordpress.com.  Comments and corrections are welcome.

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Future Events and the next . . .

I have a couple of free webinars coming up in early 2008.  The first is âGetting Performance Improvement Out of Your Software Process Improvementâ on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

And the second is titled âA Cost Effective Approach to Enterprise Wide Software Process Improvementâ May 22nd, 2008 at 10:00 am - 11:30 am Eastern Time

More information and registration information can be found at http://www.itmpi.org/webinars/

Next Software Process and Measurement Cast:

On the next SPaMCAST I will be airing part 2 of the interview with Murali Chemuturi on estimation and software sizing.  To describe the interview I will just say âdamn!â and let you dive in. Your thoughts and comments are always a welcome addition . . .

Show 30 begins a two part interview with Rob Donnellan on the topic of metrics programs.    

Rob Donnellan, IT Excellence Value Builder, has more than 28 years of industry experience.   Rob delivers executive-level "IT Excellence" consulting.  Prior to joining Q/P Management Group, Rob was a Director with META Group, Nautilus Advisors (an outsourcing consultancy), and Cap Gemini.  His key responsibilities have been to develop next-generation consulting services, and to lead IT management consulting projects primarily devoted to process improvement, IT portfolio management, IT diagnosis, performance engineering/measurement, and benchmarking.  He has been a regular speaker for industry organizations such as the APQC, PMI, SPIN, SIM, IFPUG, and The Balanced Scorecard Collaborative.  He holds a Masters Degree in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a B.A. in Liberal Arts from the University of Connecticut.

Mr. Donnellan can be contacted by email at rob.donnellan@qpmg.com or by phone at (401) 783-3005.  Q/P Management Groupâs web site can be found at http://www.qpmg.com/.

The essay for this cast is titled âPassion and Successâ.  The essay discusses the relationship between passion and success in process improvment.  The text of the essay can be found at www.tcagley.wordpress.com.  Comments and corrections are welcome.

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Future Events and the next . . .

I have a couple of free webinars coming up in early 2008.  The first is âGetting Performance Improvement Out of Your Software Process Improvementâ on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

And the second is titled âA Cost Effective Approach to Enterprise Wide Software Process Improvementâ May 22nd, 2008 at 10:00 am - 11:30 am Eastern Time

More information and registration information can be found at http://www.itmpi.org/webinars/

Next Software Process and Measurement Cast:

On the next SPaMCAST I will be airing an interview I did with Scott Ambler on scaling test driven development.  Agilistas, this one is for you!  Part 2 of the interview with Rob will air on show 33. Your thoughts and comments are always a welcome addition . . .

An abridged version of Mr. Jacobsonâs Wikipedia biography notes that he is a Swedish computer scientist he holds a Masters of Electrical Engineering at Chalmers Institute of Technology in Gothenburg and a Ph.D. from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.

In 1967 he proposed the use of software components in the development of the new generation of software controlled telephone switches Ericsson was developing. In doing this he invented sequence diagrams, and developed collaboration diagrams. He also applied state transition diagrams to describe the message flow between the components.

At Ericsson he also invented use cases as a way to specify functional software requirements.

In April 1987 he quit Ericsson and started Objective Systems. A majority stake of the company was acquired by Ericsson in 1991 (you can run but  . . .), and the company was renamed to Objectory AB.

In October 1995 Ericsson divested Objectory to Rational Software [1] and Ivar started working with Grady Booch and James Rumbaugh to first create the UML, and later develop the Rational Unified Process.

In mid 2003 Ivar formed Ivar Jacobson International (IJI) which is an umbrella company for Ivar Jacobson Consulting (IJC) which operates across 4 continents with offices in the UK, US (West and East Coast), Scandinavia, China, Korea, Singapore and Australia.

In November 2005, Jacobson announced the Essential Unified Process or âEssUPâ for short. EssUP is a new âPracticeâ centric software development process that stands on the shoulders of modern but established software development best practice. It is a fresh new start integrating successful practices sourced from the three leading process camps: the unified process camp, the agile methods camp and the process maturity camp. Each one of them contributes different capabilities: structure, agility and process improvement.

Ivar has described EssUP as a "super light and agile" RUP and IJC have integrated EssUP into Microsoft Visual Studio Team System and Eclipse.

