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b'Listen to the\\xa04. SPaMCAST 284 features our interview with Evan Leybourn, author of Directing the Agile Organization. We had a wide-ranging discussion on Agile business management. Agile is not just for IT anymore!\\nEvan\\u2019s Bio\\nEvan is an experienced leader, coach and published author in the developing field of\\xa0; applying the successful concepts and practices from the Lean and Agile movements to corporate management. Evan has a passion for building effective and productive organizations, filled with actively engaged and committed staff while ensuring high-levels of customer satisfaction. Evan\'s experiences when holding executive and board positions in both private industry and government has driven his passion for lean business management.\\nHis background in Agile Project Management and Business Intelligence informed his understanding of the need for evidence-based decision making and quantitative analysis, to measure corporate success. As well as writing "", Evan currently consults to organizations around Australia and SE Asia on Agile management and governance.\\nAll of Evan\\u2019s contact information and blog can be accessed on his\\xa0\\nBuy the book\\xa0\\xa0\\nGet in\\xa0\\xa0with us anytime or leave a comment here on the blog. 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.\\nNext week the essay will be a collection of questions you have asked on the blog, on the phone or in person. They are great questions when we discussed them one on one, it is time to share the answers with a broader audience.\\nUpcoming Events\\nQAIQuest 2014\\nI will be facilitating a \\xbd Day tutorial titled Make Integration and Acceptance Testing Truly Agile. The tutorial will wrestle with the flow of testing in Agile projects and will include lots of practical advice and exercises. Remember that Agile testing is not waterfall done quickly. I will also be around for the conference and look forward to meeting and talking with SPaMCAST readers and listeners.\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 ALSO I HAVE A DISCOUNT CODE\\u2026. Email me at\\xa0\\xa0or call 440.668.5717 for the code.\\nStarEast\\nI will be speaking at the\\xa0\\xa0Conference May 4th \\u2013 9th\\xa0in Orlando, Florida.\\xa0 I will be presenting a talk titled,\\xa0. Follow the link for more information on\\xa0. ALSO I HAVE A DISCOUNT CODE\\u2026. Email me at\\xa0\\xa0or call 440.668.5717 for the code.\\nI look forward to seeing all SPaMCAST readers and listeners at all of these great events!\\nThe 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. The 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.\\nShameless 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.'