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Show 32 is part two of my interview with Murali Chemuturi on the topic of estimation.\xa0 You might think part two is just more of the same but think again.\xa0 Murali has laid out some interesting theories and data.\xa0\xa0 Mr Chemuturi has made a very gracious offer, for every comment SPaMCAST gets on Murali\u2019s interview Murali has authorized me to send a PDF copy of his new book on estimation.\xa0 \n\xa0\nMr. Chemuturi has over thirty four years of total experience out of which about 23 years have been spent in the field of information technology.\xa0 Has worked at TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES for five and half years and at ELECTRONICS COROPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED for nineteen. Murali also worked at SATYAM COMPUTER SERVICES LTD., METAMOR GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LTD. and Vistaar eBusinesses Pvt Ltd.\xa0 His CV includes numerous publications and he is the author of an upcoming book on estimation which I will review on a future Software Measurement and Process Cast.\xa0 \n\xa0\nMr. Chemuturi can be contacted by email at or by phone at 91-40-27220771, 91-0-988-501-9461 and in the USA at 1- 347-394-3138.\xa0 His web site can be found at \n\xa0\nThe essay is \u201d. \xa0\xa0The excerpt explores how poor communication can effect a metrics program (and is a bit of foreshadowing of a presentation I will be doing later this year (see below). \xa0The text of the essay can be found at .\xa0 Comments and corrections are welcome.\nThere are a number of ways to share your thoughts . . \nEmail SPaMCAST at\xa0Voice messages can be left at 1-206-888-6111Twitter \u2013 BLOG \u2013 \nFuture Events and the next . . .\nI have a couple of free webinars coming up in early 2008.\xa0 The first is \u201cGetting Performance Improvement Out of Your Software Process Improvement\u201d on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT\nI have another webinar coming up in May. The webinar is titled \u201cA Cost Effective Approach to Enterprise Wide Software Process Improvement\u201d May 22nd, 2008 at 10:00 am - 11:30 am Eastern Time\nMore information and registration information can be found at \n\xa0\nConference season is beginning!\n\xa0\nI will be speaking at IFPUG\u2019s 3rd Annual ISMA Conference and Fall Workshops Sunday, September 14 \u2013 Friday, September 19, 2008 at the Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel information at .\xa0 The presentation is call \u201cCounting Facebook\u201d and will be on Friday September 19, 2008 at 10:25 AM - 11:25 AM,\nI am speaking at Quest Toronto 2008 Conference, September 22- 26, 2008, at the Hilton Hotel in Toronto, Canada.\xa0 I will be presenting \u201cGood Numbers Go Bad\u201d on Wed Sept 24th from 1:30 - 2:30 pm and also joining in as a subject matter expert in the end of day solutions workshop.\xa0 Information can be found at \n\xa0\nFinally I will be speaking at the Northeast Quality Council 57th Conference.\xa0 The conference is scheduled for October 14 \u2013 15 , 2008 in Marlborough, Massachusetts at Best Western Royal Plaza.\xa0\xa0 The presentation is titled \u201cOne Size Fits . . .Someone Other Than Me\u201d.\xa0 Information can be found at . \n\xa0\nNext Software Process and Measurement Cast: \nOn the next SPaMCAST \xa0we will jump back into the interview with Rob Donnellan of Q/P Management Group covering a wide range of measurement and process improvement topics.\xa0 Your thoughts and comments are always a welcome addition and remember I have Murali\u2019s PDF with your name on it!