Check out http://www.ivarjacobson.com   and

http://www.ivarblog.com/

 
The essay for this cast is titled âSocial Media and Process Improvement.â  The essay discusses the impact of social media on the practice of process improvement.  The text of the essay can be found at www.tcagley.wordpress.com.  Comments and corrections are welcome.

There are a number of ways to share your thoughts . .

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Future Events and the next . . .

I have a couple of free webinars coming up in early 2008.  The first is âGetting Performance Improvement Out of Your Software Process Improvementâ on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

And the second is titled âA Cost Effective Approach to Enterprise Wide Software Process Improvementâ May 22nd, 2008 at 10:00 am - 11:30 am Eastern Time

More information and registration information can be found at http://www.itmpi.org/webinars/

Next Software Process and Measurement Cast:

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 29 will feature an interview with Murali Chemuturi on estimation.  Muraliâs take on estimation is razor sharp and will be a valuable addition to your knowledge base.  Your thoughts and comments would be a welcome addition . . .

Show 27 features part one of an interview with Ivar Jacobson, author, pundit and one of the creators of UML.  The discussion covered topics ranging from methodologies to his new concept, practices.   If process improvement and methodology are important to you, this is an important interview full of new concepts.

An abridged version of Mr. Jacobsonâs Wikipedia biography notes that he is a Swedish computer scientist he holds a Masters of Electrical Engineering at Chalmers Institute of Technology in Gothenburg and a Ph.D. from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.

In 1967 he proposed the use of software components in the development of the new generation of software controlled telephone switches Ericsson was developing. In doing this he invented sequence diagrams, and developed collaboration diagrams. He also applied state transition diagrams to describe the message flow between the components.

At Ericsson he also invented use cases as a way to specify functional software requirements.

In April 1987 he quit Ericsson and started Objective Systems. A majority stake of the company was acquired by Ericsson in 1991 (you can run but  . . .) , and the company was renamed to Objectory AB.

In October 1995 Ericsson divested Objectory to Rational Software [1] and Ivar started working with Grady Booch and James Rumbaugh to first create the UML, and later develop the Rational Unified Process.

In mid 2003 Ivar formed Ivar Jacobson International (IJI) which is an umbrella company for Ivar Jacobson Consulting (IJC) which operates across 4 continents with offices in the UK, US (West and East Coast), Scandinavia, China, Korea, Singapore and Australia.

In November 2005, Jacobson announced the Essential Unified Process or âEssUPâ for short. EssUP is a new âPracticeâ centric software development process that stands on the shoulders of modern but established software development best practice. It is a fresh new start integrating successful practices sourced from the three leading process camps: the unified process camp, the agile methods camp and the process maturity camp. Each one of them contributes different capabilities: structure, agility and process improvement.

Ivar has described EssUP as a "super light and agile" RUP and IJC have integrated EssUP into Microsoft Visual Studio Team System and Eclipse.

Check out http://www.ivarjacobson.com   and

http://www.ivarblog.com/

The essay for this cast is titled âWe Are All Futurists.â  The essay discusses the basis for predicting the future (can you say estimation) and why some people shy away from being a futurist.  The text of the essay can be found at www.tcagley.wordpress.com.  Comments and corrections are welcome.

There are a number of ways to share your thoughts . .

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Future Events and the next . . .

I have a couple of free webinars coming up in early 2008.  The first is âGetting Performance Improvement Out of Your Software Process Improvementâ on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

And the second is titled âA Cost Effective Approach to Enterprise Wide Software Process Improvementâ May 22nd, 2008 at 10:00 am - 11:30 am Eastern Time

More information and registration information can be found at http://www.itmpi.org/webinars/

Next Software Process and Measurement Cast:

The next Software Process and Measurement Cast will be a special show.  Cast 28 will feature part two of the interview with Ivar Jacobson.  Your thoughts and comments would be a welcome addition . . .
 

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Show 26 features an interview with Nicolas Carr, author of âThe Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Googleâ and âDoes IT Matterâ.  The discussion ranged from computing as a utility to the impact of ubiquitous computing on business and society. 

Mr. Carr is a former executive editor of the Harvard Business Review. He writes and speaks on technology, business, and culture. His 2004 book Does IT Matter? Information Technology and the Corrosion of Competitive Advantage, published by Harvard Business School Press, set off a worldwide debate about the role of computers in business. His new book, The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google, examines the future of computing and its implications for business and society. He also edited and wrote the introduction for The Digital Enterprise, a book of HBR writings on the Internet, and contributed to World View, Organizing Business Knowledge, and When Good People Behave Badly.

