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b"SPaMCAST 322 features our interview with Clareice and Clyneice Chaney. Clareice and Clyneice provide insights and practical advice into how Agile and contracting work together.\\xa0 The focus of the interview is on contracting and acquisition of Agile testing, however the concepts we discussed can be applied to contracting for any type of service using Agile techniques.\\nClyneice Chaney brings over 30 years of testing, quality assurance, and process improvement experience. Clyneice holds certifications from the American Society for Quality as a Certified Quality Manager/Organizational Excellence and Project Management Institute's Professional Project Manager. She has participated as an examiner for Baldrige state quality awards for Georgia and Virginia. She is currently an instructor for an International Testing Certification organization and has presented technical papers at the Software Engineering Institute: SEPG Conference, American Society for Quality: Quality Manager's conference, Quality Assurance Institute International Testing Conference, International Conference on Software Process Improvement and Software Test and Performance Testing Conferences.\\nClareice Chaney has over 30 years\\u2019 experience in Commercial and Government Contracting with an emphasis in contracting within the information technology arena.\\xa0 She holds a PMP certification with the Project Management Institute and is a certified Professional Contracts Manager (CPCM) through the National Contract Management Association (NCMA). She has presented at the National Contract Management Association World Congress and provided recent collaborations on agile testing and contracting at the Quality Assurance Institute International Conferences.\\nCall to action!\\nWe are in the middle of a re-read of John Kotter\\u2019s classic\\xa0\\xa0on the Software Process and Measurement Blog.\\xa0 Are you participating in the re-read? Please feel free to jump in and add your thoughts and comments!\\nAfter we finish the current re-read will need to decide which book will be next.\\xa0 We are building a list of the books that have had the most influence on readers of the blog and listeners to the podcast.\\xa0 Can you answer the question?\\nWhat are the two books that have most influenced you career (business, technical or philosophical)?\\xa0 Send the titles to\\xa0.\\nFirst, we will compile a list and publish it on the blog.\\xa0 Second, we will use the list to drive future \\xa0\\u201cRe-read\\u201d Saturdays. Re-read Saturday is an exciting new feature that began on the Software Process and Measurement blog on November 8th. \\xa0Feel free to choose you platform; send an email, leave a message on the blog, Facebook or just tweet the list (use hashtag #SPaMCAST)!\\nNext\\nThe next Software Process and Measurement Cast will feature our essay on the Attributes Leading to Faiure with Agile. Agile projects don\\u2019t work when there isn\\u2019t open and honest communication within a team. Problems also can occur when all team members are not involved, or if the organization has not bought into the principles of Agile. Knowing what can go wrong with Agile implementations and projects is a step to making sure they do not happen!\\nWe will also have the next Form Follows Function column from Gene Hughson and Explaining Change with Jo Ann Sweeney.\\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."