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Software Process and Measurement Cast number 302 features our interview with Larry Maccherone of Rally Software. We talked about Agile and metrics.\xa0 Measuring and challenging the folklore of Agile is a powerful tool for change!\xa0 Measurement and Agile in the same sentence really is not an oxymoron.\nLarry\u2019s Bio:\nLarry is an industry recognized Agile speaker and thought leader. He is Rally Software's Director of Analytics and Research. Before coming to Rally Software, Larry worked at Carnegie Mellon with the Software Engineering Institute for seven years conducting research on software engineering metrics with a particular focus on reintroducing quantitative insight back into the agile world. He now leads a team at Rally using big data techniques to draw interesting insights and Agile performance metrics, and provide products that allow Rally customers to make better decisions. Larry is an accomplished author and speaker, presenting at major conferences for the lean and agile markets over the last several years, including the most highly rated talk at Agile 2013. He just gave two talks on the latest research at Agile 2014.\nContact information:\n\nEmail: lmaccherone@rallydev.com\n\nNext\nSoftware Process and Measurement Cast number 303 will feature our essay on estimation.\xa0 Estimation is a hot bed of controversy. But perhaps first we should synchronize on just what we think the word means.\xa0 Once we have a common vocabulary we can commence with the fisticuffs. In SPaMCAST 303 we will not shy away from a hard discussion.\nUpcoming Events\nI will be presenting at the\xa0\xa0in San Diego, CA on October 1.\xa0 I have a great discount code!!!! Contact me if you are interested!\nI will be presenting at the\xa0Conference October 21st\xa0and 22nd in Springfield, MA.\nMore on all of these great events in the near future! I look forward to seeing all SPaMCAST readers and listeners that attend 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\u2019s mission is to pull together the expertise and educational efforts of the world\u2019s 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: \u201cThis book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team.\u201d Support SPaMCAST by buying the book\xa0.\nAvailable in English and Chinese.