Check out www.roughtype.com/    and

www.bigswitchbook.com

The essay for this cast is titled âThe Center Will Not Hold.â  The essay discusses change and the life cycle of how extreme changes evolve the mainstream over time.  The text of the essay can be found at www.tcagley.wordpress.com.  Comments and corrections are welcome.

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Future Events and the next . . .

I have a couple of free webinars coming up in early 2008.  The first is âGetting Performance Improvement Out of Your Software Process Improvementâ on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

And the second is titled âA Cost Effective Approach to Enterprise Wide Software Process Improvementâ May 22nd, 2008 at 10:00 am - 11:30 am Eastern Time

More information and registration information can be found at http://www.itmpi.org/webinars/

Next Software Process and Measurement Cast:

The next Software Process and Measurement Cast will be a special show.  Cast 27 will feature a interview with Ivar Jacobson.  Your thoughts and comments would be a welcome addition . . .

A few hours late . . . for some reason Audacity and Vista had a wrestling match this afternoon.  A couple of reinstalls later we are back in action however I think the interview and essay might be the some of the best of year one! Show 25 features an interview with Grady Booch.  The interview covers topics ranging from high ceremony processes, anarchy, and organizational governance to virtual worlds.  Humboldt Curve and even Mooreâs Law even make appearances. 

Grady is recognized internationally for his innovative work on software architecture and software engineering. A renowned visionary, he has devoted his life's work to improving the effectiveness of software developers worldwide. Grady served as Chief Scientist of Rational Software Corporation since its founding in 1981 and continues to serve in that capacity within IBM. Grady is one of the original authors of the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and was also one of the original developers of several of Rational's products. Grady has served as architect and architectural mentor for numerous complex software-intensive systems around the world in just about every domain imaginable.

Grady is the author of six best-selling books, including the UML Users Guide and the seminal Object-Oriented Analysis with Applications. He has published several hundred articles on software engineering, including papers published in the early '80s that originated the term and practice of object-oriented design (OOD), plus papers published in the early 2000's that originated the term and practice of collaborative development environments (CDE).

At random times, the laws of physics do not apply to him. He is not dead yet.

Contact Grady at architecture@booch.com

The essay for this cast is titled âOmnibus Frameworks, Collaboration and Social Media.â  The essay wrestles with balancing frameworks, collaboration and a new world order in process improvement.   Humans are generally social by nature, IT personnel are no different (although the stereotype indicates differently) the new focus on social media whether in second life, Twitter or other platforms are tools that will let you break down high ceremony processes into more manageable âpractices.â   The shift from one size fits all frameworks to highly granular practices will allow you to shift control closer to work and support usage via social media tools.  The text of the essay can be found at www.tcagley.wordpress.com.  Comments and corrections are welcome.

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Future Events and the next . . .

I have a couple of free webinars coming up in early 2008.  The first is âGetting Performance Improvement Out of Your Software Process Improvementâ on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

And the second is titled âA Cost Effective Approach to Enterprise Wide Software Process Improvementâ May 22nd, 2008 at 10:00 am - 11:30 am Eastern Time

More information and registration information can be found at http://www.itmpi.org/webinars/

Next Software Process and Measurement Cast:

The next Software Process and Measurement Cast will be a special show.  Cast 26 will be a retrospective of the past year highlighting SPaMCASTâs first year.  Your thoughts and comments  would be a welcome addition . . .

** Note â Traceability paper will be out on the feed this week. **

Show 24 features an interview with Marilyn Edelson, a Principal at IT Decisions Coaching LLC.  The interview covers project management, leadership, the similarities, differences and how coaching can make both better.  This was a wide ranging interview with lots of tips and take âawaysâ!

Here are the links for ITDC and Marilyn!

IT Decisions Coaching - www.itdecisionscoaching.com/

ITDC email:  info@itdecisionscoaching.com

Marilynâs email:  m.edelson@itdecisionscoaching.com

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Future Events and the next . . .

I have a couple of free webinars coming up in early 2008.  The first is âGetting Performance Improvement Out of Your Software Process Improvementâ on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

And the second is titled âA Cost Effective Approach to Enterprise Wide Software Process Improvementâ May 22nd, 2008 at 10:00 am - 11:30 am Eastern Time

More information and registration information can be found at http://www.itmpi.org/webinars/

Next Software Process and Measurement Cast:

The next Software Process and Measurement Cast features an interview with Grady Booch chief scientist of Rational Software (now a part of IBM).  We will discuss structure, design, architecture, agility and discipline amongst other things.  This is another of those interviews where you will want to take notes!

