SPaMCAST 276 Penny Pullan, Business Analysis and Leadership

Published: Feb. 9, 2014, 10 p.m.

b'Check out\\xa0\\xa0276.\\xa0 The SPaMCAST 276 features my interview with Dr. Penny Pullan. We discussed her book,\\xa0, the impact of business analysts on projects and how to make project more effective.\\n\\xa0Dr. Pullan has led her consulting firm,\\xa0., since 2007. Penny works with people in multi-national organizations who are grappling with tricky projects (i.e. risky, ambiguous, with diverse stakeholders, with virtual teams). She hosts the global BA Summit in November each year. Recently she\'s also been in demand as a mentor for business analysts, especially with those keen to develop their leadership skills.\\xa0\\nPenny\'s books include "" (published by Kogan Page, 2013), "" (Gower, 2011) and a chapter in "" (Gower, 2013).\\nYou can find out more at\\xa0\\xa0and at her book site\\xa0\\nBuy\\xa0Business Analysis and Leadership: Influencing Change\\xa0\\xa0and support Dr. Pullan and the Software Process and Measurement Cast!\\nRemember to register for the "Influential Agile Leader" events led by Johanna Rothman and Gil Broza.\\xa0 Check out the full details at\\xa0\\n\\xa0Get in\\xa0\\xa0with us anytime or leave a comment here on the blog.\\xa0 Help support the SPaMCAST by reviewing and rating it on\\xa0. It helps people find the cast. Like us on\\xa0\\xa0while you\\u2019re at it.\\n\\xa0Next week the SPaMCAST features our essay on Scrumban (I know compound words make some people crazy).\\xa0 Scrumban combines the best parts of Kanban with the best parts of Scrum to create synergy.\\xa0 I think of Scrumban as post-modern Agile.\\n\\xa0The Software Process and Measurement Cast has a sponsor.\\nAs many you know I do at least one webinar for the\\xa0\\xa0(ITMPI) every year. The ITMPI provides a great service to the IT profession. ITMPI\'s mission is to pull together the expertise and educational efforts of the world\'s leading IT thought leaders and to create a single online destination where IT practitioners and executives can meet all of their educational and professional development needs. The ITMPI offers a premium membership that gives members unlimited free access to 400 PDU accredited webinar recordings, and waives the PDU processing fees on all live and recorded webinars.\\xa0\\xa0The Software Process and Measurement Cast some support if you sign up\\xa0. All the revenue our sponsorship generates goes for bandwidth, hosting and new cool equipment to create more and better content for you. Support the SPaMCAST and learn from the ITMPI.\\n\\xa0Shameless Ad for my book!\\n\\xa0co-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." Support SPaMCAST by buying the book\\xa0.\\nAvailable in English and Chinese.'