SPaMCAST 23 - Rothman, Project Management , Traceability

Published: Dec. 16, 2007, 10 p.m.

b'SPaMCAST 23 - Rothman,\\nProject Management , Traceability\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n** I believe I am back on track\\nsince the motherboard failure.\\xa0 We should\\nbe back on track for delivering your favorite process improvement and\\nmeasurement content every other week! **\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nShow 23 features an interview with Johanna Rothman.\\n\\xa0The interview is titled, \\u201cProject\\nManagement in the Post Waterfall World".\\xa0\\nWhile the title is a bit fanciful I would suggest that the ideas\\nespoused are very powerful and pertinent to how work is done and managed.\\xa0 \\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nJohanna Rothman consults, speaks, and writes on\\nmanaging high-technology product development. She assists managers, teams, and\\norganizations to become more effective by applying her pragmatic approaches to\\nthe issues of project management, risk management, and people management. She\\u2019s\\nhelped Engineering organizations, IT organizations, and startups hire technical\\npeople, manage projects, and release successful products faster. \\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nJohanna is the author of Manage It! Your Guide to\\nModern, Pragmatic Project Management, the coauthor (with Esther Derby) of\\nBehind Closed Doors, Secrets of Great Management, and the author of Hiring the\\nBest Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds: The Secrets and Science of Hiring\\nTechnical People. Johanna is a host and session leader at the Amplifying Your\\nEffectiveness (AYE) conference.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nThe AYE site is \\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nHere are the links to Joanna\\u2019s books and blogs:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nManage It! Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project\\nManagement:\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nBehind Closed Doors: Secrets of Great\\nManagement:\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nHiring The Best Knowledge Workers, Techies &\\nNerds: The Secrets & Science of Hiring Technical People:\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nHiring Technical People blog\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nManaging Product Development blog \\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nThe essay\\nis titled is the synopsis of \\u201cTraceability:\\xa0\\nA Radical Approach Based on User Involvement." I am excited as I have\\nfinally completed the essay and I think it adds a lot to the discussion of\\ntraceability and tailoring.\\xa0 \\xa0I will push entire document out on the\\nSPaMCAST feed later this week. \\xa0 The text of the synopsis can be found at .\\xa0 Comments and corrections are welcome.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nThere\\nare a number of ways to share your thoughts . . \\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n Email SPaMCAST at\\xa0\\n Voice messages can be left at\\n 1-206-888-6111\\n Twitter \\u2013 \\n BLOG \\u2013 \\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nFuture\\nEvents and the next . . .\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nI\\nhave a couple of free webinars coming up in early 2008.\\xa0 The first is \\u201cGetting Performance Improvement\\nOut of Your Software Process Improvement" on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 10:00 AM\\n- 11:30 AM EDT\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nAnd\\nthe second is titled \\u201cA Cost Effective Approach to Enterprise Wide Software\\nProcess Improvement" May 22nd, 2008 at 10:00 am - 11:30 am Eastern Time\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nMore\\ninformation and registration information can be found at \\n\\n\\n\\n\\nNext\\nSoftware Process and Measurement Cast: \\n\\n\\n\\n\\nThe\\nnext Software Process and Measurement Cast features an interview with Marilyn\\nEdelson of IT Decisions Coaching (ITDC).\\xa0\\nWe will be discussing unlocking the door of success via coach, mentoring\\nand goals just in time to plan the New Year'