** I believe I am back on track since the motherboard failure.  We should be back on track for delivering your favorite process improvement and measurement content every other week! **

Show 23 features an interview with Johanna Rothman.  The interview is titled, âProject Management in the Post Waterfall Worldâ.  While the title is a bit fanciful I would suggest that the ideas espoused are very powerful and pertinent to how work is done and managed. 

Johanna Rothman consults, speaks, and writes on managing high-technology product development. She assists managers, teams, and organizations to become more effective by applying her pragmatic approaches to the issues of project management, risk management, and people management. Sheâs helped Engineering organizations, IT organizations, and startups hire technical people, manage projects, and release successful products faster.

Johanna is the author of Manage It! Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project Management, the coauthor (with Esther Derby) of Behind Closed Doors, Secrets of Great Management, and the author of Hiring the Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds: The Secrets and Science of Hiring Technical People. Johanna is a host and session leader at the Amplifying Your Effectiveness (AYE) conference.

The AYE site is http://www.ayeconference.com

Here are the links to Joannaâs books and blogs:

Manage It! Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project Management: <http://www.pragprog.com/titles/jrpm> 

Behind Closed Doors: Secrets of Great Management: <http://www.pragprog.com/titles/rdbcd> 

Hiring The Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds: The Secrets & Science of Hiring Technical People: <http://www.dorsethouse.com/books/hire.html> 

Hiring Technical People blog <http://www.jrothman.com/blog/htp>  

Managing Product Development blog <http://www.jrothman.com/blog/mpd> 

The essay is titled is the synopsis of âTraceability:  A Radical Approach Based on User Involvement.â I am excited as I have finally completed the essay and I think it adds a lot to the discussion of traceability and tailoring.   I will push entire document out on the SPaMCAST feed later this week.   The text of the synopsis can be found at www.tcagley.wordpress.com.  Comments and corrections are welcome.

There are a number of ways to share your thoughts . .

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• Voice messages can be left at 1-206-888-6111
• Twitter â www.twitter.com/tcagley
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Future Events and the next . . .

I have a couple of free webinars coming up in early 2008.  The first is âGetting Performance Improvement Out of Your Software Process Improvementâ on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

And the second is titled âA Cost Effective Approach to Enterprise Wide Software Process Improvementâ May 22nd, 2008 at 10:00 am - 11:30 am Eastern Time

More information and registration information can be found at http://www.itmpi.org/webinars/

Next Software Process and Measurement Cast:

The next Software Process and Measurement Cast features an interview with Marilyn Edelson of IT Decisions Coaching (ITDC).  We will be discussing unlocking the door of success via coach, mentoring and goals just in time to plan the New Year

** I know this show is a week late.  I had a motherboard failure; I am working on a replacement. **

Show 22 features an interview with Joe Levens of Wolters Kluwer discussing Configuration Management (CM).  Joe has worked in development, testing, configuration management, and process improvement roles for 24 years. He formed and led the Configuration Management group at Reuters for 8 years, which performed a unique process of integrity checking on software releases, to significantly improve product quality delivered to the customer. His group managed an average of 1000 software and document releases per year, distributed globally. Joseph is currently a Program Manager for Wolters Kluwer, where he chairs a Software Process Improvement Collaboration Forum among organizations throughout North America.

The essay is titled âAttention as an Asset in Outsourcingâ.  The text of this commentary can be found at www.tcagley.wordpress.com.  Comments and corrections are welcome.

Remember that comments and feedback are welcome! 

There are a number of ways to share your thoughts . .

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Next Software Process and Measurement Cast:

The next Software Process and Measurement Cast features an interview with Johanna Rothman titled âProject Management in the Post Waterfall World.  Johanna is an author, consultant and guru if you have any interest in Project Management you will not want to miss this interview!

Show 21 features an interview with Miranda Mason of Accenture on metrics consulting and sourcing programs.  The interview has a ton of information on how to make metrics programs useful and how to approach sourcing these kinds of programs. MS Mason is the global Performance Management and metrics lead for Accentureâs Outsourcing practice. She has extensive experience in IT metrics, Balanced Scorecards, Six Sigma, and application outsourcing. Miranda lives in Denver with her husband and 3 year old son.
                              

