Sun, 2 October 2011
Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 154! The SPaMCAST 154 features my interview with Bill Fox. We discussed process improvement and his publishing project, 5 Minutes to Process Improvement Success. 5 Minutes to Process Improvement Success provides a wealth of process improvement advice and information. Bill is a project management and performance improvement consultant. Progressive organizations seeking to gain extraordinary value and results through performance improvement value his ability to focus and manage their improvement efforts on the right priorities. Bill is an expert at managing change projects in a way that builds momentum and enthusiasm throughout the organization while keeping the focus on delivering results. Born out of frustration with the way most organizations attempt to improve their operations, Bill created and publishes the popular 5 Minutes to Process Improvement Success interview series. In this work, Bill has established himself as an authority on uncovering and leveraging the best performance improvement strategies and tactics of top consultants from around the world. Bill openly shares and promotes these strategies and tactics to advance the state of the industry to the benefit of all. Bill also combines his performance improvement work with his passion for flying and aerial photography to help organizations gain a higher perspective for advancing their organizations to higher levels of performance. Bill is originally from Western Pennsylvania and earned a BS degree at Penn State after serving in the US Navy Nuclear Submarine Service. He has over 25 years of experience working as a consultant, project manager, analyst and developer. Bill and his wife are proud parents of two amazing daughters and a high-spirited daschund. He lives in Northern Virginia near Dulles Airport. When he’s not reading one of the fifty or more books he reads each year, he enjoys flying, photography, cycling and running. Bill invites you to download his latest free interview series 5 Minutes to Process Improvement Success where you will find some of the best ideas anywhere on performance improvement, follow him on Twitter, or travel with him as he explores the world from 3,000 ft. at Fox High Perspective. Contact Bill Fox: Email: bfox@5minutespisuccess.com Interested in sponsoring or getting involved with the Software Process and Measurement Cast? Have a comment or a rant? Contact the Software Process and Measurement Cast: Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "Mastering Software Project Management is useful for business leaders and entrepreneurs who need to develop an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of their team's approach to developing software." Have you bought your copy? Next! In the SPaMCAST 155 I will feature an essay discussing system thinking and process improvement! Direct download: SPaMCAST_154_-_Bill_Fox_5_Minutes_to_Process_Improvement_Success.mp3 Category:Process Improvement -- posted at: 9:00 PM |
Sun, 11 September 2011
Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 151! The SPaMCAST 151 features my essay Urgency and Importance: A Balance? Today's world is complicated. The lines between home and work have all but been erased due to tools that provide 24x7 connections and data feeds. The competition for our attention is daunting. Interested in being a sponsor? Contact Tom Cagley at SPaMCASTinfo@gmail.com for a rate sheet or to discuss options. Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement Cast Email: spamcastinfo@gmail.com Voicemail: +1-206-888-6111 Website: www.spamcast.net Twitter: www.twitter.com/tcagley Facebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWV Next! SPaMCAST 152 will feature an interview with Ron Rosenhead. Can you say project management? Even if you can't say project management, Ron will amuse and educate you! Direct download: SPaMCAST_151_-_Urgency_and_Importance.mp3 Category:Process Improvement -- posted at: 9:00 PM |
Sun, 14 August 2011
Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 147! The Software Process and Measurement cast 147 is sponsored by LeanKit Kanban. The essay in the SPaMCAST 147, which was edited as I flew to Zurich Switzerland, is titled Selfishness and Process Improvement. This essay suggests when marketing process changes to critical influencers you must understand the strategies they use to derive value from their career. The essay begins: Successful implementations of process improvement programs are always a reflection of a large number of tactical marketing engagements set within a larger, overarching communications or marketing program. My experience is that Process improvement implementations generally hinge on the decisions of one or a small group of critical influencers. The Prisoner’s Dilemma, a simple application of game theory can provide a framework for a proactive tactical marketing program that leverages the need of a practitioner to maximize the value of their participation in the process improvement implementation as a tool to support to their overall career goals. THe SPaMCAST 146 is sponsored by LeanKit Kanban. LeanKit Kanban is a software tool for kanban that is as simple to use as physical kanban. If you put it up on a touchscreen in your team area, it practically IS physical kanban. But your boards are available from anywhere, and updated in real-time. A slew of colors, icons, and avatars take your visual signalling to the next level. And the system tracks the metrics for you, providing analytics on bottlenecks, lead time, work distribution, process efficiency, and variability - for a single board or a whole company. It's kanban for the Lean enterprise. Sponsor! Check out leankit.com/trial/spamcast to sign up for an extended free trial of LeanKit Kanban. And don't forget to download the new LeanKit iPad application in the App Store. I ask all SPaMCAST listeners to visit and support our sponsor and thank them for helping defray the cost of providing the Software Process and Measurement Cast! Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." Have you bought your copy? If you have please post a review! Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement Cast Email: spamcastinfo@gmail.com Next! SPaMCAST 148 features my interview with Mattias Skarin! We discussed all topics, Kanban! If you are interested in increased effectiveness and effiecency you will be interested in the conversation with Mattias.