The essay is titled âMarine Corp Marathon 10k and Process Improvement, One Year Later . . .âThe text of this commentary can be found at www.tcagley.wordpress.com.  Comments and corrections are welcome!

Remember that comments and feedback are welcome! 

There are a number of ways to share your thoughts . .

• Email SPaMCAST at spamcastinfo@gmail.com
• Voice messages can be left at 1-206-888-6111
• Twitter â www.twitter.com/tcagley
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Future Events:

On Tuesday November 13th I am presenting Traceability: A Proposal for a Scalable Approach, Agile To Formal at the Fourth Annual International Conference on Software Process Improvement in Orlando.    Information can be found at www.icspi.com.  On November 16th I will be delivering a tutorial titled âImplementing an Effective Measurement Program.â  Spamcast listeners should let me know if you are coming and we can schedule a meet up.

Next Software Process and Measurement Cast:

The next Software Process and Measurement Cast will feature a brilliant interview with Joe Levens of Wolters Kluwer on configuration management (CM).  

Show 20 features Part 2 of an interview with Dave Garmus discussing IFPUG Function Points.  David Garmus is one of the Founders of The David Consulting Group (DCG). David is an acknowledged authority in the sizing, measurement and estimation of software application development. He is a Past President of the International Function Point Users Group (IFPUG) and a member of their Counting Practices Committee. Mr. Garmus is also a member of PMI, SEI and QAI. He has a BS from UCLA and an MBA from Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration. He has spoken at numerous conferences and has written many articles and several books, including:

        Measuring The Software Process: A Practical Guide To Functional Measurements, Prentice Hall, 1996

        Function Point Analysis; Measurement Practices for Successful Software Projects, Addison-Wesley, 2001

        IT Measurement; Practical Advice from the Experts, Addison-Wesley, 2002 as a Contributor

        âIT Metrics and Benchmarking,â Cutter IT Journal, June & November 2003 issues, Guest Editor

        âIdentifying Your Organizationâs Best Practices,â CrossTalk, June 2005

        âAn Introduction to Function Point Counting,â Projects & Profits, ICFAI, June 2005

        âThe Principles of Sizing and Estimating Projects Using IFPUG Function Points,â Software Tech News, June 2006

The essay is titled âTailoring and Worktypes.â  The text of this commentary can be found at www.tcagley.wordpress.com.  Comments and corrections are welcome.

Remember that comments and feedback are welcome! 

There are a number of ways to share your thoughts . . . 

Email SPaMCAST at spamcastinfo@gmail.com

Voice messages can be left at 1-206-888-6111

Twitter â www.twitter.com/tcagley

BLOG â www.tcagley.wordpress.com

Future Events:

On Tuesday November 13th I am presenting Traceability: A Proposal for a Scalable Approach, Agile To Formal at the Fourth Annual International Conference on Software Process Improvement in Orlando.    Information can be found at www.icspi.com.  On November 16th I will be delivering a tutorial titled âImplementing an Effective Measurement Program.â  Spamcast listeners should let me know if you are coming and we can schedule a meet up.

Next Software Process and Measurement Cast:

The next Software Process and Measurement Cast will feature an interview with Miranda Mason of Accenture on sourcing metrics programs.   Sourcing your metrics program is not a topic that gets a lot of press however the practice is becoming more common and bears examination.   

Show 19 features an interview with Dave Garmus discussing IFPUG Function Points. 

David Garmus is one of the Founders of The David Consulting Group (DCG). David is an acknowledged authority in the sizing, measurement and estimation of software application development. He is a Past President of the International Function Point Users Group (IFPUG) and a member of their Counting Practices Committee. Mr. Garmus is also a member of PMI, SEI and QAI. He has a BS from UCLA and an MBA from Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration. He has spoken at numerous conferences and has written many articles and several books, including:

        Measuring The Software Process: A Practical Guide To Functional Measurements, Prentice Hall, 1996

        Function Point Analysis; Measurement Practices for Successful Software Projects, Addison-Wesley, 2001

        IT Measurement; Practical Advice from the Experts, Addison-Wesley, 2002 as a Contributor

        âIT Metrics and Benchmarking,â Cutter IT Journal, June & November 2003 issues, Guest Editor

        âIdentifying Your Organizationâs Best Practices,â CrossTalk, June 2005

        âAn Introduction to Function Point Counting,â Projects & Profits, ICFAI, June 2005

        âThe Principles of Sizing and Estimating Projects Using IFPUG Function Points,â Software Tech News, June 2006

The essay is titled âStockholm Syndrome and Outsourcing.â  The text of this commentary can be found at www.tcagley.wordpress.com.  Comments and corrections are welcome.

Remember that comments and feedback are welcome! 

There are a number of ways to share your thoughts . . . 

Email SPaMCAST  at spamcastinfo@gmail.com

Voice messages can be left at 1-206-888-6111

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Future Events:

On October 11 I will be presenting a DCG / CAI Webinar titled Benchmarking Performance for the Bottom Line - October 11th, 2007, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm EST go to www.davidconsultingroup.com website to register.

On Tuesday November 13th I am presenting Traceability: A Proposal for a Scalable Approach, Agile To Formal at the Fourth Annual International Conference on Software Process Improvement in Orlando.    Information can be found at www.icspi.com.  On November 16th I will be delivering a tutorial titled âImplementing an Effective Measurement Program.â  Spamcast listeners should let me know if you are coming and we can schedule a meet up.

 
Next Software Process and Measurement Cast:

The next Software Process and Measurement Cast will feature Part 1 of the interview with Dave Garmus covering IFPUG Function Points, if you are interested in functional measurement this is a must cast. 

Show 18 features an interview with Kent Beck discussing transparency.  Kent Beck is the Founder and Director of Three Rivers Institute (TRI). His career has combined the practice of software development with reflection, innovation, and communication. His contributions to software development include patterns for software, the rediscovery of test-first programming, the xUnit family of developer testing tools, and Extreme Programming. He currently divides his time between writing, programming, and coaching. Beck is the author/co-author of Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change 2nd Edition, Contributing to Eclipse, Test-Driven Development: By Example, Planning Extreme Programming, The Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns, and the JUnit Pocket Guide.  He received his B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Oregon.  

The Three Rivers Institute can be found at www.threeriversinstitute.org/

The essay in this cast is three mini-segments of a new thread titled âLife Lessons in Measurement and Process Improvement.â  The text of this commentary can be found at www.tcagley.wordpress.com.  Comments and corrections are welcome.
 

Remember that comments and feedback are welcome! 

There are a number of ways to share your thoughts . . . 

Email SPaMCAST at spamcastinfo@gmail.com

Voice messages can be left at 1-206-888-6111

Twitter â www.twitter.com/tcagley

BLOG â www.tcagley.wordpress.com

Future Events:

On October 11 I will be presenting a DCG / CAI Webinar titled Benchmarking Performance for the Bottom Line - October 11th, 2007, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm EST go to www.davidconsultingroup.com website to register.
 

On Tuesday November 13th I am presenting Traceability: A Proposal for a Scalable Approach, Agile To Formal at the Fourth Annual International Conference on Software Process Improvement in Orlando.    Information can be found at www.icspi.com.  On November 16th I will be delivering a tutorial titled âImplementing an Effective Measurement Program.â  Spamcast listeners should let me know if you are coming and we can schedule a meet up.

Next Software Process and Measurement Cast:

The next Software Process and Measurement Cast will feature an interview Dave Garmus covering IFPUG Function Points, if you are interested in functional measurement this is a must cast. 

Show 16 features an interview Paul Radford of Charismatek Software Metrics discussing using functional metrics to build software.  Paul is one of the movers and shakers behind Charismatek Software Metrics a multifaceted organization that has brought us Function Point Workbench and a wide range of consulting.  Paul is a master at making software measurement relevant to controlling and delivering software. Contact data:

Phone:  + 61 (0) 3 9696 1255
Email:  info@charismatek.com
http://www.charismatek.com

The essay titledfor this cast is titled ââYou Get What You Look For, So Look,â discusses the common measurement short coming of stock piling data before reporting or using it.   The text of this commentary can be found at www.tcagley.wordpress.com.  Comments and corrections are welcome.

Remember that comments and feedback are welcome! 

There are a number of ways to share your thoughts . . . 

Email SPaMCAST at spamcastinfo@gmail.com

Voice messages can be left at 1-206-888-6111

Twitter â www.twitter.com/tcagley

BLOG â www.tcagley.wordpress.com

Future Events:

In September, I will  be presenting âLife on the Edge: Counting Weird Things on the Webâ on Thursday September 13th at 11:20 at the International Software Measurement and Analysis Conference in Las Vegas.  The conference and workshops run from Sunday September 9 through the 14th.  Details are available at http://www.ifpug.org/educational/workshopagenda2007.htm

Next Software Process and Measurement Cast:

The next Software Process and Measurement Cast features a wonderful interview with Kent Beck in which we discussed transparency.  If you are interested in the cutting edge of software development from a humanistic point of view you will need to be here in two weeks.