Direct download: SPaMCAST_147_-_Selfishness_and_Process_Improvement.mp3 Category:Process Improvement -- posted at: 9:00 PM |
Sun, 10 April 2011
Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 129! In this week’s Software Process and Measurement Cast I feature my short essay, Checklist for Process Improvement Success. I have also included an essay orginally included in SPaMCAST 8 titled, ‘Involvement: Whose Industry Is It Anyway?'. Short for get involved. We will pick up the conclusion of Agile is from Venus and PMOs from Mars will pick up in SPaMAST 131 Many Software Process and Measurement Cast Listeners have purchased Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chemuturi and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. Thank you! If you are one of those many listeners, please consider posting a review on Amazon or one of the many online book review sites. Reviews help sell books. So if you agreee with Robert C. Anderson, Director, Process Development and Quality Assurance, Computer Aid, Inc that "Mastering Software Project Management is a masterpiece of clarity, organization and depth of practical knowledge" why not let the world know with a review? Finally do want me to sign a bookplate for your copy of the book? Email me and include a picture of you with your copy of the book and I will send you a personalized, signed bookplate! Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement Cast Check out my blog and show notes for upcoming conferences and webinars! Next! Direct download: SPaMCAST_129_-_Checklist_for_Process_Improvement_Success_Involvement.mp3 Category:Process Improvement -- posted at: 10:07 PM |
Sun, 13 February 2011
Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 121! In this week’s Software Process and Measurement Cast we revist an essay originally broadcast in SPaMCAST 2. We revisit the essay because I believe the events in TUnisia and Egypt over the past few weeks have driven the point home that gates can impact the value of IT. The essay begins . . . A few weeks ago (now three years later) I attended a lecture by Jared Diamond. His lecture was in support of his book. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (2005). The ideas in the book concern the anthropology of societies however they are equally relevant to why process improvement programs succeed or fail. Two of the ideas Dr. Diamond put forth on why societies collapse that are instantly germane to SPI programs were:
Can anyone say gates or silos?
Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement Cast Check out my blog and show notes for upcoming conferences and webinars! Next!
Direct download: SPaMCAST_121_-_Gates_And_The_Value_of_IT.mp3 Category:Process Improvement -- posted at: 10:00 PM |
Sun, 2 January 2011
Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 115! Recorded in the Marriott Courtyard Dun Loring Fairfax in Virginia. Happy New Year! Moral Hazards occur when someone insulated from risk behaves differently than they would behave if they were fully exposed to the risk. I recently listened to someone order two pounds of chicken wings and then comment that his high cholesterol drugs would protect him from the potential negative impact. He felt insulated from the risk therefore made a different choice if he had not been insulated. The discussions financial crises and bank bailouts have embedded the term moral hazard into our day to day vocabulary (not just into discussions of behavioral economics). While it is rare, even today, to attach the concept of moral hazard to a methodology or software development framework, I would suggest that when applied to the world of project governance, moral hazards do exist and might not be easily recognized or mitigated. While I am not suggesting you will run into any of the four scenarios this essay tackles, knowledge might help immunize you from the mistakes of others. Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing has hit the bookshelves! According to Robert C. Anderson, Director, Process Development and Quality Assurance, Computer Aid, Inc, "Mastering Software Project Management is a masterpiece of clarity, organization and depth of practical knowledge." If you a project manager or know project managers buy yourself a copy and a second to lend co-workers! Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement Cast Check out my blog and show notes for upcoming conferences and webinars! Next! Direct download: SPaMCAST_115_-_Moral_Hazards_In_Software_Development_Processes.mp3 Category:Process Improvement -- posted at: 10:00 PM |
Sun, 3 June 2007
Software Process and Measurement Cast 10! Show Ten features an interview with The essay for this cast is titled, The Seven Deadly Sins of Metrics Programs? We pick up with the sin of sloth. Remember that comments and feedback are welcome!
There are a number of ways to share your thoughts . . . Email SPaMCAST at Voice messages can be left at 1-206-888-6111It is my intent to share all emails and voice messages!
Future Events:
On June 21 at 3 PM I will be presenting "When Good Numbers Go Bad" at Better Software 2007 in Los Vegas. The conference and workshops run from Monday June 18 though Thursday June 21 at the Venetian in
Other Notes
Also Caper's Jones Estimating Software Costs Second Edition has hit the book stores! Review soon.
Next Software Process and Measurement Cast: The next Software Process and Measurement Cast features an interview with Charles Symons discussing COSMIC Full Function Points.
Direct download: SPaMCAST_Ten_-_Herron_SPI_Advice_Deadly_Sins_-_Sloth.mp3 Category:Process Improvement -- posted at: 5:17 PM |
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Software Process and Measurement Cast (Process Improvement)
Interviews, essays, facts and tips about process improvement and measurement in the Information Technology arena!
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