Four Board of Director Candidates speak out on the Issues!

 
I offered all of the candidates running for the IFPUG Board of Directors the opportunity to answer one question to be posted on the Software Process and Measurement Cast (SPaMCAST).  The question was âin your opinion what is IFPUGâs most significant problem and if elected what would you do about it.â   Four of the eight candidates took me up on the offer.  I have packaged their answers on this special edition of SPaMCAST.  Note, I did  no editing  on these responses.  Also the fact that theyâre appearing on SPaMCAST is not a recommendation by me or IFPUG.   It is merely a public service for the membership. 

If you are interested in listening to the podcast you can subscribe via ITunes, other podcatchers or go to www.spamcast.net for streaming. 

 Commentary:

As in IFPUG member you have a deep interest in how IFPUG governed. Board members have a significant hand in whether new ideas are embraced or the status quo maintained, whether offerings are expanded or maintained.  Your vote for the members of the IFPUG Board of Directors is an important tool for you to make your voice heard.  If youâre voting member in good standing (one good indication is whether you paid your dues) you should have recently received a ballot in the mail or an e-mail with instructions on how to vote if you have not received one or both please:

1. Validate you are a voting member.  Remember that corporate members have the specific people identified as voting members. 
2. After validating your voting member make sure you paid your dues for the 2007 â 2008 year. 
3. If  you still think you are should have received a ballot contact the office at IFPUG@IFPUG.org and please copy me at tcagley2@oh.rr.com

 
Voting is an important obligation of membership.  Voting is part of the theme of involvement I will be stressing when I become president later this year.  Begin your involvement with IFPUG by voting. 

 
Note this entry will be posted at www.IFPUGpresident.wordpress.com.  I will be update this blog periodically during my presidency. Iâm looking to serving you on the Board of Directors. 

If you are interested in software process or measurement the Software Process and Measurement Cast is a great opportunity for you to listen to such a people in as Kent Beck, Capers Jones, Will McKnight, Mary Poppendieck Dave Garmus, Scott Goldfarb and many others.   Please subscribe via I Tunes or directly at www.spamcast.net  

Show 16 features an interview with Mary Poppendieck discussing Lean  Software Development processes.  Mary Poppendieck As a seasoned leader in both operations and new product development, she brings a  practical, customer-focused approach to software development problems. A popular writer and speaker, Maryâs classes on managing software development offer a fresh perspective on project management.  Her book  Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit, was published in 2003
and won the Software Development Productivity Award in 2004.  A sequel, Implementing Lean Software Development: From Concept to  Cash, was published in 2006.  Maryâs contact data is:

Phone:  952-934-7998
Email:  mary@poppendieck.
http://www.poppendieck.com/

The essay on this instatllment of the Software Process and Measurement Cast is a titled âA Pattern of Failure, A Pattern of Change.â  The essay is a commentary on the lack of systemic thinking we sometimes  see in process improvement programs The text of this commentary can  be found at www.tcagley.wordpress.com.  Comments and corrections
are welcome.
 

Remember that comments and
        feedback are welcome! 

There are a number of ways to 
        share your thoughts . . . 

Email SPaMCAST at spamcastinfo@gmail.com

Voice messages can be left at 1.206.888.6111

Twitter   www.twitter.com/tcagley

BLOG   www.tcagley.wordpress.com

Future Events:

In September, I will  be presenting âLife on the Edge: Counting Weird Things on the Webâ on Thursday September 13th at 11:20 at the International Software Measurement and Analysis Conference in Las Vegas.  The conference and workshops run from Sunday September 9 through the 14th.  Details are available at http://www.ifpug.org/educational/workshopagenda2007.htm

Next Software Process and Measurement Cast:

The next Software Process and Measurement Cast will feature an interview with Paul Radford of Charismatek Software Metrics, if you are interested in software process and measurement this is a must cast. 

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Show 14 features an interview with Scott Goldfarb discussing software baselines and benchmarks.  Scott, the President of Q/P Management Group (http://www.qpmg.com/), is an international